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2026 World Fantasy Award Finalists

Aug 122026
 

The finalists for the 2026 World Fantasy Awards have been announced! Congratulations to DMLA authors Thomas Ha and Elise C. Tober!

Best Long Fiction

  •  “Uncertain Sons”, Thomas Ha (Uncertain Sons and Other Stories)

Best Short Fiction

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

Best Collection

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

Special Award – Non-Professional

  • Elise C. Tobler, for The Deadlands

Murderbot Emmy Nominations!

Jul 172026
 

the cover of Murderbot Diaries: All Systems Red by Martha Wells featuring the Apple+ logoDMLA extends its congratulations to the Murderbot team on becoming an Emmy-nominated television program! Based on the original works of DMLA author, Martha Wells, Murderbot on Apple TV+ has been nominated for an Emmy in the following three categories:

    • Title Design
    • Main Title Theme Music
    • Sound Editing

Ursula K. Le Guin 2026 Prize for Fiction Shortlist!

Jul 102026
 

Congratulations to DMLA authors Premee Mohamed (One Message Remains) and Tashan Mehta (Mad Sisters of Esi) for making the 2026 Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction shortlist!

2025 Bram Stoker Award Winners

Jun 152026
 

The 2025 Bram Stoker Award winners have been announced and we’re thrilled to see Tananarive Due on the list of winners for the following category!

Superior Achievement in Short Non-Fiction

  • Tananarive Due – “My Long Road to Horror” (Why I Love Horror: Essays on Horror Fiction, Saga Press)

2025 Nebula Awards Winners

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+)

2026 Ignyte Award Finalists

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

2026 Locus Awards Winners

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)

Premee Mohamed wins a 2026 Grand Prix de l’Imaginaire!

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!

2026 Hugo Awards Finalists

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

2026 Locus Award Finalists

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)
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