Finalist, Best Novella, 1982
Emergence
David R. Palmer (opens in a new tab)
After a biological war kills nearly everyone, a young girl who survived sets out to look for others, and learns that she belongs to a new kind of human.
The ballot
- The Saturn GamePoul AndersonAnalog Feb 1981Winner
- In the Western TraditionPhyllis EisensteinF&SF Mar 1981
- Blue ChampagneJohn VarleyNew Voices #4, 1981
- With Thimbles, with Forks, and HopeKate WilhelmAsimov’s Nov 1981
- True NamesVernor VingeBinary Star #5, 1981