Kitschies

The Kitschies are British literary prizes presented annually for "the year’s most progressive, intelligent and entertaining works that contain elements of the speculative or fantastic." Works that were published in the United Kingdom in the year of the award are eligible.[1]

Kitschies
Awarded forLiterary award
CountryUnited Kingdom
Websitewww.thekitschies.com

Awards and criteria

The Kitschies are administered by a non-profit association with the stated mission of "encouraging and elevating the tone of the discussion of genre literature in its many forms".[2] The founders, Anne C. Perry and Jared Shurin, said that they sought to bring attention to works with a fantastic or speculative element that are progressive in terms of content and composition.[1]

The award is a juried prize that selects those books which "best elevate the tone of genre literature". Qualifying books must contain "an element of the fantastic or speculative" and have been published in the UK.[3] Winners receive a sum of prize money and a textile tentacle trophy.[1]

The Kitschies are governed by an advisory board of members. They were initially established in 2009 by the website pornokitsch.com. The Kraken Rum was the sponsor between 2010 and 2013. For 2014 and 2015, Fallen London (a creation of UK game developer Failbetter Games), was the sponsor. The award did not run in 2016.[4] From 2017 the sponsor is Blackwell's Bookshop.[5]

As of 2015, the Kitschies are awarded in five categories:

  • Red Tentacle for the best novel (£1,000, since 2009)
  • Golden Tentacle for the best debut novel (£500, since 2010)
  • Inky Tentacle for the best cover art (£500, since 2011)
  • Invisible Tentacle for the best natively digital fiction (since 2014)
  • Glentacle, awarded at the judges' discretion (since 2010, called "Black Tentacle" until 2020)

Jury

The judging panels change annually. The judges for each year are as follows:[6]

2011
  • Literary judges: Perry, Shurin, Lauren Beukes and Rebecca Levene
  • Art judges: Hayley Campbell, Craig Kennedy, Catherine Hemelryk and Darren Banks
2012
2013
2014
2015

2017

  • Literary judges: Jon Courtenay Grimwood, Leila Abu El Hawa, Joshua Idehen, Alasdair Stuart, and Ewa Scibor-Rylska
2018
  • Literary judges: Adam Roberts, Sharan Dhaliwal, Daniel Carpenter, Lucy Smee, and Matt Webb
  • Art judges: Dapo Adeola, Lily Ash Sakula and Maeve Rutten

Recipients

Red Tentacle (best novel)
2019
Always North by Vicki Jarrett
From the Wreck by Jane Rawson
The Memory Police by Yōko Ogawa
This Is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar & Max Gladstone
2018
2017
2015
2014
2013
2012
2011
2010
2009

Golden Tentacle (best debut novel)
2019
  • Finalists:
  • Jelly by Clare Rees
  • My Name Is Monster by Katie Hale
  • She Would Be King by Wayétu Moore
  • The Ten Thousand Doors Of January by Alix E. Harrow
  • Wilder Girls by Rory Power
2018
2017
  • Winner: Hunger Makes the Wolf, by Alex “Acks” Wells[9]
  • Finalists:[10]
2015
2014
2013
2012
2011
2010
King Maker by Maurice Broaddus[21]

Inky Tentacle (best cover art)
2019
  • Finalists:
2018

Winner: Killing Commendatore by Haruki Murakami, cover by Suzanne Dean[8]

  • The Book of Joan by Lidia Yuknavitch, design by Rafaela Romaya
  • The Smoke by Simon Ings, design by James Nunn
  • Square Eyes by Anna Mill and Luke Jones, design by Anna Mill and Luke Jones
  • Slender Man (novel) by Anonymous, design by Mike Topping
2017
  • Winner: The History of Bees by Maja Lunde, cover by Jack Smyth and the S&S Art Department[9]
  • Finalists:[10]
  • The Land of Neverendings by Kate Saunders, illustrated by David Dean
  • Black Wave by Michelle Tea, illustrated by Rose Stafford at Print Club, design by Hannah Naughton
  • The Real-Town Murders by Adam Roberts, jacket design and illustration by Black Sheep
  • Our Memory like Dust by Gavin Chait, design by Richard Shailer
2014
2013
  • Dreams and Shadows by C. Robert Cargill; design and illustration by Sinem Erkas
  • Homeland and Pirate Cinema by Cory Doctorow; design by Amazing15
  • Stray by Monica Hesse; art by Gianmarco Magnani
  • Apocalypse Now Now by Charlie Human; art by Joey Hi-Fi
2012
  • Winner: A Boy and a Bear in a Boat by Dave Shelton; illustration by Dave Shelton[17]
  • Finalists:[18]
2011

Invisible Tentacle (best natively digital fiction)
2015
2014

Glentacle (discretionary)

This award was called "Black Tentacle" until 2020, when it was renamed in memory of Kitschies co-founder Glen Mehn.

References
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  17. Alison Flood (27 February 2013). "Nick Harkaway takes Kitschies Red Tentacle award". The Guardian. Retrieved February 27, 2013.
  18. "The 2012 Kitschies, presented by The Kraken Rum". 18 January 2013. Archived from the original on 22 February 2015. Retrieved 18 January 2013.
  19. "The 2011 Kitschies, presented by The Kraken Rum". 4 February 2012. Retrieved 4 February 2012.
  20. Jordan Farley (January 13, 2012). "Finalists announced for The Kitschies 2011". SFX. Retrieved January 19, 2013.
  21. "2010". The Kitschies. Archived from the original on 16 January 2012. Retrieved 13 January 2012.
  22. "2009". The Kitschies. Archived from the original on 10 January 2012. Retrieved 13 January 2012.
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