The ballot
- Down in the BottomlandsHarry TurtledoveAnalog Jan 1993Winner
- Into the Miranda RiftG. David NordleyAnalog Jul 1993
- The Night We Buried Road DogJack CadyF&SF Jan 1993
- An American ChildhoodPat MurphyAsimov’s Apr 1993
- Mefisto in OnyxHarlan EllisonOmni Oct 1993; Ziesing, 1993