2022 SF/F Ballots

Update 5/21/23: Tagged 20 TOC and 60 notable stories from πŸ“™John Joseph Adam's Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy anthology (click link to highlight).
Update 5/15/23: Tagged 3 πŸ†Nebula Award winners (click link to highlight).
Update 4/28/23: Tagged 30 πŸ†Locus Award finalists (click link to highlight).
Update 4/10/23: Tagged 1 πŸ†BSFA Award (short fiction) winner (click link to highlight).
Update 3/15/23: Tagged 1 of 5 πŸ†Lambda Award finalists (click link to highlight).
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Every month, on the 1st, we add the most recommendedπŸ‘ stories from the previous month's ratings to our Year-To-Date (YTD) list, grouped by story length and current score (must be 2 or more). This is our annual library.

After year's end, during the three-month award nomination season, the YTD list becomes the SF/F Ballots list and story scores are updated as “year’s best” anthologiesπŸ“™ and award finalistsπŸ† are announced. For some awards and the Locus Recommended Reading List, we’ll create an annotated list of the finalists sorted by latest score to help people choose stories to read.

After most nominations close in March, the SF/F Ballots list becomes the Best SF/F list and story scores continue to be updated until November when the last award winners (World Fantasy) are announced. During this time, we’ll produce themed selections of outstanding storiesπŸš€✨πŸŒˆπŸ“š with final scores from the annual library.

1. Year-To-Date


2/5/23: 100% done (✓133/133)
Next Update:

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πŸ‘ABrown
πŸ‘CPayseur
πŸ‘KBurnham
πŸ‘MHaskins
πŸ‘PGuran.r
πŸ‘RHorton.r
πŸ‘STomaino
πŸ‘Tangent
πŸ‘Goodreads πŸ“˜
πŸ‘LibraryJournal πŸ“˜
πŸ‘Kirkus πŸ“˜
πŸ‘PW πŸ“˜
Note: CPayseur, KBurnham, and PGuran are a month behind because they review online stories (which generally have no advance copies) for a print magazine with a one month lead time.

2. SF/F Ballots


Here are links to ballots for various SF/F awards, 5 that are open to all, and 4 that are open to members of a convention or association. Highlighted awards are currently open for voting.

The magazine-specific awards come with a longlist link to all stories published by each magazine, with blurbs to help you remember the ones you've read and scores to guide further reading.

For the general awards, see the outstanding stories at the 2022 YTD page, grouped by length (novella, novelette, short story), by publication, by new writer (year 1, year 2), or by author.


A. Open to All

B. Open to Members
Here are some helpful aggregation lists for Best Dramatic Presentation - Long Form (Metacritic's Film Critics Top Ten Lists), and Best Dramatic Presentation - Short Form (Metacritic's TV Critics Top Ten Lists). GoodReads Choice Awards 2022 is also useful for science fiction novels, fantasy novels, and graphic novels.

C. Jury-Only
Here are some helpful aggregation lists for Best Dramatic Presentation - Long Form (Metacritic's Film Critics Top Ten Lists), and Best Dramatic Presentation - Short Form (Metacritic's TV Critics Top Ten Lists). GoodReads Choice Awards 2022 is also useful for science fiction novels, fantasy novels, and graphic novels.

C. Jury-Only

3. Best SF/F


5/21/23: 57% complete (πŸ†13/39; πŸ“™2/7; πŸ‘24/24; 40/70)
Next Updates:

Clicking on a completed award/year's best/reviewer link will highlight the stories whose score was increased by that award/year's best/reviewer.

1. General AwardsFinalistsWinners
Eugie May Aug 31-Sep 4 @ DragonCon
Hugo Early Apr Aug 16-20 @ WorldCon
LocusπŸ†₁Locus+3 Jun @ Locus Awards Weekend
NebulaπŸ†₁Nebula+3πŸ†₁Nebula+4
Sturgeon Apr-May Oct @ Gunn Center Conference
2. Subgenre AwardsFinalistsWinners
British Fantasy Jul Sep 15-17 @ FantasyCon
BSFAπŸ†₂BSFA+2 Apr 7-10 @ Eastercon
LambdaπŸ†₂Lambda+2 Jun @ Lammys
Otherwise March May 26-29 @ WisCon
Shirley Jackson May Jul 13-16 @ ReaderCon
StokerπŸ† Jun 15-18 @ StokerCon
World Fantasy Jul Oct 26-29 @ World Fantasy Convention
3. Readers AwardsFinalistsWinners
AnalogπŸ†₃Readers+1 Jul-Aug Issue
ApexπŸ†₃Readers+2
Asimov'sπŸ†₃Readers+1 Jul-Aug Issue
ClarkesworldπŸ†₃Readers+1πŸ†₃Readers+2
UncannyπŸ†₃Readers+1πŸ†₃Readers+2
BooklistπŸ†πŸ†
ChoiceπŸ†πŸ†
Reading ListπŸ†πŸ†
4. Year's BestHonorable MentionTable of Contents
Best American SF/FπŸ“™₁BASFF+1πŸ“™₁BASFF+2
Neil Clarke Nov
5. Subgenre BestHonorable MentionTable of Contents
Allan Kaster Jun
Ellen Datlow Mar
Paula Guran (F)πŸ“™₂PGuran.F+1
Paula Guran (DF&H) Mar
6. ReviewersRecommendedAward Worthy
Alex BrownπŸ‘ABrown+1πŸ‘ABrown+2
A.C. WiseπŸ‘ACWise+1πŸ‘ACWise+2
Karen BurnhamπŸ‘KBurnham+1πŸ‘KBurnham+2
Maria HaskinsπŸ‘MHaskins+1πŸ‘MHaskins+2
Paula GuranπŸ‘PGuran+1πŸ‘PGuran+2
Rich HortonπŸ‘RHorton.r+1πŸ‘RHorton.r+2
Sam TomainoπŸ‘STomaino+1πŸ‘STomaino+2
TangentπŸ‘Tangent+1πŸ‘Tangent+2
GoodreadsπŸ‘Goodreads+1πŸ“˜πŸ‘Goodreads+2πŸ“˜
Library JournalπŸ‘LibraryJournal+1πŸ“˜πŸ‘LibraryJournal+2πŸ“˜
Kirkus ReviewsπŸ‘Kirkus+1πŸ“˜πŸ‘Kirkus+2πŸ“˜
Publishers' WeeklyπŸ‘PW+1πŸ“˜πŸ‘PW+2πŸ“˜


Eric Wong
Updated Sunday May 21, 2023

3 comments (may contain spoilers):

  1. The 2022 Clarkesworld Poll is taking nominations now through Friday Jan 27 8pm EST: http://neil-clarke.com/2022-clarkesworld-poll-nomination-phase/

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    1. Thanks, links to the Analog stories have been added.

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