Uncanny Magazine 2025 Award Eligibility
It’s the time of year when people post their year-in-reviews to remind SF/F award voters what they might have missed, and (especially for the Hugo Awards and Nebula Awards) in which categories those stories are eligible. Last year was the eleventh full year of Uncanny Magazine (Issue 62 through Issue 67). We are extremely proud of the year we had.
This year, Uncanny Magazine is still eligible for the Best Semiprozine Hugo Award. Michael Damian Thomas is also eligible for the Best Editor (Short Form) Hugo Award for editing issues 62–67 and content editing the It’s Storytime with Wil Wheaton podcast. (Note: If you are nominating Michael Damian Thomas in this category, please only list Michael. They solo edited Uncanny Magazine in 2025.)
The stories listed below are eligible in either the short story, novelette, or novella categories of the SF/F awards. If you are a SFWA member nominating for the Nebula Awards, we hope to place eBook copies of these stories in the SFWA Forum. If you are a member of SFWA and would like eBooks before the Forum returns, please feel free to contact us for complimentary copies. (ETA: We’ve been told that the issues will be available in the SFWA Discord.)
Please also note that essays are eligible for the Best Related Work Hugo Award, and poetry is eligible for both the Rhysling Award and the Nebula Award this year. As Uncanny is a semiprozine, all of the essays and original art also contribute towards the creators’ Best Fan Writer and Best Fan Artist Hugo Award eligibility.
Novellas (17,500-39,999 Words):
The Lure of Stone by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
Novelettes (7500-17,499 Words):
The Life and Times of Alavira the Great as Written by Titos Pavlou and Reviewed by Two Lifelong Friends by Eugenia Triantafyllou
When He Calls Your Name by Catherynne M. Valente
The Shadow on the Nest by Alaya Dawn Johnson
The Millay Illusion by Sarah Pinsker
And on Their Graves a Fall of Angels by Natalia Theodoridou
Short Stories (Under 7500 Words):
For Whom the Hair Grows by Tia Tashiro
Six People to Revise You by J.R. Dawson
Your Personalized Guide to the Museum of the Lost and Found by AnaMaria Curtis
Men with Tails by Rati Mehrotra
With Her Serpent Locks by Mary Robinette Kowal
The Flaming Embusen by Tade Thompson
10 Visions of the Future; or, Self-Care for the End of Days by Samantha Mills
Butterfly Pavilion by G. Willow Wilson
Red, Scuttle When the Ships Come Down by Wen-yi Lee
The Prodigal Mother (excerpt from Lessons in Magic and Disaster) by Charlie Jane Anders
The Island with the Animals by Stephanie Malia Morris
Barbershops of the Floating City by Angela Liu
Vivisection by Anjali Sachdeva
Unfinished Architectures of the Human-Fae War by Caroline M. Yoachim
Pale Serpent, Green Serpent by Ewen Ma
The Breaker of Mountains and Rivers by Aliette de Bodard
All the World Is Fog by DaVaun Sanders
Hi! I’m Claudia by Delilah S. Dawson
The Best Way to Survive a Tiger Attack by A. W. Prihandita
The Diner at the Intersection of Duty and Despair by John Chu
Finer than Silk, Brighter than Snow by Shveta Thakrar
The Terrarium by Jordan Taylor
Whale Fall of Yours by M. M. Olivas
The Caravan by AnaMaria Curtis
Brooklyn Beijing by Hannah Yang
Seven Minutes in Heaven with the Electric Seraphim by Juliet Kahn
Who Are You Wearing? by Russell Nichols
To Speak in Silence by Mary Robinette Kowal