Eligibility Lists
These are the current eligibility lists for 2024 works.
Best Novel
- A Change of Place, Julie E. Czerneda (DAW Books) [Info]
- A Knack of Metal and Bone, Kim McDougall (Wrongtree Press) [Info] [Info]
- A Lady’s Choice, Krista D. Ball (self-pubbed) [Info] [Info]
- A Midnight So Deadly, Wren Handman (Parliament House Press) [Info] [Info]
- A Sea of Spectres, Nancy Taber (Acorn Press) [Info] [Info]
- A Sweet Sting of Salt, Rose Sutherland (Random House of Canada) [Info] [Info]
- A Vicious Game, Melissa Blair (Union Square & Co.) [Info] [Info]
- Arming Freedom, Stephen B. Pearl (Brain Lag) [Info] [Info]
- Ashme’s Song, Brad C. Anderson (Shadowpaw Press) [Info] [Info]
- Black Tide Son, H.M. Long (Titan) [Info] [Info]
- Blackheart Man, Nalo Hopkinson (Saga Press) [Info]
- Blood of Gods, Simon A. G. Spencer (Brain Lag) [Info] [Info]
- Bringer of Dust, J.M. Miro (McClelland & Stewart) [Info] [Info]
- Candle & Crow, Kevin Hearne (Random House Worlds) [Info] [Info]
- Cast in Atonement, Michelle Sagara (MIRA) [Info]
- Cold, Drew Hayden Taylor (McClelland & Stewart) [Info] [Info]
- Corridor to Nightmare, Dave Duncan (Shadowpaw Press) [Info]
- Dark Candle, R.J. Hore (Fossil Cove Publishing) [Info] [Info]
- Disturbing the Dead, Kelley Armstrong (Minotaur Books) [Info] [Info]
- Echoes of the Imperium, Nicholas Atwater & Olivia Atwater (Starwatch Press) [Info] [Info]
- Emily Wilde’s Map of the Otherlands, Heather Fawcett (Random House Worlds) [Info] [Info]
- First Contact: America, Matt Turner (Self) [Info] [Info]
- Glass Houses, Madeline Ashby (Tor Books) [Info]
- Grey Dog, Elliott Gish (ECW Press) [Info] [Info]
- Hi De Ho, Infecterino!: The Come Up, Andrew Marc Rowe (Sophic Press) [Info] [Info]
- Hound of the Arcanum, Mike Rimar (Mike Rimar Publishing (Amazon)) [Info] [Info]
- How It Works Out, Myriam Lacroix (Doubleday Canada) [Info] [Info]
- I’ll Be Waiting, Kelley Armstrong (St. Martin’s Publishing Group) [Info] [Info]
- In the Society of Women, Krista D. Ball (self-pubbed) [Info] [Info]
- Lost & Found, Jane Glatt (Tyche Books) [Info] [Info]
- Magus Gambit, L.T. Getty (Champagne Books) [Info] [Info]
- Margolyam, Matthew Hughes (self-published) [Info] [Info]
- Monsters! Incidental Wedding Guests, Jen and Éric Desmarais (Renaissance Press) [Info] [Info]
- Mood Swings, Frankie Barnet (McClelland & Stewart) [Info] [Info]
- Murder Road, Simone St. James (Penguin Publishing Group) [Info] [Info]
- Mushroom Blues, Adrian M. Gibson (The Kinoko Book Co.) [Info] [Info]
- Naniki, Oonya Kempadoo (Rare Machines) [Info] [Info]
- Oceanus, Scott Overton (No Walls Publishing) [Info] [Info]
- Pale Grey Dot, Don Miasek (Turnstone Press) [Info]
- Pink Corrosion, Costi Gurgu (Kult Books) [Info] [Info]
- Play of Shadows, Sebastien de Castell (Quercus Publishing) [Info] [Info]
- Pray For Him, Tyler Battaglia (self-pubbed) [Info] [Info]
- Rabbit in the Moon, Fiona Moore (Epic Publishing) [Info] [Info]
- Race To Novus, R.A. Clarke (Cloaked Press, LLC) [Info] [Info]
- Reflections of Fractured Dreams, Peter J. Foote (Peter J. Foote) [Info] [Info]
- Rise of the Crones, Lydia M. Hawke (Michem Publishing) [Info] [Info]
- Rise, Tomorrow Girl, Cara Martin (Cara Martin) [Info] [Info]
- Subterrane, Valérie Bah (Véhicule Press) [Info] [Info]
- Supplication: A Novel, Nour Abi-Nakhoul (Strange Light (Penguin)) [Info] [Info]
- Sycamore, Ian Rogers (Cemetery Dance Publications) [Info] [Info]
- Taiga Ridge Murders, Skyla Dawn Cameron (self-pubbed) [Info] [Info]
- The Bartender Between Worlds, Herman Steuernagel (Herman Steuernagel) [Info] [Info]
- The Black Hunger, Nicholas Pullen (Orbit) [Info] [Info]
- The Bloodstone, Arlene F. Marks (Brain Lag) [Info] [Info]
- The Bone Harp, Victoria Goddard (self-pubbed) [Info] [Info]
- The Bride of Death, F.M. Aden (Northern Light Press) [Info] [Info]
- The Divine and Deadly, Taylen Carver (Stories Rule Press) [Info] [Info]
- The Earthly Blaze (Sword Maiden from the Moon, Book 2), Alice Poon (Earnshaw Books Ltd.) [Info] [Info]
- The Fifth Force, Sherry D Ramsey (Sherry D Ramsey) [Info] [Info]
- The Gods Below, Andrea Stewart (Orbit) [Info] [Info]
- The Infinite Heist, Stephen Graham King (Renaissance Press) [Info] [Info]
- The Invisible Hotel, Yeji Y. Ham (Bond Street Books) [Info] [Info]
- The Last Dragon of the East, Katrina Kwan (S&S/Saga Press) [Info] [Info]
- The Maker of Spells, Jenny O’Kell (Independently Published) [Info] [Info]
- The Man Who Saw Seconds, Alexander Boldizar (Clash Books) [Info] [Info]
- The One, Matthew Hughes (self-published) [Info] [Info]
- The Other Valley, Scott Alexander Howard (Simon & Schuster) [Info] [Info]
- The Return of the Peacemaker, Cameron Cooper (Stories Rule Press) [Info] [Info]
- The Siege of Burning Grass, Premee Mohamed (Solaris) [Info]
- The Tapestry of Time, Kate Heartfield (Harper Voyager) [Info]
- The Traitor’s Son, Dave Duncan (Shadowpaw Press) [Info]
- The Vegreveille Coven: Newt Eyes and Cyanide, Michael Gillett (Michael Gillett) [Info] [Info]
- The Years Shall Run Like Rabbits, Ben Berman Ghan (Buckrider Books) [Info] [Info]
- Time and Tide, J.M. Frey (Wattpad Webtoon Studios, Inc.) [Info] [Info]
- Triad Magic, ‘Nathan Burgoine (Bold Strokes Books, Inc.) [Info] [Info]
- When They Arrived, Emily Ansell (Earth-Breaker Books) [Info] [Info]
- White World, Saad T. Farooqi (Cormorant Books) [Info] [Info]
- Wildblood, A.J. Vrana (Parliament House Press) [Info] [Info]
- William, Mason Coile (Penguin Publishing Group) [Info] [Info]
- Withered, A.G.A. Wilmot (ECW Press) [Info] [Info]
Best YA Novel
- A Fable of Wood and String, L.T. Getty (Black Unicorn Books) [Info]
- A Wild and Ruined Song, Ashley Shuttleworth (Margaret K. McElderry Books) [Info]
- Amir and the Jinn Princess, M.T. Khan (Little, Brown and Company) [Info]
- Beast, Richard van Camp (Douglas & McIntyre) [Info]
- Chai Jinxed, Emi Pinto (HarperCollins) [Info]
- Defy, Sara de Waard (DCB Young Readers) [Info]
- Fledgling: The Keeper’s Records of Revolution, S. K. Ali (Kokila) [Info]
- For She is Wrath, Emily Varga (Wednesday Books) [Info]
- Forgotten, A. Gural (Bannister Press) [Info]
- Ghostsmith, Nicki Pau Preto (Margaret K. McElderry Books) [Info]
- Heartless Hunter, Kristen Ciccarelli (St. Martin’s Publishing Group) [Info]
- Heavenly Tyrant, Xiran Jay Zhao (Tundra Book Group) [Info]
- I, Brax: 1. A Battle Divine (A Dragon Assassin Adventure), Arthur Slade (Shadowpaw Press) [Info]
- In the End, Kellee Kranendonk (Howling Wolf Press) [Info]
- Legends of Blades and Stories of Each Other, Lumen Quill (Brain Lag) [Info]
- Lockjaw, Matteo L. Cerilli (Tundra) [Info]
- Misadventures in Ghosthunting, Melissa Yue (Harper Collins) [Info]
- Polestar (The Lost Space Treasure, Book 3), Rae Knightly (PoCo Publishers) [Info]
- Song of the Six Realms, Judy I. Lin (Feiwel & Friends) [Info]
- Spaced!, C.L. Carey (Renaissance) [Info]
- Stranger Skies, Pascale Lacelle (Simon & Schuster) [Info]
- Tender Beasts, Liselle Sambury (Margaret K. McElderry Books) [Info]
- The CurE, Book 1: Contamination, K.S. King (Austin Macauley Publishers LLC) [Info]
- The Dark Becomes Her, Judy I. Lin (Disney Hyperion) [Info]
- The Door in Lake Mallion, S.M. Beiko (ECW Press) [Info]
- The Headmasters, Mark Morton (Shadowpaw Press) [Info]
- The Lady of Rapture, Sarah Raughley (Margaret K. McElderberry Books) [Info]
- The Last Hope School for Magical Delinquents, Nicki Pau Preto (Penguin Young Readers Group) [Info]
- The Lost Expedition: The Dream Rider Saga, Book 3, Douglas Smith (Spiral Path Books) [Info]
- The Ones Who Come Back Hungry, Amelinda Bérubé (Sourcebooks) [Info]
- The Sleeping Giant, David Alexander Robertson (Tundra Book Group) [Info]
- The Sun Runners, James Bow (Shadowpaw Press) [Info]
- The Unfinished, Cheryl Isaacs (Harper Collins) [Info]
Best Novelette/Novella
- All the Songs, Caitlin Sweet (Fusion Fragment) [Info]
- Ash and Angel, Taylen Carver (Stories Rule Press) [Info]
- Balancing Stone, Victoria Goddard (Underhill books) [Info]
- Barbarians, Rich Larson (Asimov’s) [Info]
- By Salt, By Sea, By Light of Stars, Premee Mohamed (Strange Horizons) [Info]
- Care and Feeding of Your Little Banned Bookshop, Jennifer Shelby (Jennifer Shelby) [Info]
- Carter’s Refugio, Hayden Trenholm (Analog SF&F) [Info]
- Countess, Suzan Palumbo (ECW Press) [Info]
- Coup de Grâce, Sofia Ajram (Titan) [Info]
- Curse of the Dead Witch, Eliot Bishop (Stories Rule Press) [Info]
- Five Days Until Sunset, Lance Robinson (Galaxy Press) [Info]
- Forest of Shadows, Matthew Hughes (Pulp Literature Magazine, July 2) [Info]
- Grackle, A. C. Wise (PS Publishing) [Info]
- Growing Up on Mercury, Joanna Karaplis (Tales From the Silence (Endless Sky Books)) [Info]
- High Noon Grin, Sidney Ho (Pulp Lit Mag) [Info]
- Intersection, Sally McBride (Brain Lag) [Info]
- Lost Ark Dreaming, Suyi Davies Okungbowa (Tordotcom) [Info]
- Maragi’s Secret, Michèle Laframboise (Asimov’s Science Fiction) [Info]
- Money, Wealth, and Soil, Lance Robinson (Analog Science Fiction & Fact, May-June 2024) [Info]
- Out of the Drowning Deep, A. C. Wise (Titan Books) [Info]
- Red Day, Ere the Sun Rises: A Sun Speaker Story, Éric Desmarais (JenEric Designs) [Info]
- Rivalry and Steam Monsters: A Heyward and Andersen Mystery, A.F. Stewart (self-pubbed) [Info]
- Scaling Up Business, Niall Spain (Zombies Need Brains LLC) [Info]
- Schemes & Scandals, Kelley Armstrong (KLA Fricke) [Info]
- Spill, Cory Doctorow (Reactormag.com) [Info]
- The Butcher of the Forest, Premee Mohamed (Tordotcom) [Info]
- The Dragonfly Gambit, A.D. Sui (Neon Hemlock Press) [Info]
- The Fall of McMurdo, James Bow (Tales From the Silence (Endless Sky Books)) [Info]
- The Headless Corpse: A Heyward and Andersen Mystery, A.F. Stewart (Self-published) [Info]
- The Mountain Crown, Karin Lowachee (Solaris) [Info]
- The Muskhole King, Mark Richard Francis (Tales From the Silence (Endless Sky Books)) [Info]
- The Phases of Jupiter, James Bow (Tales From the Silence (Endless Sky Books)) [Info]
- The Pigment Thief, Myka Silber (Trash Panda Publications) [Info]
- The Rider, The Ride, The Rich Man’s Wife, Premee Mohamed (PS Publishing) [Info]
- The Tusks of Extinction, Ray Nayler (Tordotcom) [Info]
- The Weaver of the Middle Desert, Victoria Goddard (Underhill books) [Info]
- Those Who Remember The World, Ben Berman Ghan (Clarkesworld Magazine) [Info]
- Traveller’s Joy, Victoria Goddard (Underhill books) [Info]
- Vigilant, Cory Doctorow (Reactormag.com) [Info]
- We Speak Through the Mountain, Premee Mohamed (ECW Press) [Info]
- What Happened at the Pony Club, Fiona Moore (Fusion Fragment) [Info]
- What’s in a Name, Matthew Hughes (Lightspeed, Aug, Issue 171) [Info]
- When I Look At the Sky, All I See Are Stars, Steve Stred (Black Void Publishing) [Info]
- Zebra Meridian, Geoffrey W. Cole (Stelliform Press) [Info]
Best Short Fiction
- (Dis)Connection at the Elbow of the World, Petra Chambers (Through the Portal: Tales from a Hopeful Dystopia (Exile Editions)) [Info]
- 1-900-WYCHKRF, Gregg Chamberlain (The Lorelei Signal) [Info]
- A Ballad in Ten Acts, Pascal Raud & Dave Coté (translation by Margaret Sankey) (On Spec -The Copper Pig Writers’ Society) [Info]
- A Christmas Dirge, Rhea Rose (ParSec PS Publishing) [Info]
- A Concert Tail, Jen Desmarais (River City Siren Press) [Info]
- A Covenant with Breasts, Andar Wärje (Room Magazine, 47.1 Utopia) [Info]
- A Fate Finer Than Death, Michelle Tang (Howls from the Scene of the Crime (Howl Society Press)) [Info]
- A Fence Made of Names, Bruce Meyer (Through the Portal: Tales from a Hopeful Dystopia (Exile Editions)) [Info]
- A Fine May Evening, Lorina Stephens (Polar Borealis, Issue 28) [Info]
- A Grass Rope, Jonathan Olfert (Old Moon Quarterly #8) [Info]
- A Húlíjīng Always Keeps One Tail Hidden, Melissa Ren (Parsec Inc, Triangulation 2024: Hospitium) [Info]
- A Recipe for Life, A Tonic for Grief, Christopher Blake (Strange Horizons) [Info]
- A Serpent from the Ash, June Orchid Parker (New Edge Sword & Sorcery #4 (Brackenbury Books)) [Info]
- A Side of Spinach, Mahaila Smith (Stasis: An Anthology of Retrofuturisms (Bell Press)) [Info]
- A World of Milk and Promises, R H Wesley (Clarkesworld) [Info]
- Accept All Cookies, Robin James (On Spec- The Copper Pig Writers’ Society) [Info]
- Acts of God in the 22nd Century, Bruce Paradis (Polar Borealis #31) [Info]
- After the Apocalypse in Moosonee, James Bow (Tales From the Silence (Endless Sky Books)) [Info]
- After the Fall: Lela’s Story, Zilla Jones (Through the Portal: Tales from a Hopeful Dystopia (Exile Editions)) [Info]
- And When She Shatters, Kerry C. Byrne (Heartlines Spec) [Info]
- Anomaly, Xauri’EL Zwaan (Palistratum Short Story Substack) [Info]
- Apple Bread, Katherine Koller (Through the Portal: Tales from a Hopeful Dystopia (Exile Editions)) [Info]
- Arbitrage Run, Jonathan Olfert (Extrasensory Overload (Angry Gable Press)) [Info]
- Atalanta Runs, Colleen Anderson (OnSpec #129) [Info]
- Bad Morning, Corinne Lewandowski (Dark Flashes: A Collection of Dark and Twisted Short Fiction) [Info]
- Beating Stars, Dying Hearts, Matt John (New Edge Sword & Sorcery #4 (Brackenbury Books)) [Info]
- Bees in the Wind, Sara C. Walker (Through the Portal: Tales from a Hopeful Dystopia (Exile Editions)) [Info]
- Before Her Eyes, R. Haven (On Spec- The Copper Pig Writers’ Society) [Info]
- Bev the Hacker Does Time, Cait Gordon (The Slab Press) [Info]
- Big Cats of Newfoundland, Ainsley Hawthorn (Cryptids from the Rock (Engen Books)) [Info]
- Big Fish, Little Fish, James Bow (Tales From the Silence (Endless Sky Books)) [Info]
- Birdseed, Matthew Freeman (Through the Portal: Tales from a Hopeful Dystopia (Exile Editions)) [Info]
- Blood and Desert Dreams, Y.M. Pang (Beneath Ceaseless Skies) [Info]
- Break and Enter, Mary Sanche (Howls from the Scene of the Crime (Howl Society Press)) [Info]
- Breathing Constellations, Rich Larson (Reactor) [Info]
- Bright Horizons, P.A. Cornell (Learning to Be Human Short Stories, Flame Tree Publishing) [Info]
- Bright Lights, Dark Millennium, EC Dorgan (Gamut Magazine) [Info]
- BUDDY RAYMOND’S NO-BULLSHIT GUIDE TO DRONE HUNTING, Gillian Secord (Diabolical Plots) [Info]
- By Any Other Name, Lorina Stephens (Once Upon a Future Time) [Info]
- Carol of the Hells, Mike Rimar (On Spec- The Copper Pig Writers’ Society) [Info]
- Catalogue #1334 of the Time Travel Museum Collection…, Melody E. McIntyre (Air and Nothingness Press) [Info]
- Challenge Coin, Stephen Kotowych (NATO 2099: The Science Fiction Anthology (NATO Defense College)) [Info]
- Chief Scavenger’s Log in the Climate Apocalypse, P.A. Cornell (Interstellar Flight Magazine) [Info]
- City of Shadows, Hayden Trenholm (Last Ditch, Zombies Need Brains LLC) [Info]
- Cleaning House, Jeb Gaudet (On Spec- The Copper Pig Writers’ Society) [Info]
- Climbing the Mountains of Me, Phoebe Barton (Kaleidotrope) [Info]
- Confessions of a Mech Made of Flesh, KJ Sabourin (Augur Magazine) [Info]
- Cordelia’s List of Things Not to Ask/Say Around Bea on Our Birthday, F.E. Choe (Augur Magazine) [Info]
- Cornish Pasties on Wednesday, Lorina Stephens (Journ-E: The Journal of Imaginative Literature, Vol 3, No. 1, Frank Coffman, editor) [Info]
- Costume Magic, Éric Desmarais (River City Siren Press) [Info]
- Courier of the Skies, Cait Gordon (Cloaked Press (Spring Into SciFi 2024 Edition)) [Info]
- Cupid’s Rebellion, Cat Girczyc (Polar Borealis issue #29 March 2024) [Info]
- Cursebreaker, Carly Midgley (Other: the 2024 speculative fiction anthology (Bannister Press)) [Info]
- Cyrano de AI, Karl el-Koura (Thyme Travellers, Roseway Publishing) [Info]
- Daisy Chain, Shantell Powell (Against the Wall, Under the Armor. Nat 1 Publishing.) [Info]
- Dead Operators All the Way Down, Everett Burge (Augur Magazine) [Info]
- Death, Debts, and Obligations, Bruno Lombardi (Polar Borealis #29) [Info]
- Desolation Sounds, Geoffrey W. Cole (Stelliform Press) [Info]
- Diary of the Wolf, Adam McPhee (Old Moon Quarterly) [Info]
- Dirt Retreat, Eugénie Szwalek (Fusion Fragment) [Info]
- Earth Hour, Bruce Meyer (Through the Portal: Tales from a Hopeful Dystopia (Exile Editions)) [Info]
- Echelon B, Alex Passey (Twilight of Echelon, At Bay Press) [Info]
- Eclipse Season, Ursula Pflug (Through the Portal: Tales from a Hopeful Dystopia (Exile Editions)) [Info]
- Emerse, Lareina Abbott (Radical Press) [Info]
- Endling, Chadwick Ginther (Last-Ditch (Zombies Need Brains)) [Info]
- Escaped, Pegasus Desmarais (JenEric Designs) [Info]
- Evil, Ex, Silly Whys, and the Hole of Doom, Melissa Yuan-Innes (Through the Portal: Tales from a Hopeful Dystopia (Exile Editions)) [Info]
- Face the Music, P.A. Cornell (Factor Four) [Info]
- Famous Lost Words, Ira Nayman (Tales From the Silence (Endless Sky Books)) [Info]
- Fast Eyes, D.G. Valdron (Twilight of Echelon, At Bay Press) [Info]
- Fear of Falling, Kari Maaren (Tales From the Silence (Endless Sky Books)) [Info]
- Feathered, Suzan Palumbo (Room Magazine, 47.3 Bodies) [Info]
- Feathers and Wax, Katie Conrad (Through the Portal: Tales from a Hopeful Dystopia (Exile Editions)) [Info]
- Feathers and Wax: A Triptych, André Geleynse (Hexagon Speculative Fiction Magazine) [Info]
- Fix, Lene MacLeod (Polar Borealis #29) [Info]
- Flat Spin, Shane Williston (Polar Borealis #30) [Info]
- Flesh and Blood, D.D. Miller (Augur Magazine) [Info]
- Flirting Out Back with the Sasquatch Kid, D.G. Valdron (Celtic Frog Publishing) [Info]
- Footprints in the Forest, D. Thomas Minton (Cryptids from the Rock (Engen Books)) [Info]
- For Those About to Rock; or, Foul Grammar Rocks the Universe, Jeff Szpirglas (Tales From the Silence (Endless Sky Books)) [Info]
- Freezer Burn, Cat Isidore (On Spec- The Copper Pig Writers’ Society) [Info]
- Frozen Charlotte, K.T. Wagner (On Spec- The Copper Pig Writers’ Society) [Info]
- Funky Looking Chickens, Éric Desmarais (River City Siren Press) [Info]
- Garbage in, Garbage Out, Robert Runte (SciFi Lampoon) [Info]
- Gaza Luna, Samah Serour Fadil (Thyme Travelers (Roseway Publishing)) [Info]
- Ghost Apples, Madi Haab (Haven Speculative) [Info]
- Giant of the Stars, Alex Langer (On Spec- The Copper Pig Writers’ Society) [Info]
- Grampire, David J. Fortier (Carpe Noctem (Tyche Books)) [Info]
- Gusher, EC Dorgan (Hexagon) [Info]
- Hands, Touch, Senka Stankovic (Room Magazine, 47.1 Utopia) [Info]
- Hapax Lizardman, JD DeLuzio (Flash Point Science Fiction) [Info]
- He Really Meant It, Cameron Cooper (Stupefying Stories, April) [Info]
- Hearsay, Holly Schofield (Through the Portal: Tales from a Hopeful Dystopia (Exile Editions)) [Info]
- Heat Devils, Madi Haab (Hexagon) [Info]
- Held in the Shadows, Joseph Halden (Carpe Noctem (Tyche Books)) [Info]
- Hibiscus Blooms at Her Heels, Lynne Sargent (“Through the Portal: Stories from a Hopeful Dystopia” Exile Editions) [Info]
- Hollow (audio only license), K.A. Wiggins (The NoSleep Podcast) [Info]
- Hometown Retreat, Douglas Shimizou (Polar Borealis #28) [Info]
- House of Jade Lions, Y.M. Pang (Other: the 2024 speculative fiction anthology (Bannister Press)) [Info]
- How To Date A Grindylow, Shana Ross (The Fabulist Magazine) [Info]
- I Met My Wife in the Woods, Ash Vale (Heartlines Spec) [Info]
- Imagine, Karen Schauber (Through the Portal: Tales from a Hopeful Dystopia, Exile Editions) [Info]
- Impact City, Cat McDonald (Carpe Noctem (Tyche Books)) [Info]
- In this Desolation, Colleen Anderson (Black Cat Books (That Witch Whispers)) [Info]
- Intermezzo, D. Thomas Minton (Last-Ditch (ZNB Press)) [Info]
- Kick the Can, Jonathan Olfert (Three-Lobed Burning Eye) [Info]
- Kill Switch, A.D. Sui (Fusion Fragment) [Info]
- La Fiera di Mezzanote, Hava Steinmetz-Cumbo (On Spec- The Copper Pig Writers’ Society) [Info]
- Last day on the Farm, Matt John (Old Moon Quarterly #7) [Info]
- Latitude, Timothy Quinn (SavagePlanets) [Info]
- Light of My Life, Ian Li (Astrolabe) [Info]
- Lighthoue, D.G. Valdron (Twilight of Echelon, At Bay Press) [Info]
- Liked, Agata Antonow (Polar Borealis #28) [Info]
- Little Nothings, Premee Mohamed (Uncertainties 7) [Info]
- Logoptera, Diana Dima (Augur Magazine) [Info]
- Love Like the Moon, Tyler Battaglia (Carpe Noctem (Tyche Books)) [Info]
- LoveYith, D.G. Valdron (Twilight of Echelon, At Bay Press) [Info]
- Lunch, Hana Mason (Room Magazine, 47.3 Bodies) [Info]
- Madness on the Mound, Matthew John (The Savage Sword of Conan #6 (Titan/Heroic Signatures)) [Info]
- Make Me a Freak Show, Tyler Battaglia (The Icarus Writing Collective) [Info]
- Margery Lung is Unstoppable, Lisa Cai (Diabolical Plots) [Info]
- Markets of the Otherworld, Rati Mehrotra (Uncanny Magazine) [Info]
- Marshal 91, Geoffrey Marshall (Polar Borealis #28) [Info]
- Matter of Taste, A.D. Sui (Hexagon Speculative Fiction Magazine) [Info]
- Median, Kelly Robson (Reactor Magazine, online) [Info]
- Midnight Man versus The Long Night, Chadwick Ginther (Carpe Noctem (Tyche Books)) [Info]
- Mirror Dance, Al Onia (White Cat Publications) [Info]
- Moon Dust, Lorina Stephens (Journ-E: The Journal of Imaginative Literature, Vol 3, No. 1, Frank Coffman, editor) [Info]
- Moon, Moon, E. S. Taillon (Augur Magazine) [Info]
- Moonlight Sea, Ruth E. Walker (On Spec- The Copper Pig Writers’ Society) [Info]
- Moonshadow, Cameron Dixon (Tales From the Silence (Endless Sky Books)) [Info]
- Moth Lake, Erin MacNair (Augur Magazine) [Info]
- Mud Maidens Rise, K.A. Wiggins (Lightspeed Magazine) [Info]
- Navigational Aid, Holly Schofield (The Neurodiversiverse: Alien Encounters (Thinking Ink Press)) [Info]
- Necktie, Frances Skene (Polar Borealis #29) [Info]
- Never to be Told, Colleen Anderson & Tom Johnstone (Shadowplays (PS Publishing)) [Info]
- Nine Peaks, Robert Runte (99 Fleeting Fantasies (Pulse Publishing)) [Info]
- Not Lost (Never Lost), Premee Mohamed (Psychopomp) [Info]
- Nothing But What You Bring with You, David Jon Fuller (Carpe Noctem (Tyche Books)) [Info]
- O Tannen-bomb, Jen and Éric Desmarais (JenEric Designs) [Info]
- Oaks, Spokes, Our Folks, Kelley Tai (This Is Your Bike on Plants: Fantastical Feminist Stories of Bicycling, Gardens, and Growth (Elly Blue Publishing)) [Info]
- Of Interstice, Melissa Ren (Journ-E: The Journal of Imaginative Literature (Mind’s Eye Publications)) [Info]
- On Slate and Skin, Jonathan Olfert (Beneath Ceaseless Skies) [Info]
- Once Upon a Planet, Kelsey Hutton (Augur Magazine) [Info]
- Once, an Entire Sheaf of Wheat, J. L. Rifkin (Roses & Wildflowers) [Info]
- One Becomes Two, A.D. Sui (Augur Magazine) [Info]
- One Ear Left Over, Jonathan Olfert (Beneath Ceaseless Skies) [Info]
- One Will Grow to Eat the Other, Michael Kelly (Nightmare Abbey #7) [Info]
- Our Best Selves, Hiron Ennes (Weird Horror #9) [Info]
- Our Most Precious Water, Colleen Anderson (Flame Tree Press (Moon Falling)) [Info]
- Pchit – Little One, Lareina Abbott (Radical Press) [Info]
- Phosphorescence, Ben Berman Ghan (Clarkesworld Magazine) [Info]
- Pink Smoke, Jessica Peter (Cosmic Horror Monthly) [Info]
- Pluck, Jade Wallace (Through the Portal: Tales from a Hopeful Dystopia (Exile Editions)) [Info]
- Prairie Teeth, EC Dorgan (Northern Nights (Undertow Publications)) [Info]
- Preliminary Exploration of Diacron-C, Robert Runte (Spank the Carp) [Info]
- Questions, Desiree Fernandi (Polar Borealis #31) [Info]
- Rainfall, Angela Caravan (Luna Station Quarterly. Issue 059) [Info]
- Rented, Agata Antonow (Through the Portal: Tales from a Hopeful Dystopia (Exile Editions)) [Info]
- Rescue Station, Nayani Jensen (Northern Nights (Undertow Publications)) [Info]
- Right to Repair, Fiona J. Moore (Tales From the Silence (Endless Sky Books)) [Info]
- Rookie Mistake, Gregg Chamberlain (Stupefying Stories Showcase) [Info]
- Rooting, Theo Yasenchuk (Room Magazine, 47.3 Bodies) [Info]
- Roses and Jasmine, Sonia Sulaiman (Inara: Light of Utopia (Meraj Publishing)) [Info]
- Routine Resupply, Heather Fraser (On Spec- The Copper Pig Writers’ Society) [Info]
- Rubberized, Kristal Stittle (On Spec- The Copper Pig Writers’ Society) [Info]
- Rust, Lynne Sargent (Cosmorama) [Info]
- Rust for Rot, Lareina Abbott (Goblincore: An Anthology (Prairie Soul Press)) [Info]
- Sagal, the Witch-in-Training, Ardo Omer (Augur Magazine) [Info]
- Salvation in a Fragmenting Parking Lot, Avery Parkinson (Through the Portal: Tales from a Hopeful Dystopia (Exile Editions)) [Info]
- Salvation of the Innocents, Karl El-Koura (On Spec- The Copper Pig Writers’ Society) [Info]
- Sandstone, Silvia Moreno-Garcia (Northern Nights (Undertow Publications)) [Info]
- Saving Week, Julie E. Czerneda (On Spec- The Copper Pig Writers’ Society) [Info]
- Schrödinger’s Bones, André Geleynse (Small Wonders) [Info]
- Secondhand Skins, Heather McLeod (Room Magazine, 47.2 Seedpod) [Info]
- Secretary of the Year, Sarah Christina Brown (Through the Portal: Tales from a Hopeful Dystopia (Exile Editions)) [Info]
- Seeking Time Traveller, Danny F. Santos (Polar Borealis #30) [Info]
- Selling Drugs to the Funny Kids, Nathan Schuetz (Howls from the Scene of the Crime (Howl Society Press)) [Info]
- Sevil, Taylor Chu (Polar Borealis Magazine #28) [Info]
- Shambolic Manor, Cat Girczyc (On Spec Magazine) [Info]
- Shield, Hill, Home, Brandon Crilly (99 Fleeting Fantasies (Pulse Publishing)) [Info]
- Side Effects May Vary, P.A. Cornell (Unicorn Mech Suit) [Info]
- Sirens Don’t Sing Underwater, Shantell Powell (Moonlit Getaway) [Info]
- Six-Word Scandalous Secrets about Classic Monsters, Gregg Chamberlain (Flash in a Flash Newsletter) [Info]
- Sliver, EC Dorgan (Prairie Fire) [Info]
- Smells like the End of the World, Lene MacLeod (Polar Borealis #30) [Info]
- Smorg, Teri Favro (On Spec- The Copper Pig Writers’ Society) [Info]
- Something Is Not Right in Fox Creek, Joel Buxton (No Sleep Podcast) [Info]
- Songbirds and Secrets, M.L.D. Curelas (Through the Portal: Tales from a Hopeful Dystopia, Exile Editions) [Info]
- Springheeled Jack, Xiang Jian (Polar Borealis #31) [Info]
- St. George and the World Serpent, Stephen Kotowych (Odin: New & Ancient Norse Tales (Flame Tree Publishing)) [Info]
- Star Berry and the Wolf Trail, Nicole Munro (Augur Magazine) [Info]
- Stone Tablets, Kevin Cockle (On Spec- The Copper Pig Writers’ Society) [Info]
- Summoning Demons, Robert Runte (Lost Poetry Club) [Info]
- Syringa vulgaris, Madi Haab (Augur Magazine) [Info]
- Take My Hand, M. Lea Gray (Room Magazine, 47.3 Bodies) [Info]
- Taking Root, Jeanna Cammarano (On Spec- The Copper Pig Writers’ Society) [Info]
- Tee Time with Caddy (Cryptids from the Rock anthology), Gregg Chamberlain (Engen Books) [Info]
- Telling the Soul of Mars, Alina Pete (Augur Magazine) [Info]
- Tenure Track, Tommy Blanchard (Polar Borealis #30) [Info]
- Terminated, Monica Sagle Zwikstra (Polar Borealis #30) [Info]
- The Aliens Said They Wanted To Party, Joel Buxton (Lightspeed Magazine (Issue 170)) [Info]
- The Angelus Machine, Emily Yu (Luna Station Quarterly) [Info]
- The Beekeeper, Melanie Marttila (Through the Portal: Tales from a Hopeful Dystopia, Exile Editions) [Info]
- The Betrayal of the Rhinoceros, Premee Mohamed (New Edge Sword & Sorcery #4 (Brackenbury Books)) [Info]
- The Big Thing, Alana Dunlop (Room Magazine, 47.4 Full Circle) [Info]
- The Blood Webs, Fiona Moore (On Spec- The Copper Pig Writers’ Society) [Info]
- The Bones at the Bottom of the Sea, Sally McBride (Brain Lag) [Info]
- The Breath of Kannask, Hiron Ennes (Northern Nights (Undertow Publications)) [Info]
- The Butterfly Effect, Catherine MacLeod (On Spec- The Copper Pig Writers’ Society) [Info]
- The Canceller, Edward Willett (Shapers of Worlds Volume IV) [Info]
- The Children of Flame, Fiona Moore (Clarkesworld) [Info]
- The Colder Equations, Geoffrey Hart (Polar Borealis #29) [Info]
- The Dead Patch, Madeline Gibson (Bannister Press) [Info]
- The Death Sentence, J.D. Dresner (Fission #4: An Anthology of Stories from the British Science Fiction Association) [Info]
- The Debtors’ Crypt, Adam McPhee (Hellarkey III (Malarkey Books)) [Info]
- The Delay, Robert Runte (A little Fantasy Everywhere (Jersey Pines)) [Info]
- The Devil You Don’t, Dustin Mendel (Howls from the Scene of the Crime (Howl Society Press)) [Info]
- The Diamond Factory, Phoebe Barton (Fantasy & Science Fiction, Winter 2024) [Info]
- The Dream Ship, Jean-Louis Trudel (Polar Borealis #31) [Info]
- The Dumb Supper, Ainsley Hawthorn (Soul: A Paranormal Anthology (Graveside Press)) [Info]
- The End of the Sagittarius Arc, Jean-Louis Trudel (Shapers of Worlds Volume IV) [Info]
- The Eternal Torch, Jonathan Olfert (Translunar Travelers Lounge) [Info]
- The Fable of the Tardigrade, Colleen Anderson (Bestiary of Blood (Crystal Lake Publishing)) [Info]
- The Face, D.G. Valdron (Twilight of Echelon, At Bay Press) [Info]
- The Festival of Toxcatl, Stephen Kotowych (Tenebrous Antiquities: An Anthology of Historical Horror (Chthonic Matter)) [Info]
- The Five Rules of Spirit Binding by Sunil the Undying (Edited by Farah, Age 13), M. Banerjee-Sholars (Augur Magazine) [Info]
- The Flavour of Time, Megan. W. Shaw (Polar Borealis #28) [Info]
- The Forty, Sonia Sulaiman (Thyme Travelers (Roseway Publishing)) [Info]
- The Gig of the Magi, Lance Robinson (Chasing New Suns: Collected Stories (Lance Robinson)) [Info]
- The Glass Mountain, A. Gural (Bannister Press) [Info]
- The Guards at Chelela Pass, James Bow (Tales From the Silence (Endless Sky Books)) [Info]
- The Guy with the Shopping Cart, Robert Runte (Bullet Points) [Info]
- The Hole in the Playground, Dragon Desmarais (JenEric Designs) [Info]
- The Inquiry of Doctor Edgar, Blaise Moritz (Twilight of Echelon, At Bay Press) [Info]
- The Investigation Is Sealed, Kate Heartfield (Pulp Literature, Issue 44) [Info]
- The Last Fugu House of Shimonoseki, Y.M. Pang (F(r)iction) [Info]
- The Last Trench, Shantell Powell (Bitter Become the Fields horror anthology. Horns and Rattles Press.) [Info]
- The Leap, Melody E. McIntyre (Iron Faerie Publishing) [Info]
- The Library, N. B. Andersen (Escape Pod) [Info]
- The Life You’ve Given Me, Rusty, P.A. Cornell (Lightspeed) [Info]
- The Lonely Passage, Devon Field (Take Me There: A Speculative Anthology of Travel (Storyletter XPress)) [Info]
- The Look of Seconds, Melissa Ren (Wyldblood) [Info]
- The Looking-Glass Bride, Premee Mohamed (99 Fleeting Fantasies) [Info]
- The Memory of Flowers, Lisa Timpf (Havok Publishing) [Info]
- The Memory Shop, Melissa Ren (Fusion Fragment) [Info]
- The Midnight Diyu, Melissa Ren (Factor Four) [Info]
- The Moon and the Stars, Joseph Halden and Rhonda Parrish (Goblincore Anthology (Prairie Soul Press)) [Info]
- The Night Birds, Premee Mohamed (Northern Nights (Undertow Publications)) [Info]
- The Ocean Overtook the Horizon, R. Haven (Through the Portal: Tales from a Hopeful Dystopia (Exile Editions)) [Info]
- The Only Game that Counts, Chris Clemens (Polar Borealis #31) [Info]
- The Other Half, Cale Plett (On Spec- The Copper Pig Writers’ Society) [Info]
- The Patron Saint of Flatliners, K.A. Wiggins (Mysterion) [Info]
- The Penthouse Suite at the Plague Pit Hotel, A. C. Wise (Fear of Clowns A Horror Anthology (Kangas Khan Publishing)) [Info]
- The Pink Slime’s Appointment With Destiny, K.A. Wiggins (Pulphouse Fiction Magazine) [Info]
- The Pod, K.R. Byggdin (Through the Portal: Tales from a Hopeful Dystopia (Exile Editions)) [Info]
- The Portmeirion Road, Fiona Moore (Clarkesworld) [Info]
- The Price of Fame, Lisa Timpf (Wolfsinger (Lorelei Signal)) [Info]
- The Procedure, P.A. Cornell (Abyss & Apex) [Info]
- The Queen Can Never Win the Game, Kate Blair (Tales From the Silence (Endless Sky Books)) [Info]
- The Rage at Being Born, Chris O’Halloran (Howls from the Scene of the Crime (Howl Society Press)) [Info]
- The Reluctant Pilgrim, Michèle Laframboise (Polar Borealis #28) [Info]
- The Ritual, Jessica Peter (Calliope Interactive) [Info]
- The Robot and the Witch, André Geleynse (Heartlines Spec) [Info]
- The Romantic Intrigue Beyond Worlds, Melodie Langevin (Stasis: An Anthology of Retrofuturisms (Bell Press)) [Info]
- The Shadowdemon, Greg Fewer (Future Tales: Second Chances: Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror) [Info]
- The Shift, Isabella Mori (Through the Portal: Tales from a Hopeful Dystopia (Exile Editions)) [Info]
- The Short Strange Afterlife of Solomon Grundy, Gregg Chamberlain (Exploding Head Fiction (Twisted Laughs anthology)) [Info]
- The Singing Box, Sally McBride (Brain Lag) [Info]
- The Slow Music of Drums, A. C. Wise (Northern Nights (Undertow Publications)) [Info]
- The Stone Boat, Shane Williston (Polar Borealis #29) [Info]
- The Tangle (Did Not Kill Kitsault), K.A. Wiggins (Strange Horizons) [Info]
- The Test, Guy Immega (Polar Borealis #28) [Info]
- The Third or Fourth Casualty, Ziyad Saadi (Thyme Travelers (Roseway Publishing)) [Info]
- The Warfighter, Timothy Quinn (Nature:Futures) [Info]
- The Water Doesn’t Want You, Rebecca Bennett (Augur Magazine) [Info]
- The Wetlands Versus the Mayor, Jerri Jerreat (Solarpunk Creatures (World Weaver Press)) [Info]
- The White Robe, Michèle Laframboise (Polar Borealis #30) [Info]
- The Wisdom to Know the Difference, Robert Dawson (Polar Borealis #29) [Info]
- The Wolf from the Glen, Lee F. Patrick (Polar Borealis #30) [Info]
- The World In Our Hands, Sophie Gazarian (Fusion Fragment) [Info]
- The Ysidra, Adam McPhee (Indie Bites) [Info]
- This Grimoire Belongs to Miss Cleo Jackson, Elis Montgomery (For a Friend (Lucent Dreaming)) [Info]
- Threading the Needle, Elis Montgomery (Nature: Futures) [Info]
- Threadloom, N. R. M. Roshak (Solarpunk Creatures (World Weaver Press)) [Info]
- Three Lonely People and a Machine, Timothy Quinn (Factor Four) [Info]
- Tidal Life, Frances Skene (Polar Borealis #31) [Info]
- Time Enough for Frivolity, Ira Nayman (Polar Borealis #29) [Info]
- To Every Dog His Day, Lisa Timpf (Altitude Press) [Info]
- To Strike the Flint, Phoebe Barton (Tales From the Silence (Endless Sky Books)) [Info]
- Tom Thumb of the North, Shantell Powell (Mihko Kiskisiwin – Blood Memory. Friesen Press.) [Info]
- Tomato Liberation Front, Cat Girczyc (Murderbugs: An Arthropod Anthology (Unhelpful Dictionary) ed Mike Jack Stoumbos, Wonderbird Press) [Info]
- Transhuman, Ash Thorngrove (Polar Borealis #31) [Info]
- Trifecta, Adrienne Stevenson (Stasis: An Anthology of Retrofuturisms (Bell Press)) [Info]
- Twilight of Echelon, Lovern Kindzierski (Twilight of Echelon, At Bay Press) [Info]
- Undesirables, Colleen Anderson (Cosmic Horror Monthly #50) [Info]
- Unforeseen Parameters, Ashe Olivier Deng (Howls from the Scene of the Crime (Howl Society Press)) [Info]
- Universal Scale Factor, Pauline Barmby (Stasis: An Anthology of Retrofuturisms (Bell Press)) [Info]
- Waistland, Celeste A. Peters (Polar Borealis #31) [Info]
- Waiting for the Iceman, Stephen Kotowych (Sunshine Superhighway: Solar Sailings (JayHenge Publishing KB)) [Info]
- Water and Oil, Anneliese Schultz (Through the Portal: Tales from a Hopeful Dystopia (Exile Editions)) [Info]
- We Have a Complaint, Gregg Chamberlain (Stupefying Stories Showcase) [Info]
- We Invited the Harbingers to Dinner, Sarah Totton (On Spec- The Copper Pig Writers’ Society) [Info]
- We Play In Meadows, We Hop Over Dreams, Melissa Ren (DreamForge) [Info]
- Wendigo, Michael Kelly (Supernatural Tales #57) [Info]
- What is Waiting For Her, Senaa Ahmad (Northern Nights (Undertow Publications)) [Info]
- What Scares Pre-Teen Monsters?, Jen Desmarais (River City Siren Press) [Info]
- Wheels of Progress, Lisa Timpf (Microcosm Press) [Info]
- When We Disappear, Emily Yu (This magazine) [Info]
- Where They Sleep, Heather Clitheroe (Beneath Ceaseless Skies) [Info]
- White in the Eye, Jonathan Olfert (New Edge Sword & Sorcery #4 (Brackenbury Books)) [Info]
- Who Walks With You, Premee Mohamed (Grist) [Info]
- Winks & Pinks, SarahTotton (Bannister Press) [Info]
- Wolf Willow, EC Dorgan (Fusion Fragment) [Info]
- You Need Not Fear, Brandon Crilly (Interdimensions, Vol 1, Atthis Arts) [Info]
- Your Body as a Haunted House, or When the Ghost Moves In, Lynne Sargent (The Cosmic Background) [Info]
- Youth for Mars, Jerri Jerreat (Through the Portal: Tales from a Hopeful Dystopia (Exile Editions)) [Info]
Best Graphic Novel/Comic
- A Witch’s Guide to Burning, Aminder Dhaliwal (Drawn and Quarterly) [Info]
- Aqua Vitae, Mary Sanche & Finnegan Matthews (BTWN Magazine (Issue 2, Volume 2: BURN-N-OUT)) [Info]
- Armored, Michael Schwartz (Clover Press) [Info]
- Avengers Academy: Marvel’s Voices #1-28, Anthony Oliveira (Marvel Comics) [Info]
- Avengers: Twilight (collction), Chip Zdarsky (Marvel Comics) [Info]
- Blood of Atlantis, Francine Delgado (artist) (Arc Worlds) [Info]
- Bog Myrtle, Sid Sharp (Annick Press) [Info]
- Cemetery Kids Don’t Die vol. 1-4, Zac Thompson (Oni Press) [Info]
- Cradle’s End, Lovern Kindzierski (Renegade Arts Entertainment) [Info]
- Craftsman, Jimmy Stamp, Xavier Saxon, Rebecca Nalty, Lyndon Radchenka (Hexagon Speculative Fiction Magazine) [Info]
- Crystal Cave, Mike and Nancy Deas (Orca Book Publishers) [Info]
- Forest Folk, Dax Gordine ((webcomic)) [Info]
- Forward, Mason “Tailsteak” Williams (online) [Info]
- Future Favors the Bold, Rob Norman (FFTB Comics) [Info]
- Green Lantern Dark #1-2, Tate Brombal (DC Comics) [Info]
- Haunted Canada: The Graphic Novel, Vol. 1, Joel A. Sutherland, Hannah Barrett, David Bishop, Matt Salisbury, Jenn Woodall (Scholastic Canada) [Info]
- Hero-Man, Zach Schuster and Lyndon Radchenka (At Bay Press) [Info]
- Into the Goblin Market, Vikki VanSickle (Tundra Books) [Info]
- Into the Unbeing, Zac Thompson (Dark Horse Comics) [Info]
- It Never Rains, Kari Maaren (webcomic) [Info]
- JSA #1-2, Jeff Lemire (DC Comics) [Info]
- Just Happy to See You, Shea Proulx (Conundrum Press) [Info]
- Loving, Ohio, Sam Beck (co-writer) (Dark Horse Comics) [Info]
- Minor Arcana #1-4, Jeff Lemire (BOOM! Studios) [Info]
- Oldsmobiles with Laser Guns #2-3, MIke Moman (Webtoons.com) [Info]
- Phantom Road vol. 2, Jeff Lemire (Image Comics) [Info]
- Precious Metal, Darcy van Poelgeest (Image Comics) [Info]
- questionable content, Jeph Jacques (online) [Info]
- Quid Pro Crow, Bill Slavin (Renegade Arts Entertainment) [Info]
- Reckoner Rises vol. 3: God Flare, David A. Robertson , Scott B. Henderson, Andrew Thomas (Portage and Main Press) [Info]
- Shout Kill Revel, Jarret Hartnell (Renegade Arts Entertainment) [Info]
- Squire & Knight: Wayward Travelers, Scott Chantler (MacMillan) [Info]
- Star Trek Lower Decks: Warp Your Own Way, Ryan North (Penguin Random House Canada) [Info]
- Super Friends! (Simon and Chester Book #4), Cale Atkinson (Tundra Books) [Info]
- Survival of the Goodest, Marianne Boucher (Conundrum Press) [Info]
- Taxi Ghost, Sophie Escabasse (Penguin Random House Canada) [Info]
- Teleportation and Other Luxuries, Mary Verhoeven (artist) (Mad Cave Studios) [Info]
- The Displaced, Ed Brisson (BOOM! Studios) [Info]
- The General’s Garden, A Gardeners’ Universe Story, Michèle Laframboise (Échofictions) [Info]
- The Rather Unusual Adventures of Ice Cream Girl and Mr. Licorice, Clive Smith (Musta Costa Fortune) [Info]
- The Scale Trade, Megan Huang (artist) (Magma Comix) [Info]
- The Weirn Books, Vol. 2: The Ghost and the Stolen Dragon, Svetlana Chmakova (Yen Books) [Info]
- The Whisper Queen: A Blacksand Tale, Chip Zdarsky (Image Comics) [Info]
- The Wicked Trinity, Sam Maggs (Archie Comics) [Info]
- Time Waits #1-2, Chip Zdarsky (DSTLRY) [Info]
- Twilight of Echelon, Robert Pasternak, D.G. Valdron, Lovern Kindzierski, Alex Passey, Blaise Moritz (At Bay Press) [Info]
- Undergrowth, Ricky Lima (Top Shelf Productions) [Info]
- Vera Bushwack, Sig Burwash (Drawn & Quarterly) [Info]
- Viewfinder, Christine Chung & Salwa Majoka (Tundra) [Info]
- Wheetago War: Roth, Richard Van Camp (Renegade Arts Entertainment) [Info]
- Wychwood, Ally/Varethane ((webcomic)) [Info]
- X-Men: the Wedding Special, Tate Brombal (Marvel Comics) [Info]
- Zatanna: Bring Down the House, Mariko Tamaki (DC Comics) [Info]
Best Poem/Song
- A Life, E. Martin Nolan (“Through the Portal: Tales from a Hopeful Dystopia” Exile Editions) [Info]
- A Rahokan’s Gem, Ian Li (Worlds of Possibility) [Info]
- A Space Force Limerick, Gregg Chamberlain (Polar Borealis #28) [Info]
- A Thirst for Adventure, Lynne Sargent (Polar Borealis #28) [Info]
- A World in Her Tresses, Ian Li (Fairy Tale Magazine) [Info]
- Advice, Fail, X3, Peter Norman (On Spec VOL 34 No 3) [Info]
- Afterlife, Shana Ross (star*line Volume 47, Issue 4) [Info]
- AI Talents of the Future, Lisa Timpf (Polar Starlight #13) [Info]
- Alien Games, Rebecca Franklyn (Polar Starlight #13) [Info]
- amuse bouche, Heather Saluti (Room Magazine) [Info]
- An Alien Walks Into a Bar, Lisa Timpf (Eye to the Telescope 53: Strange Mixology) [Info]
- Angakkuq, Shantell Powell (On Spec Magazine) [Info]
- Another Galaxy Somewhere, Leigh Therriault (Polar Starlight #15) [Info]
- Astrometric Love, Ian Li (Heartlines Spec Issue #6) [Info]
- Aubade in the Dead of Night, Natasha Ramoutar (Baby Cerberus) [Info]
- Battle of the Sexless, Colleen Anderson (Bestiary of Bood) [Info]
- Behold, Greg Fewer (Polar Starlight, 15 (June 2024), p. 17.) [Info]
- Blue Spheres and Golden-Winged Spaceships, Rebecca Franklyn (Polar Borealis #31) [Info]
- Cadborosaurus Willsi to be Precise, KB Nelson (Polar Borealis #28) [Info]
- Caregivers, Lynne Sargent (Penumbric) [Info]
- Carved, James Grotkowski (Polar Borealis #28) [Info]
- Cats and Dogs in Space, Carolyn Clink (Polar Starlight #14, April 2024, p13) [Info]
- Cheese Ball, Douglas Shimizu (Polar Borealis #31) [Info]
- Child of the Modern Prometheus, Gregg Chamberlain (Polar Starlight 14) [Info]
- Cleansing, Lee F. Patrick (Polar Borealis #31) [Info]
- Corn God Revival, Colleen Anderson (Journ-E 3.1) [Info]
- Cthulhu on the Shores of Osaka, Y.M. Pang (Invitation: A One-shot Anthology of Speculative Fiction) [Info]
- Dandelions, Frances Skene (Polar Starlight #15) [Info]
- Darksome, K.T. Wagner (Polar Starlight #13) [Info]
- Directions to the Underworld, Melanie Bell (Augur Magazine) [Info]
- Do I Count, James Grotkowski (Polar Starlight #13) [Info]
- dolor sit amet, E. S. Taillon (Augur Magazine) [Info]
- Dryad’s Temple, Colleen Anderson (Journ-E 3.1) [Info]
- Dying of the Light, Colleen Anderson (OnSpec #127, vol. 34 no. 1) [Info]
- Earthseed: The Book of Life, a Cento, Mahaila Smith (Augur Magazine) [Info]
- Envy the Earthwalkers, Sharon Lax (Polar Borealis #31) [Info]
- Epitaph of a World on Fire: An Abecedarian, Jessica Peter (Haven Speculative) [Info]
- Eros, Jessica Peter (Book Worms Horror Zine Issue 4) [Info]
- Essence, Jennifer Shelby (Polar Starlight #13) [Info]
- Every Witch is a Question, Derek Newman-Stille (Polar Starlight #15) [Info]
- Excuse Me, Michèle Laframboise (Polar Borealis #29) [Info]
- Exile of Nuliajuk, Shantell Powell (NonBinary Review: Heredity Issue) [Info]
- Family Tree, Mahaila Smith (Polar Starlight #15) [Info]
- Farey Dream, Geoffrey Hart (Polar Starlight #13) [Info]
- First Women, Colleen Anderson (Polar Borealis #29) [Info]
- Five Utopian Figures, Larissa Lai (Room Magazine) [Info]
- From the Modern Sorceror’s Handbook, Mark Thomas (Polar Starlight #15) [Info]
- Fruiting Bodies, Colleen Anderson (Journ-E 3.2) [Info]
- Funereal Disease, Mark Thomas (Polar Starlight #13) [Info]
- glass shatters, Greg Fewer (Scifaikuest, xxi(3), (February 2024), p. 34.) [Info]
- God is Dead – Nietzsche, Patricia Evans (Polar Borealis #31) [Info]
- god of dead houseplants, Dawn Muenchrath (Room Magazine) [Info]
- Goose, David Barrick (Augur Magazine) [Info]
- Help Wanted, Gregg Chamberlain (Polar Starlight 14) [Info]
- Her Favourite, Beth Cato and Rhonda Parrish (Star*Line) [Info]
- hidden from earth’s view, Greg Fewer (Scifaikuest, xxi(3), (February 2024), p. 29.) [Info]
- Hiding, Greg Fewer (Polar Borealis, 31 (August 2024), p. 4.) [Info]
- Homesteading, Colleen Anderson (Dread Machine 3.4) [Info]
- Horizon Events, J.D. Dresner (Polar Starlight #15) [Info]
- Housegoblin, Lynne Sargent (Star*Line Volume 47, Issue 4) [Info]
- How the First Meeting Might Have Gone Down, Lisa Timpf (NewMyths Issue #67 June/July 2024) [Info]
- I Don’t Want Your Cure, Derek Newman-Stille (Polar Starlight #13) [Info]
- I Look for You Everywhere, Natasha Ramoutar (Baby Cerberus) [Info]
- Immortal, Frances Skene (Polar Starlight #15) [Info]
- In Praise of Dipthong, Nnadi Samuel (Polar Borealis #28) [Info]
- In the Urban Darkness, Something, Jessica Peter (Apparition Lit) [Info]
- Inheritance, Elis Montgomery (Strange Horizons) [Info]
- Interstellar Catalogue: Nature of Stars, Shana Ross (Through the Portal: Tales from a Hopeful Dystopia) [Info]
- Interstellar Checkpoint II, Natasha Ramoutar (Baby Cerberus) [Info]
- Interval, Lynne Taylor Fahnestalk (Polar Borealis #29) [Info]
- Is the Future Cyberpunk, Kyle Wendt (Polar Starlight #16) [Info]
- it’s scarier if I can’t drown, Laura Mota Juang (Augur Magazine) [Info]
- kiskiwehikan ochi nisimisak (reminder for my little siblings), Meghan Eaker (Room Magazine) [Info]
- Late, Marcie Lynn Tentchoff (Polar Starlight #13) [Info]
- Later, Gospodingator!, Jim Smith (Polar Borealis #29) [Info]
- Light Fantastic, Guy Immega (Polar Starlight #14) [Info]
- Lights Out, Robert Dawson (Polar Borealis #29) [Info]
- Lofty Goals, Marcie Lynn Tentchoff (Polar Starlight #15) [Info]
- Long Point, E. Martin Nolan (“Through the Portal: Tales from a Hopeful Dystopia” Exile Editions) [Info]
- Mechanical Bride, The, Carolyn Clink (Polar Starlight #13, Feb 2024, p13) [Info]
- Medusa Doesn’t Kill Spiders, Natasha Ramoutar (Baby Cerberus) [Info]
- Mi Niña Hermosa, Yael Tobon (Augur Magazine) [Info]
- Mindless, Marcie Lynn Tentchoff (Polar Starlight #13) [Info]
- My Love for You, Dr. Moreau, Carolyn Clink (Polar Borealis #28, Jan/Feb 2024, p18) [Info]
- new life found, Greg Fewer (Scifaikuest, xxii(1) (October [recte November] 2024), p. 29.) [Info]
- New Neighbour, Mark Thomas (Polar Starlight #14) [Info]
- Night’s Disease, Colleen Anderson (Weird Tales #368) [Info]
- Nostalgic Ghosts, Kellee Kranendonk (Polar Borealis #30) [Info]
- One Large Deep Fried Thistle Burr, Jonathan Olfert (Strange Horizons) [Info]
- Oops!, Greg Fewer (Polar Starlight, 14 (April 2024), p. 18.) [Info]
- Our Time and Space, Mahaila Smith (Polar Starlight #14) [Info]
- Pandora’s Box, Derek Newman-Stille (Polar Starlight #14) [Info]
- Pardon Me while I Deliquesce, Jennifer Shelby (Polar Starlight #16) [Info]
- Parisienne, Mark Thomas (Polar Starlight #16) [Info]
- Planetary Almanac: Torus, Ian Li (Utopia Science Fiction) [Info]
- Please Unplug Coffee Maker Prior to Checkout, Mark Thomas (Polar Starlight #16) [Info]
- plotzlichigelentbloβen, or, gift of the wordsmith, Shana Ross (Augur Magazine 7.1) [Info]
- Pompeii Fresco, Carolyn Clink (Polar Starlight #15, June 2024, p20) [Info]
- Prometheus Redux, Jo McBride (Polar Borealis #29) [Info]
- Questions Asked of the Scrying Sword During the Quest for the Princess, Elis Montgomery (Small Wonders, Issue 17) [Info]
- r/Creepypasta Lullaby, Natasha Ramoutar (Baby Cerberus) [Info]
- Ram Refresh, James Grotkowski (Polar Starlight #13) [Info]
- Relative Time, Guy Immega (Polar Starlight #16) [Info]
- Salt-Water Haibun, KB Nelson (Polar Starlight #13) [Info]
- Second Thoughts, Marcie Lynn Tentchoff (Polar Starlight #16) [Info]
- Serenity Potion, Elis Montgomery (Eye to the Telescope, Issue 53) [Info]
- Shadows Live for the Light, Jen Desmarais (Monsters! Incidental Wedding Guests) [Info]
- She Hangs Up Her Pearls, Colleen Anderson (Penumbric vol VIII, #1) [Info]
- Shifting Perspectives, Colleen Anderson (Weird Fiction Quarterly) [Info]
- SHOTGUN WEDDING FOR BRAIN CORALS AND PARROT FISH, Cassandra Myers (Augur Magazine) [Info]
- Sisyphus Dreams, Colleen Anderson (Newmyths.com) [Info]
- Small Reveals, Colleen Anderson (Amazing Stories) [Info]
- Someone, James Grotkowski (Polar Borealis #29) [Info]
- Song of the Wolf, KB Nelson (Polar Starlight #16) [Info]
- Songs for Intergalactic Seas, Lynne Sargent (Trollbreath Magazine Issue 2) [Info]
- Spiralling Beauty, Patricia Evans (Polar Starlight #16) [Info]
- Stars Collide, Rebecca Franklyn (Polar Borealis #30) [Info]
- Stealing a Moment, Ian Li (Star*Line vol 47.3) [Info]
- Survival, Catherine Greenwood (Polar Borealis #29) [Info]
- Swan’s Song, Colleen Anderson (Small Wonders) [Info]
- Tails, Larissa Peters (Polar Borealis #30) [Info]
- Tendrils, James Grotkowski (Polar Borealis #30) [Info]
- Terminus, Frances Skene (Polar Starlight #13) [Info]
- Terror, Greg Fewer (Polar Starlight, 16 (August/September 2024), p. 17.) [Info]
- That Would be Something, Rhonda Parrish (Polar Starlight #15) [Info]
- The Atomic Language, Rio Murphy (Polar Starlight #16) [Info]
- The Bells, Frances Skene (Polar Starlight #16) [Info]
- The Bridge, Jameson Grey (Polar Starlight #14) [Info]
- The Censors, Elis Montgomery (Radon Journal, Issue 7) [Info]
- The Continuum of Salt, J.M. Spronk (Polar Starlight #14) [Info]
- The Cosmic Cartographer, Swati Chavda (On Spec VOL 34 No 1) [Info]
- The Dragon, Geoffrey Hart (Polar Starlight #15) [Info]
- The Flip Side, J.D. Dresner (Polar Starlight #14) [Info]
- The Goddess of Bedtime Stories, Neile Graham (Polar Starlight #14) [Info]
- The Goddess of Mist, Neile Graham (Polar Starlight #15) [Info]
- The Gods of Production, Neile Graham (Polar Borealis #31) [Info]
- The Great Silence, Guy Immega (Polar Starlight #15) [Info]
- The Hole Story, Lisa Timpf (Polar Starlight #15) [Info]
- The Last Dance, Jameson Grey (Polar Borealis #28) [Info]
- The Last Northern White Rhinos as Two Old Ladies, Susan Zimmerman (Room Magazine) [Info]
- The Medusa Effect, Rhea E. Rose (Polar Starlight #16) [Info]
- The Mindworm is Spreading, Mahaila Smith (Polar Borealis #31) [Info]
- The mosquito told the girl to jump, Camille Lendor (Augur Magazine) [Info]
- The Night We Shut Out the Children, Neile Graham (Polar Starlight #16) [Info]
- The Orbit of Remembrance, Jean-Louis Trudel (Polar Borealis #30) [Info]
- The Poetry of Math is Dead, Irena Nikolova (Polar Borealis #31) [Info]
- The Price, Marcie Lynn Tentchoff (Polar Starlight #14) [Info]
- The Sail, Ian Li (Orion’s Belt) [Info]
- The Seventh Sister, James X. Wang (Augur Magazine) [Info]
- The Sound, The Sound, The Sound, Beth Cato and Rhonda Parrish (Star*Line) [Info]
- The Sovereign, Elis Montgomery (Small Wonders, Issue 12) [Info]
- The Sum of My Parts, Colleen Anderson (Star*Line 47.1) [Info]
- The Trouble With Time, Colleen Anderson (Polar Starlight #15) [Info]
- The Well, Frances Skene (Polar Starlight #14) [Info]
- The Western World, Misha Solomon (Augur Magazine) [Info]
- Three Turtles, E. Martin Nolan (“Through the Portal: Tales from a Hopeful Dystopia” Exile Editions) [Info]
- Time and Tide, Melanie Marttila (Polar Starlight #13) [Info]
- Time’s a Lousy Tipper, Lisa Timpf (Star*Line 47.4 Fall 2024) [Info]
- Timelines, Siri Paulson (Polar Borealis #28) [Info]
- TR Discusses Some Remains in the Time Vault, John Park (Polar Starlight #16) [Info]
- Trapped!, Greg Fewer (Scifaikuest, xxi(3), (February 2024), p. 39.) [Info]
- Traveling at Lightspeed is Easy, Returning to Earth is Hard, Ian Li (Small Wonders Issue #16) [Info]
- Triolet, Robert Dawson (Polar Starlight #13) [Info]
- Trip Through the Robot, Carolyn Clink and David Clink (Giant Robot Poems: On Mecha-Human Science, Culture & War) [Info]
- untitled [generation ship], Colleen Anderson (Dreams and Nightmares #128) [Info]
- Vasilisa, Melanie Marttila (Polar Borealis #30) [Info]
- Visions of Manhattan, Ian Li (Eye to the Telescope Issue #53) [Info]
- Wake Up!, Guy Immega (Polar Borealis #30) [Info]
- we drove our blue car to the hospital, Renée M. Sgroi (Augur Magazine) [Info]
- We’re Back, Lisa Timpf (Polar Starlight #16) [Info]
- weird shrimp from canada, Elis Montgomery (Star*Line, Issue 47.1) [Info]
- Wendigo Hunter, Colleen Anderson (Hotel Macabre Vol. 1, Crystal Lake Publishing) [Info]
- What Death Stole, Rebecca Franklyn (Polar Borealis #28) [Info]
- When the Thralls are Thirsty, Jim Smith (Polar Borealis #31) [Info]
- Where Dragons Find Solace, Ian Li (Cosmic Roots and Eldritch Shores) [Info]
- Whirlpool, Colleen Anderson (SFPA Website) [Info]
- Witching Hour, Geoffrey Hart (Polar Starlight #14) [Info]
- With Neither a Bang Nor a Whimper, Lisa Timpf (Polar Starlight #14) [Info]
- Work Creep, Jade Wallace (On Spec VOL 34 No 3) [Info]
- Wreath, Colleen Anderson (Starline 47.4) [Info]
- Xmistress, Tracy Shepherd (Polar Borealis #29) [Info]
- Your Door, Lynne Sargent (“For a Friend” Lucent Dreaming) [Info]
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- A Time For Dolls (one-act play), Native Voices: A Literary Collection of Emerging Indigenous Writers. Edited by Monique Franz. Written by Shantell Powell. (Kinsman Quarterly) [Info]
- Amazing Stories: Best of 2023, Lloyd Penney, editor / Amazon / Amazing Stories (Amazing Stories) [Info]
- Augur Magazine Vol 7 (Issues 7.1-7.3), Kerry C. Byrne, Victoria Liao, Frankie Hagg, and Conyer Clayton (Augur Society) [Info]
- B.O.A., Brandon Crilly (Brandon Crilly) [Info]
- Bury Your Gays: An Anthology of Tragic Queer Horror, Sofia Ajram (Ghoulish Books) [Info]
- Carpe Noctem, Megan Fennell and Leslie Van Zwol (Tyche Books) [Info]
- Chasing New Suns: Collected Stories, Lance Robinson (Lance Robinson) [Info]
- Dark Flashes: A Collection of Dark and Twisted Short Fiction, Corinne Lewandowski (Corinne Lewandowski) [Info]
- Don’t Look, Just Run, R.A. Clarke (Page Turn Press) [Info]
- Fusion Fragment #20-#23, ed. Cavan Terrill (Fusion Fragment) [Info]
- Hexagon #16-19, JW Stebner (Hexagon Speculative Fiction Magazine) [Info]
- Howls from the Scene of the Crime: A Crime Horror Anthology, Jessica Peter (Canadian) and Timaeus Bloom (co-editor not Canadian) (Howl Society Press) [Info]
- In the Lair of the Kraken, Christopher Butt (Dark Winter Press) [Info]
- Jamaica Ginger and Other Concoctions, Nalo Hopkinson (Tachyon Publications) [Info]
- Jo Walton’s Reading List, Jo Walton (Reactormag.com) [Info]
- Mecha-Jesus and Other Stories, Derwin Mak (Brain Lag) [Info]
- New Edge Sword & Sorcery #3-#4, Oliver Brackenbury (Brackenbury Books) [Info]
- Nobody Wants to Buy The Future: Why Science Fiction Literature is Vanishing, Simon McNeil (Typebar Magazine) [Info]
- Northern Nights, Michael Kelly (Undertow Publications) [Info]
- Nowhere in Liverion [translation of Nulle part à Liverion], Jean-Louis Trudel, translator [author Serge Lehman] (Continuum: French Science Fiction Short Stories (Ooligan Press)) [Info]
- On Spec #130 VOL 34 No 4, Diane L. Walton Managing Editor (The Copper Pig Writers’ Society) [Info]
- Other: the 2024 speculative fiction anthology, Bannister Press (Bannister Press) [Info]
- Playing Fate: Choice and Doom in Gothic Gameplay, Simon McNeil (Typebar Magazine) [Info]
- Shapers of Worlds Volume IV, Edward Willett (Shadowpaw Press) [Info]
- Starlost Unauthorized: And the Quest for Canadian Identity, D.G. Valdron (Fossil Cove Publishing) [Info]
- Stasis: An Anthology of Retrofuturisms, Libby Graham (Editor) (Bell Press) [Info]
- Tales from the Silence, James Bow (Endless Sky Books) [Info]
- The Dance: An Anthology of Speculative Fiction, Ira Nayman (Dark Dragon Publishing) [Info]
- The Fabulist Play Cycle, Hugh A. D. Spencer (Brain Lag) [Info]
- The Price of Memory and More Stories, Sally McBride (Brain Lag) [Info]
- Through the Portal: Tales from a Hopeful Dystopia, Lynn Hutchinson Lee & Nina Munteanu (Exile Editions) [Info]
- Thyme Travellers: An Anthology of Palestinian Speculative Fiction, Sonia Sulaiman (Roseway Publishing) [Info]
- Twilight of Echelon, Robert Pasternak / M.C. Joudrey (At Bay Press) [Info]
- Upon the Midnight Queer, ‘Nathan Burgoine (Dominant Trident Books) [Info]
- Vore Tech: Short Stories, A.R. St. Pierre (A.R. St. Pierre) [Info]
- Weird Horror #8 (Feb 22) & #9 (Sept 3), Michael Kelly (ed.) (Undertow Publications) [Info]
- Weird Worlds, Colleen Anderson (Weird House) [Info]
- Year’s Best Arthropod Short Fiction: Volume 1, JW Stebner (Hexagon Speculative Fiction Magazine) [Info]
- Year’s Best Canadian Fantasy and Science Fiction: Volume Two, Stephen Kotowych (Ansible Press) [Info]
- Zebra Meridian and Other Stories, Geoffrey W. Cole (Stelliform Press) [Info]
- Zegaajimo, Edited by Nathan Niigan Noodin Adler and Kateri Akiwenzie-Damm. Kegedonce Press. (Kegedonce Press) [Info]
Best Cover Art/Interior Illustration
- Augur 7.1 (Cover Art), Martine Nguyen (Augur Magazine) [Info]
- Augur 7.2 (Cover Art), Frances Philip (Augur Magazine) [Info]
- Augur 7.3 (Cover Art), Lorna Antoniazzi (Augur Magazine) [Info]
- Blast Off!, cover art, M.D. Jackson (Polar Borealis Magazine issue #31) [Info]
- Blood of Gods, Catherine Fitzsimmons, Andre Podolsky (Brain Lag) [Info]
- Captains of Black and Brass, James Beveridge (On Spec #129 vol 34 no 3- The Copper Pig Writers’ Society) [Info]
- Cosmic Horror Monthly Magazine #52 (interior illustrations), Mary Sanche (Cosmic Horror Monthly) [Info]
- Death and the Taxman, Sarah Morrison (Lost Bard Enterprises) [Info]
- Dragon, Sylvain St-Pierre (WARP (MonSFFA)) [Info]
- Dragon Reader, Lynne Taylor Fahnestalk (On Spec #130 vol 34 no 4 – The Copper Pig Writers’ Society) [Info]
- First Contact: America, Matt Turner (Self) [Info]
- Flee the Sun, Tim Hammell (On Spec #128 vol 34 no 2 – The Copper Pig Writers’ Society) [Info]
- Fool’s Promise, John Anthony Di Giovanni (Impossible Books) [Info]
- Hexagon #19 Cover Art, Nickolej Villiger (Hexagon Speculative Fiction Magazine) [Info]
- Hexagon 19 cover art, Nickolej Villiger (Hexagon) [Info]
- High Priest, cover art, Derek Newman-Stille (Polar Borealis Magazine issue #30) [Info]
- Howls from the Scene of the Crime (interior illustrations), Mary Sanche (Howl Society Press) [Info]
- In the Lair of the Kraken, Suzanne Craig-Whytock (Dark Winter Press) [Info]
- Keeper of the Flame, Swati Chavda (Polar Borealis Magazine issue #29) [Info]
- Legends of Blades and Stories of Each Other, Catherine Fitzsimmons (interior) (Brain Lag) [Info]
- Majestica, Antonio Javier Caparo (G.P. Putnam’s Sons Books for Young Readers) [Info]
- Mecha-Jesus and Other Stories, Catherine Fitzsimmons (Brain Lag) [Info]
- Mind of a Monster, cover art, Swati Chavda (Polar Starlight Magazine issue #13) [Info]
- New Edge Sword & Sorcery #3-#4 (interior illustrations, Saprophial (Brackenbury Books) [Info]
- New Edge Sword & Sorcery #3-#4 (interior illustrations), Babe&Oak (Brackenbury Books) [Info]
- Northern Nights, Serena Malyon (Undertow Publications) [Info]
- Other, Ilan O’Driscoll (Bannister Press) [Info]
- Pearl, Matt Ryan Tobin (A24 Publishing) [Info]
- Planet 3 Beckons, Swati Chavda (Polar Starlight Magazine issue #14) [Info]
- Rider, Robert Pasternak (On Spec #127 vol 34 no 1 – The Copper Pig Writers’ Society) [Info]
- Road to the Sky, cover art, Swati Chavda (Polar Starlight #16) [Info]
- Sagal, the Witch-in-Training (interior illustrations, Augur 7.1), Noor K (Augur Magazine) [Info]
- Sevil, cover art, Eric Chu (Polar Borealis Magazine issue #28) [Info]
- Shapers of Worlds Volume IV Interior Illustrations, Wendi Nordell (Shadowpaw Press) [Info]
- SIGNAL Saga and the GOOD, Dominic Bercier (Renaissance Press) [Info]
- Spaced!, Jason Robins (Renaissance) [Info]
- Splash, cover art, Jenni Merrifield (Polar Starlight Magazine issue #15) [Info]
- Star Berry and the Wolf Trail (interior illustrations, Augur 7.1), Leighsa Merasty (Augur Magazine) [Info]
- The Downloaded, Alisha Souillet (Shadowpaw Press) [Info]
- The Infinite Heist, Nathan Frechette (Renaissance Press) [Info]
- The Vegreveille Coven – Newt Eyes and Cyanide, Jennifer Gillett (Michael Gillett) [Info]
- Twilight of Echelon, Robert Pasternak (At Bay Press) [Info]
- Weird Horror 9, David Nickle (interior illustrations) (Undertow Publications) [Info]
- When They Arrived, Emily Ansell (Earth-Breaker Books) [Info]
Best Fan Writing/Publication
- Clubhouse: 35 reviews of Canadian Speculative fiction, R. Graeme Cameron (Amazing Stories Magazine) [Info]
- Great Galloping Ghu! issue #2, R. Graeme Cameron (Perzine by R. Graeme Cameron) [Info]
- James Nicoll Reviews, James Davis Nicoll (James Davis Nicoll) [Info]
- JenEric Movie Reviews, Éric Desmarais (JenEric Designs) [Info]
- Lost in Translation (#453 – #474), Scott Delahunt (The Remake Zone) [Info]
- monthly SF&F Book Reviews, Robert Runté (Ottawa Review of Books) [Info]
- Pegasus Flight School (second semester), Jen and Pegasus (age 4) Desmarais (JenEric Designs) [Info]
- Polar Starlight (SF Poetry) Magazine issues #13 (February) to #16 (August), Rhea E. Rose (R. Graeme Cameron) [Info]
- Pubnites and Other Events, Yvonne Penney (Yvonne Penney) [Info]
- speculating canada, derek newman-stille (derek newman-stille) [Info]
- The Obdurate Eye issues #35 (January) to #45 (December), Garth Spencer (Perzine by Garth Spencer) [Info]
- The Travelling TARDIS, Jen Desmarais (JenEric Designs) [Info]
- WARP #114, Danny Sichel (MonSFFA) [Info]
- Workers’ Playtime: Andor, Nostalgia and Admonitory Retrofuturism, Fiona Moore (Red Futures) [Info]
- World-building: a genealogical approach, Simon McNeil (simonmcneil.com) [Info]
- Young People Read Old SFF, James Davis Nicoll (James Davis Nicoll) [Info]
Best Fan Related Work
- A Role to Play Podcast, Sara Benediktson (Untamed Dandelion) [Info]
- Afictionados Podcast, Robyn Jeffrey, Brittany Rae, Samantha Coley, Casey Wahl (The Afictionados) [Info]
- Every Season Passes, Phillip Mills (Phillip Mills) [Info]
- Murmurstation, Sonia Urlando (Augur Society) [Info]
- Scintillation 2024, Jo Walton / Rene Walling (none) [Info]
- SFF Addicts Podcast, Adrian M. Gibson (Adrian M. Gibson, M. J. Kuhn & Greta Kelly) [Info]
- The Worldshapers Podcast, Edward Willett (Edward Willett) [Info]
- Two Old Farts Talk Sci-Fi Podcast, Troy Harkin & David Clink (Troy Harkin & David Clink) [Info]
- Wizards and Spaceships Podcast, David L. Clink & Rachel A. Rosen (David L. Clink & Rachel A. Rosen) [Info]
- Youth Imagine the Future: A Festival of Solarpunk Writing and Art (2024), Jerri Jerreat (Executive Director) and Nikki Alward (Managing Director) (Youth Imagine the Future Festival) [Info]