Sakinah Hofler of New Jersey is the winner of the 2023 Analog Award for Emerging Black Voices. The award was announced November 30 during the 8th Annual City Tech Science Fiction Symposium.

The winning story will be purchased and published in Analog, and the author receives one year of monthly mentorship sessions. The finalists receive one mentorship session with Analog editors including a critique of their submission and a chance to ask questions about the field. 

[Thanks to Emily Hockaday for the story.]