We are deeply honoured to be finalists again this year for the Hugo Award, Ignyte Award, and British Fantasy Award. We’ve been nominated for a Hugo for Best Semiprozine, for an Ignyte for Best Fiction Podcast, and for a BFA for Best Audio Work! We’re thrilled and delighted by these nominations; they make us feel like we’re doing something right in this ever-tumultuous world.

You can download our Award Voter Packet in the following formats:

• PDF (9 Mb)
• ePub (1.6 Mb)
• Zip file of episode audio (322 Mb)

Links to all of the stories included in our voter materials can also be found below; you can read and listen to the story directly from our website. All episodes include content warnings, which may contain spoilers.

To vote:

• Voting for the Hugo Awards is now open and will close on October 1st, 2023 at 17:59pm China Standard Time (more info). You must be a member of the Chengdu WorldCon to vote for the 2023 Hugo Awards (more inf0). The winners will be announced on Saturday, October 21st.
• Voting for the Ignyte Awards closed 30th June. Winners will be announced at a ceremony to be held in October.
• The British Fantasy Award winners are selected by jury and will be announced at Fantasycon in Birmingham on September 16th, 2023.

Voter Selection Episodes

• PodCastle 721: “A Chestnut, A Persimmon, A Cunning Lie” by Michelle Denham, narrated by Isabel Kim, hosted by Shingai Njeri Kagunda, with production by Peter Adrian Behravesh. A PodCastle original published February 8, 2023. [33 minutes, 4680 words]
• PodCastle 722: “Said the Princess” by Dani Atkinson; narrated by Andrew K. Hoe, Kitty Sarkozy, and Katherine Inskip; hosted by Matt Dovey; with audio production by Peter Adrian Behravesh. Originally published in Daily Science Fiction. Published on PodCastle on February 15, 2023. [42 minutes, 5180 words]
• PodCastle 737: “The Eight Hundred Legs of the Rio-Niteroi Bridge” by Renan Bernardo, narrated by Diogo Ramos, hosted by Matt Dovey, with audio production by Eric Valdes. A PodCastle original published May 31, 2023. [40 minutes, 4512 words]
• PodCastle 744: “The Ocean-Eyed Boy” (part of a double-feature episode) by Timothy Mudie, narrated by Kyle Akers, hosted by Matt Dovey, with audio production by Devin Martin. Originally published in Deep Magic. Published on PodCastle on July 19, 2022. [36 minutes (complete episode), 2550 words]
• PodCastle 749: “Sungrass Girl” by Uchechukwu Nwaka, narrated by Shingai Njeri Kagunda, hosted by Matt Dovey, with audio production by Eric Valdes. Originally published in Cossmass Infinities. Published on PodCastle on August 23, 2022. [48 minutes, 5398 words]
• PodCastle 759: “Anu and the Vetala” by Srikripa Krishna Prasad, narrated by S.B. Divya, hosted by Matt Dovey, with audio production by Eric Valdes. A PodCastle original, part of the Indigenous Magic showcase, published November 1, 2022, with artwork by Cindy Fan. [54 minutes, 6206 words]