Runner-up, Best Novella, 2004
The Empress of Mars
Kage Baker (opens in a new tab)
The owner of the only bar on a corporate Mars colony takes on the company that wants to shut her down.
The ballot
- The Cookie MonsterVernor VingeAnalog Oct 2003Winner
- Just Like the Ones We Used to KnowConnie WillisAsimov’s Dec 2003
- The Green Leopard PlagueWalter Jon WilliamsAsimov’s Oct/Nov 2003
- Walk in SilenceCatherine AsaroAnalog Apr 2003