Finalist, Best Novella, 2019
Beneath the Sugar Sky
Seanan McGuire (opens in a new tab)
A girl falls into the pond at a school for runaway children, says she is the daughter of a student who died there, and is fading away unless they can bring her mother back.
The ballot
- Artificial ConditionMartha WellsTor.com publishingWinner
- The Tea Master and the DetectiveAliette de BodardSubterranean Press / JABberwocky Literary AgencyRunner-up
- The Black God’s DrumsP. Djèlí ClarkTor.com publishing
- Binti: The Night MasqueradeNnedi OkoraforTor.com publishing
- Gods, Monsters, and the Lucky PeachKelly RobsonTor.com publishing
