Steven H Silver reports the winners of this year’s .Sidewise Awards for Alternate History, which were given out last night at Renovation, this year’s World Science Fiction Convention. The winners are:
Long Form: When Angels Wept: A What-If History of the Cuban Missile Crisis by Eric G. Swedin
Short Form: “A Clash of Eagles” by Alan Smale
The Sidewise Awards were founded in 1995 “to recognize the best alternate history of the year.” This year’s judges included Stephen Baxter, Evelyn Leeper, Jim Rittenhouse, Stu Shiffman, Kurt Sidaway, and Steven H Silver. Shiffman, Leeper, and Silver were present at the ceremony, as were both winners.
The full list of nominees appeared in this article.