Finalist, Best Novella, 2021

Riot Baby

Tochi Onyebuchi (opens in a new tab)

Hardcover, 176 pages

A young Black woman with frightening powers watches her brother pass through the prisons of America, and has to decide what to do with what she can.

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The ballot

The Empress of Salt and FortuneNghi VoTor.comWinner
Ring ShoutP. Djèlí ClarkTor.comRunner-up
Come Tumbling DownSeanan McGuireTor.com
Upright Women WantedSarah GaileyTor.com
FinnaNino CipriTor.com