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Patrick O'Dell

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Baton Rouge fantasy writer and MFA graduate preparing his debut novel, Gods and Monsters, with a boutique small press.

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Patrick O'Dell
Urban fantasy · Dark fantasy · Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Baton Rouge fantasy writer and MFA graduate preparing his debut novel, Gods and Monsters, with a boutique small press.
IndieNominee
Andrew M. Crusoe
Science fiction · Adventure · United States / Southeast Asia
Independent author and traveler combining island settings, technology, ecology, and metaphysics in his self-described Tropical Sci-Fi.
Indie

Nominee

Ömer Fidan

Psychological fiction · Poetry · Istanbul, Turkey

Istanbul writer, poet, and digital-marketing practitioner whose first Turkish novel arrived in 2026 after earlier independent nonfiction.

IndieNominee

Linda Browne

Middle grade fantasy · Steampunk · Toronto, Canada

Toronto indie author of middle-grade fantasy and steampunk, including the Garrison Creek Chronicles.

Small pressNominee

Kalie Holford

Young adult · Contemporary romance · British Columbia, Canada

Canadian YA and contemporary-romance writer whose 2024 debut, The Last Love Song, launched with independent publisher Blackstone.

HybridNominee

Sentadi XIII

Science fiction · Supernatural fiction

Debut novelist behind the Superior series, a three-book saga following Nara Woods and the secrets buried in her hometown of Cherrystone Falls.

Traditional

Alaa Al-Barkawi

Young adult · Contemporary fiction · United States

First-generation Iraqi American writer centering SWANA and diaspora stories in her 2026 debut, In the Country I Love.

Small press

Sarah L. Hawthorn

Gothic horror · Historical fantasy · Speculative fiction · Halifax/Kjipuktuk, Nova Scotia

A Canadian writer whose debut novel blends queer gothic horror with historical fantasy set in 1860s Nova Scotia.

Small press

Judy L. Mohr

Science fiction · Techno-thriller · New Zealand

A New Zealand writer of dystopian science fiction and techno-thrillers, and one of the 2025 New Voices of Aotearoa.

Small press

Jordan Kurella

Speculative fiction · Queer fiction · Climate fiction · United States

A trans and disabled U.S. speculative-fiction author writing queer fantasy, dark speculative short fiction, and climate fiction.

Indie

Nikki Brooke

YA dystopian fiction · Science fiction · Australia

An Australian YA science-fiction and fantasy writer, screenwriter, and bisexual-representation advocate.

Small press

Stacy Wells

Children's fiction · Picture books · Texas

A tribally enrolled Choctaw Nation citizen, children’s librarian, and Texas-based author of chapter books and picture books.

Indie

Ryan David Ginsberg

Political satire · Dystopian fiction · Central Valley, California

A California Central Valley writer of political satire and technology-focused dystopian fiction, self-published through his own imprint.

Indie

Minu Freitag

Science fiction · Fantasy · Wellington

A New Zealand-based writer and artist working across architecture, illustration, toy design, and self-published speculative fiction.

Indie

Jordan Bernal

Fantasy · Dragon fantasy · Northern California

A Northern California fantasy author writing adult, YA, and middle-grade dragon fantasy through her own independent press.

Indie

Katherine Pickett

Contemporary fiction · Women's fiction · Silver Spring, Maryland

A Maryland-based author and editor whose debut novel follows a widowed mother with multiple sclerosis training for a 150-mile cycling event.

Small press

Delise Torres

Women's fiction · Romance · Germany

A Puerto Rican-origin writer living in Germany, writing women’s fiction and contemporary romance about belonging and culture.

Traditional

Hadeer Elsbai

Adult fantasy · Historical fantasy · United States / Egypt

Egyptian-American writer and librarian blending modern Egyptian history, feminist politics, elemental magic, and sapphic romance.

Small press

Shingai Njeri Kagunda

Afrosurrealism · Speculative fiction · Nairobi, Kenya

Nairobi-based Afrosurrealist and futurist storyteller working across short fiction, audio, and the debut novella & This Is How to Stay Alive.

Indie

Cheyenne Richards

Historical fiction · Psychological thriller · United States / international

Independent author, sailor, and former marketing executive writing maritime historical fiction and psychological thrillers.

Traditional

A. K. Larkwood

Epic fantasy · Science fantasy · Oxford, United Kingdom

Oxford-based fantasy writer whose first two novels pair epic scale, strange worlds, and sharply drawn queer characters.