Here’s the details of this year’s Sidewise Award Nominees – straight from the organizers:
We are pleased to announce this year’s nominees for the Sidewise Award for Alternate History. The winners will be announced at Sasquan, this year’s Worldcon, in Spokane, WA at 2:00 pm Pacific Time on August 21. The Sidewise Awards have been presented annually since 1995 to recognize excellence in alternate historical fiction. This year’s panel of judges was made up of Stephen Baxter, Evelyn Leeper, Jim Rittenhouse, Kurt Sidaway, and Steven H Silver.
Short Form
- Ken Liu, “The Long Haul” (Clarkesworld, 11/14)
- Igor Ljubuncic, “The Girl with the Flaxen Hair” (Wars to End All Wars: Alternate Tales from the Trenches, Amazon Digital Services)
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Robert Reed, “The Principles” (Asimov’s, 4-5/14)
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Aaron Rosenberg, “Let No Man Put Asunder” (Europa Universalis IV: What If?, Paradox Interactive)
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Lewis Shiner, “The Black Sun” (Subterranean, Summer 2014)
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Harry Turtledove, “The More It Changes” (Europa Universalis IV: What If?, Paradox Interactive)
Long Form
- Alexander M. Grace, Sr., Second Front: The Allied Invasion of France, 1942-1943 (Casemate)
- Kristine Kathryn Rusch, The Enemy Within (WMG Publishing)
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Tony Schumacher, The Darkest Hour (William Morrow)
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Allen Steele, V-S Day (Ace)
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Jo Walton, My Real Children (Tor)
The Sidewise Awards for Alternate History were conceived in late 1995 to honor the best allohistorical genre publications of the year. The first awards were announced in summer 1996 and honored works from 1995. The award takes its name from Murray Leinster’s 1934 short story “Sidewise in Time,” in which a strange storm causes portions of Earth to swap places with their analogs from other timelines.
Congratulations to all the nominees.
For more informationgo to http://www.uchronia.net/sidewise.