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Award Category: Best Long Form Alternate History (Sidewise Awards for Alternate History)

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1995
Win Pasquale's Angel Paul J. McAuley
Nomination The Bloody Red Baron Kim Newman
Nomination The Two Georges Richard Dreyfuss and Harry Turtledove
1996
Win Voyage Stephen Baxter
Nomination The Hammer and the Cross Trilogy (The Hammer and the Cross, One King's Way, King and Emperor) Harry Harrison and John Holm
Nomination The Redemption of Christopher Columbus Orson Scott Card
Nomination Worldwar series (In the Balance, Tilting the Balance, Upsetting the Balance, Striking the Balance) Harry Turtledove
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* Shade and Shadow Francine G. Woodbury
* Two Crowns for America Katherine Kurtz
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* '48 James Herbert
* ARC Riders David Drake and Janet Morris
* Branch Point Mona Clee
* Celestial Matters Richard Garfinkle
* Child of the Eagle: A Myth of Rome Esther M. Friesner
* Cold Shoulder Road Joan Aiken
* Devil's Tower Mark Sumner
* Drakon S. M. Stirling
* Making History Stephen Fry
* Milton in America Peter Ackroyd
* Music, in a Foreign Language Andrew Crumey
* Operation Shatterhand Jake Page
* The Burning Forest Phillip Mann
* The Dove Looked In Gael Baudino
* The Tranquillity Alternative Allen Steele
* The Transmigration of Souls William Barton
* This Is My Blood David Niall Wilson
* Too Many Notes, Mr. Mozart Robert Barnard
* Wildside Steven Gould
1997
Win How Few Remain Harry Turtledove
Nomination Jack Faust Michael Swanwick
Nomination Time on My Hands: A Novel with Photographs Peter Delacorte
1998
Win Making History Stephen Fry
Nomination Climb the Wind Pamela Sargent
Nomination Dinosaur Summer Greg Bear
1999
Win Resurrection Day Brendan DuBois
Nomination Only One Shortlisted Novel -
2000
Win Ash: A Secret History (variant of A Secret History) Mary Gentle
Nomination Inca Suzanne Allés Blom
Nomination The Nantucket Trilogy (Island in the Sea of Time, Against the Tide of Years & On the Oceans of Eternity) S. M. Stirling
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* 1632 Eric Flint
* Breakthroughs Harry Turtledove
* Carthage Ascendant Mary Gentle
* Custer's Luck William E. Moody and Robert Skimin
* Down to Earth Harry Turtledove
* Downs-Lord Day John Whitbourn
* Empire of Unreason J. Gregory Keyes
* Fortune's Stroke David Drake and Eric Flint
* Fox on the Rhine Michael Dobson and Douglas Niles
* Lost Burgundy Mary Gentle
* Naked Presidents James Silver
* On the Oceans of Eternity S. M. Stirling
* Prince of Hearts Katy Cooper
* Rogue Flyer Loren L. Coleman
* Stars & Stripes in Peril (variant of Stars and Stripes in Peril) Harry Harrison
* The Amber Spyglass Philip Pullman
* The Gate of Fire Thomas Harlan
* The Napoleon Options Jonathan North
* The Wild Machines Mary Gentle
2001
Win The Children's War J. N. Stroyar
Nomination Chronospace Allen Steele
Nomination Series "The Age of Unreason" (Newton's Cannon, A Calculus of Angels, Empire of Unreason, The Shadows of God) J. Gregory Keyes
2002
Win Ruled Britannia Harry Turtledove
Win The Severed Wing Martin J. Gidron
Nomination The Peshawar Lancers S. M. Stirling
Nomination The Separation Christopher Priest
Nomination The Year of the Hangman Gary L. Blackwood
2003
Win Collaborator Murray Davies
Nomination A Disturbance of Fate Mitchell J. Freedman
Nomination Conquistador S. M. Stirling
Nomination Liverpool Fantasy Larry Kirwan
2004
Win The Plot Against America Philip Roth
2005
Win The Summer Isles Ian R. MacLeod
Nomination A Princess of Roumania Paul Park
Nomination Romanitas Sophia McDougall
2006
Win Merchant Princes (Title Series) Charles Stross
Nomination 1862 Robert Conroy
Nomination Farthing Jo Walton
Nomination The Disunited States of America Harry Turtledove
Nomination The Tourmaline Paul Park
2007
Win The Yiddish Policemen's Union Michael Chabon
Nomination 1945 Robert Conroy
Nomination Ha'penny Jo Walton
Nomination Ilario: The Lion's Eye Mary Gentle
Nomination Mainspring Jay Lake
Nomination Rome Burning Sophia McDougall
2008
Win The Dragon's Nine Sons Chris Roberson
Nomination Half a Crown Jo Walton
Nomination Nation Terry Pratchett
Nomination Swiftly Adam Roberts
Nomination The Affinity Bridge George Mann
2009
Win 1942 Robert Conroy
2010
Win When Angels Wept: A What-If History of the Cuban Missile Crisis Eric G. Swedin
Nomination Columbia & Britannia Adam Chamberlain and Brian A. Dixon
Nomination Pinion Jay Lake
Nomination Red Inferno: 1945 Robert Conroy
2011
Win Wake Up and Dream Ian R. MacLeod
Nomination Camera Obscura Lavie Tidhar
Nomination Castro's Bomb Robert Conroy
Nomination Heart of Iron Ekaterina Sedia
Nomination Himmler's War Robert Conroy
Nomination Planesrunner Ian McDonald
Nomination Then Everything Changed: Stunning Alternate Histories of American Politics: JFK, RFK, Carter, Ford, Reagan Jeff Greenfield
2012
Win Dominion C. J. Sansom
Nomination Doktor Glass Thomas Brennan
Nomination Expedition to the Mountains of the Moon Mark Hodder
Nomination The Cassandra Project Jack McDevitt and Mike Resnick
Nomination The Mirage Matt Ruff
2013
Win Surrounded by Enemies: What if Kennedy Survived Dallas? Bryce Zabel
Win The Windsor Faction D. J. Taylor
Nomination 1920: America's Great War Robert Conroy
Nomination The Secret of Abdu El Yezdi Mark Hodder
2014
Win The Enemy Within Kristine Kathryn Rusch
Nomination My Real Children Jo Walton
Nomination Second Front: The Allied Invasion of France Alexander M. Grace, Sr.
Nomination The Darkest Hour Tony Schumacher
Nomination V-S Day Allen Steele
2015
Win The Big Lie Julie Mayhew
Nomination Joe Steele Harry Turtledove
Nomination The British Lion Tony Schumacher
2016
Win Underground Airlines Ben H. Winters
Nomination Acts of the Assassins Richard Beard
Nomination Azanian Bridges Nick Wood
2017
Win Once There Was a Way Bryce Zabel
Nomination A Time of Need Brent A. Harris
Nomination All Our Wrong Todays Elan Mastai
Nomination Clash of Eagles Alan Smale
Nomination Eagle and Empire Alan Smale
Nomination Eagle in Exile Alan Smale
Nomination The Berlin Project Gregory Benford
2018
Win The Calculating Stars Mary Robinette Kowal
Nomination Summerland Hannu Rajaniemi
Nomination The Trial and Execution of the Traitor George Washington Charles Rosenberg
Nomination Unholy Land Lavie Tidhar
2019
Win The Future of Another Timeline Annalee Newitz
Nomination Famous Men Who Never Lived K. Chess
Nomination The Fall of Rorke's Drift: An Alternate History of the Anglo-Zulu War of 1879 John Laband
Nomination Walking Through Dreams Jared Kavanagh
2020
Win The Doors of Eden Adrian Tchaikovsky
Nomination The Cold Last Swim Junior Burke
Nomination The Day Lincoln Lost Charles Rosenberg
Nomination The Good German Dennis Bock
Nomination The Relentless Moon Mary Robinette Kowal
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