The judging panel’s shortlist 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)

SCIENCE FICTION

• Tochi Onyebuchi, Goliath (Tor.com)
• Ray Nayler, The Mountain In The Sea (MCD Books)

BLURRED BOUNDARIES

• Okwiri Oduor, Things They Lost (Simon & Schuster)
• Lorraine Wilson, The Way The Light Bends (Luna Press)

NOVELLA

• Stewart Hotston, The Entropy Of Loss (NewCon Press)
• Sam A Miller, Kid Wolf And Kraken Boy (Solaris Books)

SHORT FICTION

• Tobi Ogirundan, The Lady Of The Yellow-Painted Library (in Africa Risen, Tor.com)
• Leora Spitzer, This Excessive Use Of Pickled Food (Khoreo)

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.