The top choices for Asimov’s 35th Annual Readers’ Awards Poll are online. There are links that will allow you to read all the finalists. The winners chosen by readers will be revealed at a later date.
BEST NOVELLA
- Maelstrom by Kristine Kathryn Rusch (September/October 2020)
- Nic and Viv’s Compulsory Courtship by Will McIntosh (July/August 2020)
- Semper Augustus by Nancy Kress (March/April 2020)
- Take a Look at the Five and Ten by Connie Willis (November/December 2020)
- Tool Use by the Humans of Danzhai County by Derek Künsken (July/August 2020)
BEST NOVELETTE
- “Beyond the Tattered Veil of Stars” by Mercurio D. Rivera (March/April 2020)
- “The Beast Adjoins” by Ted Kosmatka (July/August 2020)
- “The Hind” by Kevin J. Anderson & Rick Wilber (November/December 2020)
- “The Long Iapetan Night” by Julie Novakova (November/December 2020)
- “Tunnels” by Eleanor Arnason (May/June 2020)
BEST SHORT STORY
- “Father” by Ray Nayler (July/August 2020)
- “GO. NOW. FIX.” by Timons Esaias (January/February 2020) (audio podcast)
- “Rena in the Desert” by Lia Swope Mitchell (March/April 2020)
- “Return to Glory” by Jack McDevitt (November/December 2020)
- “Return to the Red Castle” by Ray Nayler (March/April 2020)
- “The Conceptual Shark” by Rich Larson (September/October 2020)
BEST POEM
- “After a Year of Solitude” by Lora Gray (November/December 2020)
- “Incomplete Adaptation” by Bruce Boston (September/October 2020)
- “Ode to Cassini” by Jane Yolen (May/June 2020)
- “Relic” by Jane Yolen (March/April 2020)
- “The Hot New Collectible” by Suzanne Palmer (May/June 2020)
- “Unlooping” by Marie Vibbert (January/February 2020)
BEST COVER
- March/April 2020 – John Picacio
- September/October 2020 – Maurizio Manzieri
- November/December 2020 – Eldar Zakirov
[Via Asimov’s Science Fiction.]