2024 Winners of The Dragon Awards Announced

Posted on September 10, 2024

The winners of The Dragon Awards for 2024 were announced at Dragon Con in Atlanta, GA. John Scalzi won in the science fiction category for Starter Villain and Rebecca Yarros won in fantasy with Iron Flame.

Here is the full list of nominees and winners.

Best Science Fiction Novel

Beyond the Ranges by John Ringo, James Aidee
*Winner* Starter Villain by John Scalzi
System Collapse by Martha Wells
The Jinn-Bot of Shantiport by Samit Basu
The Saint of Bright Doors by Vajra Chandrasekera
Theft of Fire by Devon Eriksen
These Burning Stars by Bethany Jacobs

Best Fantasy Novel (Including Paranormal)

He Who Drowned the World by Shelley Parker-Chan
House of Open Wounds by Adrian Tchaikovsky
*Winner* Iron Flame by Rebecca Yarros
My Brother's Keeper by Tim Powers
The Water Outlaws by S.L. Huang
Three Kinds of Lucky by Kim Harrison

Best Young Adult / Middle Grade Novel

Death Lord Arcanist by Shami Stovall
Hideki Smith, Demon Queller by A.J. Hartley, Hisako Osako, Kuma Hartley
Homecoming in Black by J.M. Anjewierden
*Winner* Midnight at the Houdini by Delilah S. Dawson
So Let Them Burn by Kamilah Cole
The Spirit Bares Its Teeth by Andrew Joseph White

Best Alternate History Novel

1638: The Sovereign States by Eric Flint, Paula Goodlett, Gorg Huff
*Winner* All the Dead Shall Weep by Charlaine Harris
Cahokia Jazz by Francis Spufford
Dirty Water by Tom Kratman
Devil's Battle by Taylor Anderson
The Wages of Sin by Harry Turtledove

Best Horror Novel

*Winner* Black River Orchard by Chuck Wendig
Dead Storm Rising by Shane Gries
Double Dose by F. Paul Wilson
The Dead Take the A Train by Richard Kadrey, Cassandra Khaw
The Hollow Dead by Darcy Coates
The Reformatory by Tananarive Due

Best Illustrative Book Cover

Beyond Enemies by Sam R. Kennedy
*Winner* Of Jade and Dragons by Kelly Chong
Yumi and the Nightmare Painter by Aliya Chen
Dragonesque by Justin Adams
The Silverblood Promise by Jeff Brown

Best Comic Book / Graphic Novel

Batman by Chip Zdarsky, Jorge Jimenez
Canary by Scott Snyder, Dan Panosian
*Winner* Monstress by Marjorie Liu, Sana Takeda
Nightwing by Tom Taylor, Bruno Redondo
Wonder Woman by Tom King, Daniel Sampere
X-Men: Forever by Kieron Gillen, Luca Maresca

Best Science Fiction or Fantasy TV Series, TV or Internet

3 Body Problem, Netflix
Ahsoka, Disney+
*Winner* Fallout, Amazon Prime Video
For All Mankind, Apple TV+
Good Omens, Amazon Prime Video
House of the Dragon, HBO
Loki, Disney+
Monarch: Legacy of Monsters, Apple TV+
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, Paramount+

Best Science Fiction or Fantasy Movie

*Winner* Dune: Part Two by Denis Villeneuve
Barbie by Greta Gerwig
Godzilla Minus One by Takashi Yamazaki
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga by George Miller
The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Francis Lawrence
Wonka by Paul King

Best Digital Game

*Winner* Baldur's Gate 3, Larian Studios
Starfield, Bethesda Game Studios
Alan Wake 2, Remedy Entertainment
Dragon’s Dogma 2, Capcom
Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree, FromSoftware
Helldivers 2, Arrowhead Game Studios

Best Tabletop Game

Cascadia: Landmarks, Flatout Games
Dune: Imperium – Uprising, Dire Wolf
Magic: The Gathering Wilds of Eldraine, Wizards of the Coast
Disney Lorcana, Ravensburger
Gloomhaven: Buttons & Bugs, Cephalofair Games
*Winner* D&D The Deck of Many Things, Wizards of the Coast

You can find winners and nominees of the awards from 2016 on the The Dragons Awards site.

Image: Dragon Con