Runner-up, Best Novella, 2020
In an Absent Dream
Seanan McGuire (opens in a new tab)
A girl who loves rules finds a door into the Goblin Market, a world where everything has a price and fair value is everything.
The ballot
- This Is How You Lose the Time WarAmal El-Mohtar and Max GladstoneSaga Press; Jo Fletcher BooksWinner
- To Be Taught, If FortunateBecky ChambersHarper Voyager; Hodder & Stoughton
- The Haunting of Tram Car 015P. Djèlí ClarkTor.com Publishing
- Anxiety Is the Dizziness of FreedomTed Chiang
- The DeepRivers Solomon, with Daveed Diggs, William Hutson & Jonathan SnipesSaga Press/Gallery