Now open for submissions

The Kitschies, presented by The Kraken Rum, reward the year's most progressive, intelligent and entertaining works that contain elements of the speculative or fantastic. The prize is now entering its fifth year.

Last year's winners include Nick Harkaway's Angelmaker, Karen Lord's Redemption in Indigo, Dave Shelton's A Boy and a Bear in a Boat and The World SF Blog.

The 2013 winners will receive a total of £2,000 in prize money as well as hand-crafted Tentacle trophies. All the finalists will receive bottles of The Kraken Rum.

Learn more about how to submit to The Kitschies and the 2013 judging panels.

The Kitschies are a non-profit association with the mission of encouraging and elevating the tone of the discussion of genre literature in its many forms. As well as our annual prize, we host and promote events.

Our most recent event was a discussion of storytelling across platforms, featuring Lauren Beukes, Ben Percy and Warren Ellis. For more information, please see our events page, our blog or join our mailing list.