The 2026 Ignyte Award finalists have been announced, and we’re thrilled to see some DMLA names on the list!
Outstanding Novel: Adult
Outstanding Novelette
The Ember Award
(for unsung contributions to genre)
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.
PLATFORM DECAY by Martha Wells has been selected as a LibraryReads Hall of Fame Pick for May!
We’re over the Sanctuary Moon to announce that the newest Murderbot Diaries book – PLATFORM DECAY – by Martha Wells landed at #8 on the New York Times Hardcover Fiction Bestseller list and reached #9 on the Combined Print and E-book list!
It also came in at #8 on the USA Today list and #6 on the National Indie Bestseller list!
Congratulations to all the DMLA authors named as finalists in the 2026 Hugo Awards!
Best Novel
Best Novelette
Best Short Story
Best Series
Best Related Work
Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form
Best Semiprozine
The 2026 Locus Award Finalists were announced and we’re thrilled to see so many DMLA authors included!
SCIENCE FICTION NOVELS
FANTASY NOVELS
HORROR NOVELS
FIRST NOVELS
NOVELLAS
NOVELETTES
SHORT STORIES
COLLECTION
Having someone else support your bad decision feels kind of good.
After volunteering to run a rescue mission, Murderbot realizes that it will have to spend significant time with a bunch of humans it doesn’t know.
Including human children. Ugh.
This may well call for… eye contact!
The sixth Constellation collects eleven stories set in Sharon Lee and Steve Miller’s vast, versatile, and beloved Liaden Universe®. Themes range from military to western to found family, and include discovery stories and novel outtakes. All showcase Lee and Miller’s deft touch with characterization and their acclaimed world-building skill. Also included in this volume is the text of Sharon Lee’s speech accepting the Robert A. Heinlein Award for outstanding published works in science fiction literature, which was presented at the 59th Baltimore Science Fiction Convention.
In a city that’s just beginning to recover from the devastation caused by the Battle of Chicago, Harry Dresden is finally pulling himself together as well. He’s ensconced in his own personal castle, healing his various wounds, and training an eager new apprentice. The last thing he wants is any trouble. But, as history has consistently―and quite annoyingly―shown, what Harry wants is rarely what Harry gets.
It starts with a visit from Harry’s most powerful frenemy, Gentleman John Marcone, Baron of Chicago. He needs Harry to assist in the redemption of an underling who’s looking to go straight. And since Harry does kinda sorta owe Marcone for saving his life once (stupid honorable debt!), it’s not a request he can refuse. He’ll just wish he had.
Because this little favor is going to drag Harry into a fight he doesn’t want on behalf of a lowlife he doesn’t trust against an enemy more powerful and pestilent than he ever could’ve expected: an insatiable, demonic foe whom Harry himself may have created when he wiped out the vampires of the Red Court so long ago.
Before, all it wanted was blood. Now it wants the entire world . . .
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.