The Winners for 2021’s Kitschies have been announced. The Kitschies are a “prize for the year’s most progressive, intelligent and entertaining novels containing elements of the speculative and the fantastic”. The award is famous for its unique Tentacle trophies. You can find out more about each prize via the award’s sponsor, Blackwell’s Books, here.
The awards were announced via a special ceremony online on 12th of October, 2022. The winners are below:
The Red Tentacle (Novel)
- The Galaxy, and the Ground Within – Wayfarers by Becky Chambers
The Golden Tentacle (Debut)
- Temporary by Hilary Leichter
The Inky Tentacle (Cover Art)
- The Seep by Chana Porter, Cover Art by Julia Lloyd (Vintage)
The Glentacle (Special)
A discretionary award in memory of Glen Mehn, aka The Glentacle, for services to the SF/F community.
This year it was awarded to Ra Page, who is the CEO and Founder of Comma Press, a not-for-profit publisher and development agency specialising in short fiction from the UK and beyond.
