The judging panel’s nominees for the Subjective Chaos Kind of Awards 2022 have been announced. The winners will be announced in September.

FANTASY

• Zoraida Córdova, The Inheritance of Orquídea Divina
• Shelley Parker-Chan, She Who Became the Sun
• P. Djèlí Clark, A Master of Djinn

SCIENCE FICTION

• Adrian Tchaikovsky, Shards of Earth
• Arkady Martine, A Desolation Called Peace

BLURRED BOUNDARIES

• Ryka Aoki, Light from Uncommon Stars
• T.L. Huchu, The Library of the Dead

DEBUT

• Lorraine Wilson, This is Our Undoing
• Xiran Jay Zhao, Iron Widow

YOUNG ADULT

• Anna-Marie McLemore, The Mirror Season
• Namina Forna, The Gilded Ones

SHORT STORY

• A.C. Wise, The Amazing Exploding Women of the 20th Century
• Isabel J. Kim, Homecoming Is Just Another Word For The Sublimation Of The Self

NOVELLA

• Aliette de Bodard, Fireheart Tiger
• Premee Mohamed, These Lifeless Things
• Shingai Njeri Kagunda, & This Is How To Stay Alive
• Premee Mohamed, The Annual Migration of Clouds

GRAPHIC NOVEL

• Molly Knox-Ostertag, The Girl from the Sea
• Hiromi Goto & Ann Xu, Shadow Life

SERIES

• C.L. Polk, The Kingston Cycle
• James SA Corey, The Expanse

The book critics responsible for this set of honors are –

• Adri, from Nerds of a Feather
• Arina, from Queen’s Asylum
• C., from The Middle Shelf
• Debbie, @Owlphabetical
• Fabienne, from Libri Draconis and Grimdark Magazine
• Imyril, from There’s Always Room For One More 
• Kris Vyas-Myall, from Cloaked Creators
• L.A. Young, from Aquavenatus and Fantasy-Faction
• Lisa, from Dear Geek Place
• Matt aka Womble, from Runalongtheshelves
• Robin Rose Graves, from The Book Wormhole
• Sia, from Every Book a Doorway
• Sun, from Twitter and Libri Draconis

[Thanks to Cora Buhlert for the story.]