Analog Jan-Feb 2020 edited by Trevor Quachri, art by Tomislav Tikulin

Analog Mar-Apr 2020 edited by Trevor Quachri, art by Eldar Zakirov

Analog May-Jun 2020 edited by Trevor Quachri, art by Donato Giancola

Analog July-August 2020 edited by Trevor Quachri, art by Dominic Harman

Analog magazine has posted the works from 2020 that finished in the top slots in each category of the Analog Analytical Laboratory. The winners will be revealed in Analog’s July/August issue.

There are links to PDF files (where provided) that will allow you to read the finalists.

BEST NOVELLA

• Draiken Dies by Adam-Troy Castro (September/October 2020)
• Flyboys by Stanley Schmidt (July/August 2020)
• Moral Biology by Neal Asher (May/June 2020)

BEST NOVELETTE

• “I, Bigfoot” by Sarina Dorie (September/October 2020)
• “Minerva Girls” by James Van Pelt (September/October 2020)
• “Sticks and Stones” by Tom Jolly (July/August 2020)
• “The Offending Eye” by Robert R. Chase (July/August 2020)
• “The Quest for the Great Grey Mossy” by Harry Turtledove (January/February 2020)

BEST SHORT STORY

• “Hive” by Jay Werkheiser (January/February 2020)
• “Rover” by A.T. Sayre (March/April 2020)
• “The Chrysalis Pool” by Sean McMullen (September/October 2020)
• “The Greatest Day” by Eric Choi (January/February 2020) (audio podcast)
• “The Writhing Tentacles of History” by Jay Werkheiser (September/October 2020)
• “Wheel of Echoes” by Sean McMullen (January/February 2020)

BEST FACT ARTICLE

• “Big Smart Objects” by Gregory Benford & Larry Niven (November/December 2020)
• “Space Dust:?How an Asteroid Altered Life on Earth” by Richard A. Lovett (May/June 2020)
• “Veiling the Earth” by Gregory Benford (March/April 2020)

BEST POEM

• “Ghost Transmission” by Robert Frazier (January/February 2020)
• “How to Go Twelfth” by Mary Soon Lee (March/April 2020)
• “In Theory” by Rebecca Siegel (January/February 2020)
• “Miles to Go Before We Rest” by G.O. Clark (May/June 2020)
• “Planck” by Josh Pearce (March/April 2020)

BEST COVER

Analog Jan-Feb 2020 edited by Trevor Quachri, art by Tomislav Tikulin

Analog Mar-Apr 2020 edited by Trevor Quachri, art by Eldar Zakirov

Analog May-Jun 2020 edited by Trevor Quachri, art by Donato Giancola

Analog July-August 2020 edited by Trevor Quachri, art by Dominic Harman

• January/February 2020 – Tomislav Tikulin
• March/April 2020 – Eldar Zakirov
• May/June 2020 – Donato Giancola
• July/August 2020 – Dominic Harman

[Via Analog Science Fiction and Fact.]