The Ignyte Awards
Your favorite BIPOC SFFH author's favorite award. Celebrating excellence and inclusivity in the genre. Brought to you by L.D. Lewis, Suzan Palumbo, and FIYAH Lit Mag. 2024 medallion art (pfp) by Cyan Daly https://ignyteawards.fiyahlitmag.com/
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The speculative fiction imprint of Rebel Satori press. Visit us at https://rebelsatori.com/queer-space/
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The (reluctantly) official BlueSky account of award-winning author (Ruby Finley vs. the Interstellar Invasion), editor, teacher (@writingtheother.com), and freelance adventuress K. Tempest Bradford (she/her).
@alechiadow.bsky.social
Locus, BSFA, Ignyte Finalist. Chef. Librarian. Author of 7+ acclaimed books. Next: Their Just Desserts, 5/13/2025. Later: Until the Clock Strikes Midnight, 2/3/2026. Bostonian in Germany.
@bendibarrett.bsky.social
spec fic writer, sfwa member, assistant editor @ baffling mag, queer weirdo, etc. (he/him)
@fictograph.bsky.social
Hugo- and Ignyte-recognized Writer/Artist/Narrative Designer. Works in Uncanny, Tor, Apex, Strange Horizons, Neon Hemlock, Palia, Magic: the Gathering. Currently @ CD PROJEKT RED on Cyberpunk 2. www.gracepfong.com
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Writer, editor, critic, scholar. Lambda + Hugo winner. Hungarian / Jewish / agender / neuroatypical. E/em/eir/emself or they. טומטום. Intersex. 100% migráncs in Lawrence, Kansas. Metroidbrainia enjoyer. Opinions my own & do not represent anyone else
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Writer, editor, crafty person. Frequently covered in cat hair, often wearing many hats. Dream Foundry, Flights of Foundry, Small Wonders Magazine
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(She/her) once and future editor-criric at Hugo and Ignyte winning SFF fanzine NERDS OF A FEATHER, FLOCK TOGETHER. Dog person, ocean enjoyer, I like being elsewhere.
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Sarungano. Author of Drinking from Graveyard Wells. Tin House Scholar. CW ‘22 Voodoonauts Cofounder https://linktr.ee/YvetteL
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nerd with narrative disorder • humanitarian • sociopunk • evidence-based creativity • speculative resistance • predictive fictions • INFOMOCRACY • THE MIMICKING OF KNOWN SUCCESSES • …AND OTHER DISASTERS • GlobalVoices.org • ASU-CSI • opinions my own
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I'LL MAKE A SPECTACLE (Run For It, 2025). CHARLEY'S HONKY TONK (Kokila, 2026). Rep: Chelsea Hensley, MWLA. they/them https://linktr.ee/BeatriceWinifredIker
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Citizen of the Wildeeps! Writer Editor Podcaster TeachingArtisr of Speculative Fiction! Words in Apex, Fiyah, Anathema, Prismatic, Escape Pod, PodCastle. Ghost Class/Clarion c/o 2030-2022. Just Keep Writing co-host. Art Institute Chicago BFAW c/o 2027.
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Sturgeon & Nebula Award winning SpecFic author. MIFRE Media Award Winner. Locus, Ignyte, Eugie Foster Finalist. Codex/SFWA. She/Her. Banner: Andy Dudak THE NIGHTWARD Out Now! Agent: @cammc9.bsky.social Go Fund Me for Cancer: https://tinyurl.com/mvuyw5t7
@pseudopod.org
We have always lived in the tower. We are legion. We/they/them 🦑 Co-Editors: Alex Hofelich and Shawn Garrett | Deputy Ed: Kat Day | Host: Alasdair Stuart | Assistant Ed: Scott Campbell | Social Media: M.M. Schill | Audio: Chelsea Davis 🎙️ PseudoPod.org
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Short fantasy from @EAPodcasts BFA winner WFA, Hugo, Ignyte, Aurora finalists
@bcsmagazine.bsky.social
Hugo, World Fantasy, and Ignyte Award finalist online magazine of literary adventure fantasy, since 2008. Read/listen online: https://beneath-ceaseless-skies.com
@dreamfoundry.bsky.social
A non-profit for support and advocacy of emerging creatives working in the speculative arts. We run contests for writers and artists, Con or Bust, the virtual convention Flights of Foundry, and more!
@flightsoffoundry.bsky.social
An annual virtual convention for speculative creators and fans, put on by Dream Foundry! Global, virtual, free to attend Sept 27-29 2024 https://flights-of-foundry.org/
@aijiang.bsky.social
🇨🇳🇨🇦 || she/her || Changle -> Toronto ||Ignyte, Bram Stoker, Nebula Winner || Hugo, Astounding, Locus nominee || Odyssey ‘23 || BA,MSc || rep: UTA & The Tobias Literary Agency || A PALACE NEAR THE WIND (Titan Books ‘25) https://aijiang.carrd.co/
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Writer/Poet, Editor. SFF/LitFic. CPO @ Augur Society. Work in: The Walrus, Year's Best Canadian FSF, FIYAH, Brick. Toronto, Canada. She/Her. www.teresemasonpierre.com Author of MYTH, House of Anansi, 2025 https://houseofanansi.com/products/myth
@tobiogundiran.com
Ignyte, British Fantasy award-winning author of GUARDIAN OF THE GODS duology (Tor) • JACKAL, JACKAL (Undertow) • BSFA, Shirley Jackson, World Fantasy award nominee• Rep: Alex Cochran
@gregandree71.bsky.social
Pretty good writer. Reasonably competent HusbandParentMusician. Passable teacher. Old, stubborn, and grumpy. Forever fighting book bans, ignorance, and cruelty. He/Him.
@rfkuang.bsky.social
author, marshall scholar, phd @ Yale sinophone + asian american lit BABEL, YELLOWFACE, etc... https://linktr.ee/kuangrf
@markdoesstuff.bsky.social
#1 NYT Bestselling Author of YA and MG | Rep'd by @dongwon | Latinx | They/Them | Profile image by @dariusvoncel
@nadiashammas.bsky.social
Palestinian-American writer, narrative designer, and award-winning wretch. She/They. From Brooklyn, now Toronto. GAMES: THIRSTY SUITORS, THE AXIS UNSEEN COMICS: SQUIRE, WHERE BLACK STARS RISE, DEAD BY DAYLIGHT
@davering.bsky.social
writer. publisher at Neon Hemlock. anthologist. co-editor of Baffling. shirley jackson award winner. lambda, locus & ignyte award finalist. he/him.
@johnchu.bsky.social
The writer who won the Hugo, Nebula, and Locus Awards. Not the movie director. (He/him/his) Mastodon: @[email protected]
@tracydeonn.bsky.social
#1 NYT, #1 Indie, Intl. Bestselling Author of The Legendborn Cycle. 📚 ALA CSK & Ignyte Award Winner. Story Warrior. Black Bene Gesserit. Fandom-raised.
@kateelliottsff.bsky.social
Science fiction & fantasy writer. World builder. Reader. Outrigger canoe paddler. I ❤️ my schnauzer. Hawaii. ✡️🕊️ She/her. Where Should I Start With Your Novels, a guide: https://imakeupworlds.com/index.php/2015/02/where-should-i-start-with-your-novels/
@brentclambert.bsky.social
Writer. Black SFF always! Hugo Award Winner. One of the co-hosts for Just Keep Writing. he/him http://brentclambert.com
@slhuang.com
THE WATER OUTLAWS is out now! Queer feminist bandits rising up against a tyrannical Empire. Lots of sword fighting. "Breakneck, adrenaline-filled pace" - Booklist (starred review) Not here very much. Mailing list: slhuang.com
@nghivo.bsky.social
Spec fic writer. It probably didn't happen, but it should have, could have or might have. Represented by Fox Literary. Cis, queer, she/her.
@niadavenport.bsky.social
Award-winning author of THE BLOOD TRIALS. Next up: LOVE SPELLS TROUBLE (YA; July 2025) and OUR VICIOUS OATHS (Adult; Oct 2025). She/Her.
@nerdsofafeather.bsky.social
a Hugo and Ignyte Award-winning fanzine covering fantasy, science fiction, video games, comics, cult movies, and other realms of nerddom since 2012. http://www.nerds-feather.com/
@uncannymagazine.bsky.social
Science Fiction & Fantasy Magazine Edited by Lynne M. Thomas & Michael Damian Thomas. 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2022, 2023 Hugo & 2024 Locus Award Winner. uncannymagazine.com
@benjaminckinney.com
SFF writer, neuroscientist, Hugo finalist. Escape Pod 2017-2023. Short stories in Analog, Lightspeed, Sunday Morning Transport, etc. He/him. Rep: Marisa Cleveland. Neuroscience (not under pen name): rehabilitation, neuroimaging, handedness
@margueritekenner.bsky.social
Dangerously Polite; Deadly Serious | Escape Artists Foundation publisher/Pres/CEO | Lawyer (views mine, not advice) | All things podcast | She/Her
@undertow.bsky.social
Indie press in Canada. World Fantasy Award, Shirley Jackson Award, HWA Specialty Press Award, and British Fantasy Award-winner. Endearingly weird. (Posts by Michael Kelly) https://undertowpublications.com/
@clpolk.com
I write stuff. I knit stuff. I cook stuff. Ask me about my weird little books. https://www.clpolk.com/
@cypayseur.bsky.social
https://linktr.ee/cypayseur Locus and Ignyte Award winning co-editor of We're Here: The Best Queer Speculative Fiction. Hugo and Ignyte Award finalist critic/fan writer. Destroyer of Science Fiction. Bisexual all day. He/Him They/Them
@princejvstin.com
Fan Writer Editor at @nerdsofafeather.bsky.social Hugo Finalist 2025 (Journey Planet) More pieces at @skiffyandfanty.com @reactorsff.bsky.social @file770.bsky.social and elsewhere! Podcaster. #photography I'm just this guy, you know? He/him.
@claribelortega.bsky.social
NYT Best-selling raccoon enthusiast 🦝 Witchlings 4: Scepter of Memories out 9.16.25 I wrote Ghost Squad, the Witchlings series & the Eisner & Pura Belpré winning graphic novel Frizzy 🐓 https://linktr.ee/claribelortega
@sillysyntax.bsky.social
Nebula, Aurora, WFA finalist, Ignyte Co Founder "SKIN THIEF STORIES" Neon Hemlock. COUNTESS out now ECW Press. Goth, plant grower, music enthusiast. She/They, Queer, 🇹🇹 🇨🇦 rep by Michael Curry. Banner: Matt Griffin suzanpalumbo.carrd.co
@ldlewiswrites.com
SFF writer/editor in Atlanta. Literary nonprofit person. Ignytes mother. Awards doer. Hugo Winner. Conrunner. Lego builder. Joy enthusiast. 77% Cake. Bi. Grumpy. She/her/chef. Read at Ldlewiswrites.com. 🏳️🌈 YEAR OF THE MER (Saga Press, 2026)
@fiyahlitmag.bsky.social
Award-winning Magazine of Black Speculative Fiction. • Home of #FiyahLitMag, #FIYAHCON. • Submissions CLOSED. Publisher + Executive Editor: @davaun.bsky.social