Nominations close April 5th, and voting will open April 12th!

About the awards

This year, the awards are broken down into four categories with an optional fifth:

• Best Novel (50,000+ words)
• Best Novella (20,000-50,000 words)
• Best Short Story (<20,000 words)
• Best Anthology (single-author anthologies also welcome)
• Best Other Work (graphic novel, video game, interactive fiction, podcast, etc.)

The final category will have its own award only if there are enough nominees.

Submissions should be made through the following form (direct link):

This year, the reading list will be accomplished using a Google form. Below you will find the existing reading list and a form to submit new entries. Before submitting something to the reading list, please be sure to look if it already exists below, and ensure that the work is eligible per the award rules.

Novels

• Raynarde – "A Portrait For Tomorrow"
• J.F.R. Coates – "Dragon's Soul"
• Joaquín Baldwin – "Feral Flame"
• Ty Fox – "Gravitational Pull"
• David Hardie – "Heat Without Light"
• Alex Frey – "Lesser Gods: Reckoning"
• Royce Day – "Meeting Dominique"
• Koda Copeland – "My Remise"
• Rob MacWolf – "Of Late Belonging"
• NightEyes DaySpring – "The Blood of Life"
• Renard Avec-Histoire – "The Bones Behind the Glass"
• Erdbok (Jako Malan) – "The Rewilding: A story of Mammalæ origins"
• Arilin Thorferra – "The Turning"
• Roscoe G. Beetle – "Thorns"
• Lauren Rivers – "Winterfall"

Novellas

• Andrew Beaman – "Dusk on the Horizon"
• Michael Miele – "The Unionization of Kobolds"
• Rob MacWolf – "At First Belonging"

Short stories

• Reggie Kwok – "Ding Meets Blink in Madam, Don't Forget Your Sword: Tales of the Companions, Sidekicks, and Minions"
• Reggie Kwok – "Pala"
• Ty Fox – "The Artisan"
• Ty Fox – "Unbreakable Bonds"
• Frances Pauli – "A Below Ground Sort of Animal"
• J.F.R. Coates – "A Matching Reflection"
• Utunu – "Amongst the Upright Ones"
• Rob MacWolf – "And Still He Runs"
• Michael Miele – "At Sunset, She Flew"
• Packwolf Lupestripe – "Back to the Molly House"
• Packwolf Lupestripe – "Votive"
• Rob MacWolf – "Brewed Out of Blood"
• Michael Miele – "Letters From Nathaniel Hedgeworthy Addressed with Great Longing and Adoration to Symon the Dragon"
• Frances Pauli – "Manuel and Otis"
• Michael Miele – "My Greatest Treasure"
• Frances Pauli – "Pure Dragon Puehr"
• Shiloh Skye – "Rapture"
• Roscoe G. Beetle – "Salisbury"
• Pascal Farful – "Shame and Desperation Will Kill You Someday"
• J.F.R. Coates – "The Duchess of Buccaneer's Bay"
• Michael Miele – "The Guardian of the Grove"
• Rob MacWolf – "Though Ocean Waves May Sever"
• Francine DeCarey – "True Colors"
• Pascal Farful – "Victor Tremblay in: Mystery at Moon Lake"
• Packwolf Lupestripe – "Would?"
• Domus Vocis – "Fraternity"
• Domus Vocis – "Just Another Echo Between Rest Stops"
• Domus Vocis – "Sanctuary From the Cold"

Anthologies

• Utunu – Echoes
• Arian Mabe (Amethyst Mare) – Mythical Desire
• Various – Tales from the Guild: Blood and Water
• Michael Miele – Tales of Scales
• Various – The Wideness of the World
• Arian Mabe (Amethyst Mare) – Twisting Tentacles
• Ana Spinet – Wild Hearts

Other works

• Tempe O'Kun – "Every Nine Lives Or So"
• Matthew S. Coates – "Just Animals Issue 2: The Chimera Conspiracy "
• Tempe O'Kun – "Puplift: A Dog's Guide to Space 🐕 🚀 The Go Somewhere Else Button 🔴 "
• Tempe O'Kun – "Toad @ Toad Hall"
• Katlina Sommerberg – "Frog in the Data Stream"

The form for submitting new entries to the reading list is closed.

As before, if the embed is difficult to work with you can view the form on its own here.

Voting is closed for the Coyotl Awards. The counting machine has been cleared of shed fur and has tabulated the totals. The winners of the 2025 Furry Writers Guild are:

Winner for Best Novel
~ Far Flung - Utunu

Winner for Best Novella
~ You Look Lost, Pup - Rob MacWolf

Winner for Best Short Story
~ "Houses of Stone" - Utunu (in The Heavens Within Our Grasp)

Winner for Best Anthology
~ The Heavens Within Our Grasp - Furry Historical Fiction Society

Winner for Best Other Work
~ Voice of Dog - Rob MacWolf

Congratulations to the winners! A big thanks to everyone who worked to bring their work to publication this year. We as a fandom are so lucky to have writers, editors, publishers, and readers who are so generous with their time and talent. Truly, we couldn't do this without you.

Sincerely,

~ The staff of the Furry Writers Guild

Note:

It came to our attention after voting started that Kyell Gold’s novel Squeak Thief is over 70,000 words. While this word count qualifies it as a novel by the Coyotl Awards, we chose not to change it while the process was ongoing. Our main concern was to not invalidate the votes already cast. Based on the votes, the change in category would not have changed the winner in either category. While this might seem like a minor issue, we felt that being transparent in this process was the right way to go. Thank you to everyone who nominated and voted.

Nominees for Best Novel
The Eternal Party - H. "Dark End" Townsend
Far Flung - Utunu
Chain Unbroken - Rick Griffin
Induction - Syntax Takes
Masks of the Miscam - Joaquin Baldwin

Nominees for Best Novella
The Professor's Candy - Alex Constance
You Look Lost, Pup - Rob MacWolf
Squeak Thief - Kyell Gold
Lost Stars: Lonely Revolution - Llew
Mutant Alley: Ares - Rex T. Loveshaft

Nominees for Best Short Story
Doomsday - Televassi (The Heavens Within Our Grasp)
A Different kind of Make-Believe: Part 1 - Renee Carter Hall (Voice of Dog)
Houses of Stone - Utunu (The Heavens Within Our Grasp)
The Abbey of Saint Vera - Casimir Laski (The Heavens Within Our Grasp)
The Application of Lycanthropy as a Novel Treatment for Gender Dysphoria - Chase Anderson (Voice of Dog)

Nominees for Best Anthology
Work ‘Fur’ Hire: Tips, Stories & Activities to Get Your Paw in the Door - Steven Hirsch
The Heavens Within Our Grasp - Furry Historical Fiction Society

Nominees for Best Other Work
Dinner at Yiffany's by Ta'kom Ironhoof
Therianthropic Dreams - Nighteyes Dayspring
Puplift - Tempe O'Kun
Voice of Dog - Rob Macwolf
Psychopomp: Part 1 – Zack Loup

Nominations close April 5th, and voting will open April 8th!

About the awards

This year, the awards are broken down into four categories with an optional fifth:

• Best Novel (50,000+ words)
• Best Novella (20,000-50,000 words)
• Best Short Story (<20,000 words)
• Best Anthology (single-author anthologies also welcome)
• Best Other Work (graphic novel, video game, interactive fiction, podcast, etc.)

The final category will have its own award only if there are enough nominees.

Submissions should be made through the following form (direct link):

This year, the reading list will be accomplished using a Google form. Below you will find the existing reading list and a form to submit new entries. Before submitting something to the reading list, please be sure to look if it already exists below, and ensure that the work is eligible per the award rules.

Novels

• Rick Griffin – "Chain Unbroken"
• Gre7g Luterman – "Executioner's Gambit"
• Anastasia Spinet – "Quicksilver"
• David Hardie – "A Lion Among Mice"
• Grace Reed – "Change of Heart: Champion Book 1"
• Jasper Corsac – "The Demon King of Hearts"
• Kyell Gold – "Squeak Thief"
• Rhaetor Dark End – "The Eternal Party "
• Rukis – "HeartTheft: Covenant"
• Rukis – "HeartTheft: Apocrypha"
• Runa Fjord – "Dissolution: To Crack a Geode Book 1"
• Syntax Takes – "Induction: Redline's Downfall Book 1"
• Tim Susman – "Dead Right"
• Troy Alexander Squires – "TITANBLOOD"
• Utunu – "Far Flung"
• Tui Allen – "Dolphin Melody"

Novellas

• Madison Rye Progress – "Idumea"
• Madison Rye Progress – "Motes Played"
• Alex Constance – "The Professor's Candy"
• Rob MacWolf – "You Look Lost, Pup"

Short stories

• Amy Clare Fontaine – "Grateful for the Wolf"
• Amy Wethington – "Thunderbirds, Kraken, and Other Dangers to Dragon Reproduction"
• Chase Anderson – "Carcinographic Classifieds"
• Fopfox and Erik – "Spring and Autumn of North and South"
• Ian Martínez Cassmeyer – "The Dragon Guide's Diary"
• Jenna Hanan Moore – "The History of Birds"
• Jon Chan – "Through Bloody Gritted Teeth"
• Kevin Hopson – "Red Lair"
• Laura Campbell – "Steve the Ant"
• Lorraine Schein – "Pocketed"
• Matias Travieso-Diaz – "The Fractious Familiar"
• Matt Krizan – "Mia, the Demon, and the Dragon"
• Reggie Kwok – "A Forgetful Selkie"
• Reggie Kwok – "Dragon Driving the T"
• Reggie Kwok – "His Career as a Dragon"
• Reggie Kwok – "Zaferree Making Weather Forecasts with Voices"
• Renee Carter Hall – "The Warmth of a Winter's Night"
• Televassi – "Doomsday"
• Ty Fox – "An Alien in Our Midst" Part 1
• Ty Fox – "An Alien in Our Midst" Part 2
• Utunu – "Houses of Stone"
• David Perlmutter – "Cadmium And The Cops"
• David Perlmutter – "Call Off The Doctor"
• David Perlmutter – "Dinny Gets Dinged"
• David Perlmutter – "Chairman Of The Bored"
• David Perlmutter – "Split Decision"
• Michael H. Payne – "The Ring of Destiny"
• Michael H. Payne – "Lion Eyes"
• Michael H. Payne – "It Takes a Village"
• Michael H. Payne – "Collaborators"
• Michael H. Payne – "The Affairs of Wizards"
• NightEyes DaySpring – "A Final Offering"
• Renee Carter Hall – ""A Different Kind of Make-Believe" Part 1"
• Renee Carter Hall – ""A Different Kind of Make-Believe" Part 2"
• Scribbles Monhagen – "Intense Research (Part One)"
• Scribbles Monhagen – "Intense Research (Part Two)"
• Vincenzo Pasquarella – "Justice is Brewing (Part One)"
• Vincenzo Pasquarella – "Justice is Brewing (Part Two)"
• Televassi – "Doomsday"
• Jenna Hanan Moore – "FIDO"
• Domus Vocis – "Neon Bruises"

Anthologies

Individuals mentioned act in an editorial role.

• K.C. Shaw – Catfish and Other Stories
• Steven Hirsch, PHD – Work “Fur” Hire: Tips, Stories & Activities to Get Your Paw in the Door
• Various – The Heavens Within Our Grasp

Other works

• Caytlin Vilbrandt & Ari Noble – "Tamberlane: Arc 1, In the Wilderness Alone"
• NightEyes DaySpring – "Therianthropic Dreams"

Here is the form for submitting new entries to the reading list. As before, if the embed is difficult to work with you can view the form on its own here.

Best Novel
The Dry Spell, by Ryan Loup-Glissant

Best Novella
Rafts, by Utunu

Best Short Story
To Your Own Defences, by Televassi

Best Anthology
In the Light of the Dawn, edited by Madison Scott-Clary

Best Other Work
The Voice of Dog, by Rob MacWolf

Congratulations also to all the finalists for this year's awards. This was a very competitive voting field, so you can all feel very proud of your achievements.

Coyotl Awards 2023 Voting Form

Google Docs

Nominees for Best Novel
The Dry Spell by Ryan Loup-Glissant
Price of Thorns by Tim Susman
Wolf of Withervale by Joaquin Baldwin
Kelpie House by Frances Pauli

Nominees for Best Novella
Two Souls of Fangcrest Manor by Domus Vocis and Fruitz
Peace and Love by Huskyteer
Zoo Diaries by Frances Pauli
Rafts by Utunu

Nominees for Best Short Story
Threads by Utunu (Fang 11)
Rites of Wood and Bone by Utunu (Voice of Dog)
To Your Own Defences by Televassi (In the Light of the Dawn)
Unravelled by Faora Meridan (Fang 11)

Nominees for Best Anthology
In the Light of the Dawn edited by Madison Scott-Clary
Gnoll Tales by NightEyes DaySpring
Fang 11 edited by Sparf
Happy Howlidays edited by Vincenzo Pasquarella

Nominees for Best Other Work
Voice of Dog by Rob Macwolf
Furtannia by Tim Stoddard
Puplift by Tempe O'Kun
Dinner at Yiffany's by Ta'kom Ironhoof

Nominations close April 5th, and voting will open April 8th!

About the awards

This year, the awards are broken down into four categories with an optional fifth:

• Best Novel (50,000+ words)
• Best Novella (20,000-50,000 words)
• Best Short Story (<20,000 words)
• Best Anthology (single-author anthologies also welcome)
• Best Other Work (graphic novel, video game, interactive fiction, podcast, etc.)

The final category will have its own award only if there are enough nominees.

Submissions should be made through the following form:

https://forms.gle/a93oC4gcHiSesCMm8

This year, the reading list will be accomplished using a Google form. Below you will find the existing reading list and a form to submit new entries. Before submitting something to the reading list, please be sure to look if it already exists below, and ensure that the work is eligible per the award rules.

Ghost, the software that powers this site, is not stellar at embedding Google sheets, as it tries its best to resize the content to fit. If you would like to see the sheet in full, you may do so here.

Here is the form for submitting new entries to the reading list. As before, if the embed is difficult to work with you can view the form on its own here.

Best Novella:
The Otter’s Wings: A Labyrinth of Souls Novel by Mary E. Lowd

Best Short Story:
“Lids” by Utunu

Best Anthology:
When the World Was Young by The Furry Historical Fiction Society

Congratulations to the winners and finalists of the 2022 Coyotl Awards.

Nominees for Best Novel:

• Scars of the Golden Dancer by NightEyes DaySpring
• Red Pandamonium by Roan Rosser
• A Furry Faux Paw by Jessica Kara
• Mouse Cage by Malcolm F. Cross

Nominees for Best Novella:

• Royal Red: A Cozy Fantasy Adventure by K.C. Shaw
• The Otter's Wings: A Labyrinth of Souls Novel by Mary E. Lowd
• Fox and Troll Steal Math by Jeff Reynolds

Nominees for Best Short Story:

• "Lids" by Utunu
• "Let Him That Speaketh Fate to Men Have No Fate of His Own" by Rob MacWolf
• "Coyote Woman Sings the Blues" by Marissa James
• "Mark of the Stranger" by Casimir Laski

Nominees for Best Anthology:

• Tales of Feathers and Flame edited by K. Vale Nagle
• When the World Was Young by The Furry Historical Fiction Society
• ROAR 11 edited by Ian Madison Keller
• Winter of Wonder: Fauna edited by Andrew Ferrell

Nominations close March 6, and voting will open March 15!

About the awards

This year, the awards are broken down into four categories with an optional fifth:

• Best Novel (50,000+ words)
• Best Novella (20,000-50,000 words)
• Best Short Story (<20,000 words)
• Best Anthology (single-author anthologies also welcome)
• Best Other Work (graphic novel, video game, interactive fiction, podcast, etc.)

The final category will have its own award only if there are enough nominees; otherwise, the works nominated will be rolled into the other categories depending on their word count.

Award nominations open February 1st and close March 15th, and voting opens March 15th and close April 15th.

Cóyotl Awards chair Madison Scott-Clary is ineligible for the award.

Novels

• Harry A. Wozzeck — Lost Inside the Blue Line
• NightEyes DaySpring — Scars of the Golden Dancer
• Casimir Laski — Winter Without End
• Frances Pauli - Full Circlet
• Frances Pauli - Primal
• Roan Rosser — Red Pandemonium
• Malcolm F. Cross — Mouse Cage
• Tim Susman — Unfinished Business
• T. Kingfisher — Illuminations
• Kyell Gold — Return from Divalia
• Rukis — Illicit Alliance
• Bill Siracusa — A Spot of Murder

Novellas

• Mary E. Lowd — The Otter's Wings: A Labyrinth of Souls Novel
• K. C. Shaw — Royal Red
• Arilin Thorferra — Saida & Autumn

Short stories

• Utunu — "Lids" in When the World Was Young
• NightEyes DaySpring — "Eyeshine of the Soothsayer" in When the World Was Young
• Domus Vocis — "Dancing on Devil's Night" on The Voice of Dog Part 1 and Part 2
• NightEyes DaySpring — "Same as Me" on The Voice of Dg
• Tiberius Rings and Fruitz — "Vagabond" on the Voice of Dog Part 1 and Part 2
• Casimir Laski — Riddles With a Raven
• Rob MacWolf — "Let Him That Speaketh Fate to Men Have No Fate Of His Own" in When the World Was Young
• Casimir Laski — "Mark of the Stranger" in When the World Was Young
• Nenekiri Bookwyrm — "You're My Guiding Star" on The Voice of Dog
• Nenekiri Bookwyrm — "Hanging By A Thread" in ROAR Vol. 11
• Nenekiri Bookwyrm — "What Lurks Beneath The Pile" in Beast! Vol. 1
• Jenna Hanan Moore — "Junebug's Secret" in Land Beyond the World
• Jenna Hanan Moore — "Olivia and the Best Dogs" in Potato Soup Journal
• Jenna Hanan Moore — "Daisy's Tale" in Lorelei Signal
• Frances Pauli - What Gold Smells Like - Short Story(in the Pirating Pups anthology)
• Mary E. Lowd — "Octopus Ex Machina"
• Mary E. Lowd — "An Otter's Soul"
• Mary E. Lowd — "The Freedom of the Queen"
• Mary E. Lowd — "Sarah Flowermane and the Unicorn"
• Mary E. Lowd — "Cosmic the Pangolin"
• Mary E. Lowd — "Flerble Gerbil was a Hologram"
• Mary E. Lowd — "The Dreaming Arm"
• Marissa James — "Coyote Woman Sings the Blues"
• Gretchen Tessmer — "Charley Coavins"
• Marie Croke — "The Swift-Footed Darliing of the Rocks (Do NOT Actually Call Me That)"
• Emily Randolph-Epstein — "My Song Too Fierce"
• Rebecca E. Treasure — "Harold's Hook"
• Dana Vickerson — "The Best Way to Procure Breakfast"
• Divyasri Krishnan — "The Sacrificial Mouse"
• Gabriel Robinson — "Cat and Mouse"
• David Sklar — "What They Serve in Valhalla"
• Jack Adam — "Drakopegasus"
• Anna Madden — "Mooncalf"
• Katlina Sommerberg — "Death is the Referee"
• Amy Clare Fontaine — "Where Does It Hurt?"
• Carol Scheina — "The Power of Volcanic Love"
• Kristen Hornung — "The Reunion"
• Wen Wen Yang — "The Huli Jing of China Town"
• Stephen R. Loftus-Mercer — "Entanglement Solved"
• Field T. Mouse - "Mouse Your House"
• Dirt Coyote - "Wild Thing" Part Two
• Nighteyes Dayspring - "Same as Me"
• J.S. Hawthorne - "The Reason Why"
• Kergiby - "How it Pans Out"
• Rob MacWolf - "The Homecoming of Daniel Usherswell"
• Zack Loup - "Screw the Looking Glass"
• Dirt Coyote - "Keep to the Path" Part 2
• Pascal Farful - "The Shadows Seize Vengeance"
• Alex Katz - "Chump Change"
• Pascal Farful - "Victor Tremblay in Because the Night"
• Darius Davis - "A Pride at Pride"
• Michel-Vincent Corbeaux - "Heraclitan Bird-Songs"
• Sakara Fox - "The Dance of Peruvan" in When the World Was Young
• Utunu - "Lids" in When the World Was Young
• Huskyteer - "Worn-Out Tools" in When the World Was Young
• J.F.R. Coates - "Howling to the Moon" in When the World Was Young
• Rose LaCroix - "Daughter of Thunder or The Land of Many Deer" in When the World Was Young
• Kayode Lycaon - "Preist of Lilies" in When the World Was Young
• Rob MacWolf - "Let Him That Speaketh Fate to Men Have No Fate of his Own" in When the World Was Young
• Thomas 'Faux' Steele - "The Shrine of T-am-adad" in When the World Was Young
• Haya Baru - "Unmourned" in When the World Was Young
• K. C. Shaw — "Sugar Magnolia" in ROAR 11
• Reggie Kwok — "The Green Paifang"
• J.F.R. Coates — An Invisible Enemy
• J.F.R. Coates — "The First Snowflake

Anthologies

Individuals mentioned act in an editorial role.

• The Furry Historical Fiction Society — When the World Was Young
• Mary E. Lowd — Zooscape Issue 14: Built to Last
• Mary E. Lowd — Zooscape Issue 15: Cats, Mice, Mythology
• Mary E. Lowd — Zooscape Issue 16: Pain, Survival, and Love
• Ian Madison Keller — ROAR 11
• Andrew Ferrell — Winter of Wonder: Fauna
• K. Vale Nagle — Tales of Feathers and Flames
• Rhonda Parish — Pirating Pups

Other works

• Zack Loup - "Psychopomp: Cross Road Blues"
• Casimir Laski - "Watership Down by Richard Adams: A 50th Anniversary Retrospective"

Nominees

Best novel

• Aces High by J. Daniel Phillips
• Bringing Down Upworld by Kandrel
• God of Fire by Ryan Campbell
• Freedom Ring by Frances Pauli

Best novella

• The Bee's Waltz: A Labyrinth of Souls Novel by Mary E. Lowd
• Carnage by Weasel
• The Lengthy Farewell by P.C Hatter
• Dark Lane by P.C Hatter

Best short story

• "I'm Just Your Stud" by Dirt Coyote in The Voice of Dog
• "The Squirrelherd and the Sound" by Emmie Christie in Zooscape #12
• "Colored in Sepia"k by S. Park
• "Familiar Encounter" by Darius Davis in The Voice of Dog

Best anthology

• Sam Digger: Beaver Detective by Ian Madison Keller
• Shark Week: An Ocean Anthology edited by Ian Madison Keller
• A Swordmaster's Tale edited by Tarl "Voice" Hoch
• Difursity: Volume 2 edited by Weasel

Best other work

• Puplift: A Dog's Guide to Space by Tempe O'Kun
• Furry Fiction is Everywhere by Ian Madison Keller and Mary E. Lowd

* Despite the 'Novel' in the title, novella at <50,000 words; all votes tallied only from Novella results.