Finalist, Best Novella, 2020
The Deep
Rivers Solomon (opens in a new tab), with Daveed Diggs (opens in a new tab) and William Hutson & Jonathan Snipes (opens in a new tab)
The descendants of pregnant African women thrown overboard on slave ships live under the sea, and one of them holds their whole people's painful memory.
The ballot
- This Is How You Lose the Time WarAmal El-Mohtar and Max GladstoneSaga Press; Jo Fletcher BooksWinner
- In an Absent DreamSeanan McGuireTor.com PublishingRunner-up
- 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