When a work enters our Official Selection, it automatically qualifies to compete for the Diagonals Awards based on its category. As of now, the award categories are:
Diagonals Staff Award for Outstanding Achievement in Short Fiction
Diagonals Staff Award for Outstanding Achievement in Short Non-fiction
Diagonals Staff Award for Outstanding Achievement in Poetry
Diagonals Staff Award for Outstanding Achievement in a Play or Screenplay
Readers’ Diagonals Award for Outstanding Achievement in Short Fiction
Readers’ Diagonals Award for Outstanding Achievement in Short Non-fiction
Readers’ Diagonals Award for Outstanding Achievement in Poetry
Readers’ Diagonals Award for Outstanding Achievement in a Play or Screenplay
Dates for voting for the first edition of the Awards, which is to be held in 2026, will be announced later. Stay tuned.
Diagonals Awards
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