WINNER

• "The Empress of Mars", Kage Baker (Asimov's Jul 2003)

SECOND PLACE

• "Bernardo's House", James Patrick Kelly (Asimov's Jun 2003)

THIRD PLACE

• "It's All True", John Kessel (Sci Fiction 5 Nov 2003)

SHORTLIST

• "Dead Worlds", Jack Skillingstead (Asimov's Jun 2003)
• "Dry Bones", William Sanders (Asimov's May 2003)
• "The Empire of Ice Cream", Jeffrey Ford (Sci Fiction 26 Feb 2003)
• "The Fluted Girl", Paolo Bacigalupi (F&SF Jun 2003)
• "Looking Through Lace", Ruth Nestvold (Asimov's Sep 2003)
• "Off on a Starship", William Barton (Asimov's Sep 2003)
• "Only Partly Here", Lucius Shepard (Asimov's Mar 2003)
• "The Tale of the Golden Eagle", David D. Levine (F&SF Jun 2003)
• "The Tangled Strings of the Marionettes", Adam-Troy Castro (F&SF Jul 2003)