The judging panel’s nominees for the Subjective Chaos Kind of Awards 2023 have been announced. 

FANTASY

• R B Lemberg, The Unbalancing (Tachyon Publications)
• Simon Jimenez, The Spear Cuts Through Water (Del Rey)
• Sara A Mueller, The Bone Orchard (Tor Books)
• Ayọ̀délé Ọlọ́fintúàdé, Swallow (Masobe Books)
• Nicola Griffith, Spear (Tor.com)
• Sunyi Dean, The Book Eaters (HarperVoyager)
• T. Kingfisher, Nettle and Bone (Titan Books)

SCIENCE FICTION

• Ciel Pierlot, Bluebird (Angry Robot)
• Tochi Onyebuchi, Goliath (Tor.com)
• EJ Swift, The Coral Bones (Unsung Stories)
• Adrian Tchaikovsky, Eyes of the Void (Orbit Books)
• Charlie Jane Anders, Dreams Bigger Than Heartbreak (Titan Books)
• Ray Nayler, The Mountain In The Sea (MCD Books)

BLURRED BOUNDARIES

• Okwiri Oduor, Things They Lost (Simon & Schuster)
• Eugen Bacon, Mage of Fools (Meerkat Press)
• J M Miro, Ordinary Monsters (Bloomsbury Publishing)
• Neon Yang, The Genesis of Misery (Tor Books)
• Lorraine Wilson, The Way The Light Bends (Luna Press)
• Jo Harkin, Tell Me An Ending (Penguin Books)

NOVELLA

• Stewart Hotston, The Entropy Of Loss (NewCon Press)
• Rhiannon A Grist, The Queen Of The High Fields (Luna Press)
• Sam A Miller, Kid Wolf And Kraken Boy (Solaris Books)
• Naseem Jamnia, The Bruising Of Qilwa (Tachyon Publications)
• Gigi Ganguly, One Arm Shorter Than The Other (Atthis Books)
• Paul Cornell, Rosebud (Tor.com)
• Emily Bergslien & Kat Weaver, Uncommon Charm (Neon Hemlock)

SHORT FICTION

• Iori Kusano, can i offer you a nice egg in this trying time (Uncanny Magazine)
• Susan Rukeyser, The Two-Faced Miracle of Justice Father Win (Podomatic)
• Tobi Ogirundan, The Lady Of The Yellow-Painted Library (in Africa Risen, Tor.com)
• Leora Spitzer, This Excessive Use Of Pickled Food (Khoreo)
• Carlos Hernandez, I Will Have This Diamond for a Heart (Uncanny Magazine)

The book critics responsible for this set of honors are –

• Adri, from Nerds of a Feather, Flock Together.
• C., from The Middle Shelf
• Imyril, from There’s Always Room For One More 
• Gautam Bhatia, from Strange Horizons magazine.
• Kris Vyas-Myall, from Cloaked Creators
• L.A. Young, from Aquavenatus and Fantasy-Faction
• Matt aka Womble, from Runalongtheshelves
• Robin Rose Graves, from The Book Wormhole
• Roseanna, from A Reader of Else
• Sara, from Fiction Fans Podcast 
• Sun, fromWormholes and Wooden Doors.