2019 Analog AnLab and Asimov’s Readers’ Awards Finalists
Finalists for the 2019 Analog Analytical Laboratory (AnLab) and Asimov’s Readers’ Awards have been announced and are available to read online.
Analog Science Fiction and Fact Analytical Laboratory Award Finalists
Best Novella
- “The Gorilla in a Tutu Principle or, Pecan Pie at Minnie and Earl’s“, Adam-Troy Castro (9-10/19)
- “The Savannah Problem“, Adam-Troy Castro (1-2/19)
- “You Must Remember This“, Jay O’Connell (11-12/19)
Best Novelette
- “A Mate Not a Meal“, Sarina Dorie (3-4/19)
- “The Slipway“, Greg Egan (7-8/19)
- “Ring Wave“, Tom Jolly (1-2/19)
- “At the Fall“, Alec Nevala-Lee (5-6/19)
- “Bonehunters“, Harry Turtledove (5-6/19)
Best Short Story
- “Sojourner“, Craig DeLancey (11-12/19)
- “All Tomorrow’s Parties“, Phoebe North (7-8/19)
- “Portle“, Robert Scherrer (7-8/19)
- “The Methuselah Generation“, Stanley Schmidt (5-6/19)
- “A Place to Stand On“, Marie Vibbert (1-2/19)
Best Fact Article
- “Do We Still Need NASA?“, C. Stuart Hardwick (7-8/19)
- “Building a Gravitational Wave Transmitter“, Albert Jackson & Gregory Benford (9-10/19)
- “The Venus Sweet Spot: Floating Home“, John J. Vester (5-6/19)
Best Poem
- “At the Natural History Museum“, Bruce Boston (5-6/19)
- “Continuum“, G.O. Clark (9-10/19)
- “Hertha Ayrton“, Jessy Randall (11-12/19)
- “Sequoias and Other Myths“, Stanley Schmidt (9-10/19)
- “We Carry“, Marie Vibbert (3-4/19)
Best Cover
- Donato Giancola (1-2/19)
- Kurt Higgins (9-10/19)
- Tomislav Tikulin (5-6/19)
Asimov’s Science Fiction Readers’ Award Finalists
Best Novella
- “The Work of Wolves“, Tegan Moore (7-8/19)
- “Waterlines“, Suzanne Palmer (7-8/19)
- “Surfers at the End of Time“, Rudy Rucker & Marc Laidlaw (11-12/19)
- “Winter Wheat“, Gord Sellar (9-10/19)
- “Gremlin“, Carrie Vaughn (5-6/19)
Best Novelette
- “Charlie Tells Another One“, Andy Duncan (9-10/19)
- “Taking Icarus Home“, Suzanne Palmer (1-2/19)
- “In the Stillness Between the Stars“, Mercurio D. Rivera (9-10/19)
- “SeeApp“, James Van Pelt (11-12/19)
- “How I Found Harry’s All-Night Hamburgers“, Lawrence Watt-Evans (3-4/19)
Best Short Story
- “Ardy’s Choice“, Maggie Shen King (7-8/19)
- “Sacrificial Iron“, Ted Kosmatka (podcast) (5-6/19)
- “Can You Watch My Stuff“, Rich Larson (9-10/19)
- “The Lights Go Out, One by One“, Kofi Nyameye (3-4/19)
- “Personal Space“, Lawrence Watt-Evans (9-10/19)
Best Poem
- “The Other SETI“, David Barber (5-6/19)
- “Nine Hypotheses Concerning a Mysterious Lump Under the Rug on the Foyer Floor“, Jenny Blackford (9-10/19)
- “The Ruined Library“, Bruce Boston (7-8/19)
- “The Dogs of the Soviet Space Program“, Christopher Cokinos (3-4/19)
- “A Street Away“, Jane Yolen (1-2/19)
Best Cover Artist
- Donato Giancola (11-12/19)
- Dominic Harman (9-10/19)
- Maurizio Manzieri (7-8/19)
- NASA (5-6/19)
- Michael Whelan (1-2/19)
- Eldar Zakirov (3-4/19)
Winners will be announced in the July/August issues. For more information about the awards and a gallery of the nominated covers, see the Analog and Asimov’s websites.
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