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.]