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.]