E-mail Locus

Eligibility Year: 2003
Judges: Heinz Insu Fenkl, John Kessel, Larissa Lai, Kelly Link, Maureen F. McHugh

WINNER

"The Specialist", Alison Smith (McSweeney's Quarterly Concern)

HONORABLE MENTION

"After the Disaster", Ben Ehrenreich (McSweeney's Quarterly Concern)

"Ash City Stomp", Richard Butner (Trampoline: An Anthology)

"Bitter Grounds", Neil Gaiman (Mojo: Conjure Stories)

"Bread & Bombs", M. Rickert (F&SF Apr 2003)

"The Brief History of the Dead", Kevin Brockmeier (The New Yorker 8 Sep 2003)

"Come Dance with Me", Terry Bisson (Stars)

"Custer's Angel", Adrienne Gormley (New Voices in Science Fiction)

"Death Penality", Leslie What (Sci Fiction 19 Feb 2003)

"The Fishie", Philip Raines & Harvey Welles (Lady Churchill's Rosebud Wristlet #12 Jun 2003)

"The Mystery of Our Baraboo Lands", Barth Anderson (Polyphony, Volume 3)

"The People of Paper", Salvador Plascencia (McSweeney's Quarterly Concern)

"The Pond", Sarah Willis (Missouri Review)

"The Reincarnate", Michael Bergstein (Conjunctions 41: Two Kingdoms)

"The Shortest Distance Between Me and the World", Mark Kline (Missouri Review)

"They Took My Body Apart and Made Another Me", Robert Kelly (Conjunctions 41: Two Kingdoms)

"You Go Where It Takes You", Nathan Ballingrud (Sci Fiction 16 Jul 2003)