It’s been a while, friends. Life got busy. There were complications. But our team of Randos has finished their reads (and re-reads, and re-re-reads), and we’re now ready to announce the winners of the inaugural, highly prestigious 2023 Rando Awards.
Thank you to all our judges and team members, and to all the fantastic authors who entertained us throughout the last year. Love your work!
The Rando Award for Alison’s Favourite Read of 2023
The Spider and Her Demons, by sydney khoo
Audition, by Pip Adam
Here Be Leviathans, by Chris Flynn
Hybrid Heart, by Iori Kusano
Crom Cruach, by Valkyrie Loughcrewe
The rando award for house i’d die for and/or in
Starling House, by Alix E. Harrow
Malice House, by Megan Shepherd
The House of Ashes, by Stuart Neville
The September House, by Carissa Orlando
House of Roots and Ruin, by Erin A. Craig
The Marigold, by Andrew F. Sullivan (Honourable Mention, it’s a condo rather than a house)
the rando award for lizzy’s favourite read of 2023
Idlewild, by James Frankie Thomas
Greta & Valdin, by Rebecca K. Reilly
Hazel Hill Is Gonna Win This One, by Maggie Horne
Simon Sort Of Says, by Erin Bow
Speech Team, by Tim Murphy
the rando award for i did not expect to cry so hard
No Gods, No Monsters, by Cadwell Turnbull
Between Two Fires, by Christopher Buehlman
Amatka, by Karin Tidbeck
The Wisdom of Crowds, by Joe Abercrombie
Our Wives Under The Sea, by Julia Armfield
THE 2023 RANDO’S RESPLENDENT RETELLING AWARD
Daughter of Darkness, by Katharine Corr and Elizabeth Corr
Nettle and Bone, by T. Kingfisher
Midnight Strikes, by Zeba Shahnaz
These Violent Delights, by Chloe Gong
Pride, by Ibi Zoboi
Thank you again to everyone who took part in the first Rando Awards (which implies there’ll be a second? Fingers crossed) and congratulations to all the winners and nominees. We love your stories. Never quit!