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The nominations for the 2020 Dragon Awards have been released.

Voting is open to the public at the Dragon Awards website; registration for voting is open until September 4, 2020. Winners will be announced at Dragon Con, to be held online September 3-7, 2020.

Best Science Fiction Novel

The Testaments, Margaret Atwood (Nan A. Talese)
The Ten Thousand Doors of January, Alix E. Harrow (Redhook)
Gideon the Ninth, Tamsyn Muir (Tor.com Publishing)
The Future of Another Timeline, Annalee Newitz (Tor)
The Last Emperox, John Scalzi (Tor)
The Rosewater Redemption, Tade Thompson (Orbit)
Network Effect, Martha Wells (Tor.com Publishing)
Wanderers, Chuck Wendig (Del Rey)

Best Fantasy Novel (Including Paranormal)

Ninth House, Leigh Bardugo (Flatiron)
Jade War, Fonda Lee (Orbit)
Gods of Jade and Shadow, Silvia Moreno-Garcia (Jo Fletcher)
The Starless Sea, Erin Morgenstern (Doubleday)
Dead Astronauts, Jeff VanderMeer (MCD)
The Burning White, Brent Weeks (Orbit)

Best Young Adult / Middle Grade Novel

Finch Merlin and the Fount of Youth, Bella Forrest (Nightlight)
Catfishing on CatNet, Naomi Kritzer (Tor Teen)
The Grace Year, Kim Liggett (Wednesday)
Force Collector, Kevin Shinick (Disney Lucasfilm)
The Poison Jungle, Tui T. Sutherland (Scholastic)
Cog, Greg van Eekhout (Harper)

Best Military Science Fiction or Fantasy Novel

Savage Wars, Jason Anspach & Nick Cole (Galaxy’s Edge)
Edge of Valor, Josh Hayes (Aethon)
Aftershocks, Marko Kloos (47North)
Defiance, Bear Ross (Aethon)
Howling Dark, Christopher Ruocchio (DAW)
System Failure, Joe Zieja (Saga)

Best Alternate History Novel

The Girl with No Face, M.H. Boroson (Talos)
Witchy Kingdom, D.J. Butler (Baen)
Revolution, W.L. Goodwater (Ace)
As Our World Ends, Jack Hunt (Direct Response)
Up-time Pride and Down-time Prejudice, Mark H Huston (Ring of Fire)
A Nation Interrupted, Kevin McDonald (Braveship)

Best Media Tie-In Novel

Firefly: The Ghost Machine, James Lovegrove (Titan)
Star Trek: Picard: The Last Best Hope, Una McCormack (Gallery)
Star Trek: Discovery: The Enterprise War, John Jackson Miller (Pocket)
Star Wars: Resistance Reborn, Rebecca Roanhorse (Del Rey)
Aliens: Phalanx, Scott Sigler (Titan)

Best Horror Novel

Imaginary Friend, Stephen Chbosky (Grand Central)
Scavenger Hunt, Michaelbrent Collings (Written Insomnia)
The Twisted Ones, T. Kingfisher (Saga)
The Pursuit of William Abbey, Claire North (Orbit)
The Toll, Cherie Priest (Tor)

Best Comic Book

Avengers, Jason Aaron & Ed McGuinness (Marvel)
Bitter Root, David F. Walker, Chuck Brown & Sanford Greene (Image)
Immortal Hulk, Al Ewing & Joe Bennett (Marvel)
Monstress, Marjorie Liu & Sana Takeda (Image)
Spider-Woman, Karla Pacheco, Pere Perez & Paulo Siqueira (Marvel)
Undiscovered Country, Charles Soule, Scott Snyder, Daniele Orlandini, Giuseppe Camuncoli & Matt D. Wilson (Image)

Best Graphic Novel

Batman Universe, Brian Michael Bendis & Nick Derington (DC)
Battlestar Galactica: Counterstrike!, John Jackson Miller & Daniel HDR (Dynamite)
Black Bolt, Saladin Ahmed, Christian Ward, Frazier Irving & Stephanie Hans (Marvel)
Dragon Hoops, Gene Luen Yang (First Second)
Mister Miracle, Tom King & Mitch Gerads (DC)
Something is Killing the Children Vol. 1, James Tynion IV, Werther Dell’Edera & Miquel Muerto (BOOM!)

Best Science Fiction or Fantasy TV Series

Altered Carbon
The Expanse
Lost in Space
Star Trek: Picard
The Mandalorian
The Witcher
Watchmen

Best Science Fiction or Fantasy Movie

Ad Astra
Fast Color
Joker
The Lion King
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
Terminator: Dark Fate