Finalist, Best Novella, 2019
The Black God’s Drums
P. Djèlí Clark (opens in a new tab)
In an alternate New Orleans, a street girl hears of a weapon that could destroy the city and takes it to an airship captain.
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
- Binti: The Night MasqueradeNnedi OkoraforTor.com publishing
- Gods, Monsters, and the Lucky PeachKelly RobsonTor.com publishing