Finalist, Best Novella, 2019

Binti: The Night Masquerade

Nnedi Okorafor (opens in a new tab)

Paperback, 208 pages

Binti comes home to find the Khoush and the Meduse on the edge of war, with her own people caught between them, and has to stop it at great cost to herself.

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The ballot

Artificial ConditionMartha WellsTor.com publishingWinner
The Tea Master and the DetectiveAliette de BodardSubterranean Press / JABberwocky Literary AgencyRunner-up
Beneath the Sugar SkySeanan McGuireTor.com publishing
The Black God’s DrumsP. Djèlí ClarkTor.com publishing
Gods, Monsters, and the Lucky PeachKelly RobsonTor.com publishing