The kitschies

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The Kitschies is a British literary prize that has been awarded since 2010 for works from the fields of science fiction , fantasy and horror literature . The award was initiated by Anne C. Perry and Jared Shurin, the founders and lead authors of the porn kitsch weblog - hence the name Kitschies . From 2010 to 2013 the award was sponsored by the spirits company Kraken Rum , which is why the categories or award trophies are tentacles of different colors .

Award-winning works should be works released in the UK the previous year that contain speculative or fantastic elements and are "most progressive, intelligent and entertaining".

Awards are given in the following categories:

  • Red Tentacle: Best novel
  • Golden Tentacle: Best debut novel / bester Erstlingsroman
  • Inky Tentacle: Best cover art / best cover
  • Invisible Tentacle: Best natively digital fiction / best web publication
  • Black Tentacle: Judges' discretion / Prize of the jury

Prize trophies are handmade tentacles made of fabric. The Red Tentacle is endowed with £ 1000, the Golden and Inky Tentacle with £ 500 each.

Award winners and nominations

The year numbers refer to the year of the award. In 2017 the prize was not awarded because a new sponsor was sought.

Red Tentacle (Best Novel)

2019
2018
2016
2015
2014
2013
2012
2011
2010

Golden Tentacle (Best Debut Novel)

2019
2018
2016
2015
2014
2013
2012
2011

Inky Tentacle (Best Cover and Illustrations)

2019
2018
  • Winner: Jack Smyth and the S&S Art Department for the cover of Maja Lunde : The History of Bees
  • Finalists:
    • David Dean for illustration by Kate Saunders : The Land of Neverendings
    • Rose Stafford for Michelle Tea's illustration : Black Wave
    • Black Sheep for cover design and illustration by Adam Roberts : The Real-Town Murders
    • Richard Shailer for Gavin Chait : Our Memory like Dust
2016
2015
  • Winner: Nick Harkaway : Tigerman , cover by Glenn O'Neill
  • Finalists:
    • Steve Marking for Valerie Martin : The Ghost of the Mary Celeste
    • Ben Summers for the cover of Lavie Tidhar : A Man Lies Dreaming
    • Emily Carroll and Sonja Chaghatzbanian for the cover of Emily Carroll : Through the Woods
    • Rafaela Romaya and Yehring Tong for the cover of Michel Faber : The Book Of Strange New Things
2014
2013
  • Winner: Dave Shelton for the illustrations by Dave Shelton : A Boy and a Bear in a Boat
  • Finalists:
    • La Boca for Ned Beauman : The Teleportation Accident
    • Oliver Jeffers for John Boyne : The Terrible Thing That Happened to Barnaby Brocket
    • Tom Gauld for Matthew Hughes: Costume Not Included
    • Peter Mendelsund for Ben Marcus : Flame Alphabet
2012

Invisible Tentacle (online fiction)

2016
  • Winner: Life Is Strange , video game from Dontnod Entertainment
  • Finalists:
    • Arcadia , interactive novel by Iain Pears
    • Daniel Barker's Birthday , Twitter fiction by @FrogCroakley
    • The Last Hours of Laura K , BBC Writers Room
    • Bloodborne , video game by Hidetaka Miyazaki / FromSoftware
2015
  • Winner: Kentucky Route Zero Act III, video game from Cardboard Computer
  • Finalists:
    • @ echovirus12 , Twitter fiction by Jeff Noon and others
    • 80 Days , video game from Inkle Studios
    • Sailor's Dream , video game by Simogo

Black Tentacle (Jury Prize)

  • 2016: Patrick Ness , representing the genre community for actions during the refugee crisis in Ness over £ 690,000 for the campaign Save the Children collected
  • 2015: Sarah McIntyre , writer and illustrator
  • 2014: Malorie Blackman for "outstanding achievement in encouraging and elevating the conversation around genre literature"
  • 2013: Lavie Tidhar for World SF Blog , a website with international speculative literature
  • 2012: SelfMadeHero , comic book publisher
  • 2011: Donald Westlake for the novel Memory

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ https://www.pornokitsch.com
  2. ↑ "the year's most progressive, intelligent and entertaining fiction that contain elements of the speculative or fantastic."