2020 Analog AnLab and Asimov’s Readers’ Awards Finalists

Each year the readers of two of the three remaining science fiction digest magazines get to vote on their favourite stories. The editors of Analog and Asimov's have announced the finalists for the Analog Analytical Laboratory (AnLab) and the Asimov's Readers' Awards.

These are the Analog AnLab finalists for Best Novella.

• “Moral Biology“, Neal Asher (5-6/20)
• “Draiken Dies“, Adam-Troy Castro (9-10/20)
• “Flyboys“, Stanley Schmidt (7-8/20)

These are the Asimov's Reader's Choice finalists for Best Novella.

• “Semper Augustus“, Nancy Kress (3-4/20)
• “Tool Use by the Humans of Danzhai County“, Derek Künsken (7-8/20)
• “Nic and Viv’s Compulsory Courtship“, Will McIntosh (7-8/20)
• “Maelstrom“, Kristine Kathryn Rusch (9-10/20)
• “Take a Look at the Five and Ten”, Connie Willis (11-12/20)

The article linked above contains links to most of the stories so you can read them for free.

I have a soft spot for the AnLab contest as Analog was the first science fiction magazine that I discovered as a teen and I read it religiously for many years. I'll be looking at this year's stories to see what the magazine is like now.