The Kitschies announce their winners

Before I’ve had time to read the finalists, the winners of the Kitschies have been announced.  This is an award that doesn’t muck around given that the shortlist was published less than a month ago.  Not that I’m complaining (well. not much anyway) as the year wears on I’m expecting that this will occur more often.  In anycase, the full list of winners can be found here.  Specifically, the winners of the categories I’ll be reading are below:

The Red Tentacle (Novel), judged by Kate Griffin, Adam Roberts, Frances Hardinge, Kim Curran, and Glen Mehn:

• Winner: Grasshopper Jungle by Andrew Smith (Egmont)
• Lagoon by Nnedi Okorafor (Hodder & Stoughton)
• The Peripheral by William Gibson (Viking)
• The Way Inn by Will Wiles (4th Estate)
• The Race by Nina Allan (NewCon Press)

The Golden Tentacle (Debut), also judged by the above panel:

• Winner: Viper Wine by Hermione Eyre (Jonathan Cape)
• The Girl in the Road by Monica Byrne (Blackfriars)
• Memory of Water by Emmi Itäranta (Voyager)
• The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet by Becky Chambers (Self)
• The People in the Trees by Hanya Yanagihara (Atlantic Books)

Congratulations to both Andrew Smith and Hermione Eyre.