A great way to support the Luna authors and artists is to nominate their work for an award.
There are many awards available in Britain. As a British publisher involved in speculative fiction and non-fiction, we obviously focus on the ones relevant to us, and they are many: from The Kitschies to the British Fantasy Society Awards to the British Science Fiction Awards , the SCKA, the Shirley Jackson Awards, the Hugo Awards, the Tolkien Awards, the Stoker Awards, the Caine Prize, the Jhalak Award, the Nommo Awards, to name but a few.
Before a long list and a shortlist are created, there is a chance for fans to suggest titles, artists, etc. Multiple nominations will help an author/artist to make the longlist, which is then voted on to create the shortlist.
If you have enjoyed one of our books, you can show your enthusiasm by nominating the author, the artist, the book or the artwork. Each award will have several categories - make sure you explore them all.
Below, you will find a history of Luna's recognition as voted by the public, to honour the excellent work of our writers and artists.
And the nominations are...
Awards & Nominations for work published in 2024
THE KAVYA PRIZE
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Finalist:
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Best Novella: Lorraine Wilson, The Last to Drown.
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Awards & Nominations for work published in 2023
BFS AWARDS 2024
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Shortlist:
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Best Non-fiction: Tiffani Angus and Val Nolan for Spec Fic for Newbies: A Beginner's Guide to Writing Subgenres of Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror
Best Independent Press: Luna Press Publishing
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HUGO AWARDS
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Shortlist:
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Best Related Work: Nina Allan, Ed., for A Traveller in Time: The Critical Practice of Maureen Kincaid Speller
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SHIRLEY JACKSON AWARDS
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Shortlist:
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Best Novella: Eugen Bacon, Broken Paradise.
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BFSA AWARDS
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WINNER:
Best Non-fiction: Nina Allan, Ed., for A Traveller in Time: The Critical Practice of Maureen Kincaid Speller
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Shortlist
Best Non-fiction: Nina Allan, Ed., for A Traveller in Time: The Critical Practice of Maureen Kincaid Speller
Best Non-fiction: Tiffani Angus and Val Nolan for Spec Fic for Newbies: A Beginner's Guide to Writing Subgenres of Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror
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Longlist Nominations:
Best Artwork: Stas Borodin for Anna Smith Spark's A Woman of the Sword
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Best Non-fiction: Nina Allan, Ed., for A Traveller in Time: The Critical Practice of Maureen Kincaid Speller
Best Non-fiction: Tiffani Angus and Val Nolan for Spec Fic for Newbies: A Beginner's Guide to Writing Subgenres of Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror
Best Non-fiction: Francesca T Barbini, Ed., for Follow Me: Religion in Fantasy and Science Fiction
Best Shorter Fiction: Eugen Bacon for Broken Paradise
Best Shorter Fiction: Jess Hislop for Miasma
Best Shorter Fiction: LK Kitney for The Lies We Tell Ourselves
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Best Novel: Anna Smith Spark for A Woman of the Sword
LOCUS AWARDS 2024
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Finalist
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Best Non-fiction: Nina Allan, Ed., for A Traveller in Time: The Critical Practice of Maureen Kincaid Speller
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LOCUS RECOMMENDED READING LIST for LOCUS AWARDS
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Nominations:
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Best Non-fiction: Nina Allan, Ed., for A Traveller in Time: The Critical Practice of Maureen Kincaid Speller
Best Non-fiction: Tiffani Angus and Val Nolan for Spec Fic for Newbies: A Beginner's Guide to Writing Subgenres of Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror
Best Non-fiction: Francesca T Barbini, Ed., for Follow Me: Religion in Fantasy and Science Fiction
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SCKA AWARDS
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Finalist:
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Best Novella: Andrew Knighton, for Ashes of the Ancestors
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FANTASY-FACTION TOP 50 SFF BOOKS OF 2023
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A Woman of the Sword by Anna Smith Spark
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Awards & Nominations for work published in 2022
BFSA AWARDS
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Shortlist Nominations:
Best Short Fiction: Or Luca for Luca
Best Artwork: Jay Johnstone for Lorraine Wilson's The Way the Light Bends
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Longlist Nominations:
Best Artwork: Rodrigo Vega for John Dodd's Ocean of Stars
Best Artwork: Jay Johnstone for Cristina Casagrande's Friendship in The Lord of the Rings
Best Artwork: Jay Johnstone for Lorraine Wilson's The Way the Light Bends
Best Artwork: Tara Bush for Cat Hellisen's Cast Long Shadows
Best Non-fiction: Gillian Polack for Story Matrices
Best Non-fiction: Cristina Casagrande for Friendship in The Lord of the Rings
Best Non-fiction: Francesca T Barbini for Not the Fellowship. Dragons Welcome!
Best Short Fiction: Russell Hemmell for The Chancels of Mainz
Best Short Fiction: Rhiannon A Grist for The Queen of the High Fields
Best Short Fiction: Or Luca for Luca
Best Novel: John Dodd for Ocean of Stars
Best Novel: Cat Hellisen for Cast Long Shadows
Best Novel: Lorraine Wilson for The Way the Light Bends
BFS AWARDS
WINNER:
Best Novella: The Queen of the High Fields by Rhiannon A Grist
Best Independent Press: Luna Press Publishing
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Shortlist Nominations:
The Robert Holdstock Award for Best Fantasy Novel: ​Cast Long Shadows by Cat Hellisen
Best Novella: The Queen of the High Fields by Rhiannon A Grist
Best Independent Press: Luna Press Publishing
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SCKA AWARDS
WINNER
Best Novel Blurred Boundaries: Lorraine Wilson for The Way the Light Bends
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Shortlist Finalist:
Best Novel Blurred Boundaries: Lorraine Wilson for The Way the Light Bends
Shortlist Nominations:
Best Novella: Rhiannon A Grist for The Queen of the High Fields
Best Novel Blurred Boundaries: Lorraine Wilson for The Way the Light Bends
DITMAR AWARDS for AUSTRALIAN SF
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Shortlist Nominations:
Best Non-fiction, William Atheling Jr Award for Criticism or Review: Gillian Polack, for Story Matrices: Cultural Encoding and Cultural Baggage in Science Fiction and Fantasy.
AUREALIS AWARDS
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Shortlist Nominations:
Best Fantasy Novella: Dorothy-Jane Daniels for Hovering
TOLKIEN SOCIETY AWARDS
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Shortlist Nominations:
Best Artwork: Jay Johnstone for Cristina Casagrande's Friendship in The Lord of the Rings
Awards & Nominations for work published in 2021
WINNER:
Best Independent Press: Luna Press Publishing
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Shortlist Nominations:
Best Non-Fiction: Francesca T Barbini, Ed. Worlds Apart: Worldbuilding in Fantasy and Science Fiction
Best Newcomer: Lorraine Wilson with This Is Our Undoing
Best Novel: This Is Our Undoing by Lorraine Wilson
Best Independent Press: Luna Press Publishing
WINNER:
Best Non-Fiction: Francesca T Barbini, Ed. Worlds Apart: Worldbuilding in Fantasy and Science Fiction
Shortlist Nominations:
Best Non-Fiction: Francesca T Barbini, Ed. Worlds Apart: Worldbuilding in Fantasy and Science Fiction
Best Fiction for Younger Readers:Elizabeth Priest, The Empty Orchestra
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Longlist Nominations:
Best Novel:Lorraine Wilson, This Is Our Undoing
Best Short Fiction: Dilman Dila, The Future God of Love
Best Short Fiction: Fabio Fernandes, Seven Horrors, in Love. An Archaeology
Best Short Fiction: M.E. Rodman, Clockwork Sister
Best Non-Fiction: Francesca T Barbini, Ed. Worlds Apart: Worldbuilding in Fantasy and Science Fiction
Best Non-Fiction: P.M. Biswas, Gendering Time Timing Gender: The Deconstruction of Gender in Time Travel Fiction
Best Non-Fiction: Jane Alexander, Writing the Contemporary Uncanny, in The Flicker Against the Light & Writing the Contemporary Uncanny
Best Fiction for Younger Readers: Elizabeth Priest, The Empty Orchestra
SCKA (The Subjective Chaos Kind of Awards)
Shortlist Nominations:
Best Debut Novel: Lorraine Wilson, This Is Our Undoing
Best Novella:Dilman Dila, The Future God of Love
Awards & Nominations for work published in 2020
WINNER:
Best Independent Press: Luna Press Publishing
Shortlist Nominations:
Best Non-Fiction: Francesca T Barbini, Ed. Ties That Bind: Love in Fantasy and Science Fiction
Best Independent Press: Luna Press Publishing
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Shortlist Nominations:
Best Non-Fiction: Francesca T Barbini, Ed. Ties That Bind: Love in Fantasy and Science Fiction
Best Novel: Nikhil Singh Club Ded
Best Cover: Ruby Gloom, for Club Ded
Longlist Nominations:
Best Short Fiction: Milton Davis "Carnival" in Hadithi & The State of Black Speculative Fiction
Best Non-Fiction: Francesca T Barbini, Ed. Ties That Bind: Love in Fantasy and Science Fiction
Best Novel: Nikhil Singh Club Ded
Best Cover: Ruby Gloom, for Club Ded
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AHWA AWARDS (Australasian Horror Writers Association)
Shortlist Nominations:
Best Edited Work: Hadithi & The State of Black Speculative Fiction by Eugen Bacon and Milton Davis
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Shortlist Nominations:
Best Novel: Nikhil Singh Club Ded
Longlist Nominations:
Best Novel: Nikhil Singh Club Ded
Best Short Fiction: Eugen bacon "Still She Visits" in Hadithi & The State of Black Speculative Fiction
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EUROPEAN SF SOCIETY AWARDS
WINNER:
Chrysalis Award for Young Writer: Jean Bürlesk (The Pleasure of Drowning).
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SERVAIS ENCOURAGEMENT PRIZE
WINNER:
Jean Bürlesk (The Pleasure of Drowning)
Awards & Nominations for work published in 2019
Shortlist Nominations:
Best Newcomer: Nina Oram The Joining
Best Comic/Graphic Novel: Pentti Otsamo & Tero Mielonen The Ozone Diary
Best Independent Press: Luna Press Publishing
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WINNER:
Best Cover: Chris Baker, Fangorn for Wourism and Other Stories
Shortlist Nominations:
Best Short Fiction: Ian Whates "For your own good" in Wourism and Other Stories
Best Non-Fiction: Gareth L Powell About Writing
Best Cover: Chris Baker, Fangorn for Wourism and Other Stories
Longlist Nominations:
Best Short Fiction: Ian Whates "For your own good" in Wourism and Other Stories
Best Non-Fiction: Francesca T Barbini, Ed. A Shadow Within: Evil in Fantasy and Science Fiction
Best Non-Fiction: Gareth L Powell About Writing
Best Cover: Chris Baker, Fangorn for Wourism and Other Stories
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WINNER:
Best Book: Oronzo Cilli Tolkien's Library: An Annotated Checklist
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MYTHOPOIETIC AWARDS
Shortlist Nominations:
Oronzo Cilli Tolkien's Library: An Annotated Checklist
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NOMMO AWARDS
WINNER:
Best Novella: Wole Talabi "Incompleteness Theories" in Incomplete Solutions
Shortlist Nominations:
Best Novella: Wole Talabi "Incompleteness Theories" in Incomplete Solutions
Longlist Nominations:
Best Novella: Wole Talabi "Incompletness Theories" in Incomplete Solutions
Best Short Story: Nick Wood "A Million Reasons Why" in Learning Monkey and Crocodile
Awards & Nominations for work published in 2018
Shortlist Nominations:
Best Short Fiction: Marian Womack "Kingfisher" in Lost Objects
Artwork: Bede Rogerson for Concrete Faery
Longlist Nominations:
Best Novel: Elizabeth Priest Concrete Faery
Best Short Fiction: Marian Womack "Kingfisher" in Lost Objects
Best Non-fiction: Polina Levontin and Robert S Malan for their respective articles in The Evolution of African Fantasy and Science Fiction
Artwork: Vince Haig for Lost Objects and Bede Rogerson for Concrete Faery
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THE BRITISH FANTASY AWARDS
Shortlist Nominations:
Best Newcomer: Marian Womack, Lost Objects
Best Collection: Marian Womack, Lost Objects
Best Non-Fiction: The Evolution of African Fantasy and Science Fiction, ed. Francesca T Barbini
Best Independent Press: Luna Press Publishing
Best Comic/Graphic Novel: The Prisoner, by Robert S Malan & John Cockshaw
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Awards & Nominations for work published in 2017
Shortlist:
Juliet E McKenna (The Myth of Meritocracy and the Reality of the Leaky Pipe and Other Obstacles in Science Fiction & Fantasy) has been shortlisted for Best Non-Fiction. The paper was included in Gender Identity and Sexuality in Fantasy and Science Fiction.
Longlist Nominations:
Jay Johnstone is nominated for the cover art of The Girl from the Sky and The Sub-genres of British Fantasy Literature.
From our Steampunk Writers Around the World we have three nominations for short stories: Suna Dasi for 'Unmade', Milton Davies for 'The Swarm' and Josue' Ramos for 'The History of Your Heart'.
Allen Stroud and Anthony Laken have each obtained a nomination for best novel, The Forever Man and One Cog Turning respectively.
Peter Garrett has been nominated for his novelette, Final Diagnosis.
AJ Dalton's The Sub-genres of British Fantasy Literature has been nominated for Best Non-Fiction.
From Luna's first Call for Papers, Gender Identity and Sexuality in Fantasy and Science Fiction, the papers of Juliet E McKenna (The Myth of Meritocracy and the Reality of the Leaky Pipe and Other Obstacles in Science Fiction & Fantasy) and Kim Lakin-Smith (Doll Parts: Reflections of the Feminine Grotesque in Frances Hardinge’s Cuckoo Song and Neil Gaiman’s Coraline) have been nominated.
Longlist Nominations:
Anthony Laken is nominated in the Morningstar Award Category for his debut novel, One Cog Turning.
THE NOMMO AWARDS:
Shortlist:
Quest & The Sign of the Shining Beast, by writer Robert S Malan and artist John Cockshaw has been shortlisted in the Graphic Novel category.
WINNER:
Best Non-Fiction: Gender Identity and Sexuality in Fantasy and Science Fiction. Edited by Francesca T Barbini.
