In addition to Yoon Ha Lee’s “The Mermaid Astronaut” from BCS #298 – Science-Fantasy Month 5 voted a finalist for the Hugo Award for Best Short Story, a bunch of BCS authors had other works voted finalists for the 2021 Hugo Awards, in a fantastic variety of categories!

• Nghi Vo (“Boiled Bones and Black Eggs” in BCS #275) for Best Novella

• P. Djèlí Clark (“A Tale of Woe” in BCS #253) for Best Novella

• A.T. Greenblatt (“A Place to Grow” in BCS #225; “They Said the Desert” in BCS #199 and podcast BCS 175) for Best Novelette

• Aliette de Bodard (“Court of Birth, Court of Strength” in BCS #261, “The Breath of War” in BCS #142 and podcast BCS 121, “The Moon Over Red Trees” in BCS #157 and podcast BCS 136, and many others) for Best Novelette

• Sarah Pinkser (“Do As I Do, Sing As I Sing” in BCS #246; “The Mountains His Crown” in BCS #195 and podcast BCS 171) for Best Novelette

• Rae Carson (“The Crystal Stair,” as Rae Carson Finlay and co-authored with Charles Coleman Finlay, in BCS #3 and #4) for Best Short Story

• C.C. Finlay (“The Hummingbird Temple” in BCS #300 Special Double-Issue, and “The Crystal Stair”, co-authored with Rae Carson Finlay, in BCS #3 and #4) for Best Editor, Short Form

• Charles Payseur (“Undercurrents” in BCS #274 and podcast BCS 235; “Rivers Run Free” in BCS #230 and podcast BCS 201) for Best Fan Writer

• Jason Sanford (“Blood Grains Speak Through Memories” in BCS #195 – Science-Fantasy Month 3; “The Emotionless, in Love” in BCS #246 – Science-Fantasy Month 4; “Where the World Ends Without Us” in BCS #299 – Science-Fantasy Month 5) for Best Fan Writer

Congratulations, all!