Runner-up, Best Novella, 2017

The Dream-Quest of Vellitt Boe

Kij Johnson (opens in a new tab)

169 pages

A professor at a women's college in a land of dreams sets out across it to bring home a student who has run off with a man from the waking world.

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The ballot

Every Heart a DoorwaySeanan McGuireTor.com publishingWinner
Penric and the ShamanLois McMaster BujoldSpectrum Literary Agency
The Ballad of Black TomVictor LaValleTor.com publishing
A Taste of HoneyKai Ashante WilsonTor.com publishing
This Census-TakerChina MiévilleDel Rey / Picador