Carl Brandon Society Award
Presented by: Panel of judges appointed by the Carl Brandon Society
For: Speculative fiction in English written by a person of color or dealing with issues of race and ethnicity
| Winner | Doll Seed | Michele Tracy Berger |
| Nominee | A Brief Lesson in Native American Astronomy | Rebecca Roanhorse |
| Nominee | Burn the Ships | Alberto Yáñez |
| Nominee | Blood Is Another Word for Hunger | Rivers Solomon |
| Nominee | Queen of the Conquered | Kheryn Callender |
| Winner | Pet | Akwaeke Emezi |
| Nominee | David Mogo: Godhunter | Suyi Davies Okungbowa |
| Nominee | A Spectral Hue | Craig Laurance Gidney |
| Nominee | Harvest | Rebecca Roanhorse |
| Nominee | The Freedom of the Shifting Sea | Jaymee Goh |
| Nominee | Kali_Na | Indrapramit Das |
| Nominee | Mister Dog | Alex Jennings |
| Winner | Redwood and Wildfire | Andrea Hairston |
| Winner | Smoketown | Tenea D. Johnson |
| Nominee | R/evolution: A Mosaic Novel (Book One) | Tenea D. Johnson |
| Winner | Who Fears Death | Nnedi Okorafor |
| Winner | Redemption in Indigo | Karen Lord |
| Winner | Liar | Justine Larbalestier |
| Winner | Half World | Hiromi Goto |
| Winner | Ghost Summer | Tananarive Due |
| Winner | Distances | Vandana Singh |
| Winner | From the Notebooks of Doctor Brain | Minister Faust |
| Winner | The Shadow Speaker | Nnedi Okorafor |
| Winner | No award |
| Winner | Mindscape | Andrea Hairston |
| Winner | 47 | Walter Mosley |
| Winner | Stormwitch | Susan Vaught |