The top five choices for Asimov’s 33rd Annual Readers’ Awards Poll are online. There are links that will allow you to read all the finalists. The winners chosen by readers will be revealed at a later date.

BEST NOVELLA

• 3-adica—Greg Egan (September/October)
• Bubble and Squeak—David Gerrold & Ctein (May/June)
• Bury Me in the Rainbow—Bill Johnson (March/April)
• In the Lost City of Leng—Paul Di Filippo & Rudy Rucker (January/February)
• Joyride—Kristine Kathryn Rusch (November/December)
• The Rescue of the Renegat—Kristine Kathryn Rusch (January/February)

BEST NOVELETTE

• Barren Isle—Allen M. Steele (January/February)
• Cost of Doing Business—Nancy Kress (May/June)
• Ephemera—Ian R. MacLeod (July/August)
• Lieutenant Tightass—Kristine Kathryn Rusch (July/August)
• The Wrong Refrigerator—Jean Marie Ward (September/October)

BEST SHORT STORY

• In Event of Moon Disaster—Rich Larson (March/April)
• Mother Tongues—S. Qiouyi Lu (January/February)
• R.U.R.-8?—Suzanne Palmer (September/October)
• Rules of Biology—Dale Bailey (July/August)
• Theories of Flight—Linda Nagata (November/December)

BEST POEM

• Palate of the Babel Fish—Todd Dillard (March/April)
• Room with a View—G.O. Clark (January/February)
• Synesthesia—Bruce Boston (January/February)
• This Is Why We Can’t Have Nice Things—Suzanne Palmer (November/December)
• When Time-Travelers from the Future Finally Reach Us—Darrell Schweitzer (March/April)

BEST COVER

Images of the five finalists are available at the site.

[Thanks to Ctein for the story.]