The ballot
- The Ultimate EarthJack WilliamsonAnalog Dec 2000Winner
- A Roll of the DiceCatherine AsaroAnalog Jul/Aug 2000Runner-up
- OracleGreg EganAsimov’s Jul 2000
- Seventy-Two LettersTed ChiangVanishing Acts, 2000
- Radiant Green StarLucius ShepardAsimov’s Aug 2000