Finalist, Best Novella, 2020
To Be Taught, If Fortunate
Becky Chambers (opens in a new tab)
Four astronauts on a long mission to survey other planets change their bodies to live on each one, and send back their findings to an Earth that has stopped answering.
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
- 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