The ballot
- Down in the BottomlandsHarry TurtledoveAnalog Jan 1993Winner
- Wall, Stone, CraftWalter Jon WilliamsF&SF Oct/Nov 1993; Axolotl, 1993
- Into the Miranda RiftG. David NordleyAnalog Jul 1993
- An American ChildhoodPat MurphyAsimov’s Apr 1993
- Mefisto in OnyxHarlan EllisonOmni Oct 1993; Ziesing, 1993