Best Short Story Eligibility
St. Valentine, St Abigail, St. Brigid, C.L. Polk, Tor.comGrass Gods, Elizabeth Whitton, Prairie Gothic: An Anthology (Prairie Soul Press)The Greatest Day, Eric Choi, Analog Science Fiction and Fact (January/February 2020)Raise the Nautilus, Eric Choi, 20,000 Leagues Remembered (Pole to Pole Publishing)Quickly, Something Familiar, Chris Patrick Carolan, Prairie Gothic (Anthology, Prairie Soul Press)Beneath the Pall, Edward Willett, My Battery is Low and It is Getting Dark (Anthology, Zombies Need Brains LLC)Vision Quest, Edward Willett, Shapers of Worlds (Anthology, Shadowpaw Press)Ransom and the Christmas Tree, Robert Runté, Abyss & Apex MagazineDetour on the 8-Fold Path, Robert Runté, Neo-Opsis Magazine #31Weathering, Robert Runté, Lamplit UndergroundBirthday Barbeque, Robert Runté, Potato SoupInuksuk, Robert Runté, Polar Borealis #15Crossing Avenue, Robert Runté, Meat For TeaFami's Dissertation Defense, Robert Runté, Ripples in SpaceThe Dreadnought and the Stars, Phoebe Barton, Glitter + AshesThe Last Ship Out of Exville, Phoebe Barton, Kaleidotrope, Winter 2020The Bone-Stag Walks, KT Bryski, Lightspeed MagazineTiger's Feast, KT Bryski, Nightmare MagazineThe Gorgon's Epitaphist, KT Bryski, Apparition LitMagnificent Maurice, or the Flowers of Immortality, Rati Mehrotra, Lightspeed MagazineKnock Knock Said the Ship, Rati Mehrotra, The Magazine of Fantasy & Science FictionThe Witch Speaks, Rati Mehrotra, Lightspeed MagazineThe Redoubtables, Premee Mohammed, Apparition LitThe Bear Wife, Leah Bobet, Apparition LitJunkhead, David F. Shultz, AugurThe Whippoorwill, Kevin Cockle, Air: Sylphs, Spirits, & Swan Maidens (Tyche Books)Swanmaid, Bronwynn Erskine, Air: Sylphs, Spirits, & Swan Maidens (Tyche Books)Golden Goose, Chadwick Ginther, Air: Sylphs, Spirits, & Swan Maidens (Tyche Books)Research Log ~~33, Rowena McGowan, Air: Sylphs, Spirits, & Swan Maidens (Tyche Books)Wind Song, Sarah Van Goethem, Air: Sylphs, Spirits, & Swan Maidens (Tyche Books)The Perfect Kibble, Krista D. Ball, Swashbuckling Cats: Nine Lives on the Seven Seas (Tyche Books)The Motley Crew, Rebecca Brae, Swashbuckling Cats: Nine Lives on the Seven Seas (Tyche Books)The Pride, Megan Fennell, Swashbuckling Cats: Nine Lives on the Seven Seas (Tyche Books)All Cats Go to Valhalla, Chadwick Ginther, Swashbuckling Cats: Nine Lives on the Seven Seas (Tyche Books)Cat Out of Hell, Leslie Van Zwol, Swashbuckling Cats: Nine Lives on the Seven Seas (Tyche Books)The Comeback Kitty, S.G. Wong, Swashbuckling Cats: Nine Lives on the Seven Seas (Tyche Books)Cast Away Stones, Mary Rajotte, Burial Day Books'Neath the Old Tree, Mary Rajotte, Women of the Woods (Fabled Collective)Teeth Long and Sharp as Blades, A.C. Wise, PseudopodOut of the Silence, Nina Munteanu, subTerrain Magazine, Issue #85The Way of Water, Nina Munteanu, Little Blue MarbleNight Folk, Barb Galler-Smith, Galaxy's Edge MagazineThe Furgeldt Collector, Joseph Halden, Swashbuckling Cats: Nine Lives on the Seven Seas (Tyche Books)We All Fall Down, Sara C. Walker, Air: Sylphs, Spirits, & Swan Maidens (Tyche Books)Below the Streets, a Revolution Speaks in Unlikely Ways, Heather Clitheroe, Fusion Fragment #2The Hound and Her Bride, Omi Wilde, Fusion Fragment #1Insect Gods, Peter Watts, CentipedeTest 4 Echo, Peter Watts, Made to Order: Robots and Revolution anthology, SolarisMangy White Dog, Y.M. Pang, Asimov's Science FictionSilver and Shadow, Spruce and Pine, Maria Haskins, Flash Fiction OnlineGhost Collecting, Sheila Massie, Flash Fiction OnlinePoise and Grace, Kyle Richardson, Flash Fiction OnlineThe Auction, Mark Braidwood, Polar BorealisWrit Large, Holly Schofield, Community of Magic Pens (Atthis Arts)Handful of Empty, Holly Schofield, Way of the Laser (Vernacular Books)We Are the Flower, Claire Humphrey, PodCastleKeeping Her, Sheila Massie, Augur MagazineThank You For Your Patience, Rebecca Campbell, Reckoning MagazineDégustation, Ashley Deng, Nightmare MagazineLocks, Derek Newman-Stille, Whispers Between Fairies (Renaissance)Ice Heart, Nathan Caro Fréchette, Whispers Between Fairies (Renaissance)In a Hansom Cab at the Liberty Street Ferry Terminal, Kate Heartfield, Decameron ProjectRemember Madame Hercules, Kate Heartfield, On SpecThe Forest is a Dancer, Lynne Sargent, The Centropic OracleCurious Algorithms, Hayden Trenholm, Analog Science Fact and Science FictionOne Door Opens, Hayden Trenholm, Polar BorealisRoof Dogs, Hayden Trenholm, Write Ahead/The Future LoomsLa Bête, Leah Bobet, Strange HorizonsOn Hestian Cuisine, Mike Rimar, On SpecBreathe, Calvin D. Jim, Prairie Gothic: An Anthology (Prairie Soul Press)Midnight in the Winding Bazaar, Calvin D. Jim, For Hart and Queen: A Blue Rose Anthology (Nisaba Press)It's Always Ice Time in the D.H.L., Gregg Chamberlain, Speculative North Magazine 1, TDotSpec Inc., Toronto, Ontario, CanadaHenchman for Hire, Gregg Chamberlain, A Guide to Useless Sidekicks (518Pub)The Greatest Plea Bargain of Them All, Gregg Chamberlain, Fiction Junkie Vol. 1 (Blog Hoarder)Into the Darkness, Lee F. Patrick, Mythaxis #24Who Profits?, Lee F. Patrick, The Trench Coat Chronicles (Celestial Echoes Press)Ultimate Evil, Lee F. Patrick, Sirius Science Fiction MagazineGrasshoppers and Mountain Cats, Rhonda Parrish, Prairie Gothic (Prairie Soul Publishing)An Appointment With Life, J. Paul Cooper, Ambrosia Literary ReviewThe City We Live On, Sydney Henderson, Augur MagazineShe Lies an Island, Michelle Payne, Augur MagazineThis Soil Still Gives, Natasha Ramoutar, Augur MagazineElectrify the Bones, Ren Iwamoto, Augur MagazineHammers Stained Red, Robert Bose, Prairie Gothic Anthology (Prairie Soul Press)Dry Town, Sarah L. Johnson, Prairie Gothic Anthology (Prairie Soul Press)Parabiosis, Eric Desmarais, JenEric DesignsRules for a Civilization, Jerri Jerreat, Glass and Gardens: Solarpunk Winters (World Weaver Press)A Dry River Runs With Blood, Eileen Gunnell Lee, Selene QuarterlyThe Wolf Boys of Wide River County, Eileen Gunnell Lee, Little Blue MarbleThe Promise (In The Alchemy Press Book of Horrors 2), Nancy Kilpatrick, Alchemy PressAlways a Castle (in Lovecraft Mythos), Nancy Kilpatrick, Flame Tree Press (Flame Tree Collections)Trogs (in Apostles of the Weird), Nancy Kilpatrick, PS PublishingAlien Lover (in A is for Aliens), Nancy Kilpatrick, Red Cap PublishingVermiculture (in The Pulp Horror Book of Phobias II), Nancy Kilpatrick, LVP PublicationsWaiting in the Wings (A Grave Diagnosis), Caro Soles, A is for Aliens (Carrick Publishing)To The World Beyond The Sky, Tiffany Morris, AE Sci-FiUndo, John Haas, Unreal: An Anthology Of Speculative Fiction, Vol. 1 (The Great Void Books)Hair, John Haas, Black Veins: An Anthology Of Horror Stories (The Great Void Books)Saving Sarah, John Haas, Galaxy's EdgeMeeting of the Genres, John Haas, Mythic MagazineExecutive Decisions, Rebecca M. Senese, Obsessions: An Anthology of Original Stories (Stark Publishing)Alternate Asgard, Ahmed A. Khan, AnotherealmLast Entry, Ahmed A. Khan, Sci Phi JournalLa Vitesse, Kelly Robson, The Book of Dragons: An Anthology (Harper Voyager)So You Want to be a Honeypot, Kelly Robson, Uncanny MagazineA Girl Like Us, Derwin Mak, Space and Time Magazine - Summer 2020The Mirror Glass, Laurie Stewart, Thin Places: The Ottawan Anthology (Broken Keys Publishing)Between the Worlds, Lee F. Patrick, On Spec (Copper Pig Writers' Society)Pokey Potz , Come out to Play, Colleen Anderson, On Spec (The Copper Pig Writers' Society)And Should I Fall Behind, Greg Wilson, On Spec (The Copper Pig Writers' Society)Self-Segmenter, Leah Ranada, On Spec (The Copper Pig Writers' Society)The Cold Time, Marcelle Dubé, On Spec (The Copper Pig Writers' Society)Falling, Luke Murphy, On Spec (The Copper Pig Writers' Society)Pastrami on Rye, Sara C. Walker, On Spec (The Copper Pig Writers' Society)Waking, Lisa Carreiro, On Spec (The Copper Pig Writers' Society)The Laughter of Playthings, Matt Moore, On Spec (The Copper Pig Writers' Society)The Suicide of our Troubles, Karl Schroeder, Slate.comThe Rapture of Baatoon Hayes, JD DeLuzio, The Light Between Stars (Brain Lag)Battling Old Dragons, J. R. Dwornik, The Light Between Stars (Brain Lag)Falling Feathers, Catherine Fitzsimmons, The Light Between Stars (Brain Lag)Tinker's Toxin, Stephen B. Pearl, The Light Between Stars (Brain Lag)Other London: Ella's Birthday, Erynn Q, The Light Between Stars (Brain Lag)Nowhere to Nowhere, Hugh A. D. Spencer, The Light Between Stars (Brain Lag)Awakening, Simon A. G. Spencer, The Light Between Stars (Brain Lag)Tachyon Hearts Cannot Love, Derek Künsken, Asimov's Science Fiction MagazineLow Level Buzz, Marc Watson, Between Conversations: Tales From the World of Ryuujin (Self-Published)Summer Giver, Konn Lavery, Prairie Gothic Anthology (Prairie Soul Press)Projections, Kim Harbridge, Pulp LiteratureStars Hide Your Fires, Kim Harbridge, AE Sci-FiThe Disconnect, Lisa Timpf, Third Flatiron: Brain Games, Stories to AstonishConcoction, Lisa Timpf, Thema Literary Society (Thema Vol. 32 No. 3, Autumn 2020)The Eternal Bakery of the Fractal Mind, M. H. Callway, A Grave Diagnosis (Carrick Publishing)The Squad, D.G. Valdron, What Devours Always Hungers, Fossil Cove PublishingVoices, D.G. Valdron, There Are No Doors in Dark Places, Fossil Cove PublishingChanging Faces, D.G. Valdron, There Are No Doors in Dark Places, Fossil Cove PublishingNeck Row Man Sea, D.G. Valdron, There Are No Doors in Dark Places, Fossil Cove PublishingThe Squad - Centipede, D.G. Valdron, What Devours Always Hungers, Fossil Cove PublishingThe Sharebear Apocalypse, D.G. Valdron, The Bear Cavalry..., Fossil Cove PublishingNew Age Rising, D.G. Valdron, What Devours Always Hungers, Fossil Cove PublishingA Long Walk in the Hard Winter, D.G. Valdron, There Are No Doors in Dark Places, Fossil Cove PublishingDo Not Fear, For the Work Will Be Pure, Michael Johnstone, Heroic Fantasy QuarterlyHomecoming, Jon Gauthier, Polar Borealis #13Dulled Steps, Darien Yawching Rickwood, Polar Borealis #13The Copenhagen Interpretation, Geoffrey Hart, Polar Borealis #13For Mankind, Don Miasek, Polar Borealis #13Arkham at Night, Gregg Chamberlain, Polar Borealis #13The Life and Death of a Smart TV, Mike McArthur, Polar Borealis #14Second Contact, Sheryl Normandeau, Polar Borealis #14All That Glitters, Fran Skene, Polar Borealis #14Go Lovely Rose, Marcie Lynn Tentchoff, Polar Borealis #14Till All the Seas Go Dry, J.Y.T. Kennedy, Polar Borealis #14Bethell's Angel, Lily Blaze, Polar Borealis #14The Upside of the Hive Mind, Marco Cultrera, Polar Borealis #14Earthview Customer Service, Greg Fewer, Polar Borealis #15Frenemy, K.M. McKenzie, Polar Borealis #15A Proper Education, Gillian Secord, Polar Borealis #15Obliviation, Nancy Kay Clark, Polar Borealis #15The Woods of the Were-Walrus, Justin Dill, Polar Borealis #15Deadly Experimentation, R.A. Clarke, Polar Borealis #15An Incident in Autumn, Alexander Winfield, Polar Borealis #16A Good Bad Day, Nicole Iversen, Polar Borealis #16Merely a Hand, Cleonika Kesidis, Polar Borealis #16Finding Faith, Jean-Louis Trudel, Polar Borealis #16Miss You, Lisa, Adi Zeharia, Polar Borealis #16In The Stillness, Rio Murphy, Polar Borealis #16Indices to Paradise, Craig Hemsing, Polar Borealis #16When the Call Comes In, Ira Nayman, Amazing StoriesChanneling Bach, Alison Lohans, Transition MagazineNo Son Of Mine, David Perlmutter, Unity: A Magical Realism Anthology Vol. 1 (Barrio Blues Press)Fandom, David Perlmutter, MediumFilm Flam, David Perlmutter, MediumMousetrap, Colleen Anderson, The Pulp Horror Book of Phobias, Vol II, Lycan Valley PressThe Queer, Graham J. Darling, Hiraeth PublishingThe New Season, Graham J. Darling, Third Flatiron PublishingDeep Water, Rebecca Campbell, Curious FIctionsWe Love the Store, Rebecca Campbell, Curious FIctionsCousin Entropy, Michèle Laframboise, Future SF Digest no 7Ganymede’s Lamps, Michèle Laframboise, Luna Station Quarterly 42An Elephant Never Forgets, Rich Larson, Made to Order: Robots and Revolution (Solaris)Warm Math, Rich Larson, The Magazine of Fantasy and Science FictionPetrosinella, Rich Larson, Daily Science FictionLowlife Orbit, Rich Larson, Analog Science Fact and Science FictionBurrowing Through the Body of God, Rich Larson, Sci Phi JournalEcho the Echo, Rich Larson, Entanglements: Tomorrow's Lovers, Families, and Friends (MIT Press)Exhalation #10, A.C. Wise, Final Cuts: New Tales of Hollywood Horror and Other Spectacles (Anchor Books)A Thousand Faces Minus One, A.C. Wise, Evil in Technicolor (Vernacular Books)Seedlings for a Near Future, Claudiu Murgan, JayHenge Publishing KBFinding it Hard to Hate, Karl Johanson, Stellar EvolutionsInk, Derek Newman-Stille, Whispers Between Fairies (Renaissance)Spinnerets, Derek Newman-Stille, Whispers Between Fairies (Renaissance)The Beast, Nathan Caro Frechette, Whispers Between Fairies (Renaissance)Beyond the Clouds, the Stars, M. M. Davies-Ostrom, Brave New Girls: Tales of Girls who Tech and Tinker (Brave New Girls)Bells, Megan M. Davies-Ostrom, Cosmic Horror Monthly (Issue #1)Nervana, David F. Shultz, Crash Code (Blood Bound Books)Ascension, David F. Shultz, Witches, Warriors, and Wyverns (TANSTAAFL Press)Abrama's End Game, David F. Shultz, Unreal: An Anthology of Speculative Fiction (The Great Void Books)How to Check if Your Peacekeeper-2000 Is Loaded, David F. Shultz, Sci Phi Journal, 2020Q2Ghost Colours, Derek Künsken, Shapers of Worlds (Shadowpaw Press)Jabber, Steve Fahnestalk, Stellar Evolutions, edited by Rhea RoseMangoes, Geoffrey Hart, Witches, Warriors, and Wyverns (TANSTAAFL Press)Food Webs: A Parable, Geoffrey Hart, Sci Phi Journal, 2020Q2Comrades, Beloved, Heather Clitheroe, KaleidotropeHalps' Promise, Holly Schofield, Solarpunk Winters (World Weaver Press)The Way to Compostela, Jean-Louis Trudel, Asimov's Science FictionWhere They Went, Joseph Halden, Daily Science FictionTime and Grace, Joseph Halden, MetaphorosisThe Gamble Footage, Justin Dill, Outsiders: A One-Shot Anthology of Speculative Fiction (TdotSpec)Cleaver, Meat, and Block, Maria Haskins, Black StaticSix Dreams About the Train, Maria Haskins, Flash Fiction OnlineDown To Niflhel Deep, Maria Haskins, KaleidotropeTony Roomba's Last Day On Earth, Maria Haskins, Diabolical PlotsDuplicity, Lisa Timpf, Outposts of BeyondThe Jagged Edge, Maria Haskins, Black LibraryGood Girl, Maria Haskins, Cast of WondersTony Roomba's Last Day on Earth, Maria Haskins, Diabolical PlotsA Compass in the Dark, Phoebe Barton, Analog Science Fiction and FactA Brilliant Light, an Unreachable Dawn, Phoebe Barton, Recognize Fascism (World Weaver Press)If You Loved Me, Rati Mehrotra, Frozen Wavelets 2.1smoke and bubbles rising, Paula Johanson, Polar Borealis magazine #17Child of Shower and Gleam, Rebecca Campbell, Shadows & Tall Trees 8 (Undertow Publications)For Mankind, Don Miasek, Polar BorealisThe Last Maple, Rebecca M. Senese, Sci-Fi Stories More Future Earth (Unicorn Productions)Performance, A. M. Todd, After Dinner ConversationThe Third Father, A. M. Todd, Scare Street, Night Terrors Vol. 1Mobay Woods, K. M. McKenzie, Shoreline of Infinity 18Meat or Be Meaten, Robert Bose and Sarah L. Johnson, Chew On This (Blood Bound Books)The Healing, Sarah Van Goethem, Glass and Gardens: Solarpunk Winters (World Weaver Press)The Last Leviathan, Y.M. Pang, Outsiders: A One-Shot Anthology of Speculative Fiction (TdotSpec)Gigglebark Tea, Brenda Carre, The Wild Hunt Anthology: A Procession Of Fairies 5 (Blackbird Press)Drunk Physics, Kelley Armstrong, Final Cuts: New Tales of Hollywood Horror and Other Spectacles (Anchor Books)Ballgowns and Butterflies, Kelley Armstrong, Under a Winter Sky (Brightlynx Publishing)Viral Content, Madeline Ashby, Take Us to a Better Place (Melcher Media)'Ti Pouce in Fergetitland, Geoffrey W. Cole, Exile Quarterly 43.2The Body Jumper, Jessica K. Rust, TDotSpec "Outsiders: A One-Shot Anthology of Speculative Fiction"Grace Under Pressure, Mark Leslie, Galaxia: Second EditionA Murder of Scarecrows, Mark Leslie, Nobody's Hero (stark publishing)Collateral Damage, Mark Leslie, Nobody's Hero (Stark Publishing)Memento Mori, Mark Leslie, Nobody's Hero (Stark Publishing)The Zombie Whisperer, Mark Leslie, Nobody's Hero (Stark Publishing)
Best Related Work Eligibility
Shapers of Worlds, Edward Willett, Editor, Shadowpaw PressDecoherence (column in each issue), Robert J. Sawyer, Galaxy's Edge magazineThe Luminous Underground, Phoebe Barton, Choice of GamesSwashbuckling Cats: Nine Lives on the Seven Seas, Rhonda Parrish, Editor, Tyche BooksAir: Sylphs, Spirits, & Swan Maidens, Rhonda Parrish, Editor, Tyche BooksSpeculative North, Issues #1 to #3, David F. Shultz, Lead Editor, TDotSpec IncOn Spec: The Canadian Magazine of the Fantastic, Diane L. Walton, Managing Editor, Copper Pig SocietyFusion Fragment, Cavan Terrill, Editor, Fusion FragmentStellar Evolutions, Rhea Rose, RainWood PressPolar Borealis, R. Graeme Cameron, R. Graeme CameronThe Routledge Introduction to Canadian Fantastic Literature, Allan Weiss, RoutledgePodCastle, C.L. Clark and Jen R. Albert, Escape Artists Inc.Disfigured: On Fairy Tales, Disability, and Making Space, Amanda Leduc, Coach House BooksWhispers Between Fairies, Nathan Caro Fréchette and Derek Newman-Stille, RenaissanceHexagon SF Magazine, JW Stebner, JW StebnerLove After the End: An Anthology of Two-Spirit and Indigiqueer Speculative Fiction, Joshua Whitehead, Arsenal Pulp PressAE: The Canadian Science Fiction Review, D.F. McCourt, Managing Editor, AEscifiMysterion, Donald S. Crankshaw and Kristin Janz, Editor, Crankshaw & JanzLackington's, Ranylt Richildis, Editor, Ranylt RichildisAugur Magazine, Lawrence Stewen, Managing Editor, Kerrie Seljak-ByrneNeo-opsis Science Fiction Magazine, Karl & Stephanie Ann Johanson, Editors, Karl & Stephanie Ann JohansonA Quiet Afternoon: Low-Fi Speculative Fiction, For a Peaceful Break From a Stressful World, Liane Tsui and Grace Seybold, Editors, Grace & Victory PublicationsAnathema, Spec from the Margins, Michael Matheson, Andrew Wilmot, and Chinelo Onwualu, Editors, Anathema MagazinePrairie Gothic, Stacey Kondla, Prairie Soul, Inc.LEXX Unauthorized, Series 2: The Light at the End of the Universe, D.G. Valdron, Fossil Cove PublicationsLEXX Unauthorized, Series 3: It's Hot and It's Cold, D.G. Valdron, Fossil Cove PublicationsThe Fall of Atlantis,, D.G. Valdron, Fossil Cove PublicationsThere Are No Doors in Dark Places, D.G. Valdron, Fossil Cove PublicationsWhat Devours Also Hungers, D.G. Valdron, Fossil Cove PublicationsThe Light Between Stars, Catherine Fitzsimmons, editor, Brain Lag PublishingPulp Science Fiction from the Rock, Ellen Curtis and Erin Vance, editors, Engen booksStrange Sudbury Stories, Sean Costello, Mark Leslie, Scott Overton, Stark PublishingLovers Rock (Album), The Dears (band), Dangerbird RecordsThe Swan Suit, Katherine Fawcett, Douglas McIntyreJames Nicoll Reviews, James Davis Nicoll, Tor.comSeeds and Other Stories, Ursula Pflug, Inanna Poetry & Fiction SeriesProps to the Propmakers, Film Column, Steve Davidson, Amazing Stories, The Experimenter Publishing CompanySmall Rain And Other Nightmares, Paula Johanson, Doublejoy BooksFlip, Vol 2. (An Alternate Reality Anthology), Jack Briglio (Editor; Author), AAM - MarkosiaBetween Conversations: Tales From the World of Ryuujin, Marc Watson, Marc Watson