2018 Analog AnLab and Asimov’s Readers’ Awards

Analog Science Fiction and Fact Analytical Laboratory Winners

Best Novella

• WINNER: “The Last Biker Gang“, Wil McCarthy (5-6/18)

• “Blurred Lives“, Adam-Troy Castro (1-2/18)
• “A Stab of the Knife“, Adam-Troy Castro (7-8/18)
• “Harry and the Lewises”, Edward M. Lerner (9-10/18)

Best Novelette

• WINNER: “Ashes of Exploding Suns, Monuments to Dust“, Christopher McKitterick (11-12/18)

• “Endless City“, David Gerrold (1-2/18)
• “Left to Take the Lead“, Marissa Lingen (7-8/18)
• “Empress of Starlight“, G. David Nordley (11-12/18)”Lab B-15“, Nick Wolven (3-4/18)

Best Short Story

• WINNER: “The Unnecessary Parts of the Story“, Adam-Troy Castro (9-10/18)

• “A Measure of Love“, C. Stuart Hardwick (11-12/18)
• “Razzibot“, Rich Larson (3-4/18)
• “Finding Their Footing“, Marissa Lingen (5-6/18)
• “Home on the Free Range“, Holly Schofield (1-2/18)
• “The Willing Body, the Reluctant Heart“, Marie Vibbert (5-6/18)

Best Fact Article

• WINNER: “In Defense of the Planet“, Marianne Dyson (11-12/18)

• “Taming the Genie“, C. Stuart Hardwick (3-4/18)
• “The Science Behind The Quantum Magician“, Derek Künsken (7-8/18)
• “Hell Is Other Planets“, Julie Novakova (1-2/18)
• “Alien Biochemistry“, Jay Werkheiser (9-10/18)

Best Poem

• WINNER: “Venus, As It Might Have Been“, Mary Soon Lee (3-4/18)

• “Wife of a Particle Physicist“, Bruce Boston (1-2/18)
• “Collisions“, Kathryn Fritz (11-12/18)
• “Past Pluto“, Eric Pinder (11-12/18)
• “Atomic Numbers“, D.A. Xiaolin Spires (1-2/18)

Best Cover

• WINNER: Donato Giancola (3-4/18)

• Fred Gambino (5-6/18)
• Joel Iskowitz (9-10/18)
• Josh Meehan (1-2/18)
• NASA (7-8/18)
• Eldar Zakirov (11-12/18)

Asimov’s Science Fiction Readers’ Award Winners

Best Novella

• WINNER: “Bubble and Squeak“, David Gerrold & Ctein (5-6/18)

• “In the Lost City of Leng“, Paul Di Filippo & Rudy Rucker (1-2/18)
• “3-adica“, Greg Egan (9-10/18)
• “Bury Me in the Rainbow“, Bill Johnson (3-4/18)
• “Joyride“, Kristine Kathryn Rusch (11-12/18)
• “The Rescue of the Renegat“, Kristine Kathryn Rusch (1-2/18)

Best Novelette

• WINNER: “Lieutenant Tightass“, Kristine Kathryn Rusch (7-8/18)

• “Cost of Doing Business“, Nancy Kress (5-6/18)
• “Ephemera“, Ian R. MacLeod (7-8/18)
• “Barren Isle“, Allen M. Steele (1-2/18)
• “The Wrong Refrigerator“, Jean Marie Ward (9-10/18)

Best Short Story

• WINNER: “In Event of Moon Disaster“, Rich Larson (3-4/18)

• “Rules of Biology“, Dale Bailey (7-8/18)
• “Mother Tongues“, S. Qiouyi Lu (1-2/18
• “Theories of Flight“, Linda Nagata (11-12/18)
• “R.U.R.-8?“, Suzanne Palmer (9-10/18)

Best Poem

• WINNER: “This Is Why We Can’t Have Nice Things“, Suzanne Palmer (11-12/18)

• “Synesthesia“, Bruce Boston (1-2/18)
• “Room with a View“, G.O. Clark (1-2/18)
• “Palate of the Babel Fish“, Todd Dillard (3-4/18)
• “When Time-Travelers from the Future Finally Reach Us“, Darrell Schweitzer (3-4/18)

Best Cover Artist

• WINNER: Eldar Zakirov (1-2/18)

• Jeff Brown (3-4/18)
• Alejandro Colucci (5-6/18)
• Donato Giancola (11-12/18)
• Mycoolsites/Dreamstime.com (7-8/18)
• Eldar Zakirov (9-10/18)

For more information about the awards, see the Analog and Asimov’s websites.