Winner
- “When Robot and Crow Saved East St. Louis”, Annalee Newitz (Slate Dec 2018)
Finalists
- “Freezing Rain, A Chance of Falling”, L. X. Beckett (F&SF Jul/Aug 2018)
- Gods, Monsters, and the Lucky Peach, Kelly Robson (Tor.com)
- “Nine Last Days on Planet Earth”, Daryl Gregory (Tor.com 19 Sep 2018)
- “On the Day You Spend Forever with Your Dog”, Adam Shannon (Apex Dec 2018)
- The Only Harmless Great Thing, Brooke Bolander (Tor.com)
- “The Secret Lives of the Nine Negro Teeth of George Washington”, P. Djèlí Clark (Fireside Feb 2018)
- “The Starship and the Temple Cat”, Yoon Ha Lee (Beneath Ceaseless Skies 1 Feb 2018)
- “Umbernight”, Carolyn Ives Gilman (Clarkesworld Feb 2018)
- “When We Were Starless”, Simone Heller (Clarkesworld Oct 2018)
- “Yard Dog”, Tade Thompson (Fiyah Jul 2018)