2012 Red Tentacle & Golden Tentacle

Rebecca Levene has been a writer and editor for fifteen years. In that time she has storylined Emmerdale, written children's books, science fiction, horror and a beginner's guide to poker. Her other works include editing a line of media tie-in books, book and video game reviews and a host of short stories.

Patrick Ness has written six books, including The Chaos Walking trilogy and A Monster Calls, which won the 2011 Red Tentacle. His other prizes include the Carnegie Medal, the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize, the Booktrust Teenage Prize, the James Tiptree Memorial Prize, the Costa Children's Book of the Year and the Galaxy Book Award. And that's not even getting into all the nominations, including the Arthur C. Clarke Award. He has also written short stories (for young and old adults), journalism, radio plays and screenplays, and his reviews can be found in the Guardian.

Anne C. Perry and Jared Shurin are editors of the geek culture blog Pornokitsch.

2012 Inky Tentacle

The 2012 Inky Tentacle judging panel will be announced in May.

2011 Black Tentacle

The Black Tentacle is a discretionary award, given by Anne C. Perry and Jared Shurin.

Previous Judges of The Kitschies

The 2011 judges included Lauren Beukes (Red and Golden Tentacles) and Catherine Hemelryk, Craig Kennedy, Darren Banks and Hayley Campbell (Inky Tentacle).

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