The Kitschies

The annual award for progressive, intelligent and entertaining genre literature. Sponsored by @blackwellbooks. Tweets mostly by @dystocalypse

[The Kitschies @TheKitschies]

We have shortlist news! A massive congratulations to all our finalists and huge thank you, as always, to our sponsor @blackwellbooks
Check out all the pretty books on our dedicated page.

https://t.co/Hh2pk0RUer

[The Kitschies @TheKitschies]

Also, check out @blackwellbooks final Kitschies page. It’s a thing of beauty.

https://t.co/Hh2pk0RUer

[The Kitschies @TheKitschies]

This week we announced our final winners of The Kitschies:

Red: Julia by Sandra Newman

Gold: The Centre by Ayesha Manazir Siddiqi

Inky: Out There Screaming, design by Janay Nachel Frazier & Stuart Wilson, art by Arnold J. Kemp

HUGE congratulations to the winners!

[BookBrunch @BookBrunch]

.@TheKitschies have held their final awards, with winners including @sannewman and @tweetingayesha

https://t.co/5JdBnYow3T (£)

[Anne Charnock @annecharnock]

Delighted to have been a judge for The Kitschies best novels. A fantastic Red Tentacle win for JULIA by @sannewman and a Gold Tentacle win for debut THE CENTRE by @tweetingayesha. Congrats to all the shortlisted authors!

[Nick Buy My Book Mamatas 🤼‍♂️🏴🧭 @NMamatas]

Now it can be told! Here are the winners of this year's Kitschie Award!

THE RED TENTACLE (NOVEL)
JULIA by Sandra Newman (Granta)

THE GOLDEN TENTACLE (DEBUT)
THE CENTRE by Ayesha Manazir Siddiqi (Picador)

I was pleased to be a juror.

https://t.co/zhVkkTQA2j

[Locus Magazine @locusmag]

2024 (And Final) Kitschies Winners https://t.co/W3IvdDdzR9

[Granta Books @GrantaBooks]

Sandra Newman’s JULIA just won @TheKitschies!

Here’s our editor @JasonArthur01 with the iconic red tentacle 🐙

[Glyn Morgan @GR_Morgan]

I posted about @TheKitschies on the blue site.

[Blackwell's @blackwellbooks]

A huge congratulations to @TheKitschies winners.
Explore the Shortlist:
https://t.co/sfVC6vuuMO
The Red Tentacle goes to Julia by Sandra Newman
https://t.co/eYE02V0ul3

[𝙉𝙞𝙘𝙝𝙤𝙡𝙖𝙨 𝙒𝙝𝙮𝙩𝙚 🇪🇺 🇧🇪 @nwbrux]

Awards: Hugos, Kitschies, Otherwise and energy
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[Sarah Rees Brennan @sarahreesbrenna]

I too am late to the news and sad! I always remember The Long Way to A Small Angry Planet received special note because of @TheKitschies. I admit I was cherishing hopes for myself because of their appreciation for the weird! Thank you for finding gems.

[Solaris Books @Solarisbooks]

DELIGHTED to see @BrieWoodFiction's BANG BANG BODHISATTVA on the shortlist for @TheKitschies Golden Tentacle award for the Debut novel to best fit their criteria of progressive, intelligent & entertaining!

Full shortlist https://t.co/pF2GbAy1pG
Buy now https://t.co/y7YWteOBAi

[Julianne Pachico @juliannepachico]

Very happy to see JUNGLE HOUSE on the shortlist for @TheKitschies Red Tentacle (Novel) prize! 🐙🤖

[File 770 @File_770]

2024 Kitschies Shortlists
https://t.co/qeRayqQJxV

[Granta Books @GrantaBooks]

Good and not so good news from @TheKitschies - it's the last year of the prize, but they've announced that JULIA and YOUR WISH IS MY COMMAND are both on their shortlist!

JULIA is nominated in two categories, for best novel and best cover design @lukejbird
https://t.co/oy7Nfvnv67

[ArabLit & ArabLit Quarterly @arablit.bsky.social @arablit]

It's hard to celebrate anything but so happy to see the beautiful work of @itsdeenasaur recognized by The Kitschies. Buy (beg, borrow) her book:

https://t.co/52RVHq0O6b

[Alison Hennessey @Alison_Edits]

Truly gutted the Kitschies are ending before one of my authors has a chance to win one of them (best names for awards ever) but delighted Bloomsbury did make it on to the final shortlist, courtesy of designer par excellence @GregHeini https://t.co/WzKDe8If9j

[The Bookseller @thebookseller]

ICYMI: @TheKitschies has revealed its final shortlist after 15 years, with the science fiction and fantasy-focused prize organisers saying they are closing the prize due to an “untenable amount of work” 👇 https://t.co/6u215TLtWR

[Orbit Books @orbitbooks]

We're thrilled to share that Infinity Gate by M. R. Carey has been shortlisted for @thekitschies Red Tentacle Award!

Huge congratulations to all the other shortlisted authors.

@michaelcarey191

[BookBrunch @BookBrunch]

.@TheKitschies has unveiled its last shortlist - the awards for 'progressive, intelligent and entertaining' SFF are taking place for the last time

https://t.co/v1cBrlJi6h (£)