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Here are the winners of the CLMP’s 2025 Firecracker Awards.

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The Lit Hub Podcast is Pro-Trans-Presses, Pro-Fan-Fiction, and Anti-AI

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The Courts Just Made Our Libraries Sitting Ducks For AI Plundering

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