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Best Novelette

1955 to 2026. Most wins: Poul Anderson and Harlan Ellison, 3 each

  1. 2026
    Never Eaten VegetablesH.H. Pak
  2. 2025
    The Four Sisters Overlooking the SeaNaomi Kritzer
  3. 2024
    The Year Without SunshineNaomi Kritzer
  4. 2023
    The Space-Time PainterHai Ya
  5. 2022
    Bots of the Lost ArkSuzanne Palmer
  6. 2021
    Two Truths and a LieSarah Pinsker
  7. 2020
    Emergency SkinN. K. Jemisin
  8. 2019
    If at First You Don't Succeed, Try, Try AgainZen Cho
  9. 2018
    The Secret Life of BotsSuzanne Palmer
  10. 2017
    The Tomato ThiefUrsula Vernon
  11. 2016
    Folding BeijingHao Jingfang, translated by Ken Liu
  12. 2015
    The Day the World Turned Upside DownThomas Olde Heuvelt, translated by Lia Belt
  13. 2014
    The Lady Astronaut of MarsMary Robinette Kowal
  14. 2013
    The Girl-Thing Who Went Out for SushiPat Cadigan
  15. 2012
    Six Months, Three DaysCharlie Jane Anders
  16. 2011
    The Emperor of MarsAllen Steele
  17. 2010
    The IslandPeter Watts
  18. 2009
    Shoggoths in BloomElizabeth Bear
  19. 2008
    The Merchant and the Alchemist's GateTed Chiang
  20. 2007
    The Djinn's WifeIan McDonald
  21. 2006
    Two HeartsPeter S. Beagle
  22. 2005
    The Faery HandbagKelly Link
  23. 2004
    Legions in TimeMichael Swanwick
  24. 2003
    Slow LifeMichael Swanwick
  25. 2002
    Hell Is the Absence of GodTed Chiang
  26. 2001
    Millennium BabiesKristine Kathryn Rusch
  27. 2000
    10¹⁶ to 1James Patrick Kelly
  28. 1999
    TaklamakanBruce Sterling
  29. 1998
    We Will Drink a Fish Together…Bill Johnson
  30. 1997
    Bicycle RepairmanBruce Sterling
  31. 1996
    Think Like a DinosaurJames Patrick Kelly
  32. 1995
    The Martian ChildDavid Gerrold
  33. 1994
    Georgia on My MindCharles Sheffield
  34. 1993
    The Nutcracker CoupJanet Kagan
  35. 1992
    GoldIsaac Asimov
  36. 1991
    The ManamoukiMike Resnick
  37. 1990
    Enter a Soldier. Later: Enter AnotherRobert Silverberg
  38. 1989
    Schrödinger's KittenGeorge Alec Effinger
  39. 1988
    Buffalo Gals, Won't You Come Out TonightUrsula K. Le Guin
  40. 1987
    PermafrostRoger Zelazny
  41. 1986
    Paladin of the Lost HourHarlan Ellison
  42. 1985
    BloodchildOctavia E. Butler
  43. 1984
    Blood MusicGreg Bear
  44. 1983
    Fire WatchConnie Willis
  45. 1982
    Unicorn VariationRoger Zelazny
  46. 1981
    The Cloak and the StaffGordon R. Dickson
  47. 1980
    SandkingsGeorge R. R. Martin
  48. 1979
    Hunter's MoonPoul Anderson
  49. 1978
    Eyes of AmberJoan D. Vinge
  50. 1977
    The Bicentennial ManIsaac Asimov
  51. 1976
    The Borderland of SolLarry Niven
  52. 1975
    Adrift Just Off the Islets of LangerhansHarlan Ellison
  53. 1974
    The DeathbirdHarlan Ellison
  54. 1973
    Goat SongPoul Anderson
  55. 1969
    The Sharing of FleshPoul Anderson
  56. 1968
    Gonna Roll the BonesFritz Leiber
  57. 1967
    The Last CastleJack Vance
  58. 1959
    The Big Front YardClifford D. Simak
  59. 1956
    Exploration TeamMurray Leinster
  60. 1955
    The DarfstellerWalter M. Miller, Jr.