Nominees and Winners

Winners have been indicated in bold.

 

Year Work Editor(s)
1984 Locus Charles N. Brown
1984 Fantasy Review Robert A. Collins
1984 Science Fiction Chronicle Andrew I. Porter
1984 Science Fiction Review Richard E. Geis
1984 Whispers Stuart David Schiff
1985 Locus Charles N. Brown
1985 Fantasy Review Robert A. Collins
1985 Science Fiction Chronicle Andrew I. Porter
1985 Science Fiction Review Richard E. Geis
1985 Whispers Stuart David Schiff
1986 Locus Charles N. Brown
1986 Fantasy Review Robert A. Collins
1986 Interzone Simon Ounsley and David Pringle
1986 Science Fiction Chronicle Andrew I. Porter
1986 Science Fiction Review Richard E. Geis
1987 Locus Charles N. Brown
1987 Fantasy Review Robert A. Collins
1987 Interzone Simon Ounsley and David Pringle
1987 Science Fiction Review Richard E. Geis
1987 Science Fiction Chronicle Andrew I. Porter
1988 Locus Charles N. Brown
1988 Aboriginal Science Fiction Charles C. Ryan
1988 Interzone Simon Ounsley and David Pringle
1988 Science Fiction Chronicle Andrew I. Porter
1988 Thrust Doug Fratz
1989 Locus Charles N. Brown
1989 Interzone David Pringle
1989 The New York Review of Science Fiction David G. Hartwell, Patrick Nielsen Hayden, Teresa Nielsen Hayden, Susan Palwick, and Kathryn Cramer
1989 Science Fiction Chronicle Andrew I. Porter
1989 Thrust Doug Fratz
1990 Locus Charles N. Brown
1990 Interzone David Pringle
1990 The New York Review of Science Fiction David G. Hartwell, Patrick Nielsen Hayden, Teresa Nielsen Hayden, Susan Palwick, and Kathryn Cramer
1990 Science Fiction Chronicle Andrew I. Porter
1990 Thrust Doug Fratz
1991 Locus Charles N. Brown
1991 Interzone David Pringle
1991 The New York Review of Science Fiction Kathryn Cramer, David G. Hartwell, and Gordon Van Gelder
1991 Quantum Doug Fratz
1991 Science Fiction Chronicle Andrew I. Porter
1992 Locus Charles N. Brown
1992 Interzone David Pringle
1992 The New York Review of Science Fiction Kathryn Cramer, David G. Hartwell, and Gordon Van Gelder
1992 Pulphouse: The Hardback Magazine Kristine Kathryn Rusch and Dean Wesley Smith
1992 Science Fiction Chronicle Andrew I. Porter
1993 Science Fiction Chronicle Andrew I. Porter
1993 Interzone David Pringle
1993 Locus Charles N. Brown
1993 The New York Review of Science Fiction Kathryn Cramer, David G. Hartwell, Ariel Haméon, and Tad Dembinski
1993 Pulphouse: The Hardback Magazine Dean Wesley Smith and Jonathan E. Bond
1994 Science Fiction Chronicle Andrew I. Porter
1994 Interzone David Pringle
1994 Locus Charles N. Brown
1994 The New York Review of Science Fiction Kathryn Cramer, David G. Hartwell, Ariel Haméon, and Tad Dembinski
1994 Pulphouse: The Hardback Magazine Dean Wesley Smith and Jonathan E. Bond
1994 Tomorrow Speculative Fiction Algis Budrys
1995 Interzone David Pringle
1995 Locus Charles N. Brown
1995 The New York Review of Science Fiction Kathryn Cramer, David G. Hartwell, Ariel Haméon, and Tad Dembinski
1995 Science Fiction Chronicle Andrew I. Porter
1995 Tomorrow Speculative Fiction Algis Budrys
1996 Locus Charles N. Brown
1996 Crank! Bryan Cholfin
1996 Interzone David Pringle
1996 The New York Review of Science Fiction Kathryn Cramer, David G. Hartwell, Ariel Haméon, and Tad Dembinski
1996 Science Fiction Chronicle Andrew I. Porter
1997 Locus Charles N. Brown
1997 Interzone David Pringle
1997 The New York Review of Science Fiction Kathryn Cramer, Tad Dembinski, Ariel Haméon, David G. Hartwell, and Kevin J. Maroney
1997 Science Fiction Chronicle Andrew I. Porter
1997 Speculations Kent Brewster
1998 Locus Charles N. Brown
1998 Interzone David Pringle
1998 The New York Review of Science Fiction Kathryn Cramer, Ariel Haméon, David G. Hartwell, and Kevin J. Maroney
1998 Science Fiction Chronicle Andrew I. Porter
1998 Speculations Kent Brewster
1999 Locus Charles N. Brown
1999 Interzone David Pringle
1999 The New York Review of Science Fiction Kathryn Cramer, Ariel Haméon, David G. Hartwell, and Kevin J. Maroney
1999 Science Fiction Chronicle Andrew I. Porter
1999 Speculations Kent Brewster
2000 Locus Charles N. Brown
2000 Interzone David Pringle
2000 The New York Review of Science Fiction Kathryn Cramer, Ariel Haméon, David G. Hartwell, and Kevin J. Maroney
2000 Science Fiction Chronicle Andrew I. Porter
2000 Speculations Kent Brewster
2001 Locus Charles N. Brown
2001 Interzone David Pringle
2001 The New York Review of Science Fiction Kathryn Cramer, Ariel Haméon, David G. Hartwell, and Kevin J. Maroney
2001 Science Fiction Chronicle Andrew I. Porter
2001 Speculations Denise Lee and Susan Fry
2002 Locus Charles N. Brown
2002 Absolute Magnitude Warren Lapine
2002 Interzone David Pringle
2002 The New York Review of Science Fiction Kathryn Cramer, David G. Hartwell, and Kevin J. Maroney
2002 Speculations Susan Fry and Kent Brewster
2003 Locus Charles N. Brown, Jennifer A. Hall, and Kirsten Gong-Wong
2003 Ansible David Langford
2003 Interzone David Pringle
2003 The New York Review of Science Fiction Kathryn Cramer, David G. Hartwell, and Kevin J. Maroney
2003 Speculations Kent Brewster
2004 Locus Charles N. Brown, Jennifer A. Hall, and Kirsten Gong-Wong
2004 Ansible David Langford
2004 Interzone David Pringle
2004 The New York Review of Science Fiction Kathryn Cramer, David G. Hartwell, and Kevin J. Maroney
2004 Third Alternative Andy Cox
2005 Ansible David Langford
2005 Interzone David Pringle and Andy Cox
2005 Locus Charles N. Brown, Jennifer A. Hall, and Kirsten Gong-Wong
2005 The New York Review of Science Fiction Kathryn Cramer, David G. Hartwell, and Kevin J. Maroney
2005 Third Alternative Andy Cox
2006 Locus Charles N. Brown, Kirsten Gong-Wong, and Liza Groen Trombi
2006 Ansible David Langford
2006 Emerald City Cheryl Morgan
2006 Interzone Andy Cox
2006 The New York Review of Science Fiction Kathryn Cramer, David G. Hartwell, and Kevin J. Maroney
2007 Locus Charles N. Brown, Kirsten Gong-Wong, and Liza Groen Trombi
2007 Ansible David Langford
2007 Interzone Andy Cox
2007 Lady Churchill’s Rosebud Wristlet Kelly Link and Gavin Grant
2007 The New York Review of Science Fiction Kathryn Cramer, David G. Hartwell, and Kevin J. Maroney
2008 Locus Charles N. Brown, Kirsten Gong-Wong, and Liza Groen Trombi
2008 Ansible David Langford
2008 Helix SF William Sanders and Lawrence Watt-Evans
2008 Interzone Andy Cox
2008 The New York Review of Science Fiction Kathryn Cramer, Kristine Dikeman, David G. Hartwell, and Kevin J. Maroney
2009 Weird Tales Ann VanderMeer and Stephen H. Segal
2009 Clarkesworld Magazine Neil Clarke, Nick Mamatas, and Sean Wallace
2009 Interzone Andy Cox
2009 Locus Charles N. Brown, Kirsten Gong-Wong, and Liza Groen Trombi
2009 The New York Review of Science Fiction Kathryn Cramer, Kristine Dikeman, David G. Hartwell, and Kevin J. Maroney
2010 Clarkesworld Magazine Neil Clarke, Sean Wallace, and Cheryl Morgan
2010 Ansible David Langford
2010 Interzone Andy Cox
2010 Locus Charles N. Brown, Kirsten Gong-Wong, and Liza Groen Trombi
2010 Weird Tales Ann VanderMeer and Stephen H. Segal
2011 Clarkesworld Magazine Neil Clarke, Sean Wallace, and Cheryl Morgan; podcast directed by Kate Baker
2011 Interzone Andy Cox
2011 Lightspeed Magazine John Joseph Adams
2011 Locus Liza Groen Trombi and Kirsten Gong-Wong
2011 Weird Tales Ann VanderMeer and Stephen H. Segal
2012 Locus Liza Groen Trombi and Kirsten Gong-Wong
2012 Apex Magazine Catherynne M. Valente, Lynne M. Thomas, and Jason Sizemore
2012 Interzone Andy Cox
2012 Lightspeed Magazine John Joseph Adams
2012 The New York Review of Science Fiction David G. Hartwell, Kevin J. Maroney, Kris Dikeman, and Avram Grumer
2013 Clarkesworld Magazine Neil Clarke, Jason Heller, Sean Wallace, and Kate Baker
2013 Apex Magazine Lynne M. Thomas, Jason Sizemore, and Michael Damian Thomas
2013 Beneath Ceaseless Skies Scott H. Andrews
2013 Lightspeed Magazine John Joseph Adams and Stefan Rudnicki
2013 Strange Horizons Niall Harrison, Jed Hartman, Brit Mandelo, An Owomoyela, Julia Rios, Abigail Nussbaum, Sonya Taaffe, Dave Nagdeman, and Rebecca Cross
2014 Apex Magazine Lynne M. Thomas, Jason Sizemore, and Michael Damian Thomas
2014 Beneath Ceaseless Skies Scott H. Andrews
2014 Interzone Andy Cox
2014 Lightspeed Magazine John Joseph Adams, Rich Horton, and Stefan Rudnicki
2014 Strange Horizons Niall Harrison, Brit Mandelo, An Owomoyela, Julia Rios, Sonya Taaffe, Abigail Nussbaum, Rebecca Cross, Anaea Lay, and Shane Gavin
2015 Abyss  & Apex Magazine Wendy Delmater
2015 Andromeda Spaceways In-flight Magazine Andromeda Spaceways Publishing Association Incorporated, 2014 editors David Kernot and Sue Bursztynski
2015 Beneath Ceaseless Skies Scott H. Andrews
2015 Lightspeed Magazine John Joseph Adams, Stefan Rudnicki, Rich Horton, Wendy N. Wagner, and Christie Yant
2015 Strange Horizons Niall Harrison
2016 Beneath Ceaseless Skies Scott H. Andrews
2016 Daily Science Fiction Michele-Lee Barasso and Jonathan Laden
2016 Sci Phi Journal Jason Rennie
2016 Strange Horizons Catherine Krahe, Julia Rios, A.J. Odasso, Vanessa Rose Phin, and Maureen Kincaid Speller
2016 Uncanny Lynne M. Thomas, Michael Damian Thomas, Michi Trota, Erika Ensign, Steven Schapansky
2017 Beneath Ceaseless Skies Scott H. Andrews
2017 Cirsova Heroic Fantasy and Science Fiction Magazine P. Alexander
2017 GigaNotoSaurus Rashida J. Smith
2017 Strange Horizons Niall Harrison, Catherine Krahe, Vajra Chandrasekera, Vanessa Rose Phin, Li Chua, Aishwarya Subramanian, Tim Moore, and Anaea Lay
2017 The Book Smugglers Ana Grilo and Thea James
2017 Uncanny Lynne M. Thomas, Michael Damian Thomas, Michi Trota, Julia Rios, Erika Ensign, and Steven Schapansky
2018 Beneath Ceaseless Skies Scott H. Andrews
2018 Escape Pod Mur Lafferty, S.B. Divya, Norm Sherman, and Benjamin C. Kinney
2018 Fireside Magazine Brian White, Julia Rios, Elsa Sjunneson-Henry, Mikki Kendall, and Pablo Defendini
2018 Strange Horizons Kate Dollarhyde, Gautam Bhatia, A.J. Odasso, Lila Garrott, Heather McDougal, Ciro Faienza, Tahlia Day, Vanessa Rose Phin, and the Strange Horizons staff
2018 The Book Smugglers Ana Grilo and Thea James
2018 Uncanny Lynne M. Thomas, Michael Damian Thomas, Michi Trota, Julia Rios, Erika Ensign, Steven Schapansky
2019 Beneath Ceaseless Skies Scott H. Andrews
2019 FIYAH Magazine of Black Speculative Fiction Troy L. Wiggins, DaVaun Sanders, L. D. Lewis, Brandon O’Brien, Kaleb Russell, Danny Lore, and Brent Lambert
2019 Fireside Magazine Julia Rios, Elsa Sjunneson-Henry, Chelle Parker, Meg Frank, Tanya DePass, Brian White, and Pablo Defendini
2019 Shimmer Magazine Beth Wodzinski and E. Catherine Tobler
2019 Strange Horizons Jane Crowley, Kate Dollarhyde, Vanessa Rose Phin, Vajra Chandrasekera, Romie Stott, Maureen Kincaid Speller
2019 Uncanny Lynne M. Thomas, Michael Damian Thomas, Michi Trota, Erika Ensign, Steven Schapansky, Elsa Sjunneson-Henry, and Dominik Parisien
2020 Beneath Ceaseless Skies Scott H. Andrews
2020 Escape Pod Mur Lafferty, S. B. Divya, Benjamin C. Kinney, Adam Pracht, Summer Brooks, Tina Connolly, Alasdair Stuart
2020 FIYAH Magazine of Black Speculative Fiction Troy L. Wiggins, Eboni Dunbar, Brent Lambert, L. D. Lewis, Danny Lore, Brandon O’Brien and Kaleb Russell
2020 Fireside Magazine Julia Rios, Elsa Sjunneson, copyeditor Chelle Parker, social coordinator Meg Frank, publisher & art director Pablo Defendini, founding editor Brian White
2020 Strange Horizons Vanessa Rose Phin, Catherine Krahe, AJ Odasso, Dan Hartland, Joyce Chng, Dante Luiz
2020 Uncanny Lynne M. Thomas, Michael Damian Thomas, Michi Trota, Chimedum Ohaegbu, Erika Ensign, Steven Schapansky
2021 Beneath Ceaseless Skies Scott H. Andrews
2021 Escape Pod Mur Lafferty, S. B. Divya, Benjamin C. Kinney, Adam Pracht, Summer Brooks, Tina Connolly, Alasdair Stuart
2021 FIYAH Magazine of Black Speculative Fiction Troy L. Wiggins, DaVaun Sanders, Eboni Dunbar, Brandon O’Brien, Brent Lambert, L. D. Lewis
2021 Podcastle C. L. Clark, Jen R. Albert, Setsu Uzumé, Peter Adrian Behravesh
2021 Strange Horizons Vanessa Aguirre, Joseph Aitken, Rachel Ayers, M H Ayinde, Tierney Bailey, Scott Beggs, Drew Matthew Beyer, Gautam Bhatia, S. K. Campbell, Zhui Ning Chang, Rita Chen, Tania Chen, Joyce Chng, Liz Christman, Linda H. Codega, Kristian Wilson Colyard, Yelena Crane, Bruhad Dave, Sarah Davidson, Tahlia Day, Arinn Dembo, Nathaniel Eakman, Belen Edwards, George Tom Elavathingal, Rebecca Evans, Ciro Faienza, Courtney Floyd, Lila Garrott, Colette Grecco, Guananí Gómez-Van Cortright, Julia Gunnison, Dan Hartland, Sydney Hilton, Angela Hinck, Stephen Ira, Amanda Jean, Ai Jiang, Sean Joyce-Farley, Erika Kanda, Anna Krepinsky, Kat Kourbeti, Clayton Kroh, Maureen Kincaid Speller, Catherine Krahe, Natasha Leullier, A.Z. Louise, Dante Luiz, Gui Machiavelli, Cameron Mack, Samantha Manaktola, Marisa Manuel, Jean McConnell, Heather McDougal, Maria Morabe, Amelia Moriarty, Emory Noakes, Sara Noakes, Aidan Oatway, AJ Odasso, Joel Oliver-Cormier, Kristina Palmer, Karintha Parker, Anjali Patel, Vanessa Rose Phin, Nicasio Reed, Belicia Rhea, Endria Richardson, Natalie Ritter, Abbey Schlanz, Clark Seanor, Elijah Rain Smith, Hebe Stanton, Melody Steiner, Romie Stott, Yejin Suh, Kwan-Ann Tan, Luke Tolvaj, Ben Tyrrell, Renee Van Siclen, Kathryn Weaver, Liza Wemakor, Aigner Loren Wilson, E.M. Wright, Vicki Xu, Fred G. Yost, staff members who prefer not to be named, and guest editor Libia Brenda with guest first reader Raquel González-Franco Alva for the Mexicanx special issue
2021 Uncanny Lynne M. Thomas, Michael Damian Thomas, Michi Trota, Chimedum Ohaegbu, Elsa Sjunneson, Erika Ensign, Steven Schapansky
2022 Beneath Ceaseless Skies Scott H. Andrews
2022 Escape Pod editors S.B. Divya, Mur Lafferty, and Valerie Valdes; assistant editors Benjamin C. Kinney and Premee Mohamed; guest editor Brent C. Lambert; hosts Tina Connolly and Alasdair Stuart; audio producers Summer Brooks and Adam Pracht; and the entire Escape Pod team
2022 FIYAH Magazine of Black Speculative Fiction publisher Troy L Wiggins; executive editor DaVaun Sanders; managing editor Eboni Dunbar; poetry editor B. Sharise Moore; reviews editor and social media manager Brent Lambert; art director L. D. Lewis; web editor Chavonne Brown; non-fiction editor Margeaux Weston; guest editors Summer Farah and Nadia Shammas; acquiring editors Kaleb Russell, Rebecca McGee, Kerine Wint, Joshua Morley, Emmalia Harrington, Genine Tyson, Tonya R. Moore, Danny Lore; technical assistant Nelson Rolon
2022 Podcastle co-editors Jen R. Albert, C. L. Clark, Shingai Njeri Kagunda, and Eleanor R. Wood; assistant editors Summer Fletcher and Sofía Barker; audio producer Peter Adrian Behravesh; host Matt Dovey; and the entire PodCastle team
2022 Strange Horizons Vanessa Aguirre, Joseph Aitken, Kwan-Ann Tan, Rachel Ayers, M H Ayinde, Tierney Bailey, Scott Beggs, Drew Matthew Beyer, Gautam Bhatia, Tom Borger, S. K. Campbell, Emma Celi, Zhui Ning Chang, Rita Chen, Tania Chen, Liz Christman, Emma-Grace Clarke, Linda H. Codega, Bruhad Dave, Sarah Davidson, Tahlia Day, Belen Edwards, Rebecca Evans, Ciro Faienza, Courtney Floyd, Lila Garrott, Guananí Gómez-Van Cortright, Colette Grecco, Julia Gunnison, Dan Hartland, Sydney Hilton, Angela Hinck, Amanda Jean, Jamie Johnson, Sean Joyce-Farley, Erika Kanda, Kat Kourbeti, Catherine Krahe, Anna Krepinsky, Clayton Kroh, Natasha Leullier, Dante Luiz, Gui Machiavelli, Cameron Mack, Samantha Manaktola, Marisa Manuel, Jean McConnell, Heather McDougal, Maria Morabe, Amelia Moriarty, Sarah Noakes, Aidan Oatway, AJ Odasso, Joel Oliver-Cormier, Kristina Palmer, Karintha Parker, Anjali Patel, Juliana Pinho, Nicasio Reed, Belicia Rhea, Abbey Schlanz, Elijah Rain Smith, Alyn Spector, Hebe Stanton, Melody Steiner, Romie Stott, Yejin Suh, Sonia Sulaiman, Ben Tyrrell, Renee Van Siclen, Kathryn Weaver, Liza Wemakor, Aigner Loren Wilson, E.M. Wright, Vicki Xu, and The Strange Horizons Editorial Collective
2022 Uncanny publishers and editors-in-chief Lynne M. Thomas and Michael Damian Thomas; managing/poetry editor Chimedum Ohaegbu; nonfiction editor Elsa Sjunneson; podcast producers Erika Ensign & Steven Schapansky