Beneath Ceaseless Skies hereby recuses the magazine from further nominations or finalist appearances for the Hugo Award for Best Semiprozine.

It has been a wonderful honor for BCS to have been a finalist for Best Semiprozine ten times. We are deeply touched by the respect and appreciation voters showed in nominating us or voting for us. During those years, BCS‘s readership doubled, our submissions expanded, our stories received greater acclaim, and our subscriber and supporter base grew enough to fund increases in our word-count limit for submissions, our author pay rate, and the honorarium we pay our First Readers.

There are many other indie zines, run by dedicated staff and publishing great and important stories, whose work in our opinion deserves a Best Semiprozine finalist and the boost in reach and support it can provide. We want to see them get it.

(BCS has not exceeded the eligibility requirements for Best Semiprozine about revenue. This recusal does not mean our financial situation is any less precarious than it’s always been! We still need the support of our donors and ebook subscribers to fund the magazine and our patrons on the BCS Patreon to fund the author pay rate increase and the honoraria for our First Readers. If you’re already supporting us, THANK YOU. If you’re not and would like to, please consider donating, subscribing, or becoming a Patron.)

Please still consider BCS stories for Hugo nomination when you find them worthy. It’s a great honor for authors and a magazine to have stories voted finalist for the Hugo or any award. Here’s our list of award-eligible BCS stories from 2022 and their award category (Short Story, Novelette, Novella).

(If you still want to nominate part of BCS for a Hugo, Scott (me) is eligible for Best Editor Short Form. In 2022 he was six votes short of making the final ballot. But there are many great editors of pro zines or anthologies who deserve your consideration in that category first.)

For other worthy indie zines to consider for Best Semiprozine, the 2022 Hugo longlist included Mermaids Monthly, Khōréō, Fireside, Diabolical Plots, The Deadlands, GigaNotoSaurus–all unique, important, and worthy.

For BCS readers interested in nominating for this year’s awards, such as the Hugos or Nebulas, here’s a list of our eligible stories from 2022 and which awards category they fit in. Thank you for your interest in our stories!

What BCS Stories are Eligible:
Everything published in 2022, which is BCS #346 through BCS #371.

Here are some of our best-reviewed pieces of 2022 and which category they fit in (short fiction categories for Hugos and Nebulas are the same). For a list of all eligible BCS stories and their categories, see the bottom of this post.

Please DON’T nominate BCS for the Best Semiprozine Hugo. We’re still eligible, but we’ve recused ourself. (Our explanation is here.)

Best Short Story:

“Clay,” Isabel J. Kim (BCS #348, 01/27/22)

“Bonsai Starships,” Yoon Ha Lee (BCS #349 – Science-Fantasy Month 6, 02/10/22)

“Witchbreaker,” Leah Ning (BCS #359, 06/30/22)

“Imagine a Thief with Golden Fire in Their Voice,” Riley Neither (BCS #363, 08/25/22)

“Five Aspects of River and Sky,” Adam R. Shannon (BCS #365, 09/22/22)

“Of the Body,” Eugenia Triantafyllou (BCS #365, 09/22/22)

Best Novelette:

“To Embody a Wildfire Starting,” Iona Datt Sharma (BCS #346, 01/01/22)

“Three Songs to Fill Up the Shadow,” Spencer Ellsworth (BCS #347, 01/13/22)

For information on Hugo nominating, check the Hugo Awards info at Chengdu Worldcon, the 2023 Worldcon. (Last year, Hugo voting opened in Jan. and ended on Mar. 15.) For information on Nebula nominating, see SFWA’s page about Nebula voting. (Nebula nominations for 2023 are currently open.) For other eligible short fiction, we recommend our authors’ stories in other magazines, like the ones listed in our BCS Authors Elsewhere posts.

All Eligible Stories from BCS

Here is the list of BCS stories that are eligible for Hugo and Nebula nominations in 2022, and what official category they are in. Thanks very much for considering our authors and their fiction!

Best Short Story:

“He Stays Among the Commots,” Christopher Rowe (BCS #370, 12/01/22)

“By Hand and By Heart,” Tina Connolly (BCS #370, 12/01/22)

“Forgotten Eyes,” Marie Vibbert (BCS #370, 12/01/22)

“Her Mother, The Storm,” Marie Croke (BCS #370, 12/01/22)

“The Future Without the Past Is No Future At All,” Todd Honeycutt (BCS #369, 11/17/22)

“Tithe the Bones, Sell the Blood,” Auston Habershaw (BCS #368, 11/03/22)

“The Law of Sustenance,” Matt Hornsby (BCS #368, 11/03/22)

“Five Aspects of River and Sky,” Adam R. Shannon (BCS #365, 09/22/22)

“Of the Body,” Eugenia Triantafyllou (BCS #365, 09/22/22)

“Turn To Stone Ourselves,” Marie Croke (BCS #364, 09/08/22)

“Upon The Land,” H.M. Goodchild (BCS #364, 09/08/22)

“Imagine a Thief with Golden Fire in Their Voice,” Riley Neither (BCS #363, 08/25/22)

“The Death Artist,” Adam Breckenridge (BCS #363, 08/25/22)

“Their Eyes the Shape of Orchids,” Eleanna Castroianni (BCS #362, 08/11/22)

“The Shapeshifter’s Lover,” Autumn Canter (BCS #362, 08/11/22)

“Uncounted Leaves of Ends of Camelot,” R.K. Duncan (BCS #361, 07/28/22)

“How to Be a True Woman While Piloting a Steam-Engine Balloon,” Valerie Hunter (BCS #360, 07/14/22)

“Into The Thunder,” Michelle Muenzler (BCS #359, 06/30/22)

“Witchbreaker,” Leah Ning (BCS #359, 06/30/22)

“Different Kinds of Thorn,” Devin Miller (BCS #358, 06/16/22)

“These Hands Only Make Last Meals,” Evan Marcroft (BCS #357, 06/02/22)

“The Mountains of Another World, Where Eagles May Fly Free,” Aimee Ogden (BCS #355, 05/05/22)

“Valor Bones,” Derrick Boden (BCS #354, 04/21/22)

“The Heart in Her Hands,” Robert Minto (BCS #354, 04/21/22)

“Eshat’s Temple,” Alvaro Zinos-Amaro (BCS #353, 04/07/22)

“Ten Fruits and Other Memories of Rialynas,” AnaMaria Curtis (BCS #353, 04/07/22)

“Venturing,” Jonathan Louis Duckworth (BCS #352, 03/24/22)

“A Nickel For The Burlap Man,” Patty Templeton (BCS #351, 03/10/22)

“At the Foot of the Dragon Stair,” Aliette de Bodard (BCS #350 – Science-Fantasy Month 6, 02/24/22)

“It Never Was,” R.Z. Held (BCS #350 – Science-Fantasy Month 6, 03/03/22)

“Empty Appendages,” William Broom (BCS #350 – Science-Fantasy Month 6, 02/24/22)

“Bonsai Starships,” Yoon Ha Lee (BCS #349 – Science-Fantasy Month 6, 02/10/22)

“Rich Growth,” Aliya Whiteley (BCS #349 – Science-Fantasy Month 6, 02/10/22)

“Clay,” Isabel J. Kim (BCS #348, 01/27/22)

“Godmaker,” J.A. Prentice (BCS #348, 01/27/22)

“Chrysalis,” Marie Brennan (BCS #347, 01/13/22)

“Redfin Spine,” Jonathan Olfert (BCS #346, 01/01/22)

Best Novelette:

“Troubling a Star,” Andrew Dykstal (BCS #369, 11/17/22)

“On Magog’s Pond,” Chris Willrich (BCS #367, 10/20/22)

“The Angel Azrael and the War Ghosts,” Peter Darbyshire (BCS #367, 10/20/22)

“Fire and Brimstone in the Twin Cities,” James Morrow (BCS #366, Fourteenth Anniversary Double-Issue, 10/06/22)

“Playing God,” K.J. Parker (BCS #366, Fourteenth Anniversary Double-Issue, 10/13/22)

“The Mountains My Bones, the Rivers My Blood,” Y.M. Pang (BCS #366, Fourteenth Anniversary Double-Issue, 10/13/22)

“But Mayflies on the Water, Gazing at the Sun,” Jennifer DeLeskie (BCS #366, Fourteenth Anniversary Double-Issue, 10/06/22)

“A Once and Future Reckoning,” Rajan Khanna (BCS #361, 07/28/22)

“River of Sons,” Geoffrey W. Cole (BCS #360, 07/14/22)

“Forte,” Samuel Chapman (BCS #358, 06/16/22)

“The Nostalgia Panes,” Aaron Perry (BCS #357, 06/02/22)

“The Splinters of Our Bond,” Marissa Lingen (BCS #356, 05/19/22)

“I Will Sing Your White Bones Home,” Cat Hellisen (BCS #356, 05/19/22)

“Anything You Lose Comes Round in Another Form,” Jennie Evenson (BCS #355, 05/05/22)

“Merry in Time,” Kathleen Jennings (BCS #352, 03/24/22)

“The Angel Azrael Encounters the Revelation Pilgrims and Other Curiosities,” Peter Darbyshire (BCS #351, 03/10/22)

“A Record of Our Meeting with the Grand Faerie Lord of Vast Space and Its Great Mysteries, Revised,” A.T. Greenblatt (BCS #350 – Science-Fantasy Month 6, 03/03/22)

“To People Who’d Never Known Good,” Thomas Ha (BCS #350 – Science-Fantasy Month 6, 02/24/22)

“Burying the Seeds of Spider Gods,” Ted S. Bushman (BCS #349 – Science-Fantasy Month 6, 02/17/22)

“Three Songs to Fill Up the Shadow,” Spencer Ellsworth (BCS #347, 01/13/22)

“To Embody a Wildfire Starting,” Iona Datt Sharma (BCS #346, 01/01/22)

Best Novella:

“Blood Grains Scream in Memories,” Jason Sanford (BCS #349 – Science-Fantasy Month 6, 02/17/22)

Thanks very much for considering us and our stories!

For BCS readers interested in nominating for this year’s awards, such as the Hugos or Nebulas, here’s a list of our eligible stories from 2021 and which awards category they fit in. Thank you for your interest in us and our stories!

What BCS Stories are Eligible:
Everything published in 2021, which is BCS #320 through BCS #345, inclusive.

Here are a couple of our best-reviewed pieces of 2021 and which category they fit in (short fiction categories for Hugos and Nebulas are the same). For a list of all eligible BCS stories and their categories, see the bottom of this post.

BCS itself is eligible for the Best Semiprozine Hugo, if you find us worthy.

Best Short Story:

“Her Black Coal Heart a Diamond in My Hand,” R.K. Duncan (BCS #322, 01/28/21)

“The Captain and the Quartermaster,” C.L. Clark (BCS #326, 03/25/21) (named to Locus Recommended Reading List)

“A Stranger Goes Ashore,” Adam R. Shannon (BCS #328, 04/22/21)

“In Case You’re the One to Devour a Star,” Tamara Jerée (BCS #339, 09/23/21)

Best Novelette:

“Every Breath A Question, Every Heartbeat an Answer,” Cat Rambo (BCS #327, 04/08/21)

“Quintessence,” Andrew Dykstal (BCS #324, 02/25/21) (named to Locus Recommended Reading List)

“Song So Pure and Cruel,” March McCarron (BCS #340, Thirteenth Anniversary Double-Issue, 10/14/21)

For information on Hugo nominating, see the Hugo Awards info page at ChiCon 8, the 2022 Worldcon. (The deadline for Hugo nominations is Mar. 15.) For information on Nebula nominating, see SFWA’s page about Nebula voting. (The deadline for Nebula nominations is Feb. 28.) For other eligible short fiction, we recommend our authors’ stories in other magazines, like the ones listed in our BCS Authors Elsewhere posts.

All Eligible Stories from BCS

Here is the full list of all BCS stories that are eligible for Hugo and Nebula nominations in 2021, and what official category they are in. Thanks very much for considering our authors and their fiction!

Best Short Story:

“As Tight as Any Knot,” M.A. Carrick (BCS #320, 01/01/21)

“Colombina,” Jelena Dunato (BCS #320, 01/01/21)

“Daughters With Bloody Teeth,” Marika Bailey (BCS #321, 01/14/21)

“The Guadalupe Witch,” Josh Rountree (BCS #322, 01/28/21)

“Her Black Coal Heart a Diamond in My Hand,” R.K. Duncan (BCS #322, 01/28/21)

“When Your Being Here is Gentler Than Your Absence Hard,” Filip Hajdar Drnovšek Zorko (BCS #323, 02/11/21)

“Rose Kissed Me Today,” Cori Hull (BCS #323, 02/11/21)

“Dead at the Feet of a God,” Izzy Wasserstein (BCS #325, 03/11/21)

“Parchment Sky,” Stephen Case (BCS #325, 03/11/21)

“The Captain and the Quartermaster,” C.L. Clark (BCS #326, 03/25/21) (named to Locus Recommended Reading List)

“The Colors of Sand,” Anna Winterstein (BCS #326, 03/25/21)

“A Stranger Goes Ashore,” Adam R. Shannon (BCS #328, 04/22/21)

“Oak Apple Night,” Marie Brennan (BCS #329, 05/06/21)

“Hassan the Executioner Walks Out of Jawasar for the Last Time,” R.K. Duncan (BCS #330, 05/20/21)

“To Crack the World,” Kurt Hunt (BCS #330, 05/20/21)

“The Woods Echo Back,” Tania Fordwalker (BCS #331, 06/03/21)

“A Flower Cannot Love the Hand,” Aimee Ogden (BCS #332, 06/17/21)

“My Mirror, My Opposite,” Y.M. Pang (BCS #332, 06/17/21)

“Faithful Delirium,” Brent Lambert (BCS #335, 07/29/21)

“For Rain Is To Wet and Fire To Burn,” Robert Minto (BCS #337, 08/26/21)

“The Bonfire of the Unknown and the Foreign,” Abhijeet Sathe (BCS #337, 08/26/21)

“The Shape of Wings and Feathers,” Jenny Rae Rappaport (BCS #338, 09/09/21)

“Those Virtues, Those Poisons,” Martin Cahill (BCS #338, 09/09/21)

“In Case You’re the One to Devour a Star,” Tamara Jerée (BCS #339, 09/23/21)

“A Bird in the Window,” Kate Francia (BCS #339, 09/23/21) (named to Locus Recommended Reading List)

“Nemesis and the Sorcerer,” R.K. Duncan (BCS #340, Thirteenth Anniversary Double-Issue, 10/07/21)

“The Last Days of Summer in the City of Olives,” Filip Hajdar Drnovšek Zorko (BCS #341, 10/21/21)

“No Say,” Jonathan Louis Duckworth (BCS #342, 11/04/21)

“The Black Rainbow,” Denzel Xavier Scott (BCS #342, 11/04/21)

“Deep in the Gardener’s Barrow,” Tobi Ogundiran (BCS #343, 11/18/21)

“The Source,” Mattias Carosella (BCS #343, 11/18/21)

“The Fox’s Daughter,” Richard Parks (BCS #344, 12/02/21)

“Fall to Rise,” David Tallerman (BCS #344, 12/02/21)

Best Novelette:

“Bast and Her Young,” Tegan Moore (BCS #321, 01/14/21)

“Quintessence,” Andrew Dykstal (BCS #324, 02/25/21) (named to Locus Recommended Reading List)

“Cleaning Up After the Blackout Boys,” Evan Marcroft (BCS #324, 02/25/21)

“Every Breath A Question, Every Heartbeat an Answer,” Cat Rambo (BCS #327, 04/08/21)

“Concerto for Winds and Resistance,” Cara Masten DiGirolamo (BCS #327, 04/08/21)

“Traces,” A.E. Decker (BCS #328, 04/22/21)

“The City of Kindness,” Jonathan Edelstein (BCS #329, 05/06/21)

“Worth the Whistling,” Adriana C. Grigore (BCS #331, 06/03/21)

“For the World’s More Full of Weeping,” Andrew Dykstal (BCS #333, 07/01/21)

“The Witness Brûska Lai,” Aaron Perry (BCS #333, 07/01/21)

“The Lingering Weight of Estrian Steel,” Rajan Khanna (BCS #334, 07/15/21)

“A Land of Saints and Monsters,” Isabel Cañas (BCS #334, 07/15/21)

“The God Skrae Eats Death,” Stephen Case (BCS #335, 07/29/21)

“What the Wind Saw,” Evey Brett (BCS #336, 08/12/21)

“The Burning Girl,” Carrie Vaughn (BCS #340, Thirteenth Anniversary Double-Issue, 10/14/21)

“Stronger,” K.J. Parker (BCS #340, Thirteenth Anniversary Double-Issue, 10/07/21) (named to Locus Recommended Reading List)

“Song So Pure and Cruel,” March McCarron (BCS #340, Thirteenth Anniversary Double-Issue, 10/14/21)

“Letters from a Travelling Man,” W.J. Tattersdill (BCS #345, 12/16/21)

“The Age of Swirling Mist,” J.F. Gleeson (BCS #345, 12/16/21)

Best Novella:

“A Theatre,” Thomas M. Waldroon (BCS #336, 08/12/21)

“A Manslaughter of Crows,” Chris Willrich (BCS #341, 10/21/21)

Thanks very much for considering us and our stories!

For BCS readers interested in nominating for this year’s awards, such as the Hugos or Nebulas, here’s a list of our eligible stories from 2020 (including nine named to the Locus Recommended Reading List) and which awards category they fit in. Thank you for your interest in us and our stories!

What BCS Stories are Eligible:
Everything published in 2020, which is BCS #294 through BCS #319, inclusive.

Here are a couple of our best-reviewed pieces of 2020 and which category they fit in (short fiction categories for Hugos and Nebulas are the same). For a list of all eligible BCS stories and their categories, see the bottom of this post.

BCS itself is eligible for the Best Semiprozine Hugo, if you find us worthy.

Best Short Story:

“The Mermaid Astronaut,” Yoon Ha Lee (BCS #298 Science-Fantasy Month 5, 02/27/20) (named to Locus Recommended Reading List)

“Never a Butterfly, Nor a Moth With Moon-Painted Wings,” Aimee Ogden (BCS #300 Special Double-Issue, 03/26/20) (named to Locus Recommended Reading List)

“Clever Jack, Heavy with Stories,” R.K. Duncan (BCS #304, 05/21/20)

“Deep in the Drift, Spinning,” Lisa L. Hannett (BCS #312, 09/10/20) (named to Locus Recommended Reading List)

“The Garden Where No One Ever Goes,” PH Lee (BCS #318, 12/03/20)

Best Novelette:

“To Balance the Weight of Khalem,” R.B. Lemberg (BCS #300 Special Double-Issue, 03/26/20) (named to Locus Recommended Reading List)

“Girls with Needles and Frost,” Jenny Rae Rappaport (BCS #315, 10/22/20) (named to Locus Recommended Reading List)

Best Novella:

“Bound by Sorrow,” Maurice Broaddus (BCS #300 Special Double-Issue, 03/26/20)

For information on Hugo nominating, look for a Hugo Awards page on the website of the 2021 Worldcon, DisCon III. For information on Nebula nominating, see SFWA’s page about Nebula voting. For other eligible short fiction, we recommend our authors’ stories in other magazines, like the ones listed in our BCS Authors Elsewhere posts.

All Eligible Stories from BCS

Here is the full list of all BCS stories that are eligible for Hugo and Nebula nominations in 2020, and what official category they are in. Thanks very much for considering our authors and their fiction!

Best Short Story:

“Claudette Dulac and the Devil of the North,” Genevieve Sinha (BCS #294, 01/02/20)

“Every Tiny Tooth and Claw (or: Letters from the First Month of the New Directorate),” Marissa Lingen (BCS #295, 01/16/20)

“The Candle Queen,” Ephiny Gale (BCS #295, 01/16/20)

“Forgive Me, My Love, for the Ice and the Sea,” C.L. Clark (BCS #296, 01/30/20) (named to Locus Recommended Reading List)

“The Moneylender’s Angel,” R.H. Cloake (BCS #296, 01/30/20)

“John Simnel’s First Goshawk,” Tegan Moore (BCS #297, 02/13/20)

“The Mermaid Astronaut,” Yoon Ha Lee (BCS #298 Science-Fantasy Month 5, 02/27/20)

“The Spoils,” Aliya Whiteley (BCS #298 Science-Fantasy Month 5, 02/27/20)

“The Glassblower of Galilei,” Katrina Smith (BCS #298 Science-Fantasy Month 5, 02/27/20)

“The Sniper and I,” Rich Larson (BCS #299 Science-Fantasy Month 5, 03/12/20)

“Truth as a Prize,” R.Z. Held (BCS #299 Science-Fantasy Month 5, 03/12/20)

“Song of the Water Bear,” Laine Bell (BCS #299 Science-Fantasy Month 5, 03/12/20)

“Uzumaki of the Lake,” Richard Parks (BCS #300 Special Double-Issue, 03/26/20)

“Never a Butterfly, Nor a Moth With Moon-Painted Wings,” Aimee Ogden (BCS #300 Special Double-Issue, 03/26/20) (named to Locus Recommended Reading List)

“Her Cage of Root and Bone,” Kali Wallace (BCS #301, 04/09/20)

“Who Goes Against a Waste of Waters,” Eleanna Castroianni (BCS #302, 04/23/20)

“Lonely Children Lost at Sea,” Wendy Nikel (BCS #302, 04/23/20)

“February Moon,” Josh Rountree (BCS #303, 05/07/20)

“Fox Red, Life Red, Teeth Like Snow,” Devin Miller (BCS #303, 05/07/20)

“Clever Jack, Heavy with Stories,” R.K. Duncan (BCS #304, 05/21/20)

“The Honey of the World and the Queen of Crows,” Dimitra Nikolaidou (BCS #304, 05/21/20)

“The Widow,” Emma Törzs (BCS #305, 06/04/20)

“Breath Of The Sahara,” Inegbenoise O. Osagie (BCS #305, 06/04/20)

“Kill the Witchman,” William Broom (BCS #306, 06/18/20)

“The Augur and the Girl Left at His Door,” Greta Hayer (BCS #306, 06/18/20)

“Buttercream and Broken Wings,” Aimee Ogden (BCS #307, 07/02/20)

“Seven Dreams of a Valley,” Prashanth Srivatsa (BCS #307, 07/02/20)

“It Is Not From Heaven,” Jonathan Edelstein (BCS #308, 07/16/20)

“The Many Lives of an Abiku,” Tobi Ogundiran (BCS #309, 07/30/20)

“Satin and Velvet,” R.H. Cloake (BCS #309, 07/30/20)

“The Past, Like a River In Flood,” Marissa Lingen (BCS #311, 08/27/20)

“Doorway, Smile, Kiss, Fox,” Jeremy Packert Burke (BCS #311, 08/27/20)

“Deep in the Drift, Spinning,” Lisa L. Hannett (BCS #312, 09/10/20) (named to Locus Recommended Reading List)

“The Patron,” Derrick Boden (BCS #312, 09/10/20)

“A Minor Exorcism,” Richard Parks (BCS #313 Twelfth Anniversary Double-Issue, 10/08/20)

“The Heart That Saves You May Be Your Own,” Merrie Haskell (BCS #313 Twelfth Anniversary Double-Issue, 09/24/20)

“A Tally of What Remains,” R.Z. Held (BCS #313 Twelfth Anniversary Double-Issue, 09/24/20)

“A Land of Blood and Snow,” Cooper Anderson (BCS #316, 11/05/20)

“The Garden Where No One Ever Goes,” PH Lee (BCS #318, 12/03/20)

“After Me, The Flood,” Elizabeth Zuckerman (BCS #318, 12/03/20)

“And The Ones Who Walk In,” Sarah Avery (BCS #319, 12/17/20)

“The City Still Dreams of Her Name,” Benjanun Sriduangkaew (BCS #319, 12/17/20)

Best Novelette:

“These Wondrous Sweets,” Tony Pi (BCS #294, 01/02/20)

“The Ordeal,” M. Bennardo (BCS #297, 02/13/20) (named to Locus Recommended Reading List)

“My Sister’s Wings Are Red,” Christine Tyler (BCS #298 Science-Fantasy Month 5, 02/27/20)

“Where the World Ends Without Us,” Jason Sanford (BCS #299 Science-Fantasy Month 5, 03/12/20)

“Only the Messenger,” Emily C. Skaftun (BCS #299 Science-Fantasy Month 5, 03/12/20)

“The Hummingbird Temple,” C.C. Finlay (BCS #300 Special Double-Issue, 03/26/20)

“To Balance the Weight of Khalem,” R.B. Lemberg (BCS #300 Special Double-Issue, 03/26/20) (named to Locus Recommended Reading List)

“As The Shore To The Tides, So Blood Calls To Blood,” Karlo Yeager Rodríguez (BCS #301, 04/09/20) (named to Locus Recommended Reading List)

“The Black-Eyed Goddess of Apple Trees and Farmers’ Wives,” Erin Eisenhour (BCS #308, 07/16/20) (named to Locus Recommended Reading List)

“Fire and Falling,” Andrew Dykstal (BCS #310, 08/13/20)

“The Transubstantiation,” Evan Dicken (BCS #310, 08/13/20)

“Many Mansions,” K.J. Parker (BCS #313 Twelfth Anniversary Double-Issue, 10/08/20)

“The Drowned God’s Heresy,” Lavie Tidhar (BCS #314, 10/08/20)

“Girls with Needles and Frost,” Jenny Rae Rappaport (BCS #315, 10/22/20) (named to Locus Recommended Reading List)

“Degeneration,” Dominic Wright (BCS #315, 10/22/20)

“The Gwyddien and the Raven Fiend,” J.T. Greathouse (BCS #316, 11/05/20)

“The Science and Artistry of Snake Oil Salesmanship,” Timothy Mudie (BCS #317, 11/19/20)

“A Feast from Tile and Stone,” Ryan Eric Dull (BCS #317, 11/19/20)

Best Novella:

“Bound by Sorrow,” Maurice Broaddus (BCS #300 Special Double-Issue, 03/26/20)

“Eyetooth,” Chris Willrich (BCS #314, 10/08/20)

Thanks very much for considering us and our stories!

Nominations for the 2020 World Fantasy Awards close next week, Sunday May 31. The WFAs are a juried award, but two of the five finalists in each category are chosen by open nominations. In the past three years, BCS has been a finalist for nine WFAs and won the 2013 WFA for Short Fiction.

For readers interested in nominating, here are details on how to do it, links to several of our best-reviewed stories of the year, and a full list of all eligible BCS stories and which World Fantasy Award category they fit in. (WFA short fiction categories are different than those for Hugos & Nebulas.)

Are You Eligible to Nominate?
If you were a member of World Fantasy Con last year (2019, Los Angeles) or the year before (2018, Baltimore) or are a member this year (2020, Salt Lake City), you are eligible to nominate.

Deadline to Nominate:
Voting closes MAY 31, 2020.

How to Nominate:
The WFA Nominations page of the WFC 2020 website has a link to a PDF ballot that can be submitted by paper mail or by email to rturner@arctera.com.

Attendees of recent World Fantasy conventions may have received an email with information and these links.

What BCS Stories are Eligible:
Everything published in 2019, which is BCS #268 through BCS #293, inclusive.

Here are a few of our best-reviewed stories of 2019 and which WFA category they fit in. For a list of all eligible BCS stories and their categories, see the bottom of this post.

Short Fiction (pieces up to 10,000 words):

“Fury at the Crossroads,” Troy L. Wiggins (BCS #276, 04/25/19) (also an Audio Podcast)

“Do Not Look Back, My Lion,” Alix E. Harrow (BCS #270, 01/31/19)

“The Blighted Godling of Company Town H,” Beth Cato (BCS #268, 01/03/19) (also an Audio Podcast)

Novella (pieces longer than 10,000 words):

“Portrait Of The Artist,” K.J. Parker (BCS #287 Eleventh Anniversary Double-Issue, 09/26/19)

For more information on the WFA categories, see this old WFC page. If you’re interested in other eligible short fiction, we recommend our authors’ stories in other magazines, like the ones listed in our BCS Authors Elsewhere posts.

Thanks very much for considering our stories!

All World Fantasy Award-Eligible Stories from BCS

This is the full list of all BCS stories that are eligible for the World Fantasy Awards, and what WFA category they fit in (WFA short fiction categories are different than those for Hugos & Nebulas).

Short Fiction (up to 10,000 words):

“The Only Way Out is Through,” Setsu Uzumé (BCS #293, 12/19/19)

“Nameless in the Winged Court,” Rowenna Miller (BCS #292, 12/05/19)

“The Petals of the Godflower,” Kyle Kirrin (BCS #292, 12/05/19)

“Swimming Apart,” R.Z. Held (BCS #291, 11/21/19)

“The Gods Come to Sredna,” T.S. McAdams (BCS #290, 11/07/19)

“The Two Sides of Home,” Timothy Mudie (BCS #290, 11/07/19)

“The Butcher, the Baker,” Mike Allen (BCS #289, 10/ 24/19)

“The Edges of the World,” Grace Seybold (BCS #288, 10/ 10/19)

“Under Their Wings, These Starving Ghosts,” Grace Yang (BCS #288, 10/ 10/19)

“Sankalpa,” Marie Brennan (BCS #287 Eleventh Anniversary Double-Issue, 09/26/19)

“One Found in a World of the Lost,” Shweta Adhyam (BCS #287 Eleventh Anniversary Double-Issue, 09/26/19)

“The Silent Flowers of the Magician’s Garden,” Eleanna Castroianni (BCS #286, 09/12/19)

“Witch’s Road,” Christian K. Martinez (BCS #286, 09/12/19)

“A Song for the Leadwood Tree,” Aimee Ogden (BCS #285, 08/29/19)

“The Sweetest Fruit of Summer,” R.K. Duncan (BCS #285, 08/29/19)

“The Mirror Dialogues,” Jason S. Ridler (BCS #284, 08/15/19)

“Elegy of a Lanthornist,” M.E. Bronstein (BCS #284, 08/15/19)

“That August Song,” Benjanun Sriduangkaew (BCS #283, 08/01/19)

“Faêl,” Tobi Ogundiran (BCS #282, 07/18/19)

“What the River Brings, and What It Takes Away,” Natalia Theodoridou (BCS #281, 07/04/19)

“Black, Like Earth,” Jordyn Blanson (BCS #280, 06/20/19)

“Revival,” Lisa M. Bradley (BCS #279, 06/06/19)

“The Two-Bullet War,” Karen Osborne (BCS #278, 05/ 23/19)

“The Bone Flute Quartet,” K.J. Kabza (BCS #277, 05/ 09/19)

“Fury at the Crossroads,” Troy L. Wiggins (BCS #276, 04/25/19)

“Hangdog,” Dayna K. Smith (BCS #276, 04/25/19)

“Boiled Bones and Black Eggs,” Nghi Vo (BCS #275, 04/11/19)

“The Red Honey Witch,” Jessica Paddock (BCS #275, 04/11/19)

“Undercurrents,” Charles Payseur (BCS #274, 03/28/19)

“New Horizons,” Alexander Stanmyer (BCS #273, 03/14/19)

“When Sirens Sing of Roses and of Delegated Power,” Nin Harris (BCS #272, 02/28/19)

“The Boy Who Loved Drowning,” R.K. Duncan (BCS #272, 02/28/19)

“Adrianna in Pomegranate,” Samantha Mills (BCS #271, 02/14/19)

“To Stab with a Rose, to Love with a Knife,” Natalia Theodoridou (BCS #270, 01/31/19)

“Do Not Look Back, My Lion,” Alix E. Harrow (BCS #270, 01/31/19)

“The Deepest Notes of the Harp and Drum,” Marissa Lingen (BCS #269, 01/17/19)

“La Orpheline,” Jordan Taylor (BCS #269, 01/17/19)

“The Blighted Godling of Company Town H,” Beth Cato (BCS #268, 01/03/19)

“The Beast Weeps with One Eye,” Morgan Al-Moor (BCS #268, 01/03/19)

“Scapegoat,” Holly Messinger (BCS #293, 12/19/19)

“The Witch of the Will,” Aaron Perry (BCS #287 Eleventh Anniversary Double-Issue, 09/26/19)

“The Iron Eels,” Jeremy A. TeGrotenhuis (BCS #283, 08/01/19)

“Gert of the Hundred,” L.S. Johnson (BCS #282, 07/18/19)

“Across the Bough Bridge,” Mackenzie Kincaid (BCS #281, 07/04/19)

“A Handful of Sky,” Elly Bangs (BCS #280, 06/20/19)

“Silver Springs,” T.R. North (BCS #279, 06/06/19)

“Abacus of Ether,” Stephen Case (BCS #278, 05/ 23/19)

“The Thirty-Eight-Hundred Bone Coat,” R.K. Duncan (BCS #277, 05/ 09/19)

“I Am Destiny,” Emily McIntyre (BCS #274, 03/28/19)

“Through the Doorways, Whiskey Chile,” S.H. Mansouri (BCS #273, 03/14/19)

“Blood, Bone, Seed, Spark,” Aimee Ogden (BCS #271, 02/14/19)

Novella (pieces longer than 10,000 words):

“The Forge,” Andrew Dykstal (BCS #291, 11/21/19)

“The Star Plague,” Rich Larson (BCS #289, 10/ 24/19)

“Portrait Of The Artist,” K.J. Parker (BCS #287 Eleventh Anniversary Double-Issue, 09/26/19)

Thank you for considering our stories!

For BCS readers interested in nominating for this year’s awards, such as the Hugos or Nebulas, here’s a list of our eligible stories from 2019 and which awards category they fit in. Thank you for your interest in us and our stories!

What BCS Stories are Eligible:
Everything published in 2019, which is BCS #268 through BCS #293, inclusive.

Here are a couple of our best-reviewed pieces of 2019 and which category they fit in (short fiction categories for Hugos and Nebulas are the same). For a list of all eligible BCS stories and their categories, see the bottom of this post.

BCS itself is eligible for the Best Semiprozine Hugo, if you find us worthy.

Best Short Story:

“Fury at the Crossroads,” Troy L. Wiggins (BCS #276, 04/25/19) (also an Audio Podcast)

“Do Not Look Back, My Lion,” Alix E. Harrow (BCS #270, 01/31/19)

“The Blighted Godling of Company Town H,” Beth Cato (BCS #268, 01/03/19) (also an Audio Podcast)

Best Novelette:

“Portrait Of The Artist,” K.J. Parker (BCS #287 Eleventh Anniversary Double-Issue, 09/26/19)

“A Handful of Sky,” Elly Bangs (BCS #280, 06/20/19)

For information on Hugo nominating, which is now open, see the Hugo Awards page on the CoNZealand 2020 Worldcon website. For information on Nebula nominating, see SFWA’s page about Nebula voting. For other eligible short fiction, we recommend our authors’ stories in other magazines, like the ones listed in our BCS Authors Elsewhere posts.

All Eligible Stories from BCS

Here is the full list of all BCS stories that are eligible for Hugo and Nebula nominations in 2019, and what official category they are in. Thanks very much for considering our authors and their fiction!

Best Short Story:

“The Only Way Out is Through,” Setsu Uzumé (BCS #293, 12/19/19)

“Nameless in the Winged Court,” Rowenna Miller (BCS #292, 12/05/19)

“The Petals of the Godflower,” Kyle Kirrin (BCS #292, 12/05/19)

“Swimming Apart,” R.Z. Held (BCS #291, 11/21/19)

“The Gods Come to Sredna,” T.S. McAdams (BCS #290, 11/07/19)

“The Two Sides of Home,” Timothy Mudie (BCS #290, 11/07/19)

“The Butcher, the Baker,” Mike Allen (BCS #289, 10/ 24/19)

“The Edges of the World,” Grace Seybold (BCS #288, 10/ 10/19)

“Under Their Wings, These Starving Ghosts,” Grace Yang (BCS #288, 10/ 10/19)

“Sankalpa,” Marie Brennan (BCS #287 Eleventh Anniversary Double-Issue, 09/26/19)

“One Found in a World of the Lost,” Shweta Adhyam (BCS #287 Eleventh Anniversary Double-Issue, 09/26/19)

“The Silent Flowers of the Magician’s Garden,” Eleanna Castroianni (BCS #286, 09/12/19)

“Witch’s Road,” Christian K. Martinez (BCS #286, 09/12/19)

“A Song for the Leadwood Tree,” Aimee Ogden (BCS #285, 08/29/19)

“The Sweetest Fruit of Summer,” R.K. Duncan (BCS #285, 08/29/19)

“The Mirror Dialogues,” Jason S. Ridler (BCS #284, 08/15/19)

“Elegy of a Lanthornist,” M.E. Bronstein (BCS #284, 08/15/19)

“That August Song,” Benjanun Sriduangkaew (BCS #283, 08/01/19)

“Faêl,” Tobi Ogundiran (BCS #282, 07/18/19)

“What the River Brings, and What It Takes Away,” Natalia Theodoridou (BCS #281, 07/04/19)

“Black, Like Earth,” Jordyn Blanson (BCS #280, 06/20/19)

“Revival,” Lisa M. Bradley (BCS #279, 06/06/19)

“The Two-Bullet War,” Karen Osborne (BCS #278, 05/ 23/19)

“The Bone Flute Quartet,” K.J. Kabza (BCS #277, 05/ 09/19)

“Fury at the Crossroads,” Troy L. Wiggins (BCS #276, 04/25/19)

“Hangdog,” Dayna K. Smith (BCS #276, 04/25/19)

“Boiled Bones and Black Eggs,” Nghi Vo (BCS #275, 04/11/19)

“The Red Honey Witch,” Jessica Paddock (BCS #275, 04/11/19)

“Undercurrents,” Charles Payseur (BCS #274, 03/28/19)

“New Horizons,” Alexander Stanmyer (BCS #273, 03/14/19)

“When Sirens Sing of Roses and of Delegated Power,” Nin Harris (BCS #272, 02/28/19)

“The Boy Who Loved Drowning,” R.K. Duncan (BCS #272, 02/28/19)

“Adrianna in Pomegranate,” Samantha Mills (BCS #271, 02/14/19)

“To Stab with a Rose, to Love with a Knife,” Natalia Theodoridou (BCS #270, 01/31/19)

“Do Not Look Back, My Lion,” Alix E. Harrow (BCS #270, 01/31/19)

“The Deepest Notes of the Harp and Drum,” Marissa Lingen (BCS #269, 01/17/19)

“La Orpheline,” Jordan Taylor (BCS #269, 01/17/19)

“The Blighted Godling of Company Town H,” Beth Cato (BCS #268, 01/03/19)

“The Beast Weeps with One Eye,” Morgan Al-Moor (BCS #268, 01/03/19)

Best Novelette:

“Scapegoat,” Holly Messinger (BCS #293, 12/19/19)

“The Forge,” Andrew Dykstal (BCS #291, 11/21/19)

“The Star Plague,” Rich Larson (BCS #289, 10/ 24/19)

“Portrait Of The Artist,” K.J. Parker (BCS #287 Eleventh Anniversary Double-Issue, 09/26/19)

“The Witch of the Will,” Aaron Perry (BCS #287 Eleventh Anniversary Double-Issue, 09/26/19)

“The Iron Eels,” Jeremy A. TeGrotenhuis (BCS #283, 08/01/19)

“Gert of the Hundred,” L.S. Johnson (BCS #282, 07/18/19)

“Across the Bough Bridge,” Mackenzie Kincaid (BCS #281, 07/04/19)

“A Handful of Sky,” Elly Bangs (BCS #280, 06/20/19)

“Silver Springs,” T.R. North (BCS #279, 06/06/19)

“Abacus of Ether,” Stephen Case (BCS #278, 05/ 23/19)

“The Thirty-Eight-Hundred Bone Coat,” R.K. Duncan (BCS #277, 05/ 09/19)

“I Am Destiny,” Emily McIntyre (BCS #274, 03/28/19)

“Through the Doorways, Whiskey Chile,” S.H. Mansouri (BCS #273, 03/14/19)

“Blood, Bone, Seed, Spark,” Aimee Ogden (BCS #271, 02/14/19)

Thanks very much for considering us and our stories!

For BCS readers interested in nominating for this year’s awards, such as the Hugos or Nebulas, here’s a list of our eligible stories from 2018 and which awards category they fit in. Thank you for your interest in us and our stories!

What BCS Stories are Eligible:
Everything published in 2018, which is BCS #242 through BCS #267, inclusive.

Here are a couple of our best-reviewed pieces of 2018 and which category they fit in (short fiction categories for Hugos and Nebulas are the same). For a list of all eligible BCS stories and their categories, see the bottom of this post.

BCS itself is eligible for the Best Semiprozine Hugo.

Best Short Story:

“The War of Light and Shadow, in Five Dishes,” Siobhan Carroll (BCS #247, 3/15/2018)

“Ruby, Singing,” Fran Wilde (BCS #261, 9/27/2018) (also available as an audio mp3)

Best Novelette:

“The Crow Knight,” Bonnie Jo Stufflebeam (BCS #262, 10/11/2018)

“The Sweetness of Honey and Rot,” A. Merc Rustad (BCS #254, 6/21/2018)

Best Novella:

“The Emotionless, in Love,” Jason Sanford (BCS #246, 3/1/2018)

For information on 2019 Hugo nominating, which is now open, go to the Hugo Awards page on the Dublin 2019 Worldcon website. For information on Nebula nominating, see SFWA’s page about Nebula voting. For other eligible short fiction, we recommend our authors’ stories in other magazines, like the ones listed in our BCS Authors Elsewhere posts.

All Eligible Stories from BCS

Here is the full list of all BCS stories that are eligible for Hugo and Nebula nominations in 2019, and what official category they are in. Thanks very much for considering our authors and their fiction!

Best Short Story:

“Forest Spirits,” Michael J. DeLuca (BCS #266, 12/06/18)

“Frozen Meadow, Shining Sun,” Emily McCosh (BCS #266, 12/06/18)

“Feral Attachments at Kulle Bland Bergen,” T. S. McAdams (BCS #265, 11/22/18)

“How the Mighty,” Dan Micklethwaite (BCS #265, 11/22/18)

“In the Ground, Before the Freeze,” Margaret Ronald (BCS #264, 11/08/18)

“The Hollow Tree,” Jordan Kurella (BCS #264, 11/08/18)

“The Oracle and the Sea,” Megan Arkenberg (BCS #263, 10/25/18)

“The Bodice, The Hem, The Woman, Death,” Karen Osborne (BCS #263, 10/25/18)

“Magic Potion Behind-the-Mountains,” Jaymee Goh (BCS #262, 10/11/18)

“Ruby, Singing,” Fran Wilde (BCS #261, 09/27/18)

“Ancestor Night,” Nina Kiriki Hoffman (BCS #260, 09/13/18)

“It’s Easy to Shoot A Dog,” Maria Haskins (BCS #260, 09/13/18)

“Periling Hand,” Justin Howe (BCS #259 08/30/18)

“Shattered Hand,” Marc A. Criley (BCS #259 08/30/18)

“A Legacy of Shadows,” Christopher M. Cevasco (BCS #257, 08/02/18)

“Old No-Eyes,” Christopher Mahon (BCS #257, 08/02/18)

“Flesh and Stone,” Kathryn Yelinek (BCS #256, 07/19/18)

“Speak Easy, Suicide Selkies,” E. Catherine Tobler (BCS #255, 07/05/18)

“The Scrimshander,” Damien Krsteski (BCS #255, 07/05/18)

“The Weaver and the Snake,” Blaine Vitallo (BCS #253, 06/07/18)

“The Wild Ride of the Untamed Stars,” A.J. Fitzwater (BCS #252, 05/24/18)

“The Ghostpotion Games,” Christian K. Martinez (BCS #252, 05/24/18)

“The Examination Cloth,” Jonathan Edelstein (BCS #251, 05/10/18)

“The Root Cellar,” Maria Haskins (BCS #251, 05/10/18)

“An Account of the Madness of the Magistrate, Chengdhu Village,” Richard Parks (BCS #250, 04/26/18)

“Weft,” Rahul Kanakia (BCS #248, 04/12/18)

“Fireskin,” Joanne Rixon (BCS #248, 04/12/18)

“She Who Hungers, She Who Waits,” Cassandra Khaw (BCS #248, 03/29/18)

“The War of Light and Shadow, in Five Dishes,” Siobhan Carroll (BCS #247, 03/15/18)

“Braving the Morrow Candle’s Wane,” J.W. Alden (BCS #247, 03/15/18)

“Gennesaret,” Phoenix Alexander (BCS #246, 03/01/18)

“Penitents,” Rich Larson (BCS #245, 02/15/18)

“Red Dreams,” R.Z. Held (BCS #245, 02/15/18)

“Such Were the Faces of the Living Creatures,” Josh Pearce (BCS #245, 02/15/18)

“The Starship and the Temple Cat,” Yoon Ha Lee (BCS #244, 02/01/18)

“Where the Anchor Lies,” Benjamin C. Kinney (BCS #244, 02/01/18)

“Benefactors of Silence,” Nin Harris (BCS #243, 01/ 18/18)

“Nneamaka’s Ghost,” Walter Dinjos (BCS #243, 01/ 18/18)

“Suite for Accompanied Cello,” Tamara Vardomskaya (BCS #242, 01/ 04/18)

Best Novelette:

“A Martyr’s Art,” J.P. Sullivan (BCS #267, 12/20/18)

“A Circle of Steel and Bone,” R.K. Duncan (BCS #267, 12/20/18)

“The Tale of the Scout and the Pachydormu,” Gregory Norman Bossert (BCS #262, 10/11/18)

“The Crow Knight,” Bonnie Jo Stufflebeam (BCS #262, 10/11/18)

“The Tragedy of Zayred the Splendid,” Grace Seybold (BCS #262, 10/11/18)

“Court of Birth, Court of Strength,” Aliette de Bodard (BCS #261, 09/27/18)

“Cold Ink,” Dean Wells (BCS #259 08/30/18)

“The Wyvern Rider and Those of the Land,” Jeremy A. TeGrotenhuis (BCS #259 08/30/18)

“Drawing The Barriers,” Tamara Vardomskaya (BCS #256, 07/19/18)

“The Sweetness of Honey and Rot,” A. Merc Rustad (BCS #254, 06/21/18)

“Three Dandelion Stars,” Jordan Kurella (BCS #254, 06/21/18)

“A Tale of Woe,” P. Djèlí Clark (BCS #253, 06/07/18)

“The Thought That Counts,” K.J. Parker (BCS #250, 04/26/18)

“Silence in Blue Glass,” Margaret Ronald (BCS #250, 04/26/18)

“Angry Kings,” Bonnie Jo Stufflebeam (BCS #250, 04/26/18)

“Cry of Desire in a Shrouded Land,” Emily McIntyre (BCS #248, 03/29/18)

“Do As I Do, Sing As I Sing,” Sarah Pinsker (BCS #246, 03/01/18)

“The Last Human Child,” Milo James Fowler (BCS #245, 02/15/18)

“El is a Spaceship Melody,” Maurice Broaddus (BCS #244, 02/01/18)

“An Aria for the Bloodlords,” Hannah Strom-Martin (BCS #242, 01/ 04/18)

Best Novella:

“Shadowdrop,” Chris Willrich (BCS #261, 09/27/18)

“We Ragged Few,” Kate Alice Marshall (BCS #261, 09/27/18)

“The Emotionless, in Love,” Jason Sanford (BCS #246, 03/01/18)

Thanks very much for considering us and our stories!

Nominations for the 2018 World Fantasy Awards close next week, Thursday May 31. The WFAs are a juried award, but two of the five finalists in each category are chosen by open nominations. In the past three years, BCS has been a finalist for seven WFAs and won the 2013 WFA for Short Fiction.

For readers interested in nominating, here are details on how to do it, links to several of our best-reviewed stories of the year, and a full list of all eligible BCS stories and which World Fantasy Award category they fit in. (WFA short fiction categories are different than those for Hugos & Nebulas.)

Are You Eligible to Nominate?
If you were a member of World Fantasy Con last year (2017, San Antonio TX) or the year before (2016, Columbus OH) or are a member this year (2018, Baltimore MD), you are eligible to nominate.

Deadline to Nominate:
Voting closes MAY 31, 2018.

How to Nominate:
The WF Nominations page of the WFC 2018 website has a link to a PDF ballot that can be submitted by paper mail or by email to rturner@arctera.com.

Unlike in past years, no email ballot seems to have been emailed to attendees of recent World Fantasy conventions.

What BCS Stories are Eligible:
Everything published in 2017, which is BCS #216 through BCS #241, inclusive.

Here are a few of our best-reviewed stories of 2017 and which WFA category they fit in. For a list of all eligible BCS stories and their categories, see the bottom of this post.

Short Fiction (pieces up to 10,000 words):

“Carnival Nine,” Caroline M. Yoachim (BCS #225) (Nebula Award finalist, Hugo Award finalist)

“Every Black Tree,” Natalia Theodoridou (BCS #236)

“Suddenwall,” Sara Saab (BCS #220)

Novella (pieces longer than 10,000 words):

“A Portrait of the Desert in Personages of Power,” Rose Lemberg (BCS #229 & #230)

For more information on the WFA categories, see this old WFC page. If you’re interested in other eligible short fiction, we recommend our authors’ stories in other magazines, like the ones listed in our BCS Authors Elsewhere posts.

Thanks very much for considering our stories!

All World Fantasy Award-Eligible Stories from BCS

This is the full list of all BCS stories that are eligible for the World Fantasy Awards, and what WFA category they fit in (WFA short fiction categories are different than those for Hugos & Nebulas).

Short Fiction (up to 10,000 words):

“Low Bridge! Or The Dark Obstructions,” M. Bennardo (BCS #240)

“The Mouth of the Oyster,” Adam-Troy Castro & Alvaro Zinos-Amaro (BCS #239)

“Woe and Other Remedies,” Michael Anthony Ashley (BCS #239)

“The Şiret Mask,” Marie Brennan (BCS #238) (2017 Locus Recommended Reading List)

“His Wife and Serpent Mistress,” Gillian Daniels (BCS #238)

“The Influence of the Iron Range,” Marissa Lingen (BCS #237)

“Forgive Us Our Trespasses,” Bennett North (BCS #237)

“Every Black Tree,” Natalia Theodoridou (BCS #236)

“On the Road to the Hell of Hungry Ghosts,” Richard Parks (BCS #235) (2017 Locus Recommended Reading List)

“The Fisherman and the Pig,” Kameron Hurley (BCS #235) (first published by the author as a Patreon reward, Jan. 2017)

“The Fall of the Mundaneum,” Rebecca Campbell (BCS #235)

“Dire Wolf,” Michael J. DeLuca (BCS #234)

“Corpus Grace,” William Broom (BCS #234)

“Across Pack Ice, a Fire,” Marissa Lingen (BCS #233)

“Gallows Girl,” Mel Kassel (BCS #233)

“Red Bark and Ambergris,” Kate Marshall (BCS #232)

“No Pearls as Blue as These,” Benjanun Sriduangkaew (BCS #232)

“The Broken Karwaneer,” Jeremy A. TeGrotenhuis (BCS #231)

“Rivers Run Free,” Charles Payseur (BCS #230)

“Of Letters They Are Made,” Jonathan Edelstein (BCS #228)

“A Late Quintessence,” Justin Howe (BCS #228)

“After Burning,” Wren Wallis (BCS #227)

“Two Bodies in Basting Stitch,” Allison Jamieson-Lucy (BCS #227)

“In Memory of Jianhong, Snake-Devil,” Richard Parks (BCS #226) (2017 Locus Recommended Reading List)

“Whatever Knight Comes,” Ryan Row (BCS #226)

“Carnival Nine,” Caroline M. Yoachim (BCS #225) (selected for Best SF&F of the Year) (2017 Locus Recommended Reading List)

“A Place to Grow,” A.T. Greenblatt (BCS #225)

“That Lingering Sweetness,” Tony Pi (BCS #224)

“A Marvelous Deal,” Kate Dollarhyde (BCS #224)

“I Have Been Drowned in Rain,” Carrie Vaughn (BCS #223) (2017 Locus Recommended Reading List)

“When We Go,” Evan Dicken (BCS #223)

“The Shark God’s Child,” Jonathan Edelstein (BCS #222)

“Nightshade,” J.W. Halicks (BCS #222)

“In the Shade of the Pixie Tree,” Rodello Santos (BCS #221)

“Crescendo,” J.S. Veter (BCS #221)

“Suddenwall,” Sara Saab (BCS #220)

“Ghosts of Amarana,” Kurt Hunt (BCS #220)

“The Last Dinosaur Rider of Benessa County,” Jeremy Sim (BCS #219)

“Out of the Woods,” Marissa Lingen (BCS #218)

“Men of the Ashen Morrow,” Margaret Killjoy (BCS #218)

“Proteus Lost,” Tony Pi (BCS #217)

“Requiem for the Unchained,” Cae Hawksmoor (BCS #217)

“Wooden Boxes Lined with the Tongues of Doves,” Claire Humphrey (BCS #216)

“Think Of Winter,” Eleanna Castroianni (BCS #216)

“Trette’s Bones,” Grace Seybold from BCS #241)

“Forever Night,” Dana Beehr from BCS #241)

“And the Village Breathes,” Emily B. Cataneo (BCS #236)

“Grassland,” T. S. McAdams (BCS #235)

“Ora et Labora,” Theodore McCombs (BCS #229)

“Gravity’s Exile,” Grace Seybold (BCS #219)

Novella:

“The Wind’s Departure,” Stephen Case from BCS #240)

“Deathspeaker,” Stephen Case (BCS #231)

“A Portrait of the Desert in Personages of Power,” Rose Lemberg (BCS #229 & #230)

Thank you for considering our stories!

For BCS readers interested in nominating for this year’s awards, such as the Hugos or Nebulas, here’s a list of our eligible stories from 2017 and which awards category they fit in. Thank you for your interest in us and our stories!

What BCS Stories are Eligible:
Everything published in 2017, which is BCS #216 through BCS #241, inclusive.

Here are a couple of our best-reviewed pieces of 2017 and which category they fit in (short fiction categories for Hugos and Nebulas are the same). For a list of all eligible BCS stories and their categories, see the bottom of this post.

BCS itself is eligible for the Best Semiprozine Hugo.

Best Short Story:

“Carnival Nine,” Caroline M. Yoachim (BCS #225) (2017 Locus Recommended Reading List) (selected for Best SF&F of the Year)

“Red Bark and Ambergris,” Kate Marshall (BCS #232)

“Every Black Tree,” Natalia Theodoridou (BCS #236)

“Suddenwall,” Sara Saab (BCS #220)

Best Novella:

“A Portrait of the Desert in Personages of Power,” Rose Lemberg (BCS #229 & #230)

For information on 2018 Hugo nominating, which is now open, go to the Hugo Awards page on the WorldCon 76 website. For information on Nebula nominating, see SFWA’s page about Nebula voting. For other eligible short fiction, we recommend our authors’ stories in other magazines, like the ones listed in our BCS Authors Elsewhere posts.

All Eligible Stories from BCS

Here is the full list of all BCS stories that are eligible for Hugo Awards and Nebulas, and what official category they are in. Thanks very much for considering our authors and their fiction!

Best Short Story:

“Low Bridge! Or The Dark Obstructions,” M. Bennardo (BCS #240)

“The Mouth of the Oyster,” Adam-Troy Castro & Alvaro Zinos-Amaro (BCS #239)

“Woe and Other Remedies,” Michael Anthony Ashley (BCS #239)

“The Şiret Mask,” Marie Brennan (BCS #238) (2017 Locus Recommended Reading List)

“His Wife and Serpent Mistress,” Gillian Daniels (BCS #238)

“The Influence of the Iron Range,” Marissa Lingen (BCS #237)

“Forgive Us Our Trespasses,” Bennett North (BCS #237)

“Every Black Tree,” Natalia Theodoridou (BCS #236)

“On the Road to the Hell of Hungry Ghosts,” Richard Parks (BCS #235) (2017 Locus Recommended Reading List)

“The Fisherman and the Pig,” Kameron Hurley (BCS #235) (first published by the author as a Patreon reward, Jan. 2017)

“The Fall of the Mundaneum,” Rebecca Campbell (BCS #235)

“Dire Wolf,” Michael J. DeLuca (BCS #234)

“Corpus Grace,” William Broom (BCS #234)

“Across Pack Ice, a Fire,” Marissa Lingen (BCS #233)

“Gallows Girl,” Mel Kassel (BCS #233)

“Red Bark and Ambergris,” Kate Marshall (BCS #232)

“No Pearls as Blue as These,” Benjanun Sriduangkaew (BCS #232)

“The Broken Karwaneer,” Jeremy A. TeGrotenhuis (BCS #231)

“Rivers Run Free,” Charles Payseur (BCS #230)

“Of Letters They Are Made,” Jonathan Edelstein (BCS #228)

“A Late Quintessence,” Justin Howe (BCS #228)

“After Burning,” Wren Wallis (BCS #227)

“Two Bodies in Basting Stitch,” Allison Jamieson-Lucy (BCS #227)

“In Memory of Jianhong, Snake-Devil,” Richard Parks (BCS #226) (2017 Locus Recommended Reading List)

“Whatever Knight Comes,” Ryan Row (BCS #226)

“Carnival Nine,” Caroline M. Yoachim (BCS #225) (selected for Best SF&F of the Year) (2017 Locus Recommended Reading List)

“A Place to Grow,” A.T. Greenblatt (BCS #225)

“That Lingering Sweetness,” Tony Pi (BCS #224:

“A Marvelous Deal,” Kate Dollarhyde (BCS #224)

“I Have Been Drowned in Rain,” Carrie Vaughn (BCS #223) (2017 Locus Recommended Reading List)

“When We Go,” Evan Dicken (BCS #223)

“The Shark God’s Child,” Jonathan Edelstein (BCS #222)

“Nightshade,” J.W. Halicks (BCS #222)

“In the Shade of the Pixie Tree,” Rodello Santos (BCS #221)

“Crescendo,” J.S. Veter (BCS #221)

“Suddenwall,” Sara Saab (BCS #220)

“Ghosts of Amarana,” Kurt Hunt (BCS #220)

“The Last Dinosaur Rider of Benessa County,” Jeremy Sim (BCS #219)

“Out of the Woods,” Marissa Lingen (BCS #218)

“Men of the Ashen Morrow,” Margaret Killjoy (BCS #218)

“Proteus Lost,” Tony Pi (BCS #217)

“Requiem for the Unchained,” Cae Hawksmoor (BCS #217)

“Wooden Boxes Lined with the Tongues of Doves,” Claire Humphrey (BCS #216)

“Think Of Winter,” Eleanna Castroianni (BCS #216)

Best Novelette:

“Trette’s Bones,” Grace Seybold from BCS #241)

“Forever Night,” Dana Beehr from BCS #241)

“The Wind’s Departure,” Stephen Case from BCS #240)

“And the Village Breathes,” Emily B. Cataneo (BCS #236)

“Grassland,” T. S. McAdams (BCS #235)

“Deathspeaker,” Stephen Case (BCS #231)

“Ora et Labora,” Theodore McCombs (BCS #229)

“That Lingering Sweetness,” Tony Pi (BCS #224)

“Gravity’s Exile,” Grace Seybold (BCS #219)

Best Novella:

“A Portrait of the Desert in Personages of Power,” Rose Lemberg (BCS #229 & #230)

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