- Award Category: Black Tentacle (Judges' Discretion) Award Category Record # 843
- Award Type: The Kitschies
- Display Order: 50
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Note: As of 2020, this category was renamed from the "Black Tentacle" to the "Glentacle".
| 2011 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Win ⓘPer a review/article regarding this book:
"There's one real reason Memory doesn't qualify for the Kitschie. There are no fantasy worlds, no sloth-girls or squids, no airships or feral children duking it out in a post-apocalyptic world. It's neither sci fi nor fantasy, even by our committed genre-eliding standards. Memory is noir, pure and simple, by a master of the genre." |
Memory | Donald E. Westlake |
| 2012 | ||
| Win ⓘFrom The Kitchies' website:
"The winner of the 2011 Black Tentacle was comic book and graphic novel publisher SelfMadeHero, for their 2011 body of work and their contribution to elevating geek culture." |
---- | SelfMadeHero |
| 2013 | ||
| Win | The World SF Blog | Lavie Tidhar and Charles Tan and Sarah Newton |
| 2014 | ||
| Win ⓘFrom The Kitschies' site:
"The 2013 winner was Malorie Blackman, OBE, for, amongst many other reasons, using her position as Children's Laureate to raise the tone of the discussion, and promote progressive, intelligent, and entertaining storytelling in all forms, from comic books to science fiction to Jane Eyre." |
---- | Malorie Blackman |
| 2015 | ||
| Win ⓘThis category/year is not listed on The Kitschies' site, but is mentioned in a Guardian article and on Wikipedia. |
---- | Sarah McIntyre |
| 2016 | ||
| Win ⓘFrom The Kitschies' site:
"The Black Tentacle, a discretionary award given to an outstanding achievement in encouraging and elevating the conversation around genre literature, went to the genre community, personified by Patrick Ness, for the response to the humanitarian refugee crisis. The fund Ness began raised £689,793.56 for Save the Children, from over 6,000 donors, including a marathon series of £10,000+ matching prizes from over 20 authors. Virgin Giving even waived their fees." |
---- | Patrick Ness |
| 2020 | ||
| Win | ---- | Nazia Khatun and Claire North and Leila Abu El Hawa |
| 2021 | ||
| Win ⓘSimon Key is from Big Green Bookshop in Hastings, UK |
---- | Simon Key |
| 2022 | ||
| Win | ---- | Comma Press |
| 2023 | ||
| Win | ---- | Bisha K. Ali |