Using Awards Lists as a RA Tool: Multiple Awards Edition

This is part of my ongoing series on using Awards Lists as a RA tool. Click here for all posts in the series in reverse chronological order. Click here for the first post which outlines the details how to use awards lists as a RA tool.

There has been a bonanza of literary awards announced recently. Below are the links with a quick description as to what the award is for. Please remember to refer to the links in the introduction to this post [above] as this is an ongoing series with lots of information about how to use awards lists in general.

• The Romance Writers of America Vivian Award finalists in multiple categories for the genre.
• 2021 Ignyte Awards Finalists via Locus: The FIYAHCON 2021 committee has announced the finalists for the 2021 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.”
• International Thriller Writers nominees for their Thriller Awards. This link is via Crime Reads and it has supplementary interviews and articles about the nominees. These awards are VERY broad. No one genre is dominant. It is a fantastic resource for that reason.
• The O'Henry Prize winners and they are all in one book. From the LitHub post which has an essay explaining the prize and the major changes that have been introduced this year: "The O. Henry Prizes are the oldest major prize for short fiction in America. Awarded annually since 1919 (with a break in 2020), the prizes seek to provide a dazzling platform for modern short story writers at all points in their careers."
• 2021 Whiting Awards winners for emerging voices in fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and drama. A great resource to find new voices before they break through and get them into your collection now.
• The LA Times Book Prizes in so many useful [from our library perspective] categories. I would like to draw your attention especially to the Ray Bradbury Awards in Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Speculative Fiction which went to Stephen Graham Jones for The Only Good Indians. Yay, Horror. The don't even have the guts to list Horror in the category's name and yet they gave it to a straight up Horror novel. Also all of the award winners' acceptance videos are included at this link.