Kraken Rum has announced the winners of the 2012 Kitschies, presented for the most progressive, intelligent, and entertaining works of genre fiction. Winners will receive a cash prize, a trophy, and a bottle of Kraken Rum. The winners were announced on February 26 at the Free Word Centre in London.
- Red Tentacle (Novel): Angelmaker, by Nick Harkaway
- Golden Tentacle (Debut): Redemption in Indigo, by Karen Lord
- Inky Tentacle (Cover art): A Boy and a Bear in a Boat, by Dave Shelton; illustration by Dave Shelton
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The Kraken Rum has announced the nominees for the 2012 Kitschies, presented for the most progressive, intelligent, and entertaining works of genre fiction. Winners will receive a cash prize, a trophy, and a bottle of Kraken Rum. The winners will be announced on February 26 at the Free Word Centre in London.
Red Tentacle (Novel)
- The Folly of the World, by Jesse Bullington
- A Face Like Glass, by Frances Hardinge
- Angelmaker, by Nick Harkaway
- Jack Glass, by Adam Roberts
- The Method, by Juli Zeh
Golden Tentacle (Debut)
- vN, by Madeline Ashby
- The Panopticon, by Jenni Fagan
- Seraphina, by Rachel Harman
- Redemption in Indigo, by Karen Lord
- The City’s Son, by Tom Pollock
Inky Tentacle (Cover art)
- The Teleportation Accident, by Ned Beauman; illustrated by La Boca
- The Terrible Thing that Happened to Barnaby Brocket, by John Boyne; illustrated by Oliver Jeffers
- Costume Not Included, by Matthew Hughes; illustration by Tom Gault
- Flame Alphabet, by Ben Marcus; illustrated by Peter Mendelsund
- A Boy and a Bear in a Boat, by Dave Shelton; illustration by Dave Shelton
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Patrick Ness, the winner of the 2011 Red Tentacle for his novel A Monster Calls will join the panel of judges of the Kitschies. Ness replaces outgoing judge Lauren Beukes, who had previously won the award. Ness joins editor Rebecca Levene and the award’s co-founders, Anne C. Perry and Jared Shurin who will will select the Red Tentacle and Golden Tentacle, for the novel and debut categories.
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The Kraken Rum has announced the nominees for the 2011 Kitschies, presented for the most progressive, intelligent, and entertaining works of genre fiction. Winners will receive a cash prize, a trophy, and a bottle of Kraken Rum. The winners will be announced on February 3 at the SFX Weekender 3.
Red Tentacle (Novel)
- The Enterprise of Death, by Jesse Bullington
- Embassytown, by China Miéville
- A Monster Calls, by Patrick Ness and Siobhan Dowd
- The Testament of Jessie Lamb, by Jane Rogers
- Osama: A Novel, by Lavie Tidhar
Golden Tentacle (Debut)
- Among Thieves, by Douglas Hulick
- God’s War, by Kameron Hurley
- The Night Circus, by Erin Morgenstern
- Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children, by Ransom Riggs
- The Samaritan, by Fred Venturini
Inky Tentacle (Cover art)
- Rivers of London, by Ben Aaronovitch; illustration by Stephen Walter, design by Patrick Knowles
- The Last Werewolf, by Glen Duncan; design by Peter Mendelsund
- The Prague Cemetery, by Umberto Eco; design by Suzanne Dean, illustration by John Spencer
- Equations of Life, by Simon Morden; design by Lauren Panepinto
- A Monster Calls, by Patrick Ness and Siobhan Dowd; illustration by Jim Kay
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