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Asimov’s 2025 Readers’ Awards Ballot
Asimov’s 2025 Readers’ Awards Ballot
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BEST NOVELLA
First Choice
(Required)
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The Chronolithographer’s Assistant—Suzanne Palmer
The Ghost—John Kessel
The Hidden God—T.R. Napper
The Hunt for Lemuria 7—Allen M. Steele
Moon and Mars—James Patrick Kelly
The Passage—John Richard Trtek
Quantum Ghosts—Nancy Kress
The Signal and the Idler—Ted Kosmatka
Spare Parts for the Mind—Greg Egan
Weather Duty—Kristine Kathryn Rusch
Second Choice
(Required)
— No Selection —
The Chronolithographer’s Assistant—Suzanne Palmer
The Ghost—John Kessel
The Hidden God—T.R. Napper
The Hunt for Lemuria 7—Allen M. Steele
Moon and Mars—James Patrick Kelly
The Passage—John Richard Trtek
Quantum Ghosts—Nancy Kress
The Signal and the Idler—Ted Kosmatka
Spare Parts for the Mind—Greg Egan
Weather Duty—Kristine Kathryn Rusch
Third Choice
(Required)
— No Selection —
The Chronolithographer’s Assistant—Suzanne Palmer
The Ghost—John Kessel
The Hidden God—T.R. Napper
The Hunt for Lemuria 7—Allen M. Steele
Moon and Mars—James Patrick Kelly
The Passage—John Richard Trtek
Quantum Ghosts—Nancy Kress
The Signal and the Idler—Ted Kosmatka
Spare Parts for the Mind—Greg Egan
Weather Duty—Kristine Kathryn Rusch
BEST NOVELETTE
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(Required)
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A Girl from Hong Kong—Robert Reed
Another Mother On Mars—Dominica Phetteplace
Because It’s There—Susan Shwartz
In the Gardener’s Service—Michèle Lafraomboise
In the Splinterlands, the Crows Fly Blind—Siobhan Carroll
Lagrange Point 5—Sean McMullen
The Last of Operation Shroud—Alexander Jablokov
Miiracle—Tegan Moore
Most Things—Rich Larson
Mudfoots—Eric Del Carlo
My Biggest Fan—Faith Merino
On the Night Shift—Zohar Jacobs
Perri’s Fate—Robert Reed
Pirates of Highship—Stephen Case
The Recovery of Lemuria 7—Allen M. Steele
Shadow of Shadows—Frank Ward
Solemnity—Mark D. Jacobsen
Tenth Contact—Bruce Sterling & Paul Di Filippo
A Tide of Paper—Leah Cypess
Second Choice
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— No Selection —
A Girl from Hong Kong—Robert Reed
Another Mother On Mars—Dominica Phetteplace
Because It’s There—Susan Shwartz
In the Gardener’s Service—Michèle Lafraomboise
In the Splinterlands, the Crows Fly Blind—Siobhan Carroll
Lagrange Point 5—Sean McMullen
The Last of Operation Shroud—Alexander Jablokov
Miiracle—Tegan Moore
Most Things—Rich Larson
Mudfoots—Eric Del Carlo
My Biggest Fan—Faith Merino
On the Night Shift—Zohar Jacobs
Perri’s Fate—Robert Reed
Pirates of Highship—Stephen Case
The Recovery of Lemuria 7—Allen M. Steele
Shadow of Shadows—Frank Ward
Solemnity—Mark D. Jacobsen
Tenth Contact—Bruce Sterling & Paul Di Filippo
A Tide of Paper—Leah Cypess
Third Choice
(Required)
— No Selection —
A Girl from Hong Kong—Robert Reed
Another Mother On Mars—Dominica Phetteplace
Because It’s There—Susan Shwartz
In the Gardener’s Service—Michèle Lafraomboise
In the Splinterlands, the Crows Fly Blind—Siobhan Carroll
Lagrange Point 5—Sean McMullen
The Last of Operation Shroud—Alexander Jablokov
Miiracle—Tegan Moore
Most Things—Rich Larson
Mudfoots—Eric Del Carlo
My Biggest Fan—Faith Merino
On the Night Shift—Zohar Jacobs
Perri’s Fate—Robert Reed
Pirates of Highship—Stephen Case
The Recovery of Lemuria 7—Allen M. Steele
Shadow of Shadows—Frank Ward
Solemnity—Mark D. Jacobsen
Tenth Contact—Bruce Sterling & Paul Di Filippo
A Tide of Paper—Leah Cypess
BEST SHORT STORY
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A Brief History of the Afterlife—Anthony Ha
Aftermath—William Preston
Catch a Tiger in the Snow—Ray Nayler
Can You Outrun a T-Rex?—Sean Monaghan
Completely Normal—Jendayi Brooks-Flemister
The Courier—Lavie Tidhar
Cryptid or Your Money Back—Misha Lenau
The Demon of Metrazol—Ray Nayler
The Expurgator—Shiwei Zhou
The Fight Goes On—Harry Turtledove
Five Hundred KPH Toward Heaven—Matthew Kressel
Frankenstein’s Book Launch—Karen Heuler
The Humming of Tamed Dragons—A.M. Dellamonica
In the Forest of Mechanical Trees—Steve Rasnic Tem
In the Halls of the Makeshift King—Tobias S. Buckell
Jilly in Right: a Thought Experiment—Rick Wilber
Lolo’s Last Run—E.M. Kerkman
My Heart a Streak of Light Across the Sky—Samantha Murray
The Mystery of My Death—Rob Chilson
The Night Heron Rescue—Alice Towey
Strays—Scott William Carter
Through the Pinhole, or, the Origin of a Holostory—Nikki Braziel
The Tin Man’s Ghost—Ray Nayler
Trial by Harry—Michael Libling
Unidentified Aerian Phenomenon—Donald McCarthy
What the Frog’s Eye Tells the Frog’s Brain—Beston Barnett
Within God—Garrett Ashley
Woolly—Carrie Vaughn
Worm Song—Derek Künsken
Second Choice
(Required)
— No Selection —
A Brief History of the Afterlife—Anthony Ha
Aftermath—William Preston
Catch a Tiger in the Snow—Ray Nayler
Can You Outrun a T-Rex?—Sean Monaghan
Completely Normal—Jendayi Brooks-Flemister
The Courier—Lavie Tidhar
Cryptid or Your Money Back—Misha Lenau
The Demon of Metrazol—Ray Nayler
The Expurgator—Shiwei Zhou
The Fight Goes On—Harry Turtledove
Five Hundred KPH Toward Heaven—Matthew Kressel
Frankenstein’s Book Launch—Karen Heuler
The Humming of Tamed Dragons—A.M. Dellamonica
In the Forest of Mechanical Trees—Steve Rasnic Tem
In the Halls of the Makeshift King—Tobias S. Buckell
Jilly in Right: a Thought Experiment—Rick Wilber
Lolo’s Last Run—E.M. Kerkman
My Heart a Streak of Light Across the Sky—Samantha Murray
The Mystery of My Death—Rob Chilson
The Night Heron Rescue—Alice Towey
Strays—Scott William Carter
Through the Pinhole, or, the Origin of a Holostory—Nikki Braziel
The Tin Man’s Ghost—Ray Nayler
Trial by Harry—Michael Libling
Unidentified Aerian Phenomenon—Donald McCarthy
What the Frog’s Eye Tells the Frog’s Brain—Beston Barnett
Within God—Garrett Ashley
Woolly—Carrie Vaughn
Worm Song—Derek Künsken
Third Choice
(Required)
— No Selection —
A Brief History of the Afterlife—Anthony Ha
Aftermath—William Preston
Catch a Tiger in the Snow—Ray Nayler
Can You Outrun a T-Rex?—Sean Monaghan
Completely Normal—Jendayi Brooks-Flemister
The Courier—Lavie Tidhar
Cryptid or Your Money Back—Misha Lenau
The Demon of Metrazol—Ray Nayler
The Expurgator—Shiwei Zhou
The Fight Goes On—Harry Turtledove
Five Hundred KPH Toward Heaven—Matthew Kressel
Frankenstein’s Book Launch—Karen Heuler
The Humming of Tamed Dragons—A.M. Dellamonica
In the Forest of Mechanical Trees—Steve Rasnic Tem
In the Halls of the Makeshift King—Tobias S. Buckell
Jilly in Right: a Thought Experiment—Rick Wilber
Lolo’s Last Run—E.M. Kerkman
My Heart a Streak of Light Across the Sky—Samantha Murray
The Mystery of My Death—Rob Chilson
The Night Heron Rescue—Alice Towey
Strays—Scott William Carter
Through the Pinhole, or, the Origin of a Holostory—Nikki Braziel
The Tin Man’s Ghost—Ray Nayler
Trial by Harry—Michael Libling
Unidentified Aerian Phenomenon—Donald McCarthy
What the Frog’s Eye Tells the Frog’s Brain—Beston Barnett
Within God—Garrett Ashley
Woolly—Carrie Vaughn
Worm Song—Derek Künsken
BEST POEM
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After the Chemicals Decay—Claire McNerney
All the Space We Have Left—Marisca Pichette
Baggus Plasticus—Ciarán Parkes
Eating With the Dead #2—Mary Soon Lee
Einstein to Newton—Gary Sterling
Fantastic!—Jane Yolen
Field Note From an Outlier Physicist—Robert Frazier
Fine Print—Ursula Whitcher
Good Dogs—Leslie J. Anderson
History—Vonnie Winslow Crist
Hourglass—Greg Schwartz
I Try to Explain the Concept of Teeth to My Alien Roommate—Rachel Linton
Inheritance Haiku—Bruce Boston
Intergalactic Tanka—Anna Cates
Introducing My Friends to My Dad—Chiwenite Onyekwelu
The Last Gods—David C. Kopaska-Merkel
Learning Toy—Don Mark Baldridge
Lover Lost—Richard Schiffman
Matter/Antimatter—Lynne Sargent
Micro Circuit—Sai Liuko
My Flintstones Thermos, 1962—Rob Loughran
Now That I Have Found You—Robert Frazier
The Paper Swift—Ciarán Parkes
Stellarium—Stuart Greenhouse
Styx Seasons—Robert Frazier
Ten Indicators of Time Drift—Robert Frazier
Too Far Away—Jenny Blackford
Train—David Rogers
Unfolding Origami—Kendall Evans
Vivienne—E.H. Lupton
What Death Reads—Mary Soon Lee
What We Learn from Quantum Mechanics—Fred D. White
When I Heard the Learn’d Astronomer—Kenton K. Yee
Your Clone Can Always Look Herselves Up—Robert Frazier
Second Choice
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— No Selection —
After the Chemicals Decay—Claire McNerney
All the Space We Have Left—Marisca Pichette
Baggus Plasticus—Ciarán Parkes
Eating With the Dead #2—Mary Soon Lee
Einstein to Newton—Gary Sterling
Fantastic!—Jane Yolen
Field Note From an Outlier Physicist—Robert Frazier
Fine Print—Ursula Whitcher
Good Dogs—Leslie J. Anderson
History—Vonnie Winslow Crist
Hourglass—Greg Schwartz
I Try to Explain the Concept of Teeth to My Alien Roommate—Rachel Linton
Inheritance Haiku—Bruce Boston
Intergalactic Tanka—Anna Cates
Introducing My Friends to My Dad—Chiwenite Onyekwelu
The Last Gods—David C. Kopaska-Merkel
Learning Toy—Don Mark Baldridge
Lover Lost—Richard Schiffman
Matter/Antimatter—Lynne Sargent
Micro Circuit—Sai Liuko
My Flintstones Thermos, 1962—Rob Loughran
Now That I Have Found You—Robert Frazier
The Paper Swift—Ciarán Parkes
Stellarium—Stuart Greenhouse
Styx Seasons—Robert Frazier
Ten Indicators of Time Drift—Robert Frazier
Too Far Away—Jenny Blackford
Train—David Rogers
Unfolding Origami—Kendall Evans
Vivienne—E.H. Lupton
What Death Reads—Mary Soon Lee
What We Learn from Quantum Mechanics—Fred D. White
When I Heard the Learn’d Astronomer—Kenton K. Yee
Your Clone Can Always Look Herselves Up—Robert Frazier
Third Choice
(Required)
— No Selection —
After the Chemicals Decay—Claire McNerney
All the Space We Have Left—Marisca Pichette
Baggus Plasticus—Ciarán Parkes
Eating With the Dead #2—Mary Soon Lee
Einstein to Newton—Gary Sterling
Fantastic!—Jane Yolen
Field Note From an Outlier Physicist—Robert Frazier
Fine Print—Ursula Whitcher
Good Dogs—Leslie J. Anderson
History—Vonnie Winslow Crist
Hourglass—Greg Schwartz
I Try to Explain the Concept of Teeth to My Alien Roommate—Rachel Linton
Inheritance Haiku—Bruce Boston
Intergalactic Tanka—Anna Cates
Introducing My Friends to My Dad—Chiwenite Onyekwelu
The Last Gods—David C. Kopaska-Merkel
Learning Toy—Don Mark Baldridge
Lover Lost—Richard Schiffman
Matter/Antimatter—Lynne Sargent
Micro Circuit—Sai Liuko
My Flintstones Thermos, 1962—Rob Loughran
Now That I Have Found You—Robert Frazier
The Paper Swift—Ciarán Parkes
Stellarium—Stuart Greenhouse
Styx Seasons—Robert Frazier
Ten Indicators of Time Drift—Robert Frazier
Too Far Away—Jenny Blackford
Train—David Rogers
Unfolding Origami—Kendall Evans
Vivienne—E.H. Lupton
What Death Reads—Mary Soon Lee
What We Learn from Quantum Mechanics—Fred D. White
When I Heard the Learn’d Astronomer—Kenton K. Yee
Your Clone Can Always Look Herselves Up—Robert Frazier
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May/June—IG Digital Arts & Annie Spratt
July/August—Maurizio Manzieri
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January/February— Shutterstock.com
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May/June—IG Digital Arts & Annie Spratt
July/August—Maurizio Manzieri
September/October—Shutterstock.com
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