Hi! So I'm L, I do a lot in SFF and one of those things I do is run the Ignyte Awards. We're a spec lit award centering the perspectives/contributions of BIPOC in genre. We came about because existing legacy institutions sustain(ed) practices disrespectful or exclusionary of marginalized creators.
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WELCOME TO THE IGNYTE AWARDS The Ignyte Awards began in 2020 alongside the inaugural FIYAHCON, a virtual convention centering the contributions and...
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January 23, 2024 at 1:11 AM
Hi! So I'm L, I do a lot in SFF and one of those things I do is run the Ignyte Awards. We're a spec lit award centering the perspectives/contributions of BIPOC in genre. We came about because existing legacy institutions sustain(ed) practices disrespectful or exclusionary of marginalized creators.
**blows the dust off**
May 21, 2026 at 5:12 PM
**blows the dust off**
3...2...1... Let's jam.
June 9, 2025 at 1:49 PM
3...2...1... Let's jam.
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May 23, 2025 at 3:37 PM
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Hey, the Ignyte Awards finalists have been announced and yours truly is up for a Critics Award! This is awesome. Congrats to all the finalists.
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Here Are the Finalists for the 2025 Ignyte Awards - Reactor
Congratulations to everyone!
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June 9, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Hey, the Ignyte Awards finalists have been announced and yours truly is up for a Critics Award! This is awesome. Congrats to all the finalists.
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@theignyteawards.bsky.social Ignyte Awards sent me recognition of Blackheart Man being a finalist for the 2025 award. Thank you!
August 21, 2026 at 8:05 PM
@theignyteawards.bsky.social Ignyte Awards sent me recognition of Blackheart Man being a finalist for the 2025 award. Thank you!
It's a big day for SFF Awards! The Ignyte Awards have announced their 2025 finalists. Congratulations!!
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Here Are the Finalists for the 2025 Ignyte Awards - Reactor
Congratulations to everyone!
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June 9, 2025 at 5:02 PM
It's a big day for SFF Awards! The Ignyte Awards have announced their 2025 finalists. Congratulations!!
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These poems are eligible for consideration for the Ignyte award.
It is my personal feeling that "A Time Traveler's Guide to Avoiding Paradox" in the November 2024 issue of beestung is one of my strongest pieces this year: beestungmag.com/issue21/one-...
One Poem by Elizabeth R. McClellan – beestung
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March 27, 2025 at 2:50 PM
These poems are eligible for consideration for the Ignyte award.
Ignyte award winners - congratulations all!
The winner of the 2024 Ignyte Award for Outstanding Novel - Adult is:
THE SAINT OF BRIGHT DOORS by Vajra Chandrasekera (Tordotcom)
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THE SAINT OF BRIGHT DOORS by Vajra Chandrasekera (Tordotcom)
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November 8, 2024 at 7:32 PM
Ignyte award winners - congratulations all!
CRYING AND THROWING UP
I'm not even going to PRETEND to be cool about this, I'm an IGNYTE nominee???????
I'm not even going to PRETEND to be cool about this, I'm an IGNYTE nominee???????
The #2026IgnyteAwards finalists in Outstanding Short Story are:
Autogas Ferryman – @champwongs.bsky.social
Because I Held His Name Like A Key – @aimeeogdenwrites.com
Commensalism, Or the Labyrinth’s Vessels – @nkereuwxm.bsky.social
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Autogas Ferryman – @champwongs.bsky.social
Because I Held His Name Like A Key – @aimeeogdenwrites.com
Commensalism, Or the Labyrinth’s Vessels – @nkereuwxm.bsky.social
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June 8, 2026 at 4:03 PM
CRYING AND THROWING UP
I'm not even going to PRETEND to be cool about this, I'm an IGNYTE nominee???????
I'm not even going to PRETEND to be cool about this, I'm an IGNYTE nominee???????
AS THE EARTH DREAMS is nominated for an Ignyte Award!!! Thank you so much to the Ignyte Team for this honor!!
The #2026IgnyteAwards finalists for Outstanding Anthology/Collected Works are (this is going to be a long one):
Detailed contributors on the following slides, but congratulations to @seraph76.bsky.social for Call and Response
Detailed contributors on the following slides, but congratulations to @seraph76.bsky.social for Call and Response
June 8, 2026 at 4:35 PM
AS THE EARTH DREAMS is nominated for an Ignyte Award!!! Thank you so much to the Ignyte Team for this honor!!
Winners of the 2023 Ignyte Awards will be announced October 21, 2023. Check out the finalists below:
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Announcing the 2023 Ignyte Awards Shortlist, The Ignyte Awards
The Ignyte Awards Committee Is thrilled to announce the finalists for the 2023 Igynte Awards.
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September 13, 2023 at 5:29 PM
Winners of the 2023 Ignyte Awards will be announced October 21, 2023. Check out the finalists below:
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I hear the @theignyteawards.bsky.social Nominees have been notified, which is very exciting because the Ignytes celebrate the works of People of the Global Majority within Speculative Fiction!
The Ignyte Awards are special, in part, because they
I hear the @theignyteawards.bsky.social Nominees have been notified, which is very exciting because the Ignytes celebrate the works of People of the Global Majority within Speculative Fiction!
The Ignyte Awards are special, in part, because they
May 31, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Wanna join the Informed Ignyte Voter Book Club?
I hear the @theignyteawards.bsky.social Nominees have been notified, which is very exciting because the Ignytes celebrate the works of People of the Global Majority within Speculative Fiction!
The Ignyte Awards are special, in part, because they
I hear the @theignyteawards.bsky.social Nominees have been notified, which is very exciting because the Ignytes celebrate the works of People of the Global Majority within Speculative Fiction!
The Ignyte Awards are special, in part, because they
My Ignyte Award Winner medallion arrived in today's mail!!!
February 21, 2026 at 12:06 AM
My Ignyte Award Winner medallion arrived in today's mail!!!
Thank you to the Ignyte Awards voters!
And the Community Award for Outstanding Efforts in Service of Inclusion and Equitable Practice in Genre goes to @authorsabb.bsky.social
#2025IgnyteAwards
#2025IgnyteAwards
October 12, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Thank you to the Ignyte Awards voters!
ICYMI. Nominated for the Locus Awards (along with 2 of the stories in it, 'Encore' by @wtalabi.bsky.social & 'Autumn's Red Bird' by @aliettedebodard.com) & the Ignyte Awards
Out today, my 1st anthology, DEEP DREAM: SCIENCE FICTION EXPLORING THE FUTURE OF ART (@mitpress.bsky.social). 10 writers imagine how art forms (and artists) might evolve, devolve, and transform across spacetime near and far, amid the myriad threats to all things creative. (link in 🧵)
August 20, 2025 at 3:52 PM
ICYMI. Nominated for the Locus Awards (along with 2 of the stories in it, 'Encore' by @wtalabi.bsky.social & 'Autumn's Red Bird' by @aliettedebodard.com) & the Ignyte Awards
Shipping Ignyte trophies to winners and finalists in 16 countries (including the U.S.) this year will cost $2354.90. Yuck but neat that they're flying all over the place!🫠
Your donations to the previous cycle are helping us cover all this, so thank you again!
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Your donations to the previous cycle are helping us cover all this, so thank you again!
ignyteawards.fiyahlitmag.com/support/
support, The Ignyte Awards
The Ignyte Awards usually cost about $4000 a year to operate.
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November 14, 2024 at 5:51 PM
Shipping Ignyte trophies to winners and finalists in 16 countries (including the U.S.) this year will cost $2354.90. Yuck but neat that they're flying all over the place!🫠
Your donations to the previous cycle are helping us cover all this, so thank you again!
ignyteawards.fiyahlitmag.com/support/
Your donations to the previous cycle are helping us cover all this, so thank you again!
ignyteawards.fiyahlitmag.com/support/
Some fantastic titles on the Ignyte Award shortlists.
We begin with the #IgnyteAwards finalists for the Outstanding Novel: Adult category, which recognizes novel-length (40k+ words) works intended for an adult audience. Congratulations to the following titles and their authors.
June 9, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Some fantastic titles on the Ignyte Award shortlists.
And my Ignyte Award arrived!
December 22, 2023 at 7:37 PM
And my Ignyte Award arrived!
WOOOOOO thank you to the Ignyte jury, @sillysyntax.bsky.social and the MANY other organizers and volunteers who make the Ignyte Awards possible!
And HELLO TO MY BRILLIANT FELLOW FINALISTS!
Novella length FOR THE WIN }(no matter who wins EVERYBODY WINS WITH A LIL NOVELLA)
And HELLO TO MY BRILLIANT FELLOW FINALISTS!
Novella length FOR THE WIN }(no matter who wins EVERYBODY WINS WITH A LIL NOVELLA)
The #IgnyteAwards finalists for the Outstanding Novella category is for speculative works ranging from 17,500-39,999 words. Congratulations to the following titles and their authors.
June 9, 2025 at 2:21 PM
WOOOOOO thank you to the Ignyte jury, @sillysyntax.bsky.social and the MANY other organizers and volunteers who make the Ignyte Awards possible!
And HELLO TO MY BRILLIANT FELLOW FINALISTS!
Novella length FOR THE WIN }(no matter who wins EVERYBODY WINS WITH A LIL NOVELLA)
And HELLO TO MY BRILLIANT FELLOW FINALISTS!
Novella length FOR THE WIN }(no matter who wins EVERYBODY WINS WITH A LIL NOVELLA)
November 8, 2024 at 6:30 PM
Fantastic choices here and congrats to ALL the Ignyte nominees!
The #2026IgnyteAwards Ember Award finalists for Unsung Contributions to Genre are:
@arleysorg.bsky.social
@davering.bsky.social
@drkarenlord.bsky.social
@marthawells.com
@mauricebroaddus.bsky.social
@arleysorg.bsky.social
@davering.bsky.social
@drkarenlord.bsky.social
@marthawells.com
@mauricebroaddus.bsky.social
June 9, 2026 at 11:22 AM
Fantastic choices here and congrats to ALL the Ignyte nominees!
November 8, 2024 at 6:19 PM
The Ignyte Awards "seek to celebrate the vibrancy and diversity of the current and future landscapes of science fiction, fantasy, and horror by recognizing incredible feats in storytelling and outstanding efforts toward inclusivity of the genre" cost about $3,000 a year
and YOU CAN HELP PAY FOR 'EM
and YOU CAN HELP PAY FOR 'EM
support, The Ignyte Awards
The Ignyte Awards cost about $3000 a year to operate.
ignyteawards.fiyahlitmag.com
January 22, 2024 at 6:21 PM
The Ignyte Awards "seek to celebrate the vibrancy and diversity of the current and future landscapes of science fiction, fantasy, and horror by recognizing incredible feats in storytelling and outstanding efforts toward inclusivity of the genre" cost about $3,000 a year
and YOU CAN HELP PAY FOR 'EM
and YOU CAN HELP PAY FOR 'EM
Congratulations Ignyte Award nominees!!!
June 9, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Congratulations Ignyte Award nominees!!!