Editor Neil Clarke has announced the winners of the Clarkesworld 2023 Reader’s Poll.

BEST NOVELETTE/NOVELLA

• 2023 Winner: “To Sail Beyond the Botnet” by Suzanne Palmer (novella)
• 2nd Place: “Light Speed Is Not a Speed” by Andy Dudak (novelette)
• 3rd Place: “Imagine: Purple-Haired Girl Shooting Down the Moon” by Angela Liu (novelette)

BEST SHORT STORY

• 2023 Winner: “Better Living Through Algorithms” by Naomi Kritzer
• 2nd Place: “Day Ten Thousand” by Isabel J. Kim
• 3rd Place: “Window Boy” by Thomas Ha

BEST COVER ART

2023 Winner
“The pirates on the beach” by Dofresh

2nd Place
“Old Ways” by J.R. Slattum

3rd Place
“Autumn Pond” by Sergio Rebolledo