The nominees for the 2023 Ray Bradbury Prize for Science Fiction, Fantasy & Speculative Fiction, awarded as part of the LA Times Festival of Books, have been announced. The Prize, sponsored by Ray Bradbury Literary Works, is designed to honor Ray's literary legacy by celebrating today's writers working in his field. The winner will be announced on April 21, 2023. This year's nominees are:

1. THE BOOK OF THE MOST PRECIOUS SUBSTANCE, by Sara Gran (Dreamland Books)

2. SPEAR, by Nicola Griffith (Tor)

3. THE BALLAD OF PERILOUS GRAVES, by Alex Jennings (Hatchette Book Group/Redhook)

4. THE MOUNTAIN IN THE SEA, by Ray Naylor (MCD)

5. LIBERATION DAY, by George Saunders (Random House)

This year's Festival of Books will be held on the USC campus in Los Angeles on April 22 and 23, 2023.

For more information, click on the link below:

https://events.latimes.com/fes...lofbooks/bookprizes/

Is juvenile fiction ever considered?

On Friday, April 21, 2023, it was announced that the novel SPEAR, by Nicola Griffith, had won the Ray Bradbury Prize for Science Fiction, Fantasy & Speculative Fiction offered by the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books. Congratulations, Ms. Griffith!