The Kurd Laßwitz Preis 2025 winners have been announced. The award, named after German author Kurd Laßwitz, is given to works written in or translated into the German language and published during the previous year.

The award ceremony will take place during Wetzkon III, a science fiction event celebrating the 70th anniversary of the Science Fiction Club Deutschland, to be held from July 4-6 at the Phantastische Bibliothek in Wetzlar.

The complete list of winners and voting statistics follow the jump.

Best German SF-Novel first published in 2024

Award Winner	Points
Aiki Mira, Proxi   Fischer Tor	141

Nominees		Points
2	Christian Endres, Wolfszone, Heyne	124
3	Theresa Hannig, Parts per Million – Gewalt ist eine Option, Fischer Tor	119
4	Andreas Brandhorst, Der Riss, Heyne	114
5	Tom Hillenbrand, Lieferdienst, Kiepenheuer & Witsch	92
6	Marc-Uwe Kling, Views, Ullstein	86
7	Christian J. Meier, Apeirophobia, Hirnkost	79
8	Sven Haupt, Anahita, Eridanus	78
9	Zara Zerbe, Phytopia Plus, Verbrecher	59
10	Jol Rosenberg, Etomi (Erwachen + Aufbruch), Plan9	58
11	No award – I consider none of the nominations in this category to be worthy of an award	7

Best German SF-Story first published in 2024

Award winner	Points
Christian Endres, Wichtig ist nur, was die Leute glaubenin: René Moreau, Hans Jürgen Kugler and Heinz Wipperfürth (ed.): Exodus 48, Exodus Selbstverlag	131

Nominees		Points
2	Peter Schattschneider, Die seltsame Geschichte des Roswell-Zwischenfallsin: Peter Schattschneider, Der Traum des Philosophen, Hirnkost	116
3	Aiki Mira, Ein Schritt ins Leerein: Jol Rosenberg (ed.): Psyche mit Zukunft, OhneOhren		103
3	Maria Orlovskaya, Slide Machinein: René Moreau, Hans Jürgen Kugler and Heinz Wipperfürth (ed.): Exodus 48, Exodus Selbstverlag		103
5	Michael Schneiberg, Das weiße Zeltin: René Moreau, Hans Jürgen Kugler and Heinz Wipperfürth (ed.): Exodus 48, Exodus Selbstverlag	92
6	Yvonne Tunnat, Eis auf Ratenin: Judith C. Vogt, Lena Richter and Heike Knopp-Sullivan (ed.): Queer*Welten 12, Ach je	74
7	Frank Lauenroth, Kadaverin: Team Nova (ed.): Nova 34, p.machinery	66
8	Vincent Voss, Die Geschichte von zwei Reisenin: Marianne Labisch (ed.): Strandgut, Hirnkost	52
9	Hans Jürgen Kugler, Kreuzzügein: Karl-Ulrich Burgdorf and Rainer Schorm (ed.): C.R.E.D.O., p.machinery		50
9	Marie Meier, Seelenruhin: Jol Rosenberg (ed.): Psyche mit Zukunft, OhneOhren	50
11	No award – I consider none of the nominations in this category to be worthy of an award	7

Best non-German SF Work translated first time in 2024

Award winner	Points
Becky Chambers, Dex & Helmling (Ein Psalm für die wild Schweifenden + Ein Gebet für die achtsam Schreitenden) (Monk & Robot), Carcosa	132

Nominees		Points
2	John Scalzi, Die Gesellschaft zur Erhaltung der Kaijū-Monster (The Kaiju Preservation Society), Cross Cult	110
3	Kir Bulytschow, Von der Angst (О страхе) in: Kir Bulytschow, Oktoberrevolution 1967, Memoranda	90
4	Martha Wells, Übertragungsfehler (Fugitive Telemetry), (Tagebuch eines Killerbot, Band 6), Heyne	88
5	Ryka Aoki, Das Licht ungewöhnlicher Sterne (Light From Uncommon Stars), Heyne	77
6	Ray Nayler, Die Stimme der Kraken (The Mountain in the Sea), Tropen	68
7	Scott Alexander Howard, Das andere Tal (The Other Valley), Diogenes	54
8	Gretchen Felker-Martin, Manhunt (Manhunt), Festa	39
9	Justin Cronin, Ferryman (The Ferryman), Goldmann	35
10	Emily Tesh, Die letzte Heldin (Some Desperate Glory), Heyne		33
11	Nick Fuller Googins, Der Plan zur Rettung der Welt (The Great Transition), Heyne	28
12	No award – I consider none of the nominations in this category to be worthy of an award	0

Best Translation of SF into German, first published in 2023

Award winner	Points
Claudia Rapp for the translation of Daniel Kraus, Whalefall – Im Wal gefangen (Whalefall)   Festa	101

Nominees		Points
2	Eike Schönfeld for the translation of Paul Lynch, Das Lied des Propheten (Prophet Song)   Klett Cotta	91
3	Charlotte Krafft und Hannes Riffel for the translation of Joanna Russ, Erwachende Welten (new compilation)   Carcosa	89
4	Jakob Schmidt for the re-translation of Samuel R. Delany, Nova (Nova)   Carcosa	81
5	Helmut W. Pesch for the translation of Leigh Brackett, Schwelende Rebellion (new compilation)   Carcosa		79
5	Michael Pfingstl for the translation of Ryka Aoki, Das Licht ungewöhnlicher Sterne (Light From Uncommon Stars)  Heyne	79
7	Karin Will for the translation of Becky Chambers, Dex & Helmling (Monk & Robot)   Carcosa	64
8	No award – I consider none of the nominations in this category to be worthy of an award	0

Best SF Art (Cover, Illustration) related to a German edition in 2024

Award winner	Points
Dirk Berger for the cover art of Klaus Bollhöfener (ed.): phantastisch! 94   Atlantis	209

Nominees		Points
2	Thomas Franke for the cover art series of Herbert-W.-Franke work edition at p.machinery	172
3	Dirk Schulz for the cover art of Andreas Eschbach, Unter dem Himmel von Gatas (Perry Rhodan, vol. 3297)   VPM	157
4	Michael Marrak for the cover art of Klaus Bollhöfener (ed.): phantastisch! 95   Atlantis		155
5	Michael Vogt for the cover art of Klaus Bollhöfener (ed.): phantastisch! 96   Atlantis	138
6	Mario Franke for the cover art of Marianne Labisch (ed.): Strandgut   Hirnkost	136
7	No award – I consider none of the nominations in this category to be worthy of an award	10

Best German SF Radio Play first broadcast in 2024

The radio play jury listened to the three relevant radio productions and one proposed publisher’s production and then decided by a three-quarters majority not to allow any of these works to be nominated. This meant that no radio play was up for selection this year.

Best German Factual Text related to SF, first published in 2024

Award winner	Points
Melanie Wylutzki und Hardy Kettlitz (ed.): Das Science Fiction Jahr 2024   Hirnkost	168

Nominees		Points
2	Thomas Braatz, Dirk Berger, Mario Franke, Manfred Orlowski and Sabine Seyfarth (Ed.): Wahrheit auf der Flucht, Wirklichkeit in Gefahr?! Begleitband zum Elstercon 2024   FKSFL Selbstverlag	138
3	Norbert Fiks, Raketenkraft und Roboterträume. Beiträge zur Geschichte und Gegenwart der Science-Fiction, BoD		91
4	Michael Wehren, Neue Schreibweisen, andere Welten, viele Zukünfte. Ein Sammelinterview zu neuerer deutschsprachiger Science Fictionin: Melanie Wylutzki and Hardy Kettlitz (ed.): Das Science Fiction Jahr 2024, Hirnkost	87
5	Friedhelm Schneidewind, Was dem einen sin Uhl. Gedanken zur Sinnhaftigkeit von Utopien und Dystopienin: Michael Haitel and Jörg Weigand (ed.): Auf der Suche nach der fantastischen Sprache, p.machinery	64
6	Rudi Schweikert, Gerade Gedanken – schiefe Gedanken. Gesammelte Studien aus 45 Jahren zu Kurd Laßwitz und seinem Werk, DvR	62
7	Jamie-Lee Campbell, Warum rennt James Bond nackt in einer Welt voller Betonpenisse herum? In sieben Schritten zur Testosteron-Ekstasein: Judith C. Vogt, Lena Richter and Heike Knopp-Sullivan (ed.): Queer*Welten 12, Ach je	56
8	No award – I consider none of the nominations in this category to be worthy of an award	5

Special Achievement Award for actual SF activities in 2024

Award winner	Points
Hannes Riffel for the ambitious program of his Carcosa publishing house	237

Nominees		Points
2	Olaf Brill and Michael Vogt for the first two comic albums in the series Der kleine Perry, which introduce children to SF	134
3	Isabella Hermann and Aiki Mira für their Podcast Das war morgen, which shows the history of the genre in radio play form	113
4	Marianne Labisch, Uli Bendick, Mario Franke and Torsten Low for the edition of Science Fiction Art & Kalendergeschichten 2025	84
4	Marianne Labisch for the edition of the anthology Strandgut	84
6	Kai Focke und Sabine Frambach for the edition of the anthology Campus 2049. Hochschule der Zukunft	80
7	Tessa Maelle, Uli Bendick und Mario Franke for the edition of the anthology Science Fiction goes Punk	73
8	No award – I consider none of the nominations in this category to be worthy of an award	5

Special Achievement Award 2024 for long term SF activities

Award winner	Points
The team of Otherland for the promotion of German-language science fiction and the support of dialog and projects	224

Nominees		Points
2	Thomas Recktenwald for his many years of commitment to the SFCD	194
3	Jörg Weigand for decades of commitment in the field of SF, fantasy and entertainment literature	136
4	Thorsten Küper for the organization of readings and discussion rounds with his formats Brennende Buchstaben and LiteraturCon	114
5	benSwerk / S. Beneš for the ongoing design of various science fiction book series at Hirnkost, Memoranda and Carcosa publishing	112
6	Thorsten Küper und Frederic Brake for the long-standing promotion of the dialog and discussion about science fiction by Talkien	95
7	Ralf Zacharias for his webpage sf-lit.de	86
8	Friedhelm Schneidewind for the editing and moderation of the monthly radio series Kopf im Ohr – Literradio der VS-Regionalgruppe Rhein-Neckar	48
9	Alexander Schwiewager und Stephan Fasold for their science fiction podcast Sprawl Radio	11
10	No award – I consider none of the nominations in this category to be worthy of an award	1

Special Achievement Award critical, committed, intersectional 2024

Award winner	Points
Judith C. Vogt, Lena Richter, Heike Knopp-Sullivan and Kathrin Dodenhoeft for the edition of magazine Queer*Welten	102

Nominees		Points
2	Ingrid Pointecker for her promotion of young talent and her wide range of diverse books in her OhneOhren publishing house	101
3	No award – I consider none of the nominations in this category to be worthy of an award	85
4	Jol Rosenberg fot the edition of anthology Psyche mit Zukunft – Sieg über die Finsternis in mir	56
5	Jol Rosenberg for their critical reviews in the field of science fiction	49
6	Aşkın-Hayat Doğan for his video series Diverser Lesen mit Ask	45
7	Judith C. Vogt und Lena Richter for their podcast Genderswapped	28

Note:   The Kurd Laßwitz Award names only the first place winner per category as the award winner, no second or third prizes are awarded. The numbering only reflects the order based on the voting points.

[Based on a press release.]