Novelette
- Winner: “The Empire of Ice Cream”, Jeffrey Ford (Sci Fiction 26 Feb 2003)
- “0wnz0red”, Cory Doctorow (Salon Aug 2002)
- “The Mask of the Rex”, Richard Bowes (F&SF May 2002)
- “Of a Sweet Slow Dance in the Wake of Temporary Dogs”, Adam-Troy Castro (Imaginings: An Anthology of Long Short Fiction)
- “The Wages of Syntax”, Ray Vukcevich (Sci Fiction 16 Oct 2002)
Associated Awards