The Furry Writers’ Guild posted the nominees for the 2023 Cóyotl Awards on April 8. 

The awards are given for the best anthropomorphic fiction of the past year.

Best Novel

• The Dry Spell by Ryan Loup-Glissant
• Price of Thorns by Tim Susman
• Wolf of Withervale by Joaquin Baldwin
• Kelpie House by Frances Pauli

Best Novella

• Two Souls of Fangcrest Manor by Domus Vocis and Fruitz
• Peace and Love by Huskyteer
• Zoo Diaries by Frances Pauli
• Rafts by Utunu

Best Short Story

• Threads by Utunu (Fang 11)
• Rites of Wood and Bone by Utunu (Voice of Dog)
• To Your Own Defences by Televassi (In the Light of the Dawn)
• Unravelled by Faora Meridan (Fang 11)

Best Anthology

• In the Light of the Dawn edited by Madison Scott-Clary
• Gnoll Tales by NightEyes DaySpring
• Fang 11 edited by Sparf
• Happy Howlidays edited by Vincenzo Pasquarella

Best Other Work

• Voice of Dog by Rob Macwolf
• Furtannia by Tim Stoddard
• Puplift by Tempe O’Kun
• Dinner at Yiffany’s by Ta’kom Ironhoof