The top choices for Asimov’s 36th 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 NOVELLAS
- A Blessing of Unicorns – Elizabeth Bear (September/October 2021)
- A Rocket for Dimitrios – Ray Nayler (January/February 2021)
- Glitch – Alex Irvine (March/April 2021)
- Light Up the Clouds – Greg Egan (March/April 2021)
- The Realms of Water – Robert Reed (January/February 2021)
BEST NOVELETTES
- Año Nuevo – Ray Nayler (May/June 2021)
- Billie the Kid – Rick Wilber (September/October 2021)
- Philly Killed His Car – Will McIntosh (July/August 2021)
- Table Etiquette for Diplomatic Personnel, in Seventeen Scenes – Suzanne Palmer (January/February 2021)
- The HazMat Sisters – L.X. Beckett (July/August 2021)
BEST SHORT STORIES
- Alien Ball – Kristine Kathryn Rusch (July/August 2021)
- Bread and Circuits – Misha Lenau (November/December 2021) PODCAST
- Flowers like Needles – Derek Künsken (March/April 2021)
- Muallim – Ray Nayler (November/December 2021)
- My Heart Is at Capacity – TJ Berry (May/June 2021)
- Sentient Being Blues – Christopher Mark Rose (March/April 2021)
BEST POEMS
- Chalk and Carbon – Marissa Lingen (November/December 2021)
- In the Library Annex – Bruce Boston (September/October 2021)
- Mars Rover, Curiosity – Jane Yolen (January/February 2021)
- When I’m Thirty, I Receive a Box Full of Your Bones – Avra Margariti (January/February 2021)
- Your Memories are Sponsored by a Fossil Fuel Company – Matt Thompson (November/December 2021)
BEST COVERS
January/February 2021
Donato Giancola
September/October 2021
Edar Zakirov
November/December 2021
Maurizio Manzieri
Among these, I liked the most
NOVELLAS
A Rocket for Dimitrios – Ray Nayler (January/February 2021)
NOVELETTES
Año Nuevo – Ray Nayler (May/June 2021)
Philly Killed His Car – Will McIntosh (July/August 2021)
SHORT STORIES
Alien Ball – Kristine Kathryn Rusch (July/August 2021)
Muallim – Ray Nayler (November/December 2021)
Sentient Being Blues – Christopher Mark Rose (March/April 2021)
As you can see I like Ray Nayler works (in all three categories)and hope you’ll join my fan-club
Also sadly not in the list
“Tweak” by Taimur Ahmad and “Super Sprouts” by Ian Creasey