2026 Future Worlds Prize Winner
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The Future Worlds Prize for Fantasy and Science Fiction Writers of Colour announced the winner of its prize for short fiction at a ceremony in London. WINNER: A Blade Drawn from Envy , Ty Ogunade RUNNER-UP: There Will Come Soft Rains , Jessica Tsang A Song of Shir'ja , Harps Aujla Zonbi , Zarah Elouis-Ro Crooked Straits , Olivia Ho One Thousand …Read More The post 2026 Future Worlds Prize Winner appeared first on Locus.
The Future Worlds Prize for Fantasy and Science Fiction Writers of Colour announced the winner of its prize for short fiction at a ceremony in London.
WINNER: “A Blade Drawn from Envy”, Ty Ogunade
RUNNER-UP: “There Will Come Soft Rains”, Jessica Tsang
“A Song of Shir’ja”, Harps Aujla
“Zonbi”, Zarah Elouis-Ro
“Crooked Straits”, Olivia Ho
“One Thousand and One Wishes”, Rakan Khashman
“The Sun Wells”, Aiden Ng
“A Corruption of Death”, Hadiyah Sama
The judges of the Prize included Carolynne Bain, Ese Erheriene, Eric Huang, Nahrein Kemp, and Chris Pak. The winner receives £4,500, the runner-up £2,500, and the remaining six each receive £850. All eight will receive mentoring from the prize’s publishing partners. The award is funded by author Ben Aaronovitch and actor Adjoa Andoh.
For more information, see the prize’s website.
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