Analog Science Fiction & Fact 2025 Readers’ Awards Ballot Name(Required) First Last Address(Required) Street Address Address Line 2 City State / Province / Region ZIP / Postal Code AfghanistanAlbaniaAlgeriaAmerican SamoaAndorraAngolaAnguillaAntarcticaAntigua and BarbudaArgentinaArmeniaArubaAustraliaAustriaAzerbaijanBahamasBahrainBangladeshBarbadosBelarusBelgiumBelizeBeninBermudaBhutanBoliviaBonaire, Sint Eustatius and SabaBosnia and HerzegovinaBotswanaBouvet IslandBrazilBritish Indian Ocean TerritoryBrunei DarussalamBulgariaBurkina FasoBurundiCabo VerdeCambodiaCameroonCanadaCayman IslandsCentral African RepublicChadChileChinaChristmas IslandCocos IslandsColombiaComorosCongoCongo, Democratic Republic of theCook IslandsCosta RicaCroatiaCubaCuraçaoCyprusCzechiaCôte d'IvoireDenmarkDjiboutiDominicaDominican RepublicEcuadorEgyptEl SalvadorEquatorial GuineaEritreaEstoniaEswatiniEthiopiaFalkland IslandsFaroe IslandsFijiFinlandFranceFrench GuianaFrench PolynesiaFrench Southern TerritoriesGabonGambiaGeorgiaGermanyGhanaGibraltarGreeceGreenlandGrenadaGuadeloupeGuamGuatemalaGuernseyGuineaGuinea-BissauGuyanaHaitiHeard Island and McDonald IslandsHoly SeeHondurasHong KongHungaryIcelandIndiaIndonesiaIranIraqIrelandIsle of ManIsraelItalyJamaicaJapanJerseyJordanKazakhstanKenyaKiribatiKorea, Democratic People's Republic ofKorea, Republic ofKuwaitKyrgyzstanLao People's Democratic RepublicLatviaLebanonLesothoLiberiaLibyaLiechtensteinLithuaniaLuxembourgMacaoMadagascarMalawiMalaysiaMaldivesMaliMaltaMarshall IslandsMartiniqueMauritaniaMauritiusMayotteMexicoMicronesiaMoldovaMonacoMongoliaMontenegroMontserratMoroccoMozambiqueMyanmarNamibiaNauruNepalNetherlandsNew CaledoniaNew ZealandNicaraguaNigerNigeriaNiueNorfolk IslandNorth MacedoniaNorthern Mariana IslandsNorwayOmanPakistanPalauPalestine, State ofPanamaPapua New GuineaParaguayPeruPhilippinesPitcairnPolandPortugalPuerto RicoQatarRomaniaRussian FederationRwandaRéunionSaint BarthélemySaint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da CunhaSaint Kitts and NevisSaint LuciaSaint MartinSaint Pierre and MiquelonSaint Vincent and the GrenadinesSamoaSan MarinoSao Tome and PrincipeSaudi ArabiaSenegalSerbiaSeychellesSierra LeoneSingaporeSint MaartenSlovakiaSloveniaSolomon IslandsSomaliaSouth AfricaSouth Georgia and the South Sandwich IslandsSouth SudanSpainSri LankaSudanSurinameSvalbard and Jan MayenSwedenSwitzerlandSyria Arab RepublicTaiwanTajikistanTanzania, the United Republic ofThailandTimor-LesteTogoTokelauTongaTrinidad and TobagoTunisiaTurkmenistanTurks and Caicos IslandsTuvaluTürkiyeUS Minor Outlying IslandsUgandaUkraineUnited Arab EmiratesUnited KingdomUnited StatesUruguayUzbekistanVanuatuVenezuelaViet NamVirgin Islands, BritishVirgin Islands, U.S.Wallis and FutunaWestern SaharaYemenZambiaZimbabweÅland Islands Country Email(Required) BEST NOVELLAFirst Choice(Required)— No Selection —Aleyara’s Flight—Christopher L. BennettApartment Wars—Vera BrookBluebeard’s Womb—M.G. WillsMurder on the Eris Express—Beth GoderThe Return of Tom Dillon—Harry LangSuspended Animation—Jay Werkheiser & Julian Michael CarverUnder the Moons of Venus: A Tale of Princess Altivolant—Jay Werkheiser & Frank WuSecond Choice(Required)— No Selection —Aleyara's Flight—Christopher L. BennettApartment Wars—Vera BrookBluebeard's Womb—M.G. WillsMurder on the Eris Express—Beth GoderThe Return of Tom Dillon—Harry LangSuspended Animation—Jay Werkheiser & Julian Michael CarverUnder the Moons of Venus: A Tale of Princess Altivolant—Jay Werkheiser & Frank WuThird Choice(Required)— No Selection —Aleyara’s Flight—Christopher L. BennettApartment Wars—Vera BrookBluebeard's Womb—M.G. WillsMurder on the Eris Express—Beth GoderThe Return of Tom Dillon—Harry LangSuspended Animation—Jay Werkheiser & Julian Michael CarverUnder the Moons of Venus: A Tale of Princess Altivolant—Jay Werkheiser & Frank WuBEST NOVELETTEFirst Choice(Required)— No Selection —And So Greenpeace Invented the Death Ray . . .—C. Stuart HardwickThe Code of His Life—Owen LeddyThe Dancing Bear—Joyce & Stanley SchmidtDesert Soul—David GullenDonacon—Paul E. FranzElector—Stephen CaseESRI—James DickFaith—Kate MaruyamaGut Check—Robert E. HampsonHeat Death—Kate MacLeodIn a Desolate Garden—Auston HabershawInterconnections and Porous Boundaries—Lance RobinsonIsolate—Tom R. PikePrince of Spirals—Sean McMullenNorth Station Blues—David GerroldNot in My Valley—M.L. ClarkOne Step Away—Lance RobinsonPirates of Pan—James DickThe Scientist’s Book of the Dead—Gregor HartmannStrange Events at Fletcher and Front!—Tom R. PikeRejuve Blues—John ShirleySecond Choice(Required)— No Selection —And So Greenpeace Invented the Death Ray . . .—C. Stuart HardwickThe Code of His Life—Owen LeddyThe Dancing Bear—Joyce & Stanley SchmidtDesert Soul—David GullenDonacon—Paul E. FranzElector—Stephen CaseESRI—James DickFaith—Kate MaruyamaGut Check—Robert E. HampsonHeat Death—Kate MacLeodIn a Desolate Garden—Auston HabershawInterconnections and Porous Boundaries—Lance RobinsonIsolate—Tom R. PikePrince of Spirals—Sean McMullenNorth Station Blues—David GerroldNot in My Valley—M.L. ClarkOne Step Away—Lance RobinsonPirates of Pan—James DickThe Scientist’s Book of the Dead—Gregor HartmannStrange Events at Fletcher and Front!—Tom R. PikeRejuve Blues—John ShirleyThird Choice(Required)— No Selection —And So Greenpeace Invented the Death Ray . . .—C. Stuart HardwickThe Code of His Life—Owen LeddyThe Dancing Bear—Joyce & Stanley SchmidtDesert Soul—David GullenDonacon—Paul E. FranzElector—Stephen CaseESRI—James DickFaith—Kate MaruyamaGut Check—Robert E. HampsonHeat Death—Kate MacLeodIn a Desolate Garden—Auston HabershawInterconnections and Porous Boundaries—Lance RobinsonIsolate—Tom R. PikePrince of Spirals—Sean McMullenNorth Station Blues—David GerroldNot in My Valley—M.L. ClarkOne Step Away—Lance RobinsonPirates of Pan—James DickThe Scientist’s Book of the Dead—Gregor HartmannStrange Events at Fletcher and Front!—Tom R. PikeRejuve Blues—John ShirleyBEST SHORT STORYFirst Choice(Required)— No Selection —Amtech Deep Sea Institute Thanks You For Your Donation—Kelsey HuttonAnalog Equivalent Foodstuffs—Kate MacLeodAnd Every Galatea Shaped Anew—Marissa LingenAs Ordinary Things Often Do—Kelly LagorBattle Buddy—Stephen RaabBoys and Girls Together—Larry NivenCarried on the Wind—Steven Mohan, Jr.Chalice—James L. CambiasCobalt Plate Special—Jon HansenConcerning the Multiplicity of Children in Central Florida’s Suburbanized Wetlands—Ichabod Cassius KilroyEarth’s Last Library—James Van PeltEcho, Write to All—Nate GivensThe Emergency Contact—Arendse LundFirst Contact, Already Seen—Howard V. HendrixThe First Velodrome on Mars—Marie VibbertFixative—Jonathan OlfertFlight 454—Virgo KevontéGenius, Borrowed and Brief—Julia DarcyGirl With the Tattooed Soul—Mark W. TiedemannGo Your Own Way—Chris BarnhamGroundling—Shane TourtellotteHidden Achievement—Shane TourtellotteThe Iceberg—Michael CapobiancoIf the Algorithms are Gentle—Bernie Jean SchiebelingIf the Weather Holds—Marissa LingenImaginary—Daniel D. VillaniIn Her Element—M.T. ReitenIn the Hole—John MarkleyIt Eats Metal—Mark FergusonJennifer Does Pushups—Joseph WeberLast Dam Standing—Dawn VogelLow-Tide Salvage—Matthew ClaxtonMammoth—C.L. SchachtThe Marks We Leave—M. Ian BellMethods of Remediation in Nearshore Ecologies—Joanne RixonThe Mountain at the Heart of the Labyrinth—Deborah L. DavittMr. Palomar Goes to Space—Hayden TrenholmMomentum Exchange—Nikolai Lofving HersfeldtMnemonomie—Mark W. TiedemannMurder With Soft Words—Mike DuncanThe New People—David McGillverayThe New Shape of Care—Lynne SargentNorth American Energy Corporation V. Exergy-Petroline Corporation—Tiffany FritzNot Optimus Prime—Lorraine AldenNotes From Your Descendants—Lorraine AldenOne Peek—Lilian Garratt-SmithsonThe Only God is Us—Sarah DayOntario Lacus—Pauline BarmbyOur Lady of the Gyre—Doug FranklinOutside the Robles Line—Raymund EichPatient Was the Doctor—Victoria N. ShiPeople of the Consortium Worlds v. Rax, God of Misery—Leonard RichardsonPrime Purpose—Steve Rasnic TemQuest of the Sette Comuni—Paul Di FilippoReady for New Arrivals?—Sean MonaghanRetail is Dying—David Lee Zweifler & Ronan ZweiflerThe Riches We Take—Sam W. PisciottaThe Robot and the Winding Woods—Brenda CooperRust—David D. LevineScarecrow—Timothy QuinnSecond Chance—Sakinah HoflerSeedlings—Al OniaShort Selling the Statistical Life—C.H. IronsA Shot in the Dark—Avery ParksSiegfried Howls Against the Void—Erik JohnsonA Simple Martian Burial—Tom JollyThe Spill—James Van PeltThe Starworthy Slip—A.C. KochTemple in the Night—Louis EvansTermina—Subodhana WijeyeratneThose Other Replicator Manufacturers Are Ripping You Off—Jon LasserThe Timecop and the Timesocial-Worker—S.L. HarrisTo Reap, To Sow—Lyndsey CroalTrack Eats Track—Avi BurtonThe Underappreciation of Danny White—David EbenbachUpgrade—Mark W. TiedemannVigil—M.T. ReitenA Whole Generation—Timons EsaiasThe Wi-Fi Womb—Avi BurtonWith Lanterns Borne Aloft—Mark W. TiedemannYou Are Hereby Notified That You Are the Future of Art—Anya MarkovYour Entry to Paradise Memorial Experience—Robert Morrell Jr.Second Choice(Required)— No Selection —Amtech Deep Sea Institute Thanks You For Your Donation—Kelsey HuttonAnalog Equivalent Foodstuffs—Kate MacLeodAnd Every Galatea Shaped Anew—Marissa LingenAs Ordinary Things Often Do—Kelly LagorBattle Buddy—Stephen RaabBoys and Girls Together—Larry NivenCarried on the Wind—Steven Mohan, Jr.Chalice—James L. CambiasCobalt Plate Special—Jon HansenConcerning the Multiplicity of Children in Central Florida’s Suburbanized Wetlands—Ichabod Cassius KilroyEarth’s Last Library—James Van PeltEcho, Write to All—Nate GivensThe Emergency Contact—Arendse LundFirst Contact, Already Seen—Howard V. HendrixThe First Velodrome on Mars—Marie VibbertFixative—Jonathan OlfertFlight 454—Virgo KevontéGenius, Borrowed and Brief—Julia DarcyGirl With the Tattooed Soul—Mark W. TiedemannGo Your Own Way—Chris BarnhamGroundling—Shane TourtellotteHidden Achievement—Shane TourtellotteThe Iceberg—Michael CapobiancoIf the Algorithms are Gentle—Bernie Jean SchiebelingIf the Weather Holds—Marissa LingenImaginary—Daniel D. VillaniIn Her Element—M.T. ReitenIn the Hole—John MarkleyIt Eats Metal—Mark FergusonJennifer Does Pushups—Joseph WeberLast Dam Standing—Dawn VogelLow-Tide Salvage—Matthew ClaxtonMammoth—C.L. SchachtThe Marks We Leave—M. Ian BellMethods of Remediation in Nearshore Ecologies—Joanne RixonThe Mountain at the Heart of the Labyrinth—Deborah L. DavittMr. Palomar Goes to Space—Hayden TrenholmMomentum Exchange—Nikolai Lofving HersfeldtMnemonomie—Mark W. TiedemannMurder With Soft Words—Mike DuncanThe New People—David McGillverayThe New Shape of Care—Lynne SargentNorth American Energy Corporation V. Exergy-Petroline Corporation—Tiffany FritzNot Optimus Prime—Lorraine AldenNotes From Your Descendants—Lorraine AldenOne Peek—Lilian Garratt-SmithsonThe Only God is Us—Sarah DayOntario Lacus—Pauline BarmbyOur Lady of the Gyre—Doug FranklinOutside the Robles Line—Raymund EichPatient Was the Doctor—Victoria N. ShiPeople of the Consortium Worlds v. Rax, God of Misery—Leonard RichardsonPrime Purpose—Steve Rasnic TemQuest of the Sette Comuni—Paul Di FilippoReady for New Arrivals?—Sean MonaghanRetail is Dying—David Lee Zweifler & Ronan ZweiflerThe Riches We Take—Sam W. PisciottaThe Robot and the Winding Woods—Brenda CooperRust—David D. LevineScarecrow—Timothy QuinnSecond Chance—Sakinah HoflerSeedlings—Al OniaShort Selling the Statistical Life—C.H. IronsA Shot in the Dark—Avery ParksSiegfried Howls Against the Void—Erik JohnsonA Simple Martian Burial—Tom JollyThe Spill—James Van PeltThe Starworthy Slip—A.C. KochTemple in the Night—Louis EvansTermina—Subodhana WijeyeratneThose Other Replicator Manufacturers Are Ripping You Off—Jon LasserThe Timecop and the Timesocial-Worker—S.L. HarrisTo Reap, To Sow—Lyndsey CroalTrack Eats Track—Avi BurtonThe Underappreciation of Danny White—David EbenbachUpgrade—Mark W. TiedemannVigil—M.T. ReitenA Whole Generation—Timons EsaiasThe Wi-Fi Womb—Avi BurtonWith Lanterns Borne Aloft—Mark W. TiedemannYou Are Hereby Notified That You Are the Future of Art—Anya MarkovYour Entry to Paradise Memorial Experience—Robert Morrell Jr.Third Choice(Required)— No Selection —Amtech Deep Sea Institute Thanks You For Your Donation—Kelsey HuttonAnalog Equivalent Foodstuffs—Kate MacLeodAnd Every Galatea Shaped Anew—Marissa LingenAs Ordinary Things Often Do—Kelly LagorBattle Buddy—Stephen RaabBoys and Girls Together—Larry NivenCarried on the Wind—Steven Mohan, Jr.Chalice—James L. CambiasCobalt Plate Special—Jon HansenConcerning the Multiplicity of Children in Central Florida’s Suburbanized Wetlands—Ichabod Cassius KilroyEarth’s Last Library—James Van PeltEcho, Write to All—Nate GivensThe Emergency Contact—Arendse LundFirst Contact, Already Seen—Howard V. HendrixThe First Velodrome on Mars—Marie VibbertFixative—Jonathan OlfertFlight 454—Virgo KevontéGenius, Borrowed and Brief—Julia DarcyGirl With the Tattooed Soul—Mark W. TiedemannGo Your Own Way—Chris BarnhamGroundling—Shane TourtellotteHidden Achievement—Shane TourtellotteThe Iceberg—Michael CapobiancoIf the Algorithms are Gentle—Bernie Jean SchiebelingIf the Weather Holds—Marissa LingenImaginary—Daniel D. VillaniIn Her Element—M.T. ReitenIn the Hole—John MarkleyIt Eats Metal—Mark FergusonJennifer Does Pushups—Joseph WeberLast Dam Standing—Dawn VogelLow-Tide Salvage—Matthew ClaxtonMammoth—C.L. SchachtThe Marks We Leave—M. Ian BellMethods of Remediation in Nearshore Ecologies—Joanne RixonThe Mountain at the Heart of the Labyrinth—Deborah L. DavittMr. Palomar Goes to Space—Hayden TrenholmMomentum Exchange—Nikolai Lofving HersfeldtMnemonomie—Mark W. TiedemannMurder With Soft Words—Mike DuncanThe New People—David McGillverayThe New Shape of Care—Lynne SargentNorth American Energy Corporation V. Exergy-Petroline Corporation—Tiffany FritzNot Optimus Prime—Lorraine AldenNotes From Your Descendants—Lorraine AldenOne Peek—Lilian Garratt-SmithsonThe Only God is Us—Sarah DayOntario Lacus—Pauline BarmbyOur Lady of the Gyre—Doug FranklinOutside the Robles Line—Raymund EichPatient Was the Doctor—Victoria N. ShiPeople of the Consortium Worlds v. Rax, God of Misery—Leonard RichardsonPrime Purpose—Steve Rasnic TemQuest of the Sette Comuni—Paul Di FilippoReady for New Arrivals?—Sean MonaghanRetail is Dying—David Lee Zweifler & Ronan ZweiflerThe Riches We Take—Sam W. PisciottaThe Robot and the Winding Woods—Brenda CooperRust—David D. LevineScarecrow—Timothy QuinnSecond Chance—Sakinah HoflerSeedlings—Al OniaShort Selling the Statistical Life—C.H. IronsA Shot in the Dark—Avery ParksSiegfried Howls Against the Void—Erik JohnsonA Simple Martian Burial—Tom JollyThe Spill—James Van PeltThe Starworthy Slip—A.C. KochTemple in the Night—Louis EvansTermina—Subodhana WijeyeratneThose Other Replicator Manufacturers Are Ripping You Off—Jon LasserThe Timecop and the Timesocial-Worker—S.L. HarrisTo Reap, To Sow—Lyndsey CroalTrack Eats Track—Avi BurtonThe Underappreciation of Danny White—David EbenbachUpgrade—Mark W. TiedemannVigil—M.T. ReitenA Whole Generation—Timons EsaiasThe Wi-Fi Womb—Avi BurtonWith Lanterns Borne Aloft—Mark W. TiedemannYou Are Hereby Notified That You Are the Future of Art—Anya MarkovYour Entry to Paradise Memorial Experience—Robert Morrell Jr.BEST SCIENCE FACTFirst Choice(Required)—No Selection—The Day Seems as Long as a Year—Kevin WalshDrycanes and Wasps—Kevin WalshOut of Some “Warm Little Pond,” Part I: “Rifters and the RNA World” –Kelly LagorOut of Some “Warm Little Pond,” Part II: Bios and the Last Universal Common Ancestor—Kelly LagorReflections on Mirror Life—Robert A. LoveSaving the Skies—Richard A. LovettSecond Choice(Required)—No Selection—The Day Seems as Long as a Year—Kevin WalshDrycanes and Wasps—Kevin WalshOut of Some “Warm Little Pond,” Part I: “Rifters and the RNA World” –Kelly LagorOut of Some “Warm Little Pond,” Part II: Bios and the Last Universal Common Ancestor—Kelly LagorReflections on Mirror Life—Robert A. LoveSaving the Skies—Richard A. LovettThird Choice(Required)—No Selection—The Day Seems as Long as a Year—Kevin WalshDrycanes and Wasps—Kevin WalshOut of Some “Warm Little Pond,” Part I: “Rifters and the RNA World” –Kelly LagorOut of Some “Warm Little Pond,” Part II: Bios and the Last Universal Common Ancestor—Kelly LagorReflections on Mirror Life—Robert A. LoveSaving the Skies—Richard A. LovettBEST POETRYFirst Choice(Required)— No Selection —Beyond the Standard Model—Ursula WhitcherConstructs—Thomas BeltonThe Dark Matter Storm—Deborah L. DavittData Corrupted—Bruce BostonHomecoming—Brian HugenbruchIrrational Faith—Richard SchiffmanLooking Back—Arthur H. MannersMother Hubble’s Elegy for Rhessi—Sandra J. LindowMusic of the Spheres—Jim Murdoch’Oumuamua—Geoffrey A. LandisOur Lady of the Atom—Josh PearcePrecocious Child—Alexander SenkoSecond Choice(Required)— No Selection —Beyond the Standard Model—Ursula WhitcherConstructs—Thomas BeltonThe Dark Matter Storm—Deborah L. DavittData Corrupted—Bruce BostonHomecoming—Brian HugenbruchIrrational Faith—Richard SchiffmanLooking Back—Arthur H. MannersMother Hubble’s Elegy for Rhessi—Sandra J. LindowMusic of the Spheres—Jim Murdoch’Oumuamua—Geoffrey A. LandisOur Lady of the Atom—Josh PearcePrecocious Child—Alexander SenkoThird Choice(Required)— No Selection —Beyond the Standard Model—Ursula WhitcherConstructs—Thomas BeltonThe Dark Matter Storm—Deborah L. DavittData Corrupted—Bruce BostonHomecoming—Brian HugenbruchIrrational Faith—Richard SchiffmanLooking Back—Arthur H. MannersMother Hubble’s Elegy for Rhessi—Sandra J. LindowMusic of the Spheres—Jim Murdoch’Oumuamua—Geoffrey A. LandisOur Lady of the Atom—Josh PearcePrecocious Child—Alexander SenkoBEST COVERFirst Choice(Required)— No Selection —January/February—Tomislav TikulinMarch/April—Shutterstock.comMay/June—Tithi Luadthong on ShutterstockJuly/August—GrandeDuc via Shutterstock.comSeptember/October—Tithi Luadthong on Shutterstock.comNovember/December—Eldar ZakirovSecond Choice(Required)— No Selection —January/February—Tomislav TikulinMarch/April—Shutterstock.comMay/June—Tithi Luadthong on ShutterstockJuly/August—GrandeDuc via Shutterstock.comSeptember/October—Tithi Luadthong on Shutterstock.comNovember/December—Eldar ZakirovThird Choice(Required)— No Selection —January/February—Tomislav TikulinMarch/April—Shutterstock.comMay/June—Tithi Luadthong on ShutterstockJuly/August—GrandeDuc via Shutterstock.comSeptember/October—Tithi Luadthong on Shutterstock.comNovember/December—Eldar ZakirovCommentCAPTCHANameThis field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged. Δ
