The Kitschies: Shortlists Announced
Friday, January 18, 2013
The Kitschies, presented by The Kraken Rum, reward the year's most progressive, intelligent and entertaining works that contain elements of the speculative or fantastic.
Winners share a total of £2,000 in prize money, an iconic Tentacle trophy and a bottle of The Kraken's fine black rum.
The 2012 finalists for the Red Tentacle:
- Jesse Bullington's The Folly of the World (Orbit)
- Frances Hardinge's A Face Like Glass (Macmillan)
- Nick Harkaway's Angelmaker (William Heinemann)
- Adam Roberts' Jack Glass (Gollancz)
- Juli Zeh's The Method (Harvill Secker)
The 2012 finalists for the Golden Tentacle:
- Madeline Ashby's vN (Angry Robot)
- Jenni Fagan's The Panopticon (William Heinemann)
- Rachel Hartman's Seraphina (Doubleday)
- Karen Lord's Redemption in Indigo (Jo Fletcher Books)
- Tom Pollock's The City's Son (Jo Fletcher Books)
The 2012 finalists for the Inky Tentacle:
- La Boca for Ned Beauman's The Teleportation Accident (Sceptre)
- Oliver Jeffers for John Boyne's The Terrible Thing that Happened to Barnaby Brocket (Doubleday)
- Tom Gauld for Matthew Hughes' Costume Not Included (Angry Robot)
- Peter Mendelsund for Ben Marcus' Flame Alphabet (Granta)
- Dave Shelton for his own A Boy and a Bear in a Boat (David Fickling Books)
Congratulations to all the finalists, and thanks to all the publishers and authors who submitted books for consideration. In 2012, The Kitschies received a record 211 books from over 40 publishers and imprints.
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