The Wonderland Book Awards are a recognition presented annually at BizarroCon for superior achievement in bizarro fiction writing. The 2026 awards, for books published in 2025, will be presented in May. Preliminary voting has ended, and the final ballot has been determined. Here are the nominations for this year’s Wonderland Book Awards:
NOVEL
Black Brane by Michael Cisco (Clash Books)
Moonflow by Bitter Karella (Run For It)
Scorpion Ranch by Carlton Mellick III (Eraserhead Press)
New Tomorrow by Cody Goodfellow (Oddness)
Shit, Love, and Burgers by Riley Odell (Planet Bizarro Press)
COLLECTION
Clairviolence: Tales of Tarot and Torment by Mo Moshaty (Tenebrous Press)
Eat Cat Food by Matthew J. Gleason (independently published)
Ten Words for a Wicked Woman by Susan Snyder (Madness Heart Press)
Hey You Assholes by Kyle Seibel (CLASH Books)
Allus Cold by Matt Leyshon (Hybrid Sequence Media)
In conjunction with the new format, location, season, and leadership of Bizarro Con, the Wonderlands will now become a juried award for the best in bizarro fiction. The community will crowdsource preliminary ballots, and the academy will make the final determinations. After 18 years of Bizarro Fiction gatherings in Portland, the genre has grown to encompass far more than ever before, and our celebration now reflects this.
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