WINNER

• "The Annals of Eelin-Ok", Jeffrey Ford (The Faery Reel: Tales from the Twilight Realm)

HONORABLE MENTION

• "Cold Fires", M. Rickert (F&SF Oct/Nov 2004)
• "The Faery Handbag", Kelly Link (The Faery Reel: Tales from the Twilight Realm)
• "The Golden Age of Fire Escapes", John Aegard (Rabid Transit: Petting Zoo)
• "The Immortal Feet", Katherine Haake (One Story)
• "The Lethe Man", David J. Schwartz (Say... #4 2004)
• "Music Lessons", Douglas Lain (Lady Churchill's Rosebud Wristlet #14 2004)
• "Retrospective", Sonya Taaffe (Not One of Us #31)
• "Things Penguins Do", Katherin Nolte (Fence Magazine)
• "The Wolf at the Door", Rebecca Curtis (StoryQuarterly)
• "Zavtra aptBaZ", Liz Williams (Scheherazade)