2016 Analog AnLab Awards Finalists
The finalists for the 2016 Analog Analytical Laboratory (AnLab) Awards have been announced. All except one are available to be read online.
Novellas
- “The Coward’s Option”, Adam-Troy Castro (3/16)
- “The Soul Behind the Face”, Adam-Troy Castro (10/16)
- “The Journeyman: Into the Great North Wood”, Michael F. Flynn (6/16)
- “Wyatt Earp 2.0”, Wil McCarthy (1-2/16)
- “Progress Report”, Rajnar Vajra (9/16)
Novelettes
- “Playthings”, Stephen L. Burns (4/16)
- “Dreams of the Rocket Men”, C. Stuart Hardwick (9/16)
- “Detroit Hammersmith, Zero-Gravity Toilet Repairman [Retired]”, Suzanne Palmer (9/16)
- “Prodigal”, Gord Sellar (12/16)
- “Diamond Jim and the Dinosaurs”, Rosemary Claire Smith (4/16)
Short Stories
- “The Battle of Ceres”, Karl Bunker (7-8/16)
- “Jewels from the Sky”, Brendan DuBois (12/16)
- “Rocket Surgery”, Effie Seiberg (1-2/16)
- “Death of a Starship Poet”, James Van Pelt (7-8/16)
- “The Continuing Saga of Tom Corbett, Space Cadet”, James Van Pelt (12/16)
- “In the Absence of Instructions to the Contrary”, Frank Wu (11/16)
Fact Articles
- “A Mind of Its Own”, Part 1 & Part 2, Edward M. Lerner (9/16 & 10/16)
- “Here We Go Loopedy Loop: A Brief History of Time Travel”, Part 1 & Part 2, Edward M. Lerner (5/16 & 6/16)
- “Human 2.0: Being All We Can Be”, Part 1 & Part 2, Edward M. Lerner (1-2/16 & 3/16)
- “Dawn Comes to the Asteroid Belt: What NASA’s 9-Year Mission is Learning About One of Science Fiction’s Favorite Realms”, Richard A. Lovett (11/16)
- “Energy for the Future: Solar-Derived Fuels, Artificial Leaves, and Electricity-Eating Microbes that Poop Out Gasoline”, Richard A. Lovett (7-8/16)
Poetry
- “Paint It Black”, Bruce Boston (9/16)
- “Black Hole Blues”, G.O. Clark (1-2/16)
- “Final Dispatch”, Robert Frazier (4/16)
- “Soft Collision”, Scott E. Green & Herb Kauderer (7-8/16)
- “Somebody I Used to Love Asks Me Who Marie Curie Is”, Carly Rubin (3/16)
Cover
- December 2016, Vincent DiFate
- April 2016, Bob Eggleton
- June 2016, Bob Eggleton
- October 2016, Sandeep Karunakaran
- January/February 2016, Maurizio Manzieri
- March 2016, Eldar Zakirov
Winners will be announced during a breakfast ceremony at the 2017 SFWA Nebula conference, to be held at the Pittsburgh Marriott City Center in Pittsburgh PA, May 18-21, 2017. For more information about the awards and a gallery of the nominated covers, see the Analog website.
