Ignyte Award for Outstanding Novel – Adult

Ignyte Award for Outstanding Novel – Adult
Awarded forWorks over 40,000 words for an adult audience, written by up to 2 authors
CountryUnited States
Presented byFIYAH Literary Magazine
First award2020 (2020)
Most recent winnerGautam Bhatia (The Sentence)
Websiteignyteawards.fiyahlitmag.com

The Ignyte Award for Outstanding Novel — Adult is a literary award given annually as part of the Ignyte Awards.

Winners and finalists

  *   Winners

Year Author Work Ref.
2020 Silvia Moreno-Garcia* Gods of Jade and Shadow [1]
S. A. Chakraborty The Kingdom of Copper [1]
R. F. Kuang The Dragon Republic [1]
Fonda Lee Jade War [1]
Rebecca Roanhorse Storm of Locusts [1]
2021 Rebecca Roanhorse* Black Sun [2]
N. K. Jemisin The City We Became [2]
Hao Jingfang (author) Vagabonds [2]
Ken Liu (translator)
Stephen Graham Jones The Only Good Indians [2]
C. L. Polk The Midnight Bargain [2]
2022 P. Djèlí Clark* A Master of Djinn [3]
Ryka Aoki Light from Uncommon Stars [3]
Zen Cho Black Water Sister [3]
C. L. Clark The Unbroken [3]
Rivers Solomon Sorrowland [3]
2023 N.E. Davenport* The Blood Trials [4]
Simon Jimenez The Spear Cuts Through Water [4]
R. F. Kuang Babel [4]
Vaishnavi Patel Kaikeyi [4]
Nghi Vo Siren Queen [4]
2024 Vajra Chandrasekera* The Saint of Bright Doors [5]
Moniquill Blackgoose To Shape a Dragon’s Breath [5]
S. L. Huang The Water Outlaws [5]
Wole Talabi Shigidi and the Brass Head of Obalufon [5]
Cadwell Turnbull We Are the Crisis [5]
2025 Gautam Bhatia* The Sentence [6]
August Clarke Metal from Heaven [6]
Nalo Hopkinson Blackheart Man [6]
Justinian Huang The Emperor and the Endless Palace [6]
Tlotlo Tsamaase Womb City [6]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "Ignyte Awards Winners". Locus. 18 October 2020. Retrieved 5 January 2026.
  2. ^ a b c d e "2021 Ignyte Awards Winners". Locus. 18 September 2021. Retrieved 5 January 2026.
  3. ^ a b c d e "2022 Ignyte Awards Winners". Locus. 19 September 2022. Retrieved 5 January 2026.
  4. ^ a b c d e "2023 Ignyte Awards Winners". Locus. 23 October 2023. Retrieved 5 January 2026.
  5. ^ a b c d e "2024 Ignyte Award Winners". Locus. 8 November 2024. Retrieved 29 May 2025.
  6. ^ a b c d e "2025 Ignyte Award Winners". Locus. 13 October 2025. Retrieved 5 January 2026.