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2022 Ignyte Awards

Oct 202022
 

Congratulations to our DMLA authors on their 2022 Ignyte Awards!

BEST NOVEL: YOUNG ADULT

  • A Snake Falls To Earth – Darcie Little Badger (Levine Querido)

THE EMBER AWARD (for unsung contributions to genre)

  • Tananarive Due
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2021 Shirley Jackson Awards Nominees

Oct 112022
 

Congratulations to our DMLA author who was nominated for the 2021 Shirley Jackson Awards!

NOVEL
Nothing But Blackened Teeth by Cassandra Khaw (Nightfire)
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Deal: Suzan Palumbo

Oct 072022
 
Nebula Award finalist Suzan Palumbo’s COUNTESS, a space opera pitched as a queer Caribbean Count of Monte Cristo, in which a betrayed Captain is set on a journey of revenge against the interplanetary Empire that has subjugated her people for generations, to Jenifer Albert at ECW Press, for publication in Spring 2024, by Michael Curry.
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Congratulations to Cassandra Khaw!

Sep 122022
 

Congratulations to Cassandra Khaw! With it’s recent trade paperback release, NOTHING BUT BLACKENED TEETH has returned to USA Today’s Best Selling Book List at #143!

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2022 Dragon Award Finalists

Aug 172022
 

Congratulations to our DMLA authors who have been chosen as 2022 Dragon award finalist!

Best Young Adult / Middle Grade Novel

  • Akata Woman by Nnedi Okorafor
  • A Snake Falls to Earth by Darcie Little Badger

Best Horror Novel

  • The Death of Jane Lawrence by Caitlin Starling
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2022 Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction Shortlist

Aug 102022
 

Congratulations to Darcie Little Badger for having her title, A Snake Falls to Earth, shortlisted for the 2022 Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction!

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Deal: Premee Mohamed

Aug 042022
 

Premee Mohamed’s THE BUTCHER OF THE FOREST, in which a world-weary woman races against the clock to rescue the children of a wrathful tyrant from a dangerous, otherworldly forest, to Emily Goldman at Tordotcom Publishing, with Jonathan Strahan editing, for publication in 2024, by Michael Curry.

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2022 British Fantasy Awards Shortlists

Aug 012022
 

Congratulations to all our DMLA authors who have been shortlisted for the 2022 British Fantasy Awards!

Best Novella

  • These Lifeless Things, Premee Mohamed (Solaris)

Best Horror Novel (The August Derleth Award)

  • A Broken Darkness, Premee Mohamed (Solaris)
  • Nothing but Blackened Teeth, Cassandra Khaw (Titan)
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2022 World Fantasy Award Finalists

Jul 292022
 


Congratulations to our DMLA authors who have been selected as finalists for the 2022 World Fantasy Award!

Best Novella

  • Nothing But Blackened Teeth, Cassandra Khaw (Nightfire)
  • And What Can We Offer You Tonight, Premee Mohamed (Neon Hemlock)
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