Runner-up, Best Novella, 2021
Ring Shout
P. Djèlí Clark (opens in a new tab)
In the 1920s American South, a monster hunter with a sword fights the Ku Klux Klan, whose members are not all human.
The ballot
- The Empress of Salt and FortuneNghi VoTor.comWinner
- Come Tumbling DownSeanan McGuireTor.com
- Upright Women WantedSarah GaileyTor.com
- FinnaNino CipriTor.com
- Riot BabyTochi OnyebuchiTor.com