Cóyotl Awards

The Cóyotl Awards is an annual award for "excellence in anthropomorphic literature", run by the Furry Writers' Guild since 2012. Winners are announced at a ceremony held during at RainFurrest (2012, 2014, and 2015) until moving to Rocky Mountain Fur Con 2016 because "Our usual location for the awards ceremony is no longer available".

Guidelines
Guild members are eligible to nominate works in four categories (short stories, novellas, novels, and anthologies). Comics and graphic novels may also be eligible, based on word count. Membership in the guild is not required for a work to be nominated. Self-published works are eligible. Members may not nominate work with which they have a monetary, editorial, or domestic interest. The top four works nominated in each category, and any tying with them, are then presented to Guild members for the final vote.

The award is presided over by the Cóyotl Awards Chair, who has the authority to interpret the rules and determine the eligibility of a work, including "questionable works".

2011 winners
Winners were announced at a ceremony at RainFurrest 2012. In the Award's first year, General Short Story had five nominees due to a tie; Mature Short Story and Mature Novel also had a full slate of nominees. Conversely, Mature Novella had only one nominee - which won by default - and General Novella and General Novel just two each. (Note: In some announcements, the 2011 Awards were referred to as the 2012 Awards, as they were awarded in 2012. It was later decided that the year should indicate year of release of the works in question, and the original 2012 awards were retroactively re-designated the 2011 awards).
 * General Short Story: "The Canoe Race", by Daniel and Mary E. Lowd
 * Mature Short Story: "Best of Breed", by Renee Carter Hall
 * General Novella: Real Dragons Don’t Wear Sweaters, by Renee Carter Hall
 * Mature Novella: Science Friction, by Kyell Gold
 * General Novel: Inchoate Carillon, Inconstant Cucold, by Charles Matthias
 * Mature Novel: Sixes Wild: Manifest Destiny, by Tempe O'Kun

2012 winners
There was no effort made to select Cóyotl Awards during 2013, but when discussion of them resumed in 2014, it was decided to nominate and vote on winners from among works released in 2012. The consensus of the guild was to drop the General and Mature as separate categories.
 * Best Novel: By Sword and Star by Renee Carter Hall
 * Best Novella: Reach for the Sky (The Battle of Britain – a novel of Lt. Corn Book 1) by Vixyy Fox
 * Best Short Story: Chasing the Spotlight by Tim Susman

2013 winners
The 2013 winners were chosen only a few weeks after the 2012 winners. The Best Anthology category was added. A double ceremony for the 2012 and 2013 Awards was held at RainFurrest 2014.
 * Best Novel: God of Clay by Ryan Campbell
 * Best Novella: Indigo Rain by Watts Martin
 * Best Short Story: Fox in the Hen House by Mary E. Lowd
 * Best Anthology: Hot Dish #1 edited by Alopex

2014 winners
The 2014 ceremony was held at RainFurrest 2015.
 * Best Novel: Off the Beaten Path by Rukis
 * Best Novella: Huntress by Renee Carter Hall
 * Best Short Story: Jackalope Wives by Ursula Vernon
 * Best Anthology: Abandoned Places edited by Tarl Hoch

2015 winners
The 2015 awards took place at RMFC 2016
 * Best Novel: Barsk: The Elephant’s Graveyard by Lawrence M. Schoen
 * Best Novella: Koa of the Drowned Kingdom by Ryan Campbell
 * Best Short Story: The Analogue Cat by Huskyteer
 * Best Anthology: Inhuman Acts edited by Ocean Tigrox

Call for nominees was announced on 2016 February 21, with nominations closing at end of March. Voting runs until August 15, 2015.

2016 winners
The 2016 awards took place at Furlandia 2017.
 * Best Novel: The Digital Coyote by Kris Schnee
 * Best Novella: The Goat by Bill Kieffer
 * Best Short Story: 400 Rabbits by Huskyteer
 * Best Anthology: Gods with Fur edited by Fred Patten

2017 winners
The 2017 awards were announced at Furlandia 2018.
 * Best Novel: Kismet by Watts Martin
 * Best Novella: Dragon Fried Cheese by Madison Keller
 * Best Short Story: Behesht by Dwale
 * Best Anthology: Arcana edited by Madison Scott-Clary

2018 winners
The 2018 awards were announced at Furlandia 2019.
 * Best Novel: The Moons of Barsk by Lawrence M Schoen
 * Best Novella: Queen of Arts by Frances Pauli
 * Best Short Story: Saguaros by Watts Martin
 * Best Anthology: Claw edited by K. C. Alpinus

2019 winners

 * Best Novel: Fair Trade by Gre7g Luterman
 * Best Novella: Minor Mage by T. Kingfisher
 * Best Short Story: Pack by Sparf
 * Best Anthology: Patterns in Frost: Stories from New Tibet edited by Tim Susman

2020 winners

 * Best Novel: A Wizards Guide to Defensive Baking by T Kingfisher
 * Best Novella: Rightful Salvage by Frances Pauli
 * Best Short Story: Water by Utunu
 * Best Anthology: A Selection of Anthropomorphic Regalements Volume 1 edited by K.C. Alpinus
 * Best Other Work: The Voice of Dog podcast spearheaded by Khaki