2003 SPECTRUM AWARDS

2003 Best Novel Finalists

WINNER: Fire Logic, by Laurie Marks (Tor)
Dance for the Ivory Madonna by Don Sakers (Speed-of-C)
The Fall of the Kings by Ellen Kushner & Delia Sherman (Bantam Spectra)
Hominids by Robert Sawyer (Tor)
Lorimal's Chalice by Jane Fletcher (Fortitude Press)
Nightmare: A Novel of the Silent Empire by Steven Harper (Roc)
Solitaire by Kelley Eskridge (Harper Eos)

2003 Best Short Fiction Finalists

WINNER: Three Letters from the Queen of Elfland, by Sarah Monette (Lady Churchill's Rosebud Wristlet #11 - Small Beer Press)
Bugcrush by Scott Treleaven
- from anthology "Queer Fear 2" (Arsenal Pulp)
For the Mortals Among Us by Robert Knippenberg
- from anthology "Mind & Body" (Circlet Press)
Night of the Werepuss by Michael Thomas Ford
- from anthology "Queer Fear 2" (Arsenal Pulp)
Polyphemus' Cave by David Nickle
- from anthology "Queer Fear 2" (Arsenal Pulp)
Till Human Voices Wake Us by Stephen Dedman
- from anthology "Queer Fear 2" (Arsenal Pulp)
Unspeakable by MCA Hogarth
- from magazine "Strange Horizons"

2003 Complete List of Nominees

Best Novel

Blood of Mystery, Mark Anthony
Clouds of War, Diana Rivers
Dark Light, Ken Macleod
Daughters of an Amber Noon, Katherine Forrest
The Devil and Deep Space, Susan Matthews
The Devil Inside, Randy Boyd
Dreams of the Compass Rose, Vera Nazarian
Echo & Narcissus, Mark Siegel
Fallen Host, Lyda Morehouse
Fires of the Faithful, Naomi Kritzer
Fool's Errand, Robin Hobb
Hammertown, Selina Rosen
The Kanshou, Sally Miller Gearhart
Leaping to the Stars, David Gerrold
A Mouthful of Tongues, Paul Di Filippo
The Pulling Moon, Heidi Wyss
Rainbow Arc of Fire: A House Divided, Gregory Sanchez
Seeds of Fire, Laura Adams
The Sex Gates, Darrell Bain and Jeanine Berry
Tales of Emoria: Present Paths, Mindancer
The Way of Light, Storm Constantine
The Wisdom of War, Christopher Golden

Best Short Fiction

Always, David MacMillan - Wired Hard 3
Arena, Nik Flandre - Mind & Body
artGod, Joseph O'Brien - Queer Fear II
Bayou de la Mere, Poppy Z Brite - Queer Fear II
On Being A Fetish, David Coffey - Queer Fear II
Black Shapes In A Darkened Room, Marshall Moore - Queer Fear II
Born On The Edge Of An Adjective, Christopher Barzak - Lady Churchill's Rosebud Wristlet #10
Burnt Offerings, Thomas S Roche - Mind & Body
Dead In The Water, C. Mark Umland - Queer Fear II
Delicious Monster, Nalo Hopkinson - Queer Fear II
Demon Heart, Tim Chadwick - Wired Hard 3
Digging Up Graves, William J. Mann - Queer Fear II
Diving Into Oceans of Air, Renee Charles - Mind & Body
Exit Wound, Michael Marano - Queer Fear II
Flesh of My Flesh, Recondita Armonia - Mind & Body
The Four Doors, Jay Starre - Wired Hard 3
Freedom, Spiced and Drunk, MCA Hogarth - Strange Horizons
Freshets, Brett Alexander Savory - Queer Fear II
Gaytown, Robert Boyczuk - Queer Fear II
Halwende and the Ligneous Vassal, Karl-Rene Moore - Wired Hard 3
Hidden Desires, Chris Jones - Wired Hard 3
Holy Terror, Simon Sheppard - Wired Hard 3
I Stand Alone, Sephera Giron - Queer Fear II
If You Want Something, Nicky Talas - Mind & Body
The Magic of Love, S S Moses - Wired Hard 3
The Me After the Rock, Patrick O'Leary - Mars Probes
Miss Parker Down the Bung, Kate Bachus - Strange Horizons
Narcissus, Wendy Fries - Mind & Body
The Narrow World, Gemma Files - Queer Fear II
Numbers, Steve Duffy - Queer Fear II
Oh Yes, My Eyes, David Quinn - Queer Fear II
One of the Boys, Edo Van Belkom - Queer Fear II
The Oracle, Kim Westwood - REDSINE #9
The Potter of Bones, Eleanor Arnason - Asimov's Sept 2002
Red Angel, Gary Bowen - Wired Hard 3
Report to the Men's Club, Carol Emshwiller - Report to the Men's Club
Slice, Warren Dunford - Queer Fear II
The Tomorrow Kid, Jack Dickson - Wired Hard 3
The Two Cupids, Jon-Michael Emory - Wired Hard 3
Veggie Mountain, Thomas S Roche - Queer Fear II
Want, Ron Oliver - Queer Fear II
You Can't See Me, Jason Fortenbraugh - Wired Hard 3
Zoner, Michael Barnette - Wired Hard 3