WINNER

• "The Calorie Man", Paolo Bacigalupi (F&SF Oct/Nov 2005)

SECOND PLACE

• "The Little Goddess", Ian McDonald (Asimov's Jun 2005)

THIRD PLACE

• "Magic for Beginners", Kelly Link (Magic for Beginners)

SHORTLIST

• "The Blemmye's Stratagem", Bruce Sterling (F&SF Jan 2005)
• "The Inn at Mount Either", James Van Pelt (Analog May 2005)
• "Inside Job", Connie Willis (Asimov's Jan 2005)
• "Keyboard Practice, Consisting of an Aria with Diverse Variations for the Harpsichord with Two Manuals", John G. McDaid (F&SF Jan 2005)
• "Little Faces", Vonda N. McIntyre (Sci Fiction 23 Feb 2005)
• "Panacea", Jason Stoddard (Sci Fiction 14 Sep 2005)
• "Second Person, Present Tense", Daryl Gregory (Asimov's Sep 2005)