Analog AnLab and Asimov’s Readers’ Awards

[Oleksandr, a.k.a. Acorn]

The winners for the 2018 Analog Analytical Laboratory (AnLab) and Asimov’s Readers’ Awards have been announced. Most are available to read online.

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)

[Silvana]

Wow, I have never heard any of those works. Interesting to see some Rich Larson's stuff, I better go and find them.