2023 Eugie Award Finalists
The finalists for the 2023 Eugie Foster Memorial Award for Short Fiction have been announced:
- “A Chestnut, A Persimmon, A Cunning Lie”, Michelle Denham (Podcastle 2/8/22)
- “The Little God of the Staircase”, Meg Elison (The Dark 9/22)
- “Quandary Aminu vs The Butterfly Man”, Rich Larson (Tor.com 9/21/22)
- “The Pigeon-Keeper’s Daughter”, Su-Yee Lin (Strange Horizons 3/7/22)
- “Nine Theories of Time”, Spencer Nitkey (Apex 3/22/22)
The winner will receive a plaque and a $1,000 prize, traditionally presented at Dragon Con, to be held August 31-September 4, 2023 in Atlanta GA. “Starting with the 2020, we will add a video presentation of the award online, along with a reading of a section of each finalist.” All finalists receive a pin. The award celebrates “the best in innovative fiction” and honors writer and editor Eugie Foster, who died in 2014. Speculative short stories published in the previous year are eligible for the award, with nominations made by a panel of editors, reviewers, and select readers, and the winner chosen by a jury.
For more information, visit the award’s website.
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