WINNER

• Black Wine, Candas Jane Dorsey (Tor)
• "Travels With the Snow Queen", Kelly Link (Lady Churchill's Rosebud Wristlet #1 Winter 1997/1998)

SHORT LIST

• "Alice, Alfie, Ted and the Aliens", Paul Di Filippo (Interzone #117 Mar 1997)
• "The Apprenticeship of Isabetta di Pietro Cavazzi", L. Timmel Duchamp (Asimov's Sep 1997)
• "Balinese Dancer", Gwyneth Jones (Asimov's Sep 1997)
• Cereus Blooms at Night, Shani Mootoo (Press Gang Publishers)
• The Dazzle of Day, Molly Gloss (Tor)
• "The Firebird's Nest", Salman Rushdie (The New Yorker 23 Jun 1997)
• Kissing the Witch: Old Tales in New Skins, Emma Donoghue (HarperCollins/Cotler)
• The Moon and the Sun, Vonda N. McIntyre (Pocket)
• "The Oracle Lips", Storm Constantine (The Fortune Teller)
• Sacrifice of Fools, Ian McDonald (Gollancz)
• Signs of Life, M. John Harrison (St. Martin's)
• Waking Beauty, Paul Witcover (HarperPrism)