Analog magazine has posted the works from 2019 that finished in the top five 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 NOVELLAS

• The Gorilla in a Tutu Principle or, Pecan Pie at Minnie and Earl’s—Adam-Troy Castro (September/October 2019)
• The Savannah Problem—Adam-Troy Castro (January/February 2019)
• You Must Remember This—Jay O’Connell (November/December 2019)

BEST NOVELETTES

• A Mate Not a Meal—Sarina Dorie (March/April 2019)
• At the Fall—Alec Nevala-Lee (May/June 2019)
• Bonehunters—Harry Turtledove (May/June 2019)
• Ring Wave—Tom Jolly (January/February 2019)
• The Slipway—Greg Egan (July/August 2019)

BEST SHORT STORIES

• A Place to Stand On—Marie Vibbert (January/February 2019)
• All Tomorrow’s Parties—Phoebe North (July/August 2019)
• Portle—Robert Scherrer (July/August 2019)
• Sojourner—Craig DeLancey (November/December 2019)
• The Methuselah Generation—Stanley Schmidt (May/June 2019)

BEST FACT ARTICLE

• Building a Gravitational Wave Transmitter—Albert Jackson & Gregory Benford (September/October 2019)
• Do We Still Need NASA?—C. Stuart Hardwick (July/August 2019)
• The Venus Sweet Spot: Floating Home—John J. Vester (May/June 2019)

BEST POEM

• At the Natural History Museum—Bruce Boston (May/June 2019)
• Continuum—G.O. Clark (September/October 2019)
• Hertha Ayrton—Jessy Randall (November/December 2019)
• Sequoias and Other Myths—Stanley Schmidt (September/October 2019)
• We Carry—Marie Vibbert (March/April 2019)

BEST COVER

• January/February 2019 – Donato Giancola
• May/June 2019 – Tomislav Tikulin
• September/October 2019 – Kurt Higgins

[Via Locus Online.]

The winners of the 2018 Analog Analytical Laboratory Readers’ Awards were announced on May 18.

BEST NOVELLA

• The Last Biker Gang—Wil McCarthy (May/June)

BEST NOVELETTE

• Ashes of Exploding Suns, Monuments to Dust—Christopher McKitterick (November/December)

BEST SHORT STORY

• The Unnecessary Parts of the Story—Adam-Troy Castro (September/October)

BEST FACT ARTICLE

• In Defense of the Planet—Marianne Dyson (November/December)

BEST POEM

• Venus, As It Might Have Been—Mary Soon Lee (March/April)

BEST COVER

• Donato Giancola (3-4/18)

[Via Locus Online, with a correction from Analog.]

Analog magazine has posted the works from 2018 that finished in the top five 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 that will allow you to read all the finalists.

BEST NOVELLA

• A Stab of the Knife—Adam-Troy Castro (July/August)
• Blurred Lives—Adam-Troy Castro (January/February)
• Harry and the Lewises—Edward M. Lerner (September/October)
• The Last Biker Gang—Wil McCarthy (May/June)

BEST NOVELETTE

• Ashes of Exploding Suns, Monuments to Dust—Christopher McKitterick (November/December)
• Empress of Starlight—G. David Nordley (November/December)
• Endless City—David Gerrold (January/February)
• Lab B-15—Nick Wolven (March/April)
• Left to Take the Lead—Marissa Lingen (July/August)

BEST SHORT STORY

• A Measure of Love—C. Stuart Hardwick (November/December)
• Finding Their Footing—Marissa Lingen (May/June)
• Home on the Free Range—Holly Schofield (January/February)
• Razzibot—Rich Larson (March/April)
• The Unnecessary Parts of the Story—Adam-Troy Castro (September/October)
• The Willing Body, the Reluctant Heart—Marie Vibbert (May/June)

BEST FACT ARTICLE

• Alien Biochemistry—Jay Werkheiser (September/October)
• Hell Is Other Planets—Julie Novakova (January/February)
• In Defense of the Planet—Marianne Dyson (November/December)
• Taming the Genie—C. Stuart Hardwick (March/April)
• The Science Behind The Quantum Magician—Derek Künsken (July/August)

BEST POEM

• Atomic Numbers—D.A. Xiaolin Spires (January/February)
• Collisions—Kathryn Fritz (November/December)
• Past Pluto—Eric Pinder (November/December)
• Venus, As It Might Have Been—Mary Soon Lee (March/April)
• Wife of a Particle Physicist—Bruce Boston (January/February)

BEST COVER

Images of the five finalists are available at the site.  

Analog has opened voting for the 2018 Analytical Laboratory Readers’ Award and is taking online ballots until February 1.  

The AnLab ballot comes pre-loaded with all the eligible works.

From short stories and novellas to novelettes and poems – and even best covers! – let us know your Analog Science Fiction and Fact favorites this year.  Winners join the pantheon of Analog authors who represent the Who’s Who of science fiction writers over the past thirty years.

Analog magazine has announced the winners of the 2017 AnLab Readers’ Awards.

There are links to PDF files that will allow you to read some of the winners.

BEST NOVELLA

• Nexus – Michael F. Flynn (March/April 2017)

BEST NOVELETTE

• For All Mankind – C. Stuart Hardwick (July/August 2017)

BEST SHORT STORY

• Paradise Regained – Edward M. Lerner (January/February 2017)

BEST FACT ARTICLE

• The Quest for the 2:00 Marathon – Richard A. Lovett (September/October 2017)

BEST POEM

• Barriers – J. Northcutt Jr. (March/April 2017)
• Hypothesis/Assertion – Daniel D. Villani (March/April 2017)

COVER

• Rado Javor (July/August 2017)

[Via Locus Online.]

Analog magazine has posted the works from 2017 that finished in the top five slots in each category of the Analog Analytical Laboratory. The winners will be revealed during Nebula Weekend, and in Analog’s July/August issue.

There are links to PDF files that will allow you to read all the finalists.

BEST NOVELLA

• Native Seeds – Catherine Wells (November/December 2017)
• Nexus – Michael F. Flynn (March/April 2017)
• Not Far Enough – Martin L. Shoemaker (July/August 2017)
• The Girls With Kaleidoscope Eyes – Howard V. Hendrix (May/June 2017)
• The Proving Ground – Alec Nevala-Lee (January/February 2017)

BEST NOVELETTE

• Europa’s Survivors – Marianne J. Dyson (March/April 2017)
• For All Mankind – C. Stuart Hardwick (July/August 2017)
• Galleon – Brian Trent (July/August 2017)
• My Fifth and Most Exotic Voyage – Edward M. Lerner  (September/October 2017)
• The Old Man – Rich Larson (September/October 2017)

BEST SHORT STORY

• Focus – Gord Sellar (May/June 2017)
• Long Haul – Marie DesJardin (January/February 2017)
• Paradise Regained – Edward M. Lerner (January/February 2017)
• The Chatter of Monkeys – Bond Elam (May/June 2017)
• Time Travel Is Only for the Poor – S.L. Huang (November/December 2017)
• Two Hours at Frontier – Sean McMullen (November/December 2017)

BEST FACT ARTICLE

• Alien Archaeology – Michael Carroll (May/June 2017)
• Fatal Starlight – Paul Fisher (November/December 2017)
• Rendezvous With a Comet: How ESA’s Rosetta Mission is Decoding Ancient Planetary Mysteries – Richard A. Lovett (January/February 2017)
• Sustainability Lab 101: Cuba as a Simulation of Possible Futures – Stanley Schmidt (March/April 2017)
• The Quest for the 2:00 Marathon – Richard A. Lovett (September/October 2017)

BEST POEM

• Barriers – J. Northcutt Jr. (March/April 2017)
• Hypothesis/Assertion – Daniel D. Villani (March/April 2017)
• Space Junk – Bruce Boston (July/August 2017)
• Quantum Entanglement – Fred D. White (November/December 2017)
• Theory of Gravity – Josh Pearce (July/August 2017)

COVER

• Images of the five finalists are available at the site.  

[Via Locus Online.]

Suzanne Palmer, who won two awards, one in each magazine’s poll..

The Analog magazine AnLab (Analytical Laboratory) award winners were announced this morning at a breakfast held during the SFWA Nebula Conference.

BEST NOVELLA

• The Coward’s Option — Adam-Troy Castro – March 2016

BEST NOVELETTE

• Detroit Hammersmith, Zero-Gravity Toilet Repairman [Retired] — Suzanne Palmer – September 2016

BEST SHORT STORY

• In the Absence of Instructions to the Contrary — Frank Wu – November 2016

BEST FACT ARTICLE

• Dawn Comes to the Asteroid Belt: What NASA’s 9-Year Mission is Learning About One of Science Fiction’s Favorite Realms — Richard A. Lovett – November 2016

BEST POEM

• Somebody I Used to Love Asks Me Who Marie Curie Is — Carly Rubin – March 2016

BEST COVER

• December 2016 by Vincent DiFate

Frank Wu with Analog editor Trevor Quchri.

[Thanks to Frank Wu for the story.]

Analog magazine has posted the works from 2016 that finished in the top five slots in each category of the Analog Analytical Laboratory. The winners will be revealed in May.

There are links to PDF files that will allow you to read all the finalists.

NOVELLAS

• The Coward’s Option — Adam-Troy Castro – March 2016
• The Soul Behind the Face — Adam-Troy Castro – October 2016
• The Journeyman: Into the Great North Wood — Michael F. Flynn – June 2016
• Wyatt Earp 2.0 — Wil McCarthy – January/February 2016
• Progress Report — Rajnar Vajra – September 2016

NOVELETTES

• Playthings — Stephen L. Burns – April 2016
• Dreams of the Rocket Men — C. Stuart Hardwick – September 2016
• Detroit Hammersmith, Zero-Gravity Toilet Repairman [Retired] — Suzanne Palmer – September 2016
• Prodigal — Gord Sellar – December 2016
• Diamond Jim and the Dinosaurs — Rosemary Claire Smith – April 2016

SHORT STORIES

• The Battle of Ceres — Karl Bunker – July/August 2016
• Jewels from the Sky — Brendan DuBois – December 2016
• Rocket Surgery — Effie Seiberg – January/February 2016
• Death of a Starship Poet — James Van Pelt – July/August 2016
• The Continuing Saga of Tom Corbett, Space Cadet — James Van Pelt – December 2016
• In the Absence of Instructions to the Contrary — Frank Wu – November 2016

FACT ARTICLES

• A Mind of Its Own, Part 1 & Part 2 — Edward M. Lerner – September 2016 & October 2016
• Here We Go Loopedy Loop: A Brief History of Time Travel, Part 1 & Part 2 — Edward M. Lerner – May 2016 & June 2016
• Human 2.0: Being All We Can Be, Part 1 & Part 2 — Edward M. Lerner – January/February 2016 & March 2016
• Dawn Comes to the Asteroid Belt: What NASA’s 9-Year Mission is Learning About One of Science Fiction’s Favorite Realms — Richard A. Lovett – November 2016
• Energy for the Future: Solar-Derived Fuels, Artificial Leaves, and Electricity-Eating Microbes that Poop Out Gasoline — Richard A. Lovett – July/August 2016 (A later version of this article appears in Rick’s book, Here Be there Dragons, available at Amazon.com.)

POETRY

• Paint It Black — Bruce Boston – September 2016
• Black Hole Blues — G.O. Clark – January/February 2016
• Final Dispatch — Robert Frazier – April 2016
• Soft Collision — Scott E. Green & Herb Kauderer – July/August 2016
• Somebody I Used to Love Asks Me Who Marie Curie Is — Carly Rubin – March 2016

COVER

• Images of the five finalists are available at the site.