andyhat | Spectrum Awards shortlists

I tweeted the winners last night, but I should post the Gaylactic Spectrum Awards shortlists, too, which were announced last night here at Gaylaxicon. Unfortunately, I didn't write down the "other works" shortlist, so keep checking the official site for that when it's posted.

Best Novel

Winner: Wicked Gentlemen by Ginn Hale

Shortlist:

Lady Knight by L-J Baker
Dust by Elizabeth Bear
New Amsterdam by Elizabeth Bear
Whiskey and Water by Elizabeth Bear
Vintage by Steve Berman
Ink by Hal Duncan
Daughters of the North by Sarah Hall
Hero by Perry Moore
Hex by Darieck Scott
Spaceman Blues by Brian Francis Slattery
Ha'penny by Jo Walton

Best Short Fiction

Winner: "Ever So Much More Than Twenty" by Joshua Lewis (So Fey)

Shortlist:

"Prime Suspect" by K.S. Augustin (Total E-Bound)
"Bittersweet" by Steve Berman (Journal of Mythic Arts)
"The Coat of Stars" by Holly Black (So Fey)
"Charming, A Tale of True Love" by Cassandra Clare & Ruby deBrazier (So Fey)
"Side Effects" by M. Decker (Alleys & Doorways)
"The Healing" by Leigh Ellwood (Phaze)
"A Bird of Ice" by Craig Gidney (So Fey)
"Dividing the Sustain" by James Patrick Kelly (New Space Opera)
"Dancing on the Head of a Pin" by Kiernan Kelly (Torquere)
"The Steel Anniversary" by Valerie Z. Lewis (Alleys & Doorways)
"Medusa's Touch" by Catherine Lundoff (Crave)
"The Reflection of Love" by Julia Talbot (Alleys & Doorways)
"Were" by JoSelle Vanderhooft (Alleys & Doorways)

Unfortunately, the original Haworth Press edition of the wonderful anthology So Fey is no longer available, but ~~Lethe Press~~ Prime Books will be reprinting it soon (thanks to

mroctober for correction).

I was one of the judges in the short fiction category this year, so I can attest that those are all excellent stories.

Spectrum Awards shortlists

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