Jun 122026
 

Congratulations to DMLA authors Thomas Ha and Martha Wells for their 2025 Nebula Award wins!

Best Novelette

  • “Uncertain Sons”, by Thomas Ha (Uncertain Sons)

Ray Bradbury Nebula Award for Outstanding Dramatic Presentation

  • Murderbot: Season One, by Chris Weitz & Paul Weitz (Apple TV+)
Jun 112026
 

The 2026 Ignyte Award finalists have been announced, and we’re thrilled to see some DMLA names on the list!

Outstanding Novel: Adult

  • A Song of Legends Lost – M. H. Ayinde (Saga Press)

Outstanding Novelette

  • Uncertain Sons – Thomas Ha (Undertow Publications)

The Ember Award
(for unsung contributions to genre)

  • Martha Wells
Jun 082026
 

The 2026 Locus Awards have been announced and we’re thrilled to see DMLA author, Thomas Ha won in two categories!

SHORT STORY

  • “In My Country“, Thomas Ha (Clarkesworld 4/25)

COLLECTION

  • Uncertain Sons and Other Stories, Thomas Ha (Undertow)
May 312026
 

Arabic rights to Katherine Addison’s THE GOBLIN EMPEROR, to Wahet Al Kotob (Egypt), by Ruqaya Tareq at Bears Factor Literary Agency, on behalf of Katie Shea Boutillier for Cameron McClure.

Czech rights to Gretchen Powell Fox’s SMOKE AND SCAR and SPLINTERED KINGDOM to Grada by Nada Popovic at Prava I Prevodi, on behalf of Katie Shea Boutillier.

Polish rights to Kel Kade’s RITUAL OF RUIN and SANCTUM OF THE SOUL, to Fabryka Slow (Poland), by Nada Popovic at Prava I Prevodi, on behalf of Katie Shea Boutillier for Cameron McClure.

Turkish rights to New York Times bestselling author Martha Wells’ EMILY AND THE HOLLOW WORLD and EMILY AND THE SKY WORLD, to Ithaki, by Ayşenur Tural at AnatoliaLit Agency in association with Michael Curry for Jennifer Jackson.

May 292026
 

The French edition of The Annual Migration of Clouds and We Speak Through the Mountain by Premee Mohamed has won the 2026 Grand Prix de l’Imaginaire in the Nouvelle/Novella étrangère category!

May 082026
 

Congratulations to all the DMLA authors named as finalists in the 2026 Hugo Awards!

Best Novel

  • A Drop of Corruption by Robert Jackson Bennett (Del Rey; Hodderscape)

Best Novelette

  • “Rapport: Friendship, Solidarity, Communion, Empathy” by Martha Wells (Reactor, July 10, 2025)

Best Short Story

  • “In My Country” by Thomas Ha (Clarkesworld, Issue 223)

Best Series

  • The Chronicles of Osreth by Katherine Addison (Tor US; Solaris UK; Subterranean)
  • White Space by Elizabeth Bear (Saga Press; Gollancz)

Best Related Work

  • Inventing the Renaissance by Ada Palmer (University of Chicago Press US, Head of Zeus UK)

Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form

  • Murderbot: “All Systems Red”, written by Paul Weitz & Chris Weitz, directed by Roseanne Liang, based on the book All Systems Red by Martha Wells (Apple TV)
  • Murderbot: “The Perimeter”, written Chris Weitz & Paul Weitz, directed by Paul Weitz, based on the book All Systems Red by Martha Wells (Apple TV)

Best Semiprozine

  • The Deadlands, publisher Sean Markey, editor in chief E. Catherine Tobler, poetry editor Nicasio Andres Reed, nonfiction editor David Gilmore, necromancer Amanda Downum, art director Cory Skerry, copy editors Laura Blackwell and Annika Barranti Klein, proofreader Josephine Stewart, designer Christine M. Scott, and social media skeleton Felicia Martínez
May 062026
 

The 2026 Locus Award Finalists were announced and we’re thrilled to see so many DMLA authors included!

SCIENCE FICTION NOVELS

  • The Folded Sky, Elizabeth Bear (Saga; Gollancz)

FANTASY NOVELS

  • The Tomb of Dragons, Katherine Addison (Tor; Solaris UK)
  • A Drop of Corruption, Robert Jackson Bennett (Del Rey; Hodderscape)
  • Queen Demon, Martha Wells (Tor)

HORROR NOVELS

  • The Library at Hellebore, Cassandra Khaw (Nightfire; Titan UK)

FIRST NOVELS

  • A Song of Legends Lost, M.H. Ayinde (Orbit UK; Saga)

NOVELLAS

  • The Orb of Cairado, Katherine Addison (Subterranean)

NOVELETTES

  • “The Witch and the Wyrm“, Elizabeth Bear (Reactor 2/26/25)
  • “Uncertain Sons“, Thomas Ha (Uncertain Sons)

SHORT STORIES

  • “In My Country“, Thomas Ha (Clarkesworld 4/25)

COLLECTION

  • Uncertain Sons and Other Stories, Thomas Ha (Undertow)
  • One Message Remains, Premee Mohamed (Psychopomp)
Apr 302026
 

Catalan rights to Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction winner Vajra Chandrasekera’s RAKESFALL, to Chronos, by Elena Rodríguez at International Editors & Yáñez Co’ S.L. in association with Michael Curry.

Czech rights to Katherine Addison’s THE GRIEF OF STONES to Dobrovsky, by Nada Popovic at Prava I Prevodi, on behalf of Katie Shea Boutillier for Cameron McClure.

French rights to Seamus Sullivan’s DAEDALUS IS DEAD to  Elysande, by Sarah Dray at Anna Jarota Agency, on behalf of Katie Shea Boutillier for Cameron McClure.

Portuguese (Brazil) rights to New York Times bestselling author Martha Wells’ WITCH KING and QUEEN DEMON, the first two books in the Rising World trilogy, to Editora Alta Books, by Cristina Purchio at International Editors’ Co. in association with Michael Curry for Jennifer Jackson.

Portuguese rights to Melissa K. Roehrich’s Legacy series, to Guerra & Paz, in a two-book deal, by Elena Rodriguez at International Editors & Yanez, on behalf of Katie Shea Boutillier.

Spanish rights to Robert Jackson Bennett’s THE DIVINE CITIES SERIES to Hidra, in a three-book deal, by Elena Rodriguez at  International Editors & Yanez, on behalf of Katie Shea Boutillier for Cameron McClure.

Spanish rights to Nebula Award finalist Kerstin Hall’s ASUNDER to Duermevela, by Elena Rodríguez at International Editors & Yáñez Co’ S.L. in association with Michael Curry for Jennifer Jackson.

Apr 242026
 

Congratulations to all the DMLA authors whose titles were named a GoodReads Editor’s Top Genre Pick for the past five years!

Fantasy

Horror

Mar 312026
 

Bulgarian rights to Robert Sheckley’s STORE OF INFINITY to Alto, by Tamara Vukicevic at Prava i Prevodi, on behalf of Katie Shea Boutillier for Cameron McClure.

Czech audio rights to New York Times bestselling author Martha Wells’ ROGUE PROTOCOL, EXIT STRATEGY, NETWORK EFFECT, FUGITIVE TELEMETRY, and SYSTEM COLLAPSE, books 3-7 in The Murderbot Diaries, to OneHotBook, by Nada Popovic at Prava i prevodi in association with Michael Curry for Jennifer Jackson.

French renewal rights to New York Times bestselling author Anne Bishop’s MARKED IN FLESH and ETCHED IN BONE, the fourth and fifth books in the Others series, to Bragelonne, by Sarah Dray at Anna Jarota Agency in association with Michael Curry for Jennifer Jackson.

French omnibus rights to New York Times bestselling author Martha Wells’ ALL SYSTEMS RED, ARTIFICIAL CONDITION, ROGUE PROTOCOL, and EXIT STRATEGY, the first four books in The Murderbot Diaries, to Editions L’Atalante, by Sarah Dray at Anna Jarota Agency in association with Michael Curry for Jennifer Jackson.

German rights to J.M. Kearl’s THE ASSASSIN’S WAY, to Piper, at auction, in a three-book deal, by Sarah Knofius at Thomas Schlueck Agency, on behalf of Katie Shea Boutillier at Donald Maass Literary Agency.

Japanese rights to New York Times bestselling author Martha Wells’ PLATFORM DECAY, the eighth book in the Murderbot Diaries series, to Tokyo Sogensha, by Shreya De Sousa at The English Agency (Japan) in association with Michael Curry for Jennifer Jackson.

Ukrainian rights to British Fantasy Award winner Simon Jimenez’s THE SPEAR CUTS THROUGH WATER, to Athena, by Tamara Vukićević at Prava i Prevodi in association with Michael Curry.