Howdy,
I hope this email finds you well as I have a few bits of good news I'm excited to share with you and hope you might be experiencing similar fortunes.

The Ignyte Awards Committee has announced the finalists for the 2022 Ignyte Awards, which “seek to celebrate the vibrancy and diversity of the current and future landscapes of science fiction, fantasy, and horror by recognizing incredible feats in storytelling and outstanding efforts toward inclusivity of the genre.”

Best Anthology/Collected Works

• We’re Here: The Best Queer Speculative Fiction 2020, C.L. Clark & Charles Payseur, eds. (Neon Hemlock)
• Speculative Fiction for Dreamers: A Latinx Anthology, Alex Hernandez, Matthew David Goodwin, & Sarah Rafael García, eds. (Mad Creek)
• Reconstruction, Alaya Dawn Johnson (Small Beer)
• Midnight Doorways: Fables from Pakistan, Usman T. Malik (Kitab)
• Never Have I Ever, Isabel Yap (Small Beer)

The Ignyte Awards are open to any member of the speculative fiction community who wishes to vote on them. You do not have to vote in every category, but you may only submit a ballot once. The deadline for turning in your ballot is June 10th at 11:59pm eastern time. Winners will be announced September 17th.

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Once you have submitted your ballot, you may update or alter it until 11:59PM Eastern Time on June 10th. **SAVE THE LINK YOU ARE PROVIDED IN YOUR SUCCESS MESSAGE. THIS IS HOW YOU RETURN TO UPDATE YOUR EXISTING BALLOT**

If you feel like you'd like to make an impact, feel free to make your voice heard.

The Locus Science Fiction Foundation has announced the top ten finalists in each category of the 2022 Locus Awards. These results are from the February 1 to April 15 voting, done by readers on an open public ballot. Speculative Fiction for Dreamers is among those top 10 with-in their Anthology category. Congratulations to all!

The Locus Awards winners will be announced June 25, 2022,

With all this said, I'll bring this latest MUSEletter to a close. Hope to hear from you soon.

–BEST
PLUGO