Astounding Award for Best New Writer (formerly the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer)
1 appearances
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Edition 49 (2021) Winner
Emily Tesh
エミリー・テシュ
Emily Tesh
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- Unknown
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Languages
- English
- Religion
- Unknown
- Residence History
- London (grew up) → Hertfordshire (currently lives)
Career
- Occupations
- Author, Classics teacher
- Active Years
- 2019-2025
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trinity College, Cambridge | — | — | — | — | United Kingdom |
| University of Chicago | — | — | — | — | United States |
Trinity College, Cambridge
Country:
United Kingdom
University of Chicago
Country:
United States
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | World Fantasy Award | Silver in the Wood | ノベラ部門 | World Fantasy Awards | 受賞 |
| 2021 | Astounding Award for Best New Writer | — | — | — | 受賞 |
| 2024 | Hugo Award | Some Desperate Glory | 最優秀小説部門 | World Science Fiction Society | 受賞 |
| 2024 | Arthur C. Clarke Award | Some Desperate Glory | — | — | 最終候補 |
| 2024 | Locus Award | Some Desperate Glory | 最優秀処女作部門 | — | 最終候補 |
| 2020 | Astounding Award for Best New Writer | Silver in the Wood | — | — | 最終候補 |
| 2020 | Crawford Award | Silver in the Wood | — | — | 最終候補 |
| 2024 | Arthur C. Clarke Award | Some Desperate Glory | — | — | 最終候補 |
| 2024 | Ursula K. Le Guin Prize | Some Desperate Glory | — | — | 最終候補 |
World Fantasy Award
2020
Work:
Silver in the Wood
Category:
ノベラ部門
Organization:
World Fantasy Awards
Result:
受賞
Astounding Award for Best New Writer
2021
Result:
受賞
Hugo Award
2024
Work:
Some Desperate Glory
Category:
最優秀小説部門
Organization:
World Science Fiction Society
Result:
受賞
Arthur C. Clarke Award
2024
Work:
Some Desperate Glory
Result:
最終候補
Locus Award
2024
Work:
Some Desperate Glory
Category:
最優秀処女作部門
Result:
最終候補
Astounding Award for Best New Writer
2020
Work:
Silver in the Wood
Result:
最終候補
Crawford Award
2020
Work:
Silver in the Wood
Result:
最終候補
Arthur C. Clarke Award
2024
Work:
Some Desperate Glory
Result:
最終候補
Ursula K. Le Guin Prize
2024
Work:
Some Desperate Glory
Result:
最終候補
Awards & Nominations
Hugo Award
1 appearances
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Edition 71 (2024) WinnerWork: Some Desperate Glory
On a space station built from the last scraps of humanity, Kyr has been raised for revenge, only to confront the lies of her society and the reality of the people around her. The novel combines the momentum of military science fiction with a story of deprogramming and self-discovery.
Raised for revenge, Kyr confronts the truth of the universe and chooses her own future for the first time.
438 pagesspace operawarfascismdeprogrammingqueer identityself-discovery
Works
Major Works
Silver in the Wood
2019 FantasyA novella adapting the English Green Man folklore, centering queer romance and nature writing.
queer romancenatureEnglish folklore
Drowned Country
2020 FantasySequel to Silver in the Wood in the Greenhollow Duology.
fantasynature
Some Desperate Glory
2023 Science fictionScience fiction novel about protagonist Kyr, raised in a fascist militaristic society, making choices in a devastating war. Queer story subverting space opera and bildungsroman tropes.
warfascismqueerbildungsroman
The Incandescent
2025 FantasyFantasy novel following Dr. Walden, Director of Magic at a British boarding school, confronting demonic student mistakes and her own, questioning her self-image.
magicprivilegepowerprivate school
Bibliography
- Greenhollow Duology: Silver in the Wood (2019), Drowned Country (2020); Some Desperate Glory (2023); The Incandescent (2025)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- enchantingintrospectivetrope-subverting
- Recurring Motifs
- queer relationshipsnature and magicself-discovery
Legacy
Rapidly rising SF and fantasy author. Won World Fantasy Award for Novella (2020), Astounding Award for Best New Writer (2021), Hugo Award for Best Novel (2024).
Trivia
- Has been writing stories since childhood.