News Philip K. Dick Award Here Are the Nominees for the 2026 Philip K. Dick Award Congratulations to the authors! By Molly Templeton | Published on January 14, 2026 Comment 0 Share New Share The nominees for the 2026 Philip K. Dick Award have been announced! The annual award, which is sponsored by the Philadelphia Science Fiction Society with the support of the Philip K. Dick Trust, recognizes distinguished science fiction books published as paperback originals in the U.S. The 2026 nominees are: Sunward, William Alexander (Saga) Outlaw Planet, M.R. Carey (Orbit UK; Orbit US) Casual, Koji A. Dae (Tenebrous) The Immeasurable Heaven, Caspar Geon (Solaris UK) Uncertain Sons and Other Stories, Thomas Ha (Undertow) Scales. Christopher Hinz (Angry Robot UK) City of All Seasons, Oliver K. Langmead & Aliya Whiteley (Titan) The judges for this year’s award are Jim Aikin, Kim Antieau, J.D. Goff, Abbey Mei Otis, and Lisa Swanstrom. The first Philip K. Dick Award was given in 1983 to Rudy Rucker for Software. Last year’s winner was Time’s Agent by Brenda Peynado, with a special citation given to Adrian Tchaikovsky for Alien Clay. Previous winners include William Gibson, Geoff Ryman, Carol Emshwiller, Meg Elison, Sarah Pinsker, Kali Wallace, and Bethany Jacobs. The 2026 Philip K. Dick Award Winner will be announced on April 3rd at Norwescon 48, which takes place April 2-5 in SeaTac, Washington. More information about Norwescon can be found at their website. Congratulations to all the nominees![end-mark] The post Here Are the Nominees for the 2026 Philip K. Dick Award appeared first on Reactor.