The Kitschies annual prize for “speculative and fantastic” literature have announced their shortlists for the most “progressive, intelligent and entertaining” fiction of the year with fame, fortune, and lashings of The Kraken Rum awaiting the lucky winners…
This year’s shortlists were selected from a record 234 submissions, coming from over fifty different publishers and imprints.
The Red Tentacle (Novel), selected by Kate Griffin, Nick Harkaway, Will Hill, Anab Jain and Annabel Wright:
- Red Doc> by Anne Carson (Jonathan Cape)
- A Tale for the Time Being by Ruth Ozeki (Canongate)
- Bleeding Edge by Thomas Pynchon (Jonathan Cape)
- More Than This by Patrick Ness (Walker)
- The Machine by James Smythe (HarperCollins / Blue Door)
The Golden Tentacle (Debut), also selected by the above panel:
- Stray by Monica Hesse (Hot Key)
- A Calculated Life by Anne Charnock (47 North)
- Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie (Orbit)
- Nexus by Ramez Naam (Angry Robot)
- Mr Penumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore by Robin Sloan (Atlantic)
The Inky Tentacle (Cover Art), selected by Craig Kennedy, Sarah Anne Langton, Hazel Thompson and Emma Vieceli.
- Dreams and Shadows by C. Robert Cargill (Gollancz) / Design and illustration by Sinem Erkas
- The Age Atomic by Adam Christopher (Angry Robot) / Art by Will Staehle
- Homeland and Pirate Cinema by Cory Doctorow (Titan) / Design by Amazing15
- Stray by Monica Hesse (Hot Key) / Art by Gianmarco Magnani
- Apocalypse Now Now by Charlie Human (Century) / Art by Joey Hi-Fi
The winners will be announced in a ceremony at the Seven Dials Club on 12 February. The winners will receive a total of £2,000 in prize money, as well as one of the prize’s iconic Tentacle trophies and bottles of The Kraken Rum.
Previous winners include Patrick Ness, Lauren Beukes, China Miéville and Nick Harkaway.
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