2020 Award-Eligible Short Stories

Did you know that most of the original flash fiction published at Flash Fiction Online is eligible in the “short story” category for major genre awards? Each of the stories listed below was originally published in 2020.

SCIENCE FICTION
Eligible for Nebula awards (SFWA members)
Eligible for Hugo Awards (WSFS / WorldCon / DisCon III members)

• A Hitchhiking Robot’s Guide to Canada by Marie Vibbert
• Against the Dying of the Light by Stewart C Baker (*N)
• Poise and Grace by Kyle Richardson
• Grand Old Boar by G.T. Knight* (*TO)

*author eligible for Astounding Award
(*TO) included in Tangent Online 2020 Recommended Reading List
(*N) included in Nebula Reading List

FANTASY
Eligible for Nebula awards (SFWA)
Eligible for Hugo Awards (WSFS / WorldCon / DisCon III)
Eligible for World Fantasy Awards (WFC)
Eligible for British Fantasy Awards (BFS / FantasyCon)

• We Are the Moor by Sylvia Heike (*TO)(*MH)(*N)
• Love and Assimilation by Bryce Heckman
• Silver and Shadow, Spruce and Pine by Maria Haskins
• One Black Feather by R. K. Duncan
• Secret Keepers by Dafydd McKimm (*QS)(*TO)
• The Last Day of the Faith by T. R. Siebert* (*TO)(*N)
• Small Magics by Juliet Kemp (*QS)(*MH)
• Felt Along the Seam by Kelly Sandoval (*TO)(*MH)

*author eligible for Astounding Award
(*QS) included in Quick Sip Reviews 2020 Recommended Reading List
(*TO) included in Tangent Online 2020 Recommended Reading List
(*MH) included in Maria Haskins’ 2020 Recommended Reading List
(*N) included in Nebula Reading List

DARK FANTASY
Eligible for Nebula awards (SFWA)
Eligible for Hugo Awards (WSFS / WorldCon / DisCon III)
Eligible for World Fantasy Awards (WFC)
Eligible for British Fantasy Awards (BFS / FantasyCon)
Eligible for the Bram Stoker Award (HWA)

• The Liar’s Sun by Filip Wiltgren
• Matches, Tower, Sister, Stone by Lora Gray (*MH)
• Mirrored by Jennifer Hudak (*TO)(*N)
• Blood Magic by Angela Teagardner* (*TO)
• Lipstick for Villains by Audrey R. Hollis
• Gingerbread by Dafydd McKimm
• Fences and Full Moons by Corey Farrenkopf*
• Ghost Collecting by Sheila Massie (*QS)
• Grandmother’s Satchel, Full of Tongues by Rebecca Birch
• Endless Parade by Hailey Piper

*author eligible for Astounding Award
(*QS) included in Quick Sip Reviews 2020 Recommended Reading List
(*TO) included in Tangent Online 2020 Recommended Reading List
(*MH) included in Maria Haskins’ 2020 Recommended Reading List

HORROR
Eligible for the Bram Stoker Award (HWA)

• Larry by Elsa Richardson-Bach

LITERARY

• Glass Slippers Aren’t for Everyone by Cathy Tenzo
• The Finger by Tara Lazar
• Auntie Cheeks by Renée Jessica Tan (*QS)
• Señor Garcia’s Cold Heart by David Urbina
• Six Dreams About the Train by Maria Haskins (*LM)(*N)
• Godomatic by Nancy Moir
• Oracles of Chestnut St. by Dayla Haynes
• Alfonso by Sam Dunnington
• Invisible Ones by A. C. Spahn
• Feet Like Wheels by Samuel Barnhart
• Time Travel by Melanie Lau

(*QS) included in Quick Sip Reviews 2020 Recommended Reading List
(*LM) included in Locus Magazine 2020 Recommended Reading List
(*N) included in Nebula Reading List