Winners have been named for the 2020 Kitschies, awarded for "the year's most progressive, intelligent and entertaining fiction that contain elements of the speculative or fantastic," Locus magazine reported. The winning titles are:
The Red Tentacle (novel): Piranesi by Susanna Clarke
The Golden Tentacle (debut): The Space Between Worlds by Micaiah Johnson
The Inky Tentacle (cover art): The Arrest, written by Jonathan Lethem, designed by Allison Saltzman and illustrated by Dexter Maurer
Simon Key of the Big Green Bookshop was awarded the Glentacle, "a discretionary award for a person or group who, the directors determined, contributed something significant and special to the community."
"The Glentacle exists to allow us to recognize something that doesn't fit the Kitschies' criteria but which we believe deserves recognition," award directors Leila Abu el Hawa and Anne Perry said of Key's win. "His 'Buy a Stranger a Book' initiative every Wednesday allowed readers to access books during a tumultuous and difficult year, at a time that even libraries were closed. This deceptively straightforward initiative brought joy to hundreds of readers across the U.K. during a time when joy could sometimes feel in short supply."