Short Story
- Winner: “The Pelican Bar”, Karen Joy Fowler (Eclipse Three)
- “In Hiding”, R. B. Russell (Putting the Pieces in Place)
- “A Journal of Certain Events of Scientific Interest from the First Survey Voyage of the Southern Waters by HMS Ocelot, As Observed by Professor Thaddeus Boswell, DPhil, MSc, or, A Lullaby”, Helen Keeble (Strange Horizons Jun 2009)
- “Light on the Water”, Genevieve Valentine (Fantasy Oct 2009)
- “The Persistence of Memory, or This Space for Sale”, Paul Park (Postscripts 20/21: Edison's Frankenstein)
- “Singing on a Star”, Ellen Klages (Firebirds Soaring)
Anthology
- Winner: American Fantastic Tales: Terror and the Uncanny: From Poe to the Pulps/From the 1940s to Now, Peter Straub, ed. (Library of America)
- Eclipse Three, Jonathan Strahan, ed. (Night Shade)
- Exotic Gothic 3: Strange Visitations, Danel Olson, ed. (Ash-Tree)
- Poe, Ellen Datlow, ed. (Solaris)
- Songs of The Dying Earth: Stories in Honor of Jack Vance, George R. R. Martin & Gardner Dozois, eds. (Subterranean; Voyager)
- The Very Best of Fantasy & Science Fiction: Sixtieth Anniversary Anthology, Gordon Van Gelder, ed. (Tachyon)
Special Award, Professional
Special Award, Non-professional