Saturday 15 May, during the Nebula Awards weekend, Analog Science Fiction and Fact and Asimov’s Science Fiction announced their readers’ award winners (voted by the readers from their 2009 issues) at their annual breakfast event at the Hilton Hotel in Cocoa Beach, Florida.
The winners of Analog’s Analytical Laboratory (AnLab) Awards are:
Best Novella: “Where the Winds Are All Asleep” by Michael F. Flynn (October)
Best Novelette: “Chain” by Stephen L. Burns (June)
Best Short Story: “The Universe Beneath Our Feet” by Carl Frederick (December)
Best Fact Article: “From Atlantis to Canoe-Eating Trees: Geomythology Comes of Age” by Richard A. Lovett (September)
Best Cover (tie): January/February 2009 by John Allemand
Best Cover (tie): October 2009 by Bob Eggleton
The winners of Asimov’s Readers’ Awards are:
Best Novella: “Broken Windchimes” by Kristine Kathryn Rusch (September)
Best Novelette: “Blood Dauber” by Ted Kosmatka & Michael Poore (December)
Best Short Story: “Bridesicle” by Will McIntosh (October-November)
Best Poem: “Edgar Allan Poe” by Bryan D. Dietrich (October-November)
Best Cover Artist: John Picacio (September)