BEST NOVEL (40,000+ words)
• 2312 by Kim Stanley Robinson (Amazon Excerpt) Skip it
• Blackout by Mira Grant (Excerpt) Thumbs Up!
• Captain Vorpatril's Alliance by Lois McMaster Bujold (Excerpt) Either way
• Redshirts: A Novel with Three Codas by John Scalzi (Excerpt) Thumbs Up! WINNER!
• Throne of the Crescent Moon by Saladin Ahmed (Excerpt) Either way
BEST NOVELLA (17,500 - 40,000 words)
• "After the Fall, Before the Fall, During the Fall" by Nancy Kress (Amazon Excerpt) Either way
• "The Emperor's Soul" by Brandon Sanderson (Excerpt) Either way WINNER!
• "On a Red Station, Drifting" by Aliette de Bodard (Excerpt) Skip it
• "San Diego 2014: The Last Stand of the California Browncoats" by Mira Grant (Amazon Excerpt) Thumbs Up!
• "The Stars Do Not Lie" by Jay Lake (Full) Skip it
BEST NOVELLETTE (7,500 - 17,500 words)
• "The Boy Who Cast No Shadow" by Thomas Olde Heuvelt (Full) Thumbs Up!
• "Fade to White" by Catherynne M. Valente (Full) (Audio Version) Thumbs Up!
• "The Girl-Thing Who Went Out for Sushi" by Pat Cadigan WINNER!
• "In Sea-Salt Tears" by Seanan McGuire Thumbs Up!
• "Rat-Catcher" by Seanan McGuire
BEST SHORT STORY (less than 7,500 words)
• "Immersion" by Aliette de Bodard (Full) (Audio Version) Either way
• "Mantis Wives" by Kij Johnson Either way
• "Mono no Aware" by Ken Liu (Amazon Full) Thumbs Up! WINNER!
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