# Ignyte Awards

The Ignyte Awards are an annual literary award for the best science fiction, fantasy, and horror works and achievements of the previous year. Established in 2020 by writers L. D. Lewis and Suzan Palumbo as an off-shoot of FIYAH Literary Magazine, the awards aim to celebrate diversity and inclusion in the speculative fiction genre, and are presented in 15 categories spanning fiction, non-fiction and community service. Trophies are awarded to winners at FIYAHCON, an annual speculative fiction convention focused on black, indigenous and people-of-color perspectives in the genre.
The Ignyte Awards are part-juried and part-public vote: finalists are selected by the convention committee, and winners are then determined in an online ballot. The 2021 finalists were announced in April, and winners were announced at a virtual edition of the convention in September.

## Winners
### Best Novel – Adult

| Year | Work | Author(s) |
| 2020 | Gods of Jade and Shadow | Silvia Moreno-Garcia |
| 2021 | Black Sun | Rebecca Roanhorse |
| 2022 | A Master of Djinn | P. Djèlí Clark |
| 2023 | The Blood Trials | N. E. Davenport |

### Best Novel – YA

| Year | Work | Author(s) |
| 2020 | We Hunt the Flame | Hafsah Faizal |
| 2021 | Legendborn | Tracy Deonn |
| 2022 | A Snake Falls to Earth | Darcie Little Badger |
| 2023 | Bloodmarked | Tracy Deonn |

### Best in Middle Grade

| Year | Work | Author(s) |
| 2020 | Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky | Kwame Mbalia |
| 2021 | Ghost Squad | Claribel A. Ortega |
| 2022 | Root Magic | Eden Royce |
| 2023 | Witchlings | Claribel Ortega |

### Best Novella

| Year | Work | Author(s) |
| 2020 | This is How You Lose the Time War | Max Gladstone and Amal El-Mohtar |
| 2021 | Riot Baby | Tochi Onyebuchi |
| 2022 | And This Is How to Stay Alive | Shingai Njeri Kagunda |
| 2023 | Into the Riverlands | Nghi Vo |

### Best Novelette

| Year | Work | Author(s) | Publisher |
| 2020 | Emergency Skin | N. K. Jemisin | Amazon Forward Collection |
| 2021 | The Inaccessibility of Heaven | Aliette de Bodard | Uncanny Magazine |
| 2022 | The Future Library | Peng Shepherd | Tor Books |
| 2023 | If You Find Yourself Speaking to God, Address God With the Informal You | John Chu | Uncanny Magazine |

### Best Short Story

| Year | Work | Author(s) | Publisher |
| 2020 | "A Brief Lesson in Native American Astronomy" | Rebecca Roanhorse | Gallery/Saga Press |
| 2021 | "You Perfect, Broken Thing" | C. L. Clark | Uncanny Magazine |
| 2022 | "If the Martians Have Magic" | P. Djèlí Clark | Uncanny Magazine |
| 2023 | "The Lady of the Yellow Painted Library" | Tobi Ogundiran | Tordotcom |

### Best in Speculative Poetry

| Year | Work | Author(s) | Publisher |
| 2020 | "A Conversation Between the Embalmed Heads of Lampião and Maria Bonita on Public Display at the Baiano State Forensic Institute, Circa Mid-20th Century" | Woody Dismukes | Strange Horizons |
| 2021 | "The Harrowing Desgarrador" | Gabriel Ascencio Morales | Strange Horizons |
| 2022 | "Post Massacre Psyche Evaluation" | Abu Bakr Sadiq | Uncanny Magazine |
| 2023 | "We Smoke Pollution" | Ai Jiang | STAR*LINE |

### Critics Award

| Year | Work |
| 2020 | Alex Brown of Tor.com |
| 2021 | Stitch @ Stitch's Media Mix |
| 2022 | Alex Brown of Tor.com |
| 2023 | Nerds of a Feather, Flock Together |

### Best Fiction Podcast

| Year | Work | Author(s) |
| 2020 | LeVar Burton Reads | LeVar Burton |
| 2021 | Nightlight Podcast | Tonia Ransom |
| 2022 | Khōréō | Aleksandra Hill, Lian Xia Rose, Isaree Thatchaichawalit, Marie Croke, Carla B. Estruch, Rowan Morrison, P.H. Low, Elaine Ho, Katarzyna Nowacka, Zhui Ning Chang, Katalina Watt, Ysabella Maglanque, Lauren Bajek, M.L. Krishnan, Jei D. Marcade, Oshon Ize-Iyamu, Justine Teu, Sanam Akhlagh, Nuna Fariha |
| 2023 | Black Women Are Scary | |

### Best Artist

| Year | Name |
| 2020 | Grace P. Fong |
| 2021 | Odera Igbokwe |
| 2022 | Morgan Madeline |
| 2023 | Aimee Campbell |

### Best Comics Team

| Year | Work | Author(s) | Publisher |
| 2020 | These Savage Shores | Ram V, Sumit Kumar, Vitorio Astone, Aditya Bidikar, and Tim Daniel | Vault Comics |
| 2021 | Parable of the Sower | Written by Octavia Butler, adapted by Damian Duffy, illustrated by John Jennings | Abrams ComicArts |
| 2022 | Nubia: Real One | Written by L.L. McKinney , illustrated by Robyn Smith | DC Comics |
| 2023 | Where Black Stars Rise | Marie Enger & Nadia Shammas | Tor Nightfire |

### Best Anthology/Collected Works

| Year | Work | Author(s) | Publisher |
| 2020 | New Suns: Original Speculative Fiction by People of Color | Edited by Nisi Shawl | Rebellion |
| 2021 | A Phoenix First Must Burn | Edited by Patrice Caldwell | Viking Books for Young Readers |
| 2022 | We’re Here: The Best Queer Speculative Fiction | Edited by Charles Payseur & C.L. Clark | Neon Hemlock Press |
| 2023 | Reclaim the Stars: 17 Tales Across Realms and Space | Edited by Zoraida Córdova | Wednesday Books |

### Best in Creative Nonfiction

| Year | Work | Author(s) | Publisher |
| 2020 | Black Horror Rising | Tananarive Due | Uncanny Magazine |
| 2021 | "I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream: The Duty of the Black Writer During Times of American Unrest" | Tochi Onyebuchi | Tor.com |
| 2022 | "We Are the Mountain: A Look at the Inactive Protagonist" | Vida Cruz | Fantasy Magazine |
| 2023 | The H Word: Horror in a Country that Is Not Afraid of Death | Dante Luiz | Nightmare Magazine |

### The Ember Award

| Year | Person |
| 2020 | LeVar Burton |
| 2021 | Dhonielle Clayton |
| 2022 | Tananarive Due |
| 2023 | Afronauts Podcast |

### The Community Award

| Year | Work | Author(s) |
| 2020 | Strange Horizons | Gautam Bhatia, Vajra Chandrasekera, Joyce Chng, Kate Cowan, Tahlia Day, William Ellwood, Rebecca Evans, Ciro Faienza, Lila Garrott, Dan Hartland, Amanda Jean, Lulu Kadhim, Maureen Kincaid Speller, Catherine Krahe, Anaea Lay, Dante Luiz, Heather McDougal, AJ Odasso, Vanessa Rose Phin, Clark Seanor, Romie Stott, Aishwarya Subramanian, Fred G. Yost, the Strange Horizons copyediting team, and first readers. |
| 2021 | #PublishingPaidMe | L.L. McKinney and Tochi Onyebuchi |
| 2022 | The Submission Grinder | David Steffen, Anthony W. Sullivan, and Andrew Rucker Jones |
| 2023 | Flights of Foundry | |