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Award Category: Best Novelette (Locus Poll Award)

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1975
1 Adrift Just Off the Islets of Langerhans: Latitude 38° 54' N, Longitude 77° 00' 13" W Harlan Ellison
2 The Pre-Persons Philip K. Dick
3
—That Thou Art Mindful of Him!?-That Thou Art Mindful of Him!
Isaac Asimov
4 I'm Looking for Kadak Harlan Ellison
5 On Venus, Have We Got a Rabbi William Tenn
6 Twig Gordon R. Dickson
7 Nix Olympica William Walling
8 If the Stars Are Gods Gregory Benford and Gordon Eklund
9 After the Dreamtime Richard A. Lupoff
10 The Seventeen Virgins Jack Vance
11 The Raven and the Hawk William Rotsler
12 Getting Home F. M. Busby
13 Whale Song Terry Melen
14 Catman Harlan Ellison
15 The Gift of Garigolli C. M. Kornbluth and Frederik Pohl
16 Whatever Happened to Nick Neptune? Richard A. Lupoff
17 A Brother to Dragons, a Companion of Owls Kate Wilhelm
18 A Little Something for Us Tempunauts Philip K. Dick
19 Gato-O Don Picard
20 A Matter of Gravity Randall Garrett
21 And Keep Us from Our Castles Cynthia Bunn
22 Forlesen Gene Wolfe
23 Under Siege Robert Thurston
1976
1 The New Atlantis Ursula K. Le Guin
2 Down to a Sunless Sea Genevieve Linebarger and Cordwainer Smith
3 And Seven Times Never Kill Man George R. R. Martin
4 Retrograde Summer John Varley
5 A Galaxy Called Rome Barry N. Malzberg
6 "... for a Single Yesterday" George R. R. Martin
7 In the Bowl John Varley
8 Sandsnake Hunter Gordon Eklund
9 The Black Hole Passes John Varley
10 Polly Charms, the Sleeping Woman Avram Davidson
11 Cambridge, 1:58 A.M. Gregory Benford
12 San Diego Lightfoot Sue Tom Reamy
13 The Venging Greg Bear
14 End Game Joe Haldeman
15 Blooded on Arachne Michael Bishop
1977
1 The Bicentennial Man Isaac Asimov
2 The Diary of the Rose Ursula K. Le Guin
3 Gotta Sing, Gotta Dance John Varley
4 The Phantom of Kansas John Varley
5 The Hertford Manuscript Richard Cowper
6 The Psychologist Who Wouldn't Do Awful Things to Rats James Tiptree, Jr.
7 Custer's Last Jump Steven Utley and Howard Waldrop
8 Meathouse Man George R. R. Martin
9 Bagatelle John Varley
10 Overdrawn at the Memory Bank John Varley
11 Woman Waiting Lisa Tuttle
1978
1 No Award Given This Year -
1979
1 The Barbie Murders John Varley
2 Hunter's Moon Poul Anderson
3 Mikal's Songbird Orson Scott Card
4 Swanilda's Song Frederik Pohl
5 Devil You Don't Know Dean Ing
6 In Alien Flesh Gregory Benford
7 The Nuptial Flight of Warbirds Algis Budrys
8 The Gunslinger Stephen King
8 The Man Who Had No Idea Thomas M. Disch
10 Shipwright Donald Kingsbury
11 Black Glass Fritz Leiber
12 Starswarmer Gregory Benford
13 A Good Night's Sleep Avram Davidson
14 The Morphology of the Kirkham Wreck Hilbert Schenck
15 Selenium Ghosts of the Eighteen Seventies R. A. Lafferty
16 Within the Walls of Tyre Michael Bishop
1980
1 Sandkings George R. R. Martin
2 Options John Varley
3 Fireflood Vonda N. McIntyre
4 Out There Where the Big Ships Go Richard Cowper
5 Galatea Galante, the Perfect Popsy Alfred Bester
6 Camps Jack Dann
7 The Pathways of Desire Ursula K. Le Guin
8 The Angel of Death Michael Shea
9 The Button Molder Fritz Leiber
10 The Things That Are Gods John Brunner
11 Phoenix Mark J. McGarry
12 The Relic Gary Jennings
13 The Ancient Mind at Work Suzy McKee Charnas
14 Down & Out on Ellfive Prime Dean Ing
15 Prose Bowl Barry N. Malzberg and Bill Pronzini
16 The Locusts Steven Barnes and Larry Niven
17 Indifference Brian Aldiss
18 The Ways of Love Poul Anderson
19 Some Events at the Templar Radiant Fred Saberhagen
1981
1 The Brave Little Toaster Thomas M. Disch
2 Beatnik Bayou John Varley
3 The Way Station Stephen King
4 Strata Edward Bryant
5 The Ugly Chickens Howard Waldrop
6 The Lordly Ones Keith Roberts
7 Feesters in the Lake Bob Leman
8 Saving Face Michael Bishop
9 Variation on a Theme from Beethoven Sharon Webb
10 Tutor J. Ray Dettling
11 The Feast of Saint Janis Michael Swanwick
12 The Apotheosis of Myra Walter Tevis
13 The Cloak and the Staff Gordon R. Dickson
14 Billy Big-Eyes Howard Waldrop
15 Savage Planet Barry B. Longyear
16 Scorched Supper on New Niger Suzy McKee Charnas
17 Earth and Stone Robert Holdstock
18 Raising the Green Lion Janet E. Morris
19 Ginungagap Michael Swanwick
20 Have You Heard the One ... ? Spider Robinson
21 The Curse of the Mhondoro Nkabele (variant of The Curse of the Mohndoro Nkabele or The Revenge of Stanley G. Weinbaum) Eric Norden
1982
1 Guardians George R. R. Martin
2 Unicorn Variation Roger Zelazny
3 The Thermals of August Edward Bryant
4 The Haunted Tower C. J. Cherryh
5 Out of the Everywhere James Tiptree, Jr.
6 The Fire When It Comes Parke Godwin
7 Murder on Lupozny Station Michael Bishop and Gerald W. Page
8 Elric at the End of Time Michael Moorcock
9 Lirios: A Tale of the Quintana Roo James Tiptree, Jr.
10 The Quickening Michael Bishop
11 The Giftie Gie Us Timothy Zahn
12 A Thousand Paces Along the Via Dolorosa Robert Silverberg
13 Mummer Kiss Michael Swanwick
14 Out of the Mouths of Olympus (variant of Vox Olympica) Michael Bishop
15 The Summer's Dust Pamela Sargent
16 H-Tec Charles L. Harness
17 Stuff of Dreams Lewis Shiner
18 These Stones Will Remember Reginald Bretnor
19 Waiting for the Earthquake Robert Silverberg
20 Johnny Mnemonic William Gibson
21 Walden Three Michael Swanwick
22 Mythago Wood Robert Holdstock
23 Going Under Jack Dann
24 Blind Spot Jayge Carr
25 Shadows on the Cave Wall Nancy Kress
26 Blue Apes Phyllis Gotlieb
27 Werewind J. Michael Reaves
28 A Thief in Ni-moya Robert Silverberg
1983
1 Djinn, No Chaser Harlan Ellison
2 Willow C. J. Cherryh
3 Myths of the Near Future J. G. Ballard
4 Fire Watch Connie Willis
5 High Steel Jack Dann and Jack C. Haldeman, II
6 Swarm Bruce Sterling
7 The Gorgon Tanith Lee
8 Pawn's Gambit Timothy Zahn
9 Flare Time Larry Niven
10 Understanding Human Behavior Thomas M. Disch
11 Nightlife Phyllis Eisenstein
12 The Pope of the Chimps Robert Silverberg
13 Aquila S. P. Somtow
14 The Raft Stephen King
15 Come Then, Mortal. We Will Seek Her Soul Michael Shea
16 Farmer on the Dole Frederik Pohl
17 Burning Chrome William Gibson
18 The Little Dirty Girl Joanna Russ
19 Relativistic Effects Gregory Benford
20 A Private Whale Brian Aldiss
21 Blind Windows Garry Kilworth
22 Helen, Whose Face Launched Twenty-Eight Conestoga Hovercraft Leigh Kennedy
1984
1 The Monkey Treatment George R. R. Martin
2 Black Air Kim Stanley Robinson
3 Slow Birds Ian Watson
4 Blood Music Greg Bear
5 Street Meat Norman Spinrad
6 The Sidon in the Mirror Connie Willis
7 Multiples Robert Silverberg
8 The Black Current Ian Watson
8 The Invasion of the Church of the Holy Ghost Russell Kirk
10 The Final Report on the Lifeline Experiment Timothy Zahn
11 The Monkey's Bride Michael Bishop
12 The Mind of Medea Kate Wilhelm
13 Blind Shemmy Jack Dann
14 And the Marlin Spoke Michael Bishop
15 Remembering Siri Dan Simmons
16 Cicada Queen Bruce Sterling
17 Into Whose Hands Karl Edward Wagner
18 Belling Martha Leigh Kennedy
19 Red Star, Winter Orbit William Gibson and Bruce Sterling
20 A Simple Case of Suicide Marc Stiegler
20 In Whose Name Do We Seek the Quark? Thomas R. Dulski
20 Nunc Dimittis Tanith Lee
23 The Hills Behind Hollywood High Avram Davidson and Grania Davis
24 Deep Song Reginald Bretnor
25 Life on the Tether Mark Wheeler
26 A Day in the Life of Justin Argento Morrel Gregory Frost
1985
1 Bloodchild Octavia E. Butler
2 The Man Who Painted the Dragon Griaule Lucius Shepard
3 Blued Moon Connie Willis
4 The Lucky Strike Kim Stanley Robinson
5 With a Little Help from Her Friends Michael Bishop
6 The Kindly Isle Frederik Pohl
7 Silicon Muse Hilbert Schenck
8 Summer Solstice Charles L. Harness
9 Bad Medicine Jack Dann
10 Black Coral Lucius Shepard
11 Foreign Skins Tanith Lee
12 Freedom Beach James Patrick Kelly and John Kessel
13 Trojan Horse Michael Swanwick
14 Draco, Draco Tanith Lee
15 Demon Lover M. Sargent Mackay
16 Promises to Keep Jack McDevitt
17 Slowly, Slowly in the Wind Rob Chilson
18 A Message to the King of Brobdingnag Richard Cowper
19 Twilight Time Lewis Shiner
20 Three Days Tanith Lee
21 Another One Hits the Road Pat Cadigan
22 Five Mercies Mike Conner
23 We Remember Babylon Ian Watson
1986
1 Paladin of the Lost Hour Harlan Ellison
2 The Fringe Orson Scott Card
3 Portraits of His Children George R. R. Martin
4 The Jaguar Hunter Lucius Shepard
5 Dogfight William Gibson and Michael Swanwick
6 Under Siege George R. R. Martin
7 All My Darling Daughters Connie Willis
8 A Gift from the GrayLanders Michael Bishop
9 The Road Not Taken Harry Turtledove
10 Storming the Cosmos Rudy Rucker and Bruce Sterling
11 A Spanish Lesson Lucius Shepard
12 The Things That Happen Frederik Pohl
13 Mercurial Kim Stanley Robinson
14 The End of Life As We Know It Lucius Shepard
15 Kitemistress Keith Roberts
16 Side Effects Walter Jon Williams
17 The Slovo Stove Avram Davidson
18 Vilest Beast Harry Turtledove
19 Rockabye Baby S. C. Sykes
20 Solstice James Patrick Kelly
21 Shanidar David Zindell
22 O Happy Day! Geoff Ryman
23 Unferno George Alec Effinger
24 Vestibular Man Felix C. Gotschalk
1987
1 Thor Meets Captain America David Brin
2 Hatrack River Orson Scott Card
3 The Glass Flower George R. R. Martin
4 The Winter Market William Gibson
5 Permafrost Roger Zelazny
6 Of Space-Time and the River Gregory Benford
7 Aymara Lucius Shepard
8 Fire Zone Emerald Lucius Shepard
9 The Arcevoalo Lucius Shepard
10 Salvage Orson Scott Card
11 The Girl Who Fell Into the Sky Kate Wilhelm
12 The Barbarian Princess Vernor Vinge
13 Windows Ian Watson
14 Chance Connie Willis
15 Fiddling for Waterbuffaloes S. P. Somtow
16 Fill It with Regular Michael Shea
17 Into Gold Tanith Lee
18 Against Babylon Robert Silverberg
19 The Beautiful and the Sublime Bruce Sterling
20 Video Star Walter Jon Williams
21 Cold Light Ian Watson
22 The News from D Street Andrew Weiner
23 The Prisoner of Chillon James Patrick Kelly
23 The Pure Product John Kessel
25 Voices Michael Bishop
26 The Gate of Ghosts Karen Joy Fowler
27 Grave Angels Richard Kearns
28 Surviving Judith Moffett
29 The Metaphysical Gun Wayne Wightman
1988
1 Rachel in Love Pat Murphy
2 Shades Lucius Shepard
3 Buffalo Gals, Won't You Come Out Tonight Ursula K. Le Guin
4 Flowers of Edo Bruce Sterling
5 Dream Baby Bruce McAllister
6 America Orson Scott Card
7 The Evening and the Morning and the Night Octavia E. Butler
8 On the Border Lucius Shepard
9 He-We-Await Howard Waldrop
10 Winter's Tale Connie Willis
11 Dinosaurs Walter Jon Williams
12 Runaway Orson Scott Card
13 Yanqui Doodle James Tiptree, Jr.
14 A Hole in the Sun Roger MacBride Allen
15 The Moon and Michelangelo Ian Watson
16 Perpetuity Blues Neal Barrett, Jr.
17 The Sun Spider Lucius Shepard
18 The Pear-Shaped Man George R. R. Martin
19 The Return from Rainbow Bridge Kim Stanley Robinson
20 Cage 37 Wayne Wightman
21 Adeste Fideles Frederik Pohl
22 Skylab Done It George Alec Effinger
23 Second Going James Tiptree, Jr.
24 Mandikini Gregory Benford
25 Uncle Dobbin's Parrot Fair Charles de Lint
26 My Life As a Born-Again Pig Frederik Pohl
27 At the Cross-Time Jaunters' Ball Alexander Jablokov
28 Extras Robert Charles Wilson
29 Dutchman Jack McDevitt
1989
1 The Function of Dream Sleep Harlan Ellison
2 Dowser Orson Scott Card
3 Do Ya, Do Ya, Wanna Dance? Howard Waldrop
4 Glacier Kim Stanley Robinson
5 Schrödinger's Kitten George Alec Effinger
6 The Earth Doth Like a Snake Renew James Tiptree, Jr.
7 The Hob Judith Moffett
8 The Lunatics Kim Stanley Robinson
9 Ginny Sweethips' Flying Circus Neal Barrett, Jr.
10 Two Pat Cadigan
11 Hannibal's Elephants Robert Silverberg
12 The Man Who Loved the Vampire Lady Brian Stableford
13 The Last Article Harry Turtledove
14 Peaches for Mad Molly Steven Gould
15 Madame Two Swords Tanith Lee
16 My Year with the Aliens Lisa Goldstein
17 Love in Vain Lewis Shiner
18 The Courts of Xanadu Charles Sheffield
19 The Calling of Paisley Coldpony Michael Bishop
20 Sunrise Jack McDevitt
21 The Dragon Line Michael Swanwick
22 Under the Covenant Stars John Barnes
23 Sanctuary James White
24 Once in a Lullaby Fred Bals
25 Gut Feelings Elizabeth Moon
26 Unfinished Portrait of the King of Pain by Van Gogh Ian McDonald
27 Remember'd Kisses Michael F. Flynn
28 Fogarty & Fogarty Elizabeth Engstrom
29 Tea Jack Dann
1990
1 Dogwalker Orson Scott Card
2 Enter a Soldier. Later: Enter Another Robert Silverberg
3 At the Rialto Connie Willis
4 For I Have Touched the Sky Mike Resnick
5 Sisters Greg Bear
6 The Price of Oranges Nancy Kress
7 Bound for Glory Lucius Shepard
8 Surrender Lucius Shepard
9 Everything But Honor George Alec Effinger
10 War Fever J. G. Ballard
11 Steel Dogs Ray Aldridge
12 Just Another Perfect Day John Varley
13 A Sad Last Love at the Diner of the Damned Edward Bryant
14 The Loch Moose Monster Janet Kagan
15 Sleepside Story Greg Bear
16 Silver Lady and the Fortyish Man Megan Lindholm
17 The Gentle Seduction Marc Stiegler
18 The Part of Us That Loves Kim Stanley Robinson
19 A Sleep and a Forgetting Robert Silverberg
20 Varicose Worms Scott Baker
21 Listen Ian McDonald
22 Fast Cars Kristine Kathryn Rusch
23 Not Without Honor Judith Moffett
23 The Sin-Eater of the Kaw Bradley Denton
25 Misbegotten Michael P. Kube-McDowell
26 Miss Carstairs and the Merman Delia Sherman
27 The Third Sex Alan Brennert
28 Snow Angels Michael Swanwick
29 To the Promised Land Robert Silverberg
30 On the Wings of a Butterfly Michael F. Flynn
31 Faith James Patrick Kelly
1991
1 Entropy's Bed at Midnight Dan Simmons
2 Dr. Pak's Preschool David Brin
3 The Shobies' Story Ursula K. Le Guin
4 Tower of Babylon Ted Chiang
5 And the Angels Sing Kate Wilhelm
6 A Braver Thing Charles Sheffield
7 Invaders John Kessel
8 Piecework David Brin
9 Inertia Nancy Kress
10 The All-Consuming Robert Frazier and Lucius Shepard
11 The Shores of Bohemia Bruce Sterling
12 The Safe-Deposit Box Greg Egan
13 Toward Kilimanjaro Ian McDonald
14 The Coon Rolled Down and Ruptured His Larinks, A Squeezed Novel by Mr. Skunk Dafydd ab Hugh
15 Mrs. Byres and the Dragon Keith Roberts
15 U F O Michael Swanwick
17 Hot Sky Robert Silverberg
18 Hyena Eyes Ray Aldridge
19 The Caress Greg Egan
20 Timekeeper John Morressy
21 The Last Feast of Harlequin Thomas Ligotti
22 Transit of Betelgeuse Robert R. Chase
23 Chaff Robert Reed
24 Limekiller at Large Avram Davidson
25 The Death Artist Alexander Jablokov
26 The Haunted Boardinghouse Gene Wolfe
27 Simulation Six Steven Gould
28 Stephen Elizabeth Massie
29 The Spiral Dance R. Garcia y Robertson
1992
1 All Dracula's Children Dan Simmons
2 Fin de Cyclé Howard Waldrop
3 Matter's End Gregory Benford
4 Gold Isaac Asimov
5 Black Glass Karen Joy Fowler
6 Miracle Connie Willis
7 Over There Mike Resnick
8 What Continues, What Fails ... David Brin
9 A History of the Twentieth Century, with Illustrations Kim Stanley Robinson
10 Mairzy Doats Paul Di Filippo
11 The Better Boy James P. Blaylock and Tim Powers
12 Dispatches from the Revolution Pat Cadigan
13 Understand Ted Chiang
14 Traveling West Pat Murphy
15 Living Will Alexander Jablokov
16 What Eats You Norman Spinrad
17 The Invisible Worm Brian Stableford
17 The Return of Weird Frank Allen Steele
19 A Tip on a Turtle Robert Silverberg
20 Standing in Line with Mister Jimmy James Patrick Kelly
21 The Happy Man Jonathan Lethem
22 Water Bringer Mary Rosenblum
23 Snow on Sugar Mountain Elizabeth Hand
24 Life Regarded As a Jigsaw Puzzle of Highly Lustrous Cats Michael Bishop
25 The Will of God Keith Roberts
26 The Ragthorn Robert Holdstock and Garry Kilworth
1993
1 Danny Goes to Mars Pamela Sargent
2 True Faces Pat Cadigan
3 Looking for the Fountain Robert Silverberg
4 Beast of the Heartland Lucius Shepard
5 Into Darkness Greg Egan
6 Dust Greg Egan
7 Come Back to the Killing Ground, Alice, My Love Roger Zelazny
8 In the Stone House Barry N. Malzberg
9 Horse Meat Brian W. Aldiss
10 Vanilla Dunk Jonathan Lethem
11 Jumping the Road Jack Dann
12 The Vulture Maiden Marc Laidlaw
13 Breakfast Cereal Killers R. Garcia y Robertson
14 The Satanic Illusion L. Sprague de Camp
15 The Stone Garden Mary Rosenblum
16 Chimaera Barry B. Longyear
17 Suppose They Gave a Peace ... Susan Shwartz
18 Prison Dreams Paul J. McAuley
19 Sepoy Tom Purdom
20 Trail of Crumbs Melanie Tem
21 The Best and the Rest of James Joyce Ian McDonald
22 In the Month of Athyr Elizabeth Hand
23 Innocents Ian McDonald
1994
1 Dying in Bangkok Dan Simmons
2 Death on the Nile Connie Willis
3 The Shadow Knows Terry Bisson
4 Deep Eddy Bruce Sterling
5 Cush Neal Barrett, Jr.
6 Georgia on My Mind Charles Sheffield
7 England Underway Terry Bisson
8 The Beauty Addict Ray Aldridge
9 The Franchise John Kessel
10 Inn Connie Willis
11 Darker Angels S. P. Somtow
12 Swan Song Gregory Bennett
13 Chaff Greg Egan
14 The Spook-Box of Theobald Delafont De Brooks Avram Davidson
15 Suicidal Tendencies Dave Smeds
16 Papa Ian R. MacLeod
17 The Hound of Merin Eleanor Arnason
18 The Arrival of Truth Kristine Kathryn Rusch
19 Chemistry James Patrick Kelly
20 Friendship Bridge Brian W. Aldiss
21 The Death Addict Barry B. Longyear
1995
1 The Martian Child David Gerrold
2 Adaptation Connie Willis
3 Solitude Ursula K. Le Guin
4 Cocoon Greg Egan
5 Nekropolis Maureen F. McHugh
6 A Little Knowledge Mike Resnick
7 The Hole in the Hole Terry Bisson
8 The Lovers Eleanor Arnason
9 Another Story Ursula K. Le Guin
10 Paris in June Pat Cadigan
10 The Singular Habits of Wasps Geoffrey A. Landis
12 The Matter of Seggri Ursula K. Le Guin
13 Good with Rice John Brunner
14 Our Lady of Chernobyl Greg Egan
15 Rat Mary Rosenblum
16 The God Who Slept with Women Brian W. Aldiss
17 Summer and Ice Alexander Jablokov
18 Tin Angel G. David Nordley and H. G. Stratmann
19 Artistic License Carrie Richerson
20 The Tree of Life Brian Stableford
21 Stride Robert Reed
22 The Joe Show Terry Bisson
1996
1 When the Old Gods Die Mike Resnick
2 Ether OR Ursula K. Le Guin
3 Think Like a Dinosaur James Patrick Kelly
4 Wang's Carpets Greg Egan
5 Evolution Nancy Kress
6 Coming of Age in Karhide Ursula K. Le Guin
7 For White Hill Joe Haldeman
8 I, Iscariot Michael Bishop
9 The Good Rat Allen Steele
10 A Worm in the Well Gregory Benford
11 The Ant-Men of Tibet Stephen Baxter
12 Luminous Greg Egan
13 Must and Shall Harry Turtledove
14 Judgment Engine Greg Bear
15
Lunch at the Gotham Café?Lunch at the Gotham Cafe
Stephen King
16 TAP Greg Egan
17 Starship Day Ian R. MacLeod
18 Recording Angel Paul J. McAuley
19 Gone to Glory R. Garcia y Robertson
20 Silver Fire Greg Egan
21 Waging Good Robert Reed
22 The Red Blaze Is the Morning Robert Silverberg
1997
1 Mountain Ways Ursula K. Le Guin
2 The Edge of the Universe Terry Bisson
3 The Land of Nod Mike Resnick
4 Bicycle Repairman Bruce Sterling
5 Beauty and the Opéra or The Phantom Beast Suzy McKee Charnas
6 The Dog's Story Eleanor Arnason
7 A Dry, Quiet War Tony Daniel
8 The Flowers of Aulit Prison Nancy Kress
9 Radio Waves Michael Swanwick
10 The Man in the Pepper Mill Gene Wolfe
11 Age of Aquarius William Barton
12 The First Law of Thermodynamics James Patrick Kelly
13 Amends John Brunner
14 After a Lean Winter Dave Wolverton
15 Martian Valkyrie G. David Nordley
16 Try and Kill It Gene Wolfe
17 Kronos Allen Steele
18 The Peacock Throne Charles Sheffield
19 Out of the Mouths Sheila Finch
20 Diana of the Hundred Breasts Robert Silverberg
21 The Longer Voyage Michael Cassutt
22 The Three Labors of Bubba Bud Webster
23 Nonstop to Portales Connie Willis
24 In the Upper Room Terry Bisson
1998
1 Newsletter Connie Willis
2 Moon Six Stephen Baxter
3 Lethe Walter Jon Williams
4 Galaxia Gregory Benford
5 Reasons to Be Cheerful Greg Egan
6 Julie's Unicorn Peter S. Beagle
7 Mother Grasshopper Michael Swanwick
8 We Will Drink a Fish Together ... Bill Johnson
9 The Pipes of Pan Brian Stableford
10 Escape Route Peter F. Hamilton
11 Echoes Alan Brennert
12 Beauty in the Night Robert Silverberg
13 Blood and Judgment John Brunner
14 Second Skin Paul J. McAuley
15 Three Hearings on the Existence of Snakes in the Human Bloodstream James Alan Gardner
16 London Bone Michael Moorcock
17 The Dragons of Springplace Robert Reed
18 El Castillo de la Perseverancia Howard Waldrop
19 After Kerry Ian McDonald
20 On the Ice Islands Gregory Feeley
21 The Undiscovered William Sanders
22 Quinn's Way Dale Bailey
23 The Botanist Mary Rosenblum
24 Crossing Chao Meng Fu G. David Nordley
25 Residuals Paul J. McAuley and Kim Newman
1999
1 Taklamakan Bruce Sterling
1 The Planck Dive Greg Egan
3 All the Birds of Hell Tanith Lee
4 Echea Kristine Kathryn Rusch
5 Lovestory James Patrick Kelly
6 Waiting for the End Robert Silverberg
7 Divided by Infinity Robert Charles Wilson
8 Steamship Soldier on the Information Front Nancy Kress
9 A Dance to Strange Musics Gregory Benford
10 Starfall R. Garcia y Robertson
11 Lost Girls Jane Yolen
12 Approaching Perimelasma Geoffrey A. Landis
13 Zwarte Piet's Tale Allen Steele
14 The Barrier Stephen Baxter
15 Rules of Engagement Michael F. Flynn
16 Brown Dust Esther M. Friesner
17 A Life on Mars G. David Nordley
18 The Picture Business Walter Jon Williams
19 The Flying Dutchman John Varley
20 The Rainmaker Mary Rosenblum
21 The Eye of God Mary Rosenblum
22 The Allies Mark S. Geston
23 The Gardens of Saturn Paul J. McAuley
24 Down in the Dark William Barton
25 Home Time Ian R. MacLeod
26 Getting to Know You David Marusek
27 The Mercy Gate Mark J. McGarry
28 Transit Stephen Dedman
29 The Guac Bug Charles L. Harness
29 Time Gypsy Ellen Klages
2000
1 Border Guards Greg Egan
1 Huddle Stephen Baxter
3 A Hunger for the Infinite Gregory Benford
4 Sleeping Dogs Nancy Kress
5 Mount Olympus Ben Bova
6 A Martian Romance Kim Stanley Robinson
7 A Knight of Ghosts and Shadows Gardner Dozois
7 Darkrose and Diamond Ursula K. Le Guin
7 The Chop Girl Ian R. MacLeod
10 Vessel Orson Scott Card
11 A Hero of the Empire Robert Silverberg
12 Dapple: A Hwarhath Historical Romance Eleanor Arnason
13 Stellar Harvest Eleanor Arnason
14 How to Make Unicorn Pie Esther M. Friesner
15 The Secret History of the Ornithopter Jan Lars Jensen
16 Green Acres Allen M. Steele
17 10 to 16 to 1 (variant of
10ą⁶ to 1?10 to the power 16 to 1
)
James Patrick Kelly
18 Smart Alec Kage Baker
19 Game of the Century Robert Reed
20 Nodaway Robert Reed
21 The Last Man on the Moon Scott Edelman
22 Getting to Know the Dragon Robert Silverberg
23 Pocketful of Dharma Paolo Bacigalupi
24 Daddy's World Walter Jon Williams
25 Vultures Stephen L. Burns
26 Fossil Games Tom Purdom
27 The Queen of Erewhon Lucy Sussex
--- Nominations Below Cutoff -------
* Angel Down, Sussex Kim Newman
* Angels of Ashes Alastair Reynolds
* Back Door Man Paul J. McAuley
* Breakfast on the Moon, with Georges Ian McDonald
* Cabbages and Kales, or, How We Downsized North America David Marusek
* Circles of Light and Shadow Christopher McKitterick
* Diana by Starlight R. Garcia y Robertson
* Dragons' Teeth Lois Tilton
* Fossils William H. Keith, Jr.
* Galactic North Alastair Reynolds
* Gemphalon Elizabeth Engstrom
* Harbingers Severna Park
* Hillary Orbits Venus Pamela Sargent
* Iz and the Blue God Eliot Fintushel
* Naming the Dead Paul J. McAuley
* Plain Female Seeks Nice Guy William R. Eakin
* The Giftie James Gunn
* The Host of the Air Rick Cook
* The Sky-Green Blues Tanith Lee
* The Vaults of Permian Love Bill Johnson
* The Window Judith Berman
* Where Does the Town Go at Night? Tanith Lee
* Winemaster Robert Reed
* With McAndrew, Out of Focus Charles Sheffield
2001
1 The Birthday of the World Ursula K. Le Guin
2 On the Orion Line Stephen Baxter
3 Snowball in Hell Brian Stableford
4 Bloody Bunnies Bradley Denton
5 The Elephants of Poznan Orson Scott Card
6 The Other Side James P. Blaylock
7 Lincoln in Frogmore Andy Duncan
8 Merlin's Gun Alastair Reynolds
9 The Rift Paul J. McAuley
10 Primes Lewis Shiner
11 Millennium Babies Kristine Kathryn Rusch
12 Chitty Bang Bang Ian R. MacLeod
13 The Pottawatomie Giant Andy Duncan
14 Feel the Zaz James Patrick Kelly
15 Auspicious Eggs James Morrow
16 Wetlands Preserve Nancy Kress
17 The Cloud Man Eleanor Arnason
18 Bird Herding R. Garcia y Robertson
19 The Juniper Tree John Kessel
20 Open Loops Stephen Baxter
20 The Gulf Robert Reed
22 In Shock Joyce Carol Oates
23 Hideaway Alastair Reynolds
24 The Prophet Ugly Robert Reed
25 Hybrid Robert Reed
26 The Dryad's Wedding Robert Charles Wilson
27 Reef Paul J. McAuley
28 Tenebrio Brian Stableford
29 Chanterelle Brian Stableford
30 The Alien Abduction James L. Cambias
--- Nominations Below Cutoff -------
* A Colder War Charles Stross
* And Still She Sleeps Greg Costikyan
* Chain of Life Steven Utley
* Going After Bobo Susan Palwick
* Jack Daw's Pack Greer Gilman
* Liberty Spin Keith Brooke
* Milo and Sylvie Eliot Fintushel
* Multim in Parvo Michael Kandel
* Romance in Extended Time Tom Purdom
* Sergeant Mother Glory Tom Purdom
* The Despoblado Steven Utley
* The God of Children Richard Parks
* The Noise of Their Joye Tom Purdom
* The Real World Steven Utley
* The Saltimbanques Terry Dowling
* The True Story of Professor Trabuc and His Remarkable Voyages Aboard the Sonde-Ballon De La Mentalité Jim Cowan
* VTV David Marusek
2002
1 Hell Is the Absence of God Ted Chiang
2 On the High Marsh Ursula K. Le Guin
3 On K2 with Kanakaredes Dan Simmons
4 The Lady of the Winds Poul Anderson
5 The Old Rugged Cross Terry Bisson
6 Isabel of the Fall Ian R. MacLeod
7 Lobsters Charles Stross
8 The Days Between Allen Steele
9 Undone James Patrick Kelly
10 In the Un-Black Stephen Baxter
11 Life on Earth Pat Cadigan
12 Have Not Have Geoff Ryman
13 The Measure of All Things Richard Chwedyk
14 Computer Virus Nancy Kress
15 The Other Real World Howard Waldrop
16 The Quijote Robot Robert Sheckley
17 Monster Story Kage Baker
18 Rhido Wars Neal Barrett, Jr.
19 This Shape We're In Jonathan Lethem
20 And No Such Things Grow Here Nancy Kress
21 Into Greenwood Jim Grimsley
22 Firebird R. Garcia y Robertson
23 Know How, Can Do Michael Blumlein
24 The Two Dicks Paul J. McAuley
25 Major Spacer in the 21st Century Howard Waldrop
26 Neutrino Drag Paul Di Filippo
27 Doing the Unstuck Paul Di Filippo
28 First to the Moon! Stephen Baxter and Simon Bradshaw
29 The Boy Robert Reed
30 The Return of Spring Shane Tourtellotte
31 Troubadour Charles Stross
32 The Ferryman's Wife Richard Bowes
33 The Cat's Pajamas James Morrow
34 Mirror Robert Reed
35 The Applesauce Monster Kage Baker
36 The Dread and Fear of Kings Richard Paul Russo
37 More Adventures on Other Planets Michael Cassutt
--- Nominations Below Cutoff -------
* Civilians Tom Purdom
* Commencement Joyce Carol Oates
* Cucumber Gravy Susan Palwick
* First Contact National Monument Rick Shelley
* Floating in Lindrethool Jeffrey Ford
* From Here You Can See the Sunquists Richard Wadholm
* Gestella Susan Palwick
* Legerdemain Jack O'Connell
* Ménage Simon Ings
* One Last Game Robert Reed
* Raven Dream Robert Reed
* Resurrection David Morrell
* Roach Motel Richard Calder
* Romance with Phobic Variations Tom Purdom
* Shiomah's Land Nisi Shawl
* Speedstream James Lovegrove
* Standing in His Light Kage Baker
* Struwwelpeter Glen Hirshberg
* The Go-Between Lisa Goldstein
* The Kéthani Inheritance Eric Brown
* The Real Thing Carolyn Ives Gilman
* The Scab's Progress Paul Di Filippo and Bruce Sterling
* When This World Is All on Fire William Sanders
2003
1 The Wild Girls Ursula K. Le Guin
2 Liking What You See: A Documentary Ted Chiang
3 A Walking Tour of the Shambles Neil Gaiman and Gene Wolfe
4 Slow Life Michael Swanwick
5 Halo Charles Stross
6 Lull Kelly Link
7 The Clear Blue Seas of Luna Gregory Benford
8 A Martian Theodicy Paul Di Filippo
9 Tourist Charles Stross
10 In for a Penny or The Man Who Believed in Himself James P. Blaylock
11 The Big Rock Candy Mountain Andy Duncan
12 Lying to Dogs Robert Reed
13 Something by the Sea Jeffrey Ford
14 The Weight of Words Jeffrey Ford
15 Madonna of the Maquiladora Gregory Frost
16 Presence Maureen F. McHugh
17 Lost Sorceress of the Silent Citadel Michael Moorcock
18 The Likely Lad Kage Baker
19 Little Red's Tango Peter Straub
20 V.A.O. Geoff Ryman
21 The Hidden Place Ian McDonald
22 We Come Not to Praise Washington Charles Coleman Finlay
23 Chichen Itza Alex Irvine
24 The Old Cosmonaut and the Construction Worker Dream of Mars Ian McDonald
25 The Passenger Paul J. McAuley
26 A Flock of Birds James Van Pelt
27 The Real Story Alastair Reynolds
28 Look Away Stephen L. Burns
29 The Most Famous Little Girl in the World Nancy Kress
30 Watching Matthew Damon Knight
31 Our Friend Electricity Ron Wolfe
32 Pavane for a Prince of the Air Elizabeth Hand
33 The Children's Crusade Robert Reed
--- Nominations Below Cutoff -------
* 0wnz0red Cory Doctorow
* A Champion of Democracy Tom Purdom
* A Free Man Ian Watson
* Ailoura Paul Di Filippo
* At the Money Richard Wadholm
* Big Brother Iron Charles Stross
* Charlie's Away Midori Snyder
* Jimmy Guang's House of Gladmech Alex Irvine
* King Rainjoy's Tears Chris Willrich
* The Convert Simon Ings
* The Essayist in the Wilderness William Browning Spencer
* The Job Interview Mike Moscoe
* The Names of All the Spirits J. R. Dunn
* The Thing in the Forest A. S. Byatt
* Three Times Over the Falls A. M. Dellamonica
* War, Ice, Egg, Universe G. David Nordley
2004
1 A Study in Emerald Neil Gaiman
2 The Monarch of the Glen Neil Gaiman
3 The Empire of Ice Cream Jeffrey Ford
4 Only Partly Here Lucius Shepard
5 Breeding Ground Stephen Baxter
6 Bitter Grounds Neil Gaiman
7 The Chop Line Stephen Baxter
8 Almost Home Terry Bisson
9 The Hydrogen Wall Gregory Benford
10 Legions in Time Michael Swanwick
11 The Fluted Girl Paolo Bacigalupi
12 The Devil in the Details James P. Blaylock
13 King Dragon Michael Swanwick
14 The Bellman John Varley
15 Nightfall Charles Stross
16 The Door Gunner Michael Bishop
17 Amnesty Octavia E. Butler
18 The Census Taker Dale Bailey
19 Pictures from an Expedition Alex Irvine
20 Junk DNA Rudy Rucker and Bruce Sterling
21 Clouds and Cold Fires Paul Di Filippo
22 The Hortlak Kelly Link
23 Dragon's Gate Pat Murphy
24 Hexagons Robert Reed
25 Catskin Kelly Link
25 Child of the Stones Paul McAuley
27 Old Virginia Laird Barron
28 Vandoise and the Bone Monster Alex Irvine
29 Bernardo's House James Patrick Kelly
30 Anomalous Structures of My Dreams M. Shayne Bell
2005
1 Reports of Certain Events in London
China Miéville?China Mieville
1 The Faery Handbag Kelly Link
3 Quarry Peter S. Beagle
4 Three Days in a Border Town Jeff VanderMeer
5 Men Are Trouble James Patrick Kelly
6 PeriAndry's Quest Stephen Baxter
7 The Voluntary State Christopher Rowe
8 Observable Things Paul Di Filippo
9 The Word That Sings the Scythe Michael Swanwick
10 The Lost Pilgrim Gene Wolfe
11 The People of Sand and Slag Paolo Bacigalupi
12 The Little Stranger Gene Wolfe
13 A Night in the Tropics Jeffrey Ford
14 The Catch Kage Baker
15 The Silver Dragon Elizabeth A. Lynn
16 The Tang Dynasty Underwater Pyramid Walter Jon Williams
17 Leaving His Cares Behind Him Kage Baker
18 Super 8 Terry Bisson
19 Flat Diane Daniel Abraham
20 Mere Robert Reed
21 The Clapping Hands of God Michael F. Flynn
22 The Garden: A Hwarhath Science Fictional Romance Eleanor Arnason
23 The Fear Gun Judith Berman
24 Mr. Aickman's Air Rifle Peter Straub
25 Q John Grant
26 The Dragons of Summer Gulch Robert Reed
27 Pat Moore Tim Powers
28 Biographical Notes to "A Discourse on the Nature of Causality, with Air-Planes" by Benjamin Rosenbaum Benjamin Rosenbaum
29 Stone Animals Kelly Link
30 Riding the White Bull
Caitlín R. Kiernan?Caitlin R. Kiernan
31 The Seal Hunter Charles Coleman Finlay
32 Martyrs of the Upshot Knothole James Morrow
33 Inappropriate Behavior Pat Murphy
34 CATNYP Delia Sherman
35 Leviathan Wept Daniel Abraham
36 The Gladiator's War: A Dialog Lois Tilton
2006
1 I, Robot Cory Doctorow
2 Two Hearts Peter S. Beagle
3 The Emperor of Gondwanaland Paul Di Filippo
4 The King of Where-I-Go Howard Waldrop
5 A Knot of Toads Jane Yolen
6 A Man of Light Jeffrey Ford
7 Wax Elizabeth Bear
8 The Last Ten Years in the Life of Hero Kai Geoff Ryman
9 Girls and Boys, Come Out to Play Michael Swanwick
10 The Calorie Man Paolo Bacigalupi
11 The Gist Hunter Matthew Hughes
12 The Scribble Mind Jeffrey Ford
13 Softly Spoke the Gabbleduck Neal Asher
14 Bad Machine Kage Baker
15 The Blemmye's Strategem Bruce Sterling
16 Beyond the Aquila Rift Alastair Reynolds
17 Last Man Standing Esther M. Friesner
18 The Canadian Who Came Almost All the Way Home from the Stars Jay Lake and Ruth Nestvold
19 The Language of Moths Christopher Barzak
20 Oxygen Rising R. Garcia y Robertson
20 The Edge of Nowhere James Patrick Kelly
20 The Edge of Nowhere James Patrick Kelly
22 Zima Blue Alastair Reynolds
23 Second Person, Present Tense Daryl Gregory
24 The Fraud Esther M. Friesner
25 The Unfortunate Gytt Kage Baker
26 The 120 Hours of Sodom Jim Grimsley
27 Rats of the System Paul J. McAuley
28 Gold Mountain Chris Roberson
29 Dallas: An Essay Robert Reed
2007
1 When Sysadmins Ruled the Earth Cory Doctorow
2 Pol Pot's Beautiful Daughter (Fantasy) Geoff Ryman
3 I, Row-Boat Cory Doctorow
4 The Night Whiskey Jeffrey Ford
5 The Singularity Needs Women! Paul Di Filippo
6 Salt Wine Peter S. Beagle
7 In the House of the Seven Librarians Ellen Klages
8 The Djinn's Wife Ian McDonald
9 Yellow Card Man Paolo Bacigalupi
10 A Soul in a Bottle Tim Powers
11 El Regalo Peter S. Beagle
12 Counterfactual Gardner Dozois
13 Wane Elizabeth Bear
14 Kansas, She Says, Is the Name of the Star R. Garcia y Robertson
15 Lessons with Miss Gray Theodora Goss
16 Signal to Noise Alastair Reynolds
18 The Pacific Mystery Stephen Baxter
19 What Used to Be Good Still Is Emma Bull
20 Jack O'Lantern Patricia A. McKillip
21 Bow Shock Gregory Benford
22 Shambhala Alex Irvine
23 Okanoggan Falls Carolyn Ives Gilman
24 Dawn, and Sunset, and the Colours of the Earth Michael F. Flynn
25 Dead Men Walking Paul J. McAuley
26 Tiger, Burning Alastair Reynolds
27 Chandail Peter S. Beagle
28 Incarnation Day Walter Jon Williams
29 Journey Into the Kingdom M. Rickert
30 Femaville 29 Paul Di Filippo
31 The Highway Men Ken MacLeod
32 A Flight of Numbers Fantastique Strange Beth Bernobich
33 Every Hole Is Outlined John Barnes
34 Sunlight or Rock John Kessel
35 A Siege of Cranes Benjamin Rosenbaum
36 ... the Darkest Evening of the Year ... Candas Jane Dorsey
36 ... the Darkest Evening of the Year ... Candas Jane Dorsey
37 Home Movies Mary Rosenblum
38 I'll Give You My Word Diana Wynne Jones
39 Dead Man Alexander Jablokov
40 The Christmas Witch M. Rickert
2008
1 The Witch's Headstone Neil Gaiman
2 The Merchant and the Alchemist's Gate Ted Chiang
3 Dark Integers Greg Egan
4 We Never Talk About My Brother Peter S. Beagle
5 Trunk and Disorderly Charles Stross
6 Wikiworld Paul Di Filippo
7 The Cambist and Lord Iron: A Fairy Tale of Economics Daniel Abraham
8 Urdumheim Michael Swanwick
9 Cryptic Coloration Elizabeth Bear
10 The Magic Animal Gene Wolfe
11 Kiosk Bruce Sterling
12 Glory Greg Egan
13 Against the Current Robert Silverberg
14 Winter's Wife Elizabeth Hand
15 Light Kelly Link
16 Hellfire at Twilight Kage Baker
17 The Skysailor's Tale Michael Swanwick
18 Finisterra David Moles
19 The Constable of Abal Kelly Link
20 A Diorama of the Infernal Regions, or The Devil's Ninth Question Andy Duncan
21 The Surgeon's Tale Cat Rambo and Jeff VanderMeer
22 An Ocean Is a Snowflake, Four Billion Miles Away John Barnes
23 The Bone Man Frederic S. Durbin
24 Holly and Iron Garth Nix
25 The Sky Is Large and the Earth Is Small Chris Roberson
26 Dance of Shadows Fred Chappell
27 The Evolution of Trickster Stories Among the Dogs of North Park After the Change Kij Johnson
28 The Forest Laird Barron
29 Safeguard Nancy Kress
30 Wizard's Six Alex Irvine
31 Princess Lucinda and the Hound of the Moon Theodora Goss
32 Crossing the Seven Jay Lake
2009
1 Pump Six Paolo Bacigalupi
2 Shoggoths In Bloom Elizabeth Bear
3 The Things That Make Me Weak and Strange Get Engineered Away Cory Doctorow
4 The Ice War Stephen Baxter
5 Pride and Prometheus John Kessel
6 The Rabbi's Hobby Peter S. Beagle
7 Crystal Nights Greg Egan
8 The Gambler Paolo Bacigalupi
9 Turing's Apples Stephen Baxter
10 Five Thrillers Robert Reed
11 Uncle Chaim and Aunt Rifke and the Angel Peter S. Beagle
12 The Hour of Babel Tim Powers
13 The Star Surgeon's Apprentice Alastair Reynolds
14 Lost Continent Greg Egan
15 If Angels Fight Richard Bowes
16 Days of Wonder Geoff Ryman
17 Conversation Hearts John Crowley
18 The Ray-Gun: A Love Story James Alan Gardner
19 The Tale of Junko and Sayuri Peter S. Beagle
20 Fury Alastair Reynolds
21 Memory Dog Kathleen Ann Goonan
22 Radio Station St. Jack Neal Barrett, Jr.
23 Machine Maid Margo Lanagan
24 Special Economics Maureen F. McHugh
25 The Dust Assassin Ian McDonald
26 An Eligible Boy Ian McDonald
27 An Alien Heresy S. P. Somtow
28 Beyond the Sea Gate of the Scholar-Pirates of Sarsköe Garth Nix
29 Following the Pharmers Brian Stableford
2010
1 By Moonlight Peter S. Beagle
2 It Takes Two Nicola Griffith
3 The Island Peter Watts
4 First Flight Mary Robinette Kowal
5 Eros, Philia, Agape Rachel Swirsky
6 Sylgarmo's Proclamation Lucius Shepard
7 The Cat Who Walked a Thousand Miles Kij Johnson
8 Zeppelin City Eileen Gunn and Michael Swanwick
9 Utriusque Cosmi Robert Charles Wilson
10 Secret Identity Kelly Link
11 Mongoose Elizabeth Bear and Sarah Monette
12 Events Preceding the Helvetican Renaissance John Kessel
13 Truth and Bone Pat Cadigan
14 Galápagos
Caitlín R. Kiernan?Caitlin R. Kiernan
15 The True Vintage of Erzuine Thale Robert Silverberg
16 "A Wild and a Wicked Youth" Ellen Kushner
17 Formidable Caress Stephen Baxter
18 This Peaceable Land; or, The Unbearable Vision of Harriet Beecher Stowe Robert Charles Wilson
19 Lion Walk Mary Rosenblum
19 The Dragaman's Bride Andy Duncan
21 A Weeping Czar Beholds the Fallen Moon Ken Scholes
22 Dragon's Teeth Alex Irvine
23 The Best Monkey Daniel Abraham
24 Dragon's Deep Cecelia Holland
25 Yes We Have No Bananas Paul Di Filippo
26 Twilight of the Gods John C. Wright
27 Lowland Sea Suzy McKee Charnas
28 Economancer Carolyn Ives Gilman
29 Balfour and Meriwether in the Adventure of the Emperor's Vengeance Daniel Abraham
30 Black Swan Bruce Sterling
31 SinBad the Sand Sailor R. Garcia y Robertson
32 Vanishing Peter S. Beagle
33 Cracklegrackle Justina Robson
34 Technicolor John Langan
35 White Charles Sarah Monette
36 Clockatrice Tanith Lee
37 each thing i show you is a piece of my death Stephen J. Barringer and Gemma Files
2011
1 The Truth Is a Cave in the Black Mountains Neil Gaiman
2 The Mad Scientist's Daughter Theodora Goss
3 Plus or Minus James Patrick Kelly
4 The Fool Jobs Joe Abercrombie
5 Marya and the Pirate Geoffrey A. Landis
6 A Thousand Flowers Margo Lanagan
7 The Naturalist Maureen F. McHugh
8 Goats of Glory Steven Erikson
9 In the Stacks Scott Lynch
10 Map of Seventeen Christopher Barzak
11 Sleepover Alastair Reynolds
12 Eating at the End-of-the-World Café Dale Bailey
13 A Jar of Goodwill Tobias S. Buckell
14 The Care and Feeding of Your Baby Killer Unicorn Diana Peterfreund
15 La Lune T'Attend Peter S. Beagle
16 The Literomancer Ken Liu
17 Pining to Be Human Richard Bowes
18 Trinity County, CA Peter S. Beagle
19 Blind Cat Dance Alexander Jablokov
20 Amor Vincit Omnia K. J. Parker
21 ——30—— Laird Barron
22 Seven Years from Home Naomi Novik
23 Amor Fugit Alexandra Duncan
24 A Rich Full Week K. J. Parker
25 The Cage A. M. Dellamonica
26 Eight Miles Sean McMullen
27 Under/Above the Water Tanith Lee
28 Black and White Sky Tanith Lee
29 To Hold the Bridge: An Old Kingdom Story Garth Nix
30 Princess Prettypants Meg Cabot
31 Butterfly and the Blight at the Heart of the World Lavie Tidhar
32 The Spy Who Never Grew Up Sarah Rees Brennan
2012
1 White Lines on a Green Field Catherynne M. Valente
2 The Summer People Kelly Link
3 What We Found Geoff Ryman
4 Underbridge Peter S. Beagle
5 The Copenhagen Interpretation Paul Cornell
6 The Choice Paul McAuley
7 Fields of Gold Rachel Swirsky
8 The Dala Horse Michael Swanwick
9 The Book of Phoenix (Excerpted from The Great Book) Nnedi Okorafor
10 The Maltese Unicorn
Caitlín R. Kiernan?Caitlin R. Kiernan
11 A Long Walk Home Jay Lake
12 Purple Robert Reed
13 Clean John Kessel
14 The Little Green God of Agony Stephen King
15 Six Months, Three Days Charlie Jane Anders
16 The Old Man and the Martian Sea Alastair Reynolds
17 Late Bloomer Suzy McKee Charnas
18 A Small Price to Pay for Birdsong K. J. Parker
19 The Last Ride of the Glory Girls Libba Bray
20 My Husband Steinn Eleanor Arnason
21 Laika's Ghost Karl Schroeder
22 Blackwood's Baby Laird Barron
23 The Cold Step Beyond Ian R. MacLeod
24 The Projected Girl Lavie Tidhar
25 The Vicar of Mars Gwyneth Jones
26 The Ki-anna Gwyneth Jones
27 Ghostweight Yoon Ha Lee
28 Mysteries of the Old Quarter Paul Park
29
Neither the listing published in the July 2012 issue of Locus nor the list of winners on the sfadb list a title for the 29th place for best novelette, but instead skip from 28 to 30. However the Locus article specifically states that 30 titles made the list.
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30 Steam Girl Dylan Horrocks
2013
1 The Girl-Thing Who Went Out for Sushi Pat Cadigan
2 Faster Gun Elizabeth Bear
3 Close Encounters Andy Duncan
4 The Lady Astronaut of Mars Mary Robinette Kowal
5 Fake Plastic Trees
Caitlín R. Kiernan?Caitlin R. Kiernan
6 The Wish Head Jeffrey Ford
7 Significant Dust Margo Lanagan
8 Fireborn Robert Charles Wilson
9 The Sea of Trees Rachel Swirsky
10 Arbeitskraft Nick Mamatas
11 Holmes Sherlock: A Hwarhath Mystery Eleanor Arnason
12 The Wreck of the "Charles Dexter Ward" Elizabeth Bear and Sarah Monette
13 Troll Blood Peter Dickinson
14 Bruce Springsteen Paul McAuley
15 The Peak of Eternal Light Bruce Sterling
16 Frontier Death Song Laird Barron
17 Swift, Brutal Retaliation Meghan McCarron
18 The Ghosts of Christmas Paul Cornell
19 Astrophilia Carrie Vaughn
20 Liberty's Daughter Naomi Kritzer
21 Old Paint Megan Lindholm
22 Goddess of Mercy Bruce Sterling
23 The Thorn and the Blossom: A Two-Sided Love Story Theodora Goss
24 One Little Room an Everywhere K. J. Parker
25 Mating Habits of the Late Cretaceous Dale Bailey
26 Electrica Sean McMullen
27 The Grinnell Method Molly Gloss
28 The Bernoulli War Gord Sellar
29 Declaration James Patrick Kelly
30 No Decent Patrimony Elizabeth Bear
31 The Color Least Used by Nature Ted Kosmatka
2014
1 The Sleeper and the Spindle Neil Gaiman
2 The Truth of Fact, the Truth of Feeling Ted Chiang
3 The Prayer of Ninety Cats
Caitlín R. Kiernan?Caitlin R. Kiernan
4 The Waiting Stars Aliette de Bodard
5 A Terror Jeffrey Ford
6 A Hollow Play Amal El-Mohtar
7 The Litigation Master and the Monkey King Ken Liu
8 Jaws of Saturn Laird Barron
9 The Sun And I K. J. Parker
10 Zero for Conduct Greg Egan
11 Kormak the Lucky Eleanor Arnason
12 The Unwanted Women of Surrey Kaaron Warren
13 Paranormal Romance Christopher Barzak
14 The Queen of the Night's Aria Ian McDonald
15 We Three Kids Margo Lanagan
16 The Ugly Duckling Matthew Hughes
17 The Wreck of the Mars Adventure David D. Levine
18 The Christmas Show Pat Cadigan
19 A Window or a Small Box Jedediah Berry
20 The Effigy Engine: A Tale of the Red Hats Scott Lynch
21 The Book Seller Lavie Tidhar
22 The Good Husband Nathan Ballingrud
23 The Discovered Country Ian R. MacLeod
24 Phosphorus Veronica Schanoes
25 Painted Birds and Shivered Bones Kat Howard
26 Grizzled Veterans of Many and Much Robert Reed
27 Atmosphaera Incognita Neal Stephenson
28 Watching the Cow Alex Irvine
29 Chalk Pat Cadigan
30 The Dragonslayer of Merebarton K. J. Parker
31 Entangled Ian R. MacLeod
32 And Then Some Matthew Hughes
33 No Others are Genuine Gregory Frost
34 The Irish Astronaut Val Nolan
35 The Same Deep Waters As You Brian Hodge
2015
1 Tough Times All Over Joe Abercrombie
2 The Jar of Water Ursula K. Le Guin
3 The Hand Is Quicker Elizabeth Bear
4 A Year and a Day in Old Theradane Scott Lynch
5 Memorials Aliette de Bodard
6 The Devil in America Kai Ashante Wilson
7 The Fifth Dragon Ian McDonald
8 Ten Rules for Being an Intergalactic Smuggler (the Successful Kind) Holly Black
9 Wine Yoon Ha Lee
10 A Guide to the Fruits of Hawai'i Alaya Dawn Johnson
11 The New Boyfriend Kelly Link
12 The Colonel Peter Watts
13 A Better Way to Die Paul Cornell
14 Tawny Petticoats Michael Swanwick
15 The Cryptic Age Robert Reed
16 The Insects of Love Genevieve Valentine
17 A Short History of the Twentieth Century, or, When You Wish Upon a Star Kathleen Ann Goonan
17 I Can See Right Through You Kelly Link
19 Interstate Love Song (Murder Ballad No. 8)
Caitlín R. Kiernan?Caitlin R. Kiernan
20 The Magician and Laplace's Demon Tom Crosshill
21 Collateral Peter Watts
22 Of Finest Scarlet Was Her Gown Michael Swanwick
23 The Last Log of the Lachrimosa Alastair Reynolds
24 A Hotel in Antarctica Geoffrey A. Landis
25 The Litany of Earth Ruthanna Emrys
26 The Cats of River Street (1925)
Caitlín R. Kiernan?Caitlin R. Kiernan
27 Among the Thorns Veronica Schanoes
28 Heaven Thunders the Truth K. J. Parker
29 The Jetsam of Disremembered Mechanics
Caitlín R. Kiernan?Caitlin R. Kiernan
30 The End of the End of Everything Dale Bailey
31 Seventh Sight Greg Egan
32 Home Is the Haunter Garth Nix
33 Kheldyu Karl Schroeder
34 Shadow Flock Greg Egan
35 A Wish from a Bone Gemma Files
36 I'll Follow the Sun Paul Di Filippo
2016
1 Black Dog Neil Gaiman
2 Folding Beijing (translation of
北京折叠?Běijīng zhédié
Beijing zhedie
)
Hao Jingfang
3 And You Shall Know Her by the Trail of Dead Brooke Bolander
4 Another Word for World Ann Leckie
5 The Heart's Filthy Lesson Elizabeth Bear
6 Botanica Veneris: Thirteen Papercuts by Ida Countess Rathangan Ian McDonald
7 So Much Cooking Naomi Kritzer
8 Flashpoint: Titan Cheah Kai Wai
9 Jamaica Ginger Nalo Hopkinson and Nisi Shawl
10 Ruins Eleanor Arnason
11 Our Lady of the Open Road Sarah Pinsker
12 Machine Learning Nancy Kress
13 The Tumbledowns of Cleopatra Abyss David Brin
14 The Deepwater Bride Tamsyn Muir
15 The Long Goodnight of Violet Wild Catherynne M. Valente
16 Planet of Fear Paul McAuley
17 The Thyme Fiend Jeffrey Ford
18 Empty Robert Reed
18 What Price Humanity? David VanDyke
20 The Machine Starts Greg Bear
21 Fabulous Beasts Priya Sharma
22 Frost on Glass Ian R. MacLeod
23 Hyperspace Demons Jonathan Moeller
24 My Last Bringback John Barnes
25 Corpsemouth John Langan
26 Bannerless Carrie Vaughn
27 The Astrakhan, the Homburg, and the Red Red Coal Chaz Brenchley
28 Obits Stephen King
2017
1 You'll Surely Drown Here If You Stay Alyssa Wong
2 Pearl Aliette de Bodard
3 The Jewel and Her Lapidary Fran Wilde
4 Spinning Silver Naomi Novik
5 The Future Is Blue Catherynne M. Valente
6 Foxfire, Foxfire Yoon Ha Lee
7 Red As Blood and White As Bone Theodora Goss
8 Those Shadows Laugh Geoff Ryman
9 The Art of Space Travel Nina Allan
10 The Visitor from Taured Ian R. MacLeod
11 A Dead Djinn in Cairo
P. Djčlí Clark?P. Djeli Clark
12 Antediluvian Homesick Blues
Caitlín R. Kiernan?Caitlin R. Kiernan
13 Touring with the Alien Carolyn Ives Gilman
14 The Great Detective Delia Sherman
15 Fifty Shades of Grays Steven Barnes
16 Everyone from Themis Sends Letters Home Genevieve Valentine
17 Number Nine Moon Alex Irvine
18 Checkerboard Planet Eleanor Arnason
19 The Night Cyclist Stephen Graham Jones
20 Cold Comfort Paul Doherty and Pat Murphy
21 In the Ruins of Mohenjo-Daro Usman T. Malik
22 Told by an Idiot K. J. Parker
23 Prodigal Gord Sellar
24 The Mind Is Its Own Place Carrie Vaughn
25 The Metal Demimonde Nick Wolven
26 Project Empathy Dominica Phetteplace
27 Jonas and the Fox Rich Larson
28 Unauthorized Access An Owomoyela
2018
1 The Hermit of Houston Samuel R. Delany
2 Children of Thorns, Children of Water Aliette de Bodard
3 Extracurricular Activities Yoon Ha Lee
4 The Worshipful Society of Glovers Mary Robinette Kowal
5 Wind Will Rove Sarah Pinsker
6 The Lamentation of Their Women Kai Ashante Wilson
7 Come See the Living Dryad Theodora Goss
8 Waiting On a Bright Moon JY Yang
9 The Hidden Girl Ken Liu
10 The Mathematical Inevitability of Corvids Seanan McGuire
11 Uncanny Valley Greg Egan
12 Crispin's Model Max Gladstone
13 A Human Stain Kelly Robson
14 Night Passage Alastair Reynolds
15 A Temporary Embarrassment in Spacetime Charlie Jane Anders
16 The Secret Life of Bots Suzanne Palmer
17 "I Am a Handsome Man," said Apollo Crow Kate Elliott
18 The Discrete Charm of the Turing Machine Greg Egan
19 A Series of Steaks Vina Jie-Min Prasad
20 The Mocking Tower Daniel Abraham
21 The Resident Carmen Maria Machado
22 Angel of the Blockade Alex Wells
23 The Chameleon's Gloves Yoon Ha Lee
24 The Moon Is Not a Battlefield Indrapramit Das
25 The Smoke of Gold Is Glory Scott Lynch
26 ZeroS Peter Watts
27 The Thule Stowaway Maria Dahvana Headley
28 We Who Live in the Heart Kelly Robson
29 Waterfalling Lavie Tidhar
30 Mercury Priya Sharma
31 My English Name R. S. Benedict
32 Rain Ship (translation of
雨船?Yǔ chuán
Yu chuan
)
Chi Hui
2019
1 The Only Harmless Great Thing Brooke Bolander
2 Nine Last Days on Planet Earth Daryl Gregory
3 Okay, Glory Elizabeth Bear
4 An Agent of Utopia Andy Duncan
5 Quality Time Ken Liu
6 How to Swallow the Moon Isabel Yap
7 The Last Banquet of Temporal Confections Tina Connolly
8 No Flight Without the Shatter Brooke Bolander
9 The Donner Party Dale Bailey
10 Queen Lily Theodora Goss
11 If at First You Don't Succeed, Try, Try Again Zen Cho
12 The Fall and Rise of the House of the Wizard Malkuril Scott Lynch
13 Flint and Mirror John Crowley
14 The Nearest Greg Egan
15 Do As I Do, Sing As I Sing Sarah Pinsker
16 Intervention Kelly Robson
17 The Privilege of the Happy Ending Kij Johnson
18 Sister Rosetta Tharpe and Memphis Minnie Sing the Stumps Down Good LaShawn M. Wanak
19 M Is for Mars
Caitlín R. Kiernan?Caitlin R. Kiernan
20 The Governor Tim Powers
21 Widdam Vandana Singh
22 A World to Die For Tobias S. Buckell
23 The Staff in the Stone Garth Nix
24 The Huntsman and the Beast Carrie Vaughn
25 Foxy and Tiggs Justina Robson
26 Triquetra Kirstyn McDermott
27 When We Were Starless Simone Heller
28 Joe Diabo's Farewell Andy Duncan
29 Community Service Megan Lindholm
30 The Ghoul Goes West Dale Bailey
31 A Son of the Sea Priya Sharma
32 The Thought That Counts K. J. Parker
33 The Return of the Pig K. J. Parker
34 The Sweetness of Honey and Rot A. Merc Rustad
35 Recoveries Susan Palwick
2020
1 Omphalos Ted Chiang
2 Emergency Skin N. K. Jemisin
3 Binti: Sacred Fire Nnedi Okorafor
4 Erase, Erase, Erase Elizabeth Bear
5 Phantoms of the Midway Seanan McGuire
6 For He Can Creep Siobhan Carroll
7 Late Returns Joe Hill
8 The Blur in the Corner of Your Eye Sarah Pinsker
9 A Country Called Winter Theodora Goss
10 The Justified Ann Leckie
11 Charlie Tells Another One Andy Duncan
12 The Narwhal Sarah Pinsker
13 The Archronology of Love Caroline M. Yoachim
14 His Footsteps, Through Darkness and Light Mimi Mondal
15 Nice Things Ellen Klages
16 A Strange Uncertain Light G. V. Anderson
17 Anosognosia John Crowley
18
Ice Cold Lemonade 25ȼ Haunted House Tour: 1 Per Person?Ice Cold Lemonade 25 Cents Haunted House Tour: 1 Per Person
Paul Tremblay
19 About the O'Dells Pat Cadigan
20 Kali_Na Indrapramit Das
21 While Dragons Claim the Sky Jen Brown
22 The Sun from Both Sides R. S. A. Garcia
23 How to Swallow the Moon Isabel Yap
24 Now Wait for This Week Alice Sola Kim
25 Reunion Vandana Singh
26 Contagion's Eve at the House Noctambulous Rich Larson
27 In This Moment, We Are Happy (translation of
这一刻我们是快乐的?zhč yī kč wǒ men shě kuŕi lč de
zhe yi ke women shi kuaile de
)
Chen Qiufan
28 The Tree of Self-Knowledge Stephen Graham Jones
2021
1 The Pill Meg Elison
2 Two Truths and a Lie Sarah Pinsker
3 The Inaccessibility of Heaven Aliette de Bodard
4 A Whisper of Blue Ken Liu
5 If You Take My Meaning Charlie Jane Anders
6 Fairy Tales for Robots Sofia Samatar
7 Color, Heat, and the Wreck of the Argo Catherynne M. Valente
8 A Stick of Clay, in the Hands of God, Is Infinite Potential JY Neon Yang
9 Burn or the Episodic Life of Sam Wells As a Super A. T. Greenblatt
10 City of Red Midnight: A Hikayat Usman T. Malik
11 The Bahrain Underground Bazaar Nadia Afifi
12 As The Shore To The Tides, So Blood Calls To Blood Karlo Yeager Rodríguez
13 Tunnels Eleanor Arnason
14 The Little Witch M. Rickert
15 To Sail the Black A. C. Wise
16 Where the River Turns to Concrete Brooke Bolander
17 Head Static
Sheree Renée Thomas?Sheree Renee Thomas
18
How Quini the Squid Misplaced His Klobučar?How Quini the Squid Misplaced His Klobucar
Rich Larson
19 Yellow and the Perception of Reality Maureen McHugh
20 To Balance the Weight of Khalem R. B. Lemberg
21 Lucky's Dragon Kelly Barnhill
22 An Important Failure Rebecca Campbell
23 Convergence in Chorus Architecture Dare Segun Falowo
24 Madame and the Map: A Journey in Five Movements
Sheree Renée Thomas?Sheree Renee Thomas
25 Real Animals Em North
26 How to Burn Down the Hinterlands Lyndsie Manusos
27 A Mastery of German Marian Denise Moore
28 Girls with Needles and Frost Jenny Rae Rappaport
29 Lone Puppeteer of a Sleeping City Arula Ratnakar
30 Folie ŕ Deux, or the Ticking Hourglass Usman T. Malik
31 The Transition of Osoosi Ozzie M. Gartrell
32 The Satellite Charmer Mame Bougouma Diene
2022
1 That Story Isn't the Story John Wiswell
2 L'esprit De L'escalier Catherynne M. Valente
3 Mulberry and Owl Aliette de Bodard
4 Unseelie Brothers, Ltd. Fran Wilde
5 The Black Pages Nnedi Okorafor
6 The Red Mother Elizabeth Bear
7 Small Monsters E. Lily Yu
8 Skinder's Veil Kelly Link
9 Bots of the Lost Ark Suzanne Palmer
10 Broad Dutty Water Nalo Hopkinson
11 We, the Girls Who Did Not Make It E. A. Petricone
12 Colors of the Immortal Palette Caroline M. Yoachim
13 Babylon System Maurice Broaddus
14 (emet) Lauren Ring
15 A Spell for Foolish Hearts Isabel Yap
16 I Being Young and Foolish Nisi Shawl
17 The Future Library Peng Shepherd
18 For Sale by Owner Elizabeth Hand
19 The Music of the Siphorophenes C. L. Polk
20 In the Garden of Ibn Ghazi Molly Tanzer
21 Questions Asked in the Belly of the World A. T. Greenblatt
22 Laki Eleanor Arnason
23 And for My Next Trick, I Have Disappeared Chimedum Ohaegbu
24 Dreamports Tlotlo Tsamaase
25 Three Tales from the Blue Library Sofia Samatar
26 Sarcophagus Ray Nayler
27 The Metric David Moles
28 Stronger K. J. Parker
29 The Only Living Girl on Earth Charles Yu
30 The Lay of Lilyfinger G. V. Anderson
31 The Women Who Didn't Win Nobels, and How World Trees Are Not a Substitute Octavia Cade
32 Now You See Me Justin C. Key
33 The Ghost Birds Karen Russell
34 The Demon Sage's Daughter Varsha Dinesh
35 The Last Civilian R. P. Sand
36 The Ash-Girl and the Salmon Prince P. H. Lee and Rachel Swirsky
2023
1 If You Find Yourself Speaking to God, Address God with the Informal You John Chu
--- Finalists -------
* A Dream of Electric Mothers Wole Talabi
* In Mercy, Rain Seanan McGuire
* Incident at Bear Creek Lodge Tananarive Due
* Solidity Greg Egan
* The Difference Between Love and Time Catherynne M. Valente
* The Sadness Box Suzanne Palmer
* The Six Deaths of the Saint Alix E. Harrow
* Two Hands, Wrapped in Gold S. B. Divya
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