2017 Analog AnLab and Asimov’s Readers’ Awards

Best Novella

• WINNER: “Nexus“, Michael F. Flynn (3-4/17)

• “The Girls With Kaleidoscope Eyes“, Howard V. Hendrix (5-6/17)
• “The Proving Ground”, Alec Nevala-Lee (1-2/17)
• “Not Far Enough“, Martin L. Shoemaker (7-8/17)
• “Native Seeds“, Catherine Wells (11-12/17)

Best Novelette

• WINNER: “For All Mankind“, C. Stuart Hardwick (7-8/17)

• “Europa’s Survivors“, Marianne J. Dyson (3-4/17)
• “The Old Man“, Rich Larson (9-10/17)
• “My Fifth and Most Exotic Voyage“, Edward M. Lerner (9-10/17)
• “Galleon“, Brian Trent (7-8/17)

Best Short Story

• WINNER: “Paradise Regained“, Edward M. Lerner (1-2/17)

• “Long Haul“, Marie DesJardin (1-2/17)
• “The Chatter of Monkeys“, Bond Elam (5-6/17)
• “Time Travel Is Only for the Poor“, S.L. Huang (11-12/17)
• “Focus“, Gord Sellar (May/June 2017)
• “Two Hours at Frontier“, Sean McMullen (11-12/17)

Best Fact Article

• WINNER: “The Quest for the 2:00 Marathon”, Richard A. Lovett (9-10/17)

• “Alien Archaeology”, Michael Carroll (5-6/17)
• “Fatal Starlight”, Paul Fisher (11-12/17)
• “Rendezvous With a Comet: How ESA’s Rosetta Mission is Decoding Ancient Planetary Mysteries”, Richard A. Lovett (1-2/17)
• “Sustainability Lab 101: Cuba as a Simulation of Possible Futures”, Stanley Schmidt (3-4/17)

Best Poem (tie)

• WINNER: “Barriers“, J. Northcutt Jr. (3-4/17)
• WINNER: “Hypothesis/Assertion“, Daniel D. Villani (3-4/17)

• “Space Junk“, Bruce Boston (7-8/17)
• “A Theory of Gravity“, Josh Pearce (7-8/17)
• “Quantum Entanglement“, Fred D. White (11-12/17)

Best Cover

• WINNER: July/August 2017, Rado Javor

• November/December 2017, Marianne Plumridge Eggleton
• January/February 2017, Kurt Huggins
• March/April 2017, Tomislav Tikulin
• September/October 2017, Eldar Zakirov

Asimov’s Science Fiction Readers’ Award Winners

Best Novella

• WINNER: “I Met a Traveller in an Antique Land”, Connie Willis (11-12/17)

• “How Sere Picked Up Her Laundry“, Alexander Jablokov (7-8/17)
• “The Speed of Belief“, Robert Reed (1-2/17)
• “The Girl Who Stole Herself“, R. Garcia y Robertson (7-8/17)
• “The Runabout“, Kristine Kathryn Rusch (5-6/17)

Best Novelette

• WINNER: “Books of the Risen Sea“, Suzanne Palmer (9-10/17)

• “The Discrete Charm of the Turing Machine“, Greg Egan (11-12/17)
• “Soulmates.com“, Will McIntosh (3-4/17)
• “Wind Will Rove“, Sarah Pinkser (9-10/17)
• “Tagging Bruno“, Allen M. Steele (1-2/17)

Best Short Story

• WINNER: “Crimson Birds of Small Miracles“, Sean Monaghan (1-2/17)

• “On the Ship“, Leah Cypess (5-6/17)
• “Number Thirty-Nine Skink“, Suzanne Palmer (3-4/17)
• “Destination“, Jack Skillingstead (1-2/17)
• “Confessions of a Con Girl“, Nick Wolven (11-12/17)

Best Poem

• WINNER: “Titan’s Magic Islands“, Geoffrey A. Landis (7-8/17)

• “Invasion“, Bruce McAllister (7-8/17)
• “How to Die on a Faraway Planet“, H. Mellas (11-12/17)
• “Hubble’s Constant“, Marian Moore (1-2/17)
• “Challenger: A Sedoka“, Jane Yolen (7-8/17)

Best Cover Artist

• WINNER: Eldar Zakirov (11-12/17)

• Bob Eggleton (7-8/17)
• Maurizio Manzieri (1-2/17)
• Cynthia Sheppard (9-10/17)
• Tomislav Tikulin (3-4/17)