The long list returns! Last year, I introduced the first ever WISB Awards Long list, which represents all the things I loved in 2015 and, more or less, my Hugo Awards Ballot (some items are obviously not eligible). This year, I’m at it again. Shortly, I’ll release the winners of the 2017 WISB Awards. Presumably, there will be thunderous applause or something.
As always, I do not include my own work on the long list. If you’re interested in nominating me for something, feel free to do so for the following:
- Best Fancast
- The Skiffy and Fanty Show (Shaun Duke, Julia Rios, Paul Weimer, Mike Underwood, Rachael Acks, David Annandale, Jen Zink, and Trish Matson)
- Totally Pretentious (Shaun Duke and David Annandale)
Now here’s the official 2017 WISB Awards Long List:
(IMPORTANT: I am in the process of filling out the categories. New updates will go up periodically throughout the day.)
Best Novel
- Too Like the Lightning by Ada Palmer (Tor Books)
- The Last Days of New Paris by China Mieville (Del Rey)
- An Accident of Stars by Foz Meadows (Angry Robot Books)
- Arabella of Mars by David D. Levine (Tor Books)
- A Fierce and Subtle Poison by Samantha Mabry (Alongquin)
- After Atlas by Emma Newman (Ace)
- All the Birds in the Sky by Charlie Jane Anders (Tor Books)
- Borderline by Mishell Baker (Saga Press)
- Central Station by Lavie Tidhar (Tachyon Publications)
- Certain Dark Things by Silvia Moreno-Garcia (Thomas Dunne Books)
- Devil and the Bluebird by Jennifer Mason-Black (Harry N. Abrams)
- Everfair by Nisi Shawl (Tor Books)
- Four Roads Cross by Max Gladstone (Tor Books)
- Infomocracy by Malka Older (Tor.com)
- Jerusalem by Alan Moore (Liveright)
- Ninefox Gambit by Yoon Ha Lee (Solaris)
- The Race by Nina Allan (Titan Books)
- Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead (Doubleday)
- Visitor by C.J. Cherryh (DAW)
Best Novella
- The Coward’s Option by Adam Troy-Castro (Analog)
- Everybody Loves Charles by Bao Shu, translated by Ken Liu (Clarkesworld)
- Cold-Forged Flame by Marie Brennan (Tor.com Publishing)
- The Devil You Know by K.J. Parker (Tor.com Publishing)
- Everything Belongs to the Future by Laurie Penny (Tor.com Publishing)
- A Taste of Honey by Kai Ashante Wilson (Tor.com Publishing)
- This Census-Taker by China Mieville (Subterranean Press)
- The Dream-Quest of Vellitt Boe by Kij Johnson (Tor.com Publishing)
- The Ballad of Black Tom by Victor LaValle (Tor.com Publishing)
- Chimera by Gu Shi, translated by S. Qiouyi Lu and Ken Liu (Clarkesworld)
Best Novelette
- “Blood Grains Speak Through Memories” by Jason Sanford (Beneath Ceaseless Skies)
- “Jonas and the Fox” by Rich Larson (Clarkesworld)
- “Foxfire, Foxfire” by Yoon Ha Lee (Beneath Ceaseless Skies)
- “A Dead Djinn in Cairo” by P. Djeli Clark (Tor.com)
- “Standing on the Floodbanks” by Bogi Takács (GigaNotoSaurus)
- “The Art of Space Travel” by Nina Allan (Tor.com)
- “The Faery Handbag” by Kelly Link (The Faery Reel)
- “The Night Cyclist” by Stephen Graham Jones (Tor.com)
- “Unauthorized Access” by An Awomoyela (Lightspeed Magazine)
- “You’ll Surely Drown Here If You Stay” by Alyssa Wong (Uncanny Magazine)
- “Polyglossia” by Tamara Vardomskaya (GigaNotoSaurus)
- “Sooner or Later Everything Falls into the Sea” by Sarah Pinsker (Lightspeed Magazine)
- “Discards” by David D. Levine (Tor.com)
Best Short Story
- “Tower of the Rosewater Goblet” by Nin Harris (Strange Horizons)
- “What the Stories Steal” by Nin Harris (Clarkesworld)
- “Haunted” by Sarah Gailey (Fireside Fiction)
- “The Rupture” by Malka Older (Capricious)
- “The Fifth Gable” by Kay Chronister (Shimmer)
- “How High Your Gods Can Count” by Tegan Moore (Strange Horizons)
- “Four Stops” by G.V. Anderson (Syntax & Salt Magazine)
- “Ossuary” by Ian Muneshwar (Clarkesworld)
- “The Creeping Women” by Christopher Barzak (Uncanny Magazine)
- “Listen” by Karin Tidbeck (Tor.com)
- “The Destroyer” by Tara Isabella Burton (Tor.com)
- “Things With Beards” by Sam J. Miller (Clarkesworld)
- “My Body, Herself” by Carmen Maria Machado (Uncanny Magazine)
- “A Fist of Permutations in Lightning and Wildflowers” by Alyssa Wong (Tor.com)
- “Not by Wardrobe, Tornado, or Looking Glass” by Jeremiah Tolbert (Lightspeed)
- “Lullaby for a Lost World” by Aliette de Bodard (Tor.com)
- “The Right Sort of Monsters” by Kelly Sandoval (Strange Horizons)
- “Death Flowers of Never-Forgotten Love” by Jason Sanford (Apex Magazine)
- “Wooden Boxes Lined with the Tongues of Doves” by Claire Humphrey (Beneath Ceaseless Skies)
- “A Hundred and Seventy Storms” by Aliette de Bodard (Uncanny Magazine)
- “The Law and the Profits” by John Chu (The Revelator)
- “The Godbeard” by Lavie Tidhar (Strange Horizons)
- “The Abduction of Europa” by E. Catherine Tobler (Clarkesworld)
- “La beauté sans vertu” by Genevieve Valentine (Tor.com)
- “Left the Century to Sit Unmoved” by Sarah Pinsker (Strange Horizons)
- “Seven Cups of Coffee” by A.C. Wise (Clarkesworld)
Best Series (for the Hugos)
- The Vorkosigan Saga by Lois McMaster Bujold
- Qualifying Work: Gentleman Jole and the Red Queen (Baen)
- Foreigner Series by C.J. Cherryh
- Qualifying Work: Visitor (DAW)
- The Expanse by James S.A. Corey
- Qualifying Work: Babylon’s Ashes (Orbit)
- The Craft Sequence by Max Gladstone
- Qualifying Work: Four Roads Cross (Tor)
- Russell’s Attic by S.L. Huang
- Qualifying Work: Plastic Smile (self-published)
- Court of Fives by Kate Elliott
- Qualifying Work: Poisoned Blade (Little, Brown)
Best Non-Fiction Work
- “Writing Women Characters Into Epic Fantasy Without Quotas” by Kate Elliott (Tor.com)
- People’s History of the Marvel Universe by Steven Attewell
- The Fireside Fiction Special Report by Brian J. White, Tobias Buckell, Justina Ireland, Mikki Kendall, Nisi Shawl, Troy Wiggins, Cecily Kane and N.K. Jemisin (Medium)
- The Geek Feminist Revolution by Kameron Hurley (Tor)
- Speculative Blackness: The Future of Race in Science Fiction by André M. Carrington (University of Minnesota Press)
- Modern Masters of Science Fiction: Octavia E. Butler by Gerry Canavan (University of Illinois Press)
- Modern Masters of Science Fiction: Brian Aldiss by Jad Smith (University of Illinois Press)
- Rise of the Rocket Girls: The Women Who Propelled Us, From Missiles to the Moon to Mars by Nathalia Holt (Little, Brown and Company)
- Shirley Jackson: A Rather Haunted Life by Ruth Franklin (Liveright)
- The History of Science Fiction by Adam Roberts (Palgrave Macmillan)
Best Graphic Story
- Stand Still, Stay Silent by Minna Sundberg (Webcomic)
- Saga (Volume 6) by Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples (Image Comics)
- The Wormworld Saga (Chapter 9: The Dark Minions) by Daniel Lieske (Webcomic)
- The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl (Volume 3: Squirrel, You Really Got Me Now) by Ryan North and Erica Henderson (Marvel Comics)
- I Hate Fairyland (Vol. 1: Madly Ever After) by Skottie Young (Image Comics)
- I Hate Fairyland (Vol. 2: Fluff My Life) by Skottie Young (Image Comics)
- Ms. Marvel (Volume 5: Super Famous) by G. Willow Wilson, Takeshi Miyazawa, etc. (Marvel Comics)
- Ms. Marvel (Volume 6: Civil War II) by G. Willow Wilson, Takeshi Miyazawa, etc. (Marvel Comics)
Best Feature Film
- Arrival (dir. Denis Villeneuve; written by Eric Heisserer)
- Deadpool (dir. Tim Miller; written by Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick)
- Rogue One (dir. Gareth Edwards; written by Chris Weitz and Tony Gilroy)
- Hidden Figures (dir. Theodore Melfi; written by Theodore Melfi and Allison Schroeder)
- Captain America: Civil War (dir. The Russo Brothers; written by Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely)
- Assassin’s Creed (dir. Justin Kurzel; written by Michael Lesslie, Adam Cooper, and Bill Collage)
- Moana (dir. Ron Clements and John Musker; written by Jared Bush)
- Zootopia (dir. Byron Howard, Rich Moore, and Jared Bush; written by Jared Bush and Phil Johnston)
Best Television Series or Short Presentation
- Chuck Tingle Trolling the Puppies
- Luke Cage (Season One)
- “Manifest” (S1E7)(dir. Andy Goddard; written by Akela Cooper)
- “Now You’re Mine” (S1E11)(dir. George Tillman, Jr.; written by Christian Taylor)
- Black Mirror (Season Three)
- “San Junipero” (S3E4)(dir. Owen Harris; written by Charlie Brooker)
- Westworld (Season One)
- “Trompe L’Oeil” (S1E7)(dir. Frederick E. O. Toye; written by Halley Gross and Jonathan Nolan)
- “The Bicameral Mind” (S1E10)(dir. Jonathan Nolan; written by Lisa Joy and Jonathan Nolan)
- Game of Thrones (Season Six)
- “Battle of the Bastards” (S6E9)(dir. Miguel Sapochnik; written by David Benioff and D.B. Weiss)
- Daredevil (Season Two)
- “New York’s Finest” (S2E3)(dir. Marc Jobst; written by Mark Verheiden)
- “The Man in the Box” (S2E10)(dir. Peter Hoar; written by John C. Kelley, Whit Anderson, and Sneha Koorse)
- “Penny and Dime” (S2E4)(dir. Peter Hoar; written by John C. Kelley)
- Blackstar by David Bowie
- Stranger Things (Season One)
- “Chapter Four: The Body” (S1E4)(dir. Shawn Levy; written by Justin Doble)
- “Chapter Six: The Monster” (S1E6)(dir. The Duffer Brothers; written by Jessie Nickson-Lopez)
Best Editors (Any Length)
- Long Form
- Jonathan Oliver (Solaris)
- Marco Palmieri (Tor Books)
- Miriam Weinberg (Tor Books)
- Navah Wolfe (Saga Press)
- Betsy Wollheim (DAW)
- Sheila Gilbert (DAW)
- Joe Monti (Saga Press)
- Patrick Nielsen-Hayden (Tor Books)
- Short Form
- Rashida J. Smith (GigaNotoSaurus)
- John Joseph Adams (Lightspeed Magazine)
- Neil Clarke (Clarkesworld)
- Lee Harris (Tor.com)
- Lynne and Michael Thomas (Uncanny Magazine)
- Michi Trotta (Uncanny Magazine)
- Scott H. Andrews (Beneath Ceaseless Skies)
- Wendy Wagner (Lightspeed Magazine)
- Niall Harrison (Strange Horizons)
- Brian White (Fireside Fiction)
- Ellen Datlow (Tor.com)
- Jonathan Strahan (Tor.com)
- E. Catherine Tobler (Shimmer)
- Sheila Williams (Asimov’s Science Fiction)
Best Publisher
- Tor Books
- DAW
- Solaris
- Saga Press
- Ace
Best Artist
- Professionals:
- Fans:
Best Magazine (Print or Audio)
- Strange Horizons
- Uncanny Magazine
- Clarkesworld Magazine
- Shimmer Magazine
- Fireside Fiction
- Interzone
- Beneath Ceaseless Skies
Best Fanzine / Website
- Lady Business
- Nerds of a Feather, Flock Together
- SF Bluestocking
- Chaos Horizon
- Camestros Felapton
- SF Mistressworks
- Speculative Fiction in Translation
- The Bias
- Shattersnipe: Malcontent & Rainbows
- The Book Smugglers
- Asking the Wrong Questions
- File770
- I’m including them on this list only to suggest them for the WISB Awards. File770 has asked not to be considered for the Hugo Awards.
Best Podcast
- Cabbages and Kings
- Filmspotting
- InSession Film
- Maltin on Movies
- Speculate!
- StarTalk Radio
- Stuff You Missed in History Class
- Stuff They Don’t Want You to Know
- We Hate Movies
- Doorway to the Hidden World
- Breaking the Glass Slipper
- The Incomparable
- Midnight in Karachi
- The Book Was Better
- Galactic Suburbia
Note: I have not included my own podcasts on this list for obvious reasons. They are listed at the top in case you want to include them on your ballots.
Note #2: Many of the podcasts listed here are not SF/F podcasts. The WISB Awards are not exclusively SF/F anymore. I have also only included podcasts that were intended to be released as podcasts. Programs meant for television that were converted into podcasts do not qualify.
Note #3: Many of the podcasts listed here are professional, including some SF/F-related ones.
Best Fan Writer
- Abigail Nussbaum (Asking the Wrong Questions)
- Cora Buhlert
- Camestros Felapton
- Vajra Chandrasekera
- Alexandra Erin
- Foz Meadows (Shattersnipe)
- Brandon Kempner (Chaos Horizon)
- Maureen Kincaid Speller
- Nina Allan
- Crystal Huff
- Mike Glyer (File770)
- See the Fanzine category. I am considering Glyer for the WISB Awards only.
Best New Writer
- Nin Harris
- Sarah Gailey
- Malka Older
- Kay Chronister
- Tegan Moore
- Ada Palmer
- Carrie Patel
- G.V. Anderson
- Foz Meadows
And there you go! Expect the winners soon!
