Science Fiction Novel
· Surface Detail, Iain M. Banks (Orbit UK; Orbit US)
· Cryoburn, Lois McMaster Bujold (Baen)
· Zero History, William Gibson (Putnam; Viking UK)
· The Dervish House, Ian McDonald (Pyr; Gollancz)
· Blackout/All Clear, Connie Willis (Spectra)
Fantasy Novel
· Under Heaven, Guy Gavriel Kay (Penguin Canada; Roc)
· Kraken, China Miéville (Macmillan UK; Del Rey)
· Who Fears Death, Nnedi Okorafor (DAW)
· The Fuller Memorandum, Charles Stross (Ace; Orbit UK)
· The Sorcerer’s House, Gene Wolfe (Tor)
First Novel
· The Loving Dead, Amelia Beamer (Night Shade)
· The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms, N.K. Jemisin (Orbit UK; Orbit US)
· Shades of Milk and Honey, Mary Robinette Kowal (Tor)
· The Quantum Thief, Hannu Rajaniemi (Gollancz; Tor)
· How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe, Charles Yu (Pantheon)
Young Adult Book
· Ship Breaker, Paolo Bacigalupi (Little, Brown)
· Mockingjay, Suzanne Collins (Scholastic)
· Enchanted Glass, Diana Wynne Jones (HarperCollins UK; Greenwillow)
· I Shall Wear Midnight, Terry Pratchett (Gollancz; HarperCollins)
· Behemoth, Scott Westerfeld (Simon Pulse; Simon & Schuster UK)
Novella
· Bone and Jewel Creatures, Elizabeth Bear (Subterranean)
· The Lifecycle of Software Objects, Ted Chiang (Subterranean)
· “The Mystery Knight”’, George R.R. Martin (Warriors)
· “Troika”, Alastair Reynolds (Godlike Machines)
· “The Lady Who Plucked Red Flowers beneath the Queen’s Window’”, Rachel Swirsky (Subterranean Summer ’10)
Novelette
· “The Fool Jobs”, Joe Abercrombie (Swords & Dark Magic)
· “The Truth Is a Cave in the Black Mountains”, Neil Gaiman (Stories)
· “The Mad Scientist’s Daughter”, Theodora Goss (Strange Horizons 1/18-1/25/10)
· “Plus or Minus”, James Patrick Kelly (Asimov’s 12/10)
· “Marya and the Pirate”, Geoffrey A. Landis (Asimov’s 1/10)
Short Story
· “Booth’s Ghost”, Karen Joy Fowler (What I Didn’t See and Other Stories)
· “The Thing About Cassandra”, Neil Gaiman (Songs of Love and Death)
· “Names for Water”, Kij Johnson (Asimov’s 10-11/10)
· “Thirteen Ways of Looking at Space/Time”, Catherynne M. Valente (Clarkesworld 8/10)
· “The Things”, Peter Watts (Clarkesworld 1/10)
Magazine
· Analog
· Asimov’s
· F&SF
· Subterranean
· Tor.com
Publisher
· Baen
· Night Shade Books
· Orbit
· Subterranean Press
· Tor
Anthology
· Zombies vs. Unicorns, Holly Black & Justine Larbalestier, eds. (McElderry)
· The Beastly Bride, Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling, eds. (Viking)
· The Year’s Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Seventh Annual Collection, Gardner Dozois, ed. (St. Martin’s)
· Warriors, George R.R. Martin &
Gardner Dozois, eds. (Tor)
· Swords & Dark Magic, Jonathan Strahan & Lou Anders, eds. (HarperCollins)
Collection
· Mirror Kingdoms, Peter S. Beagle (Subterranean)
· What I Didn’t See and Other Stories, Karen Joy Fowler (Small Beer)
· Fritz Leiber: Selected Stories, Fritz Leiber (Night Shade)
· The Best of Kim Stanley Robinson, Kim Stanley Robinson (Night Shade)
Editor
· Ellen Datlow
· Gardner Dozois
· Gordon Van Gelder
· David G. Hartwell
· Jonathan Strahan
Artist
· Bob Eggleton
· Donato Giancola
· John Picacio
· Shaun Tan
· Michael Whelan
Nonfiction/Art Books
· Spectrum 17, Cathy & Arnie Fenner, eds. (Underwood)
· Robert A. Heinlein: In Dialogue with His Century: Volume 1: 1907-1948: Learning Curve, William H. Patterson, Jr., (Tor)
· CM Kornbluth: The Life and Works of a Science Fiction Visionary, Mark Rich (McFarland)
· Charles Vess & Neil Gaiman, Instructions (Harper)