NEWS: DragonCon Award 2026 Winners Announced

Best Science Fiction Novel

• God’s Junk Drawer, Peter Clines (Blackstone)
• The Faith of Beasts, James S.A. Corey (Orbit)
• Operation Bounce House, Matt Dinniman (Ace)
• Radiant Star, Ann Leckie (Orbit US)
• Slow Gods, Claire North (Orbit US; Orbit UK)
• The Shattering Peace, John Scalzi (Tor; Tor UK)

Best Fantasy Novel (Including Paranormal)

• Twelve Months, Jim Butcher (Ace)
• Academy of Outcasts, Larry Correia (Aethon)
• The Lost Reliquary, Lyndsay Ely (Saga)
• Hell to Pay, Sherrilyn Kenyon (Oliver Heber)
• Red City, Marie Lu (Tor)
• Queen Demon, Martha Wells (Tor)

Best Young Adult / Middle Grade Novel

• Make Me a Monster, Kalynn Bayron (Bloomsbury YA)
• Ride or Die, Delilah S. Dawson (Delacorte)
• The Executioners Three, Susan Dennard (Tor Teen)
• Hazelthorn, CG Drews (Feiwel & Friends)
• Sky on Fire, E.K. Johnston (Dutton Books for Young Readers)
• Queen of Faces, Petra Lord (HarperCollins)

Best Alternate History Novel

• World War 3.2, John Birmingham (Gigantic Bombs)
• No Man’s Land, Richard K. Morgan (Del Rey)
• A Resistance of Witches, Morgan Ryan (Viking)
• The Winds of Fate, S.M. Stirling (Baen)
• The Unnecessary War, Brian C. Thompson (self-published)
• Powerless, Harry Turtledove (Caezik)

Best Horror Novel

• The Possession of Alba Díaz, Isabel Cañas (Berkley; Solaris UK)
• Play Nice, Rachel Harrison (Berkley)
• King Sorrow, Joe Hill (Morrow; Headline UK)
• The Bewitching, Silvia Moreno-Garcia (Del Rey; Arcadia UK)
• Girl in the Creek, Wendy N. Wagner (Tor Nightfire)

Best Illustrative Book Cover

• Jeff Brown for The Sapphire Heart, Abigail Bender, Victoria Hungria & Sandra Mead Miller (Three Scribes)
• Dominic Harman for The Ishtar Deception, James L. Cambias (Baen)
• T. Kingfisher for Hemlock & Silver (Tor; Tor UK)
• Carson Lowmiller for Brigands & Breadknives, Travis Baldree (Tor)
• Anna Moshak for The Second Death of Locke, V.L. Bovalino (Forever)
• Joe Wilson for Pretenders to the Throne of God, Adrian Tchaikovsky (Head of Zeus)

Best Comic Book or Graphic Novel

• Absolute Superman, Jason Aaron, illustrated by Rafa Sandoval
• X-Men: Elsewhen, John Byrne
• Daredevil, Stephanie Phillips, illustrated by Lee Garbett
• Absolute Batman, Scott Snyder, illustrated by Nick Dragotta
• Absolute Wonder Woman, Kelly Thompson, illustrated by Hayden Sherman
• Something is Killing the Children, James Tynion IV, illustrated by Werther Dell’Edera

Best Science Fiction or Fantasy TV Series, TV or Internet

• Alien: Earth
• The Boys  – Season 5
• Fallout – Season 2
• Foundation – Season 3
• A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms
• Plur1bus
• Strange New Worlds – Season 3
• Widow’s Bay

Best Science Fiction or Fantasy Movie

• Superman
• Project Hail Mary
• Disclosure Day
• Predator: Badlands
• Frankenstein
• The Sheep Detectives
• Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu
• Toy Story 5

Congratulations to all winners and nominees!