- Semiosis, Sue Burke (Tor)
A Spy in Time, Imraan Coovadia (Rare Bird)
The Calculating Stars, Mary Robinette Kowal (Tor)
Time Was, Ian McDonald (Tor.com Publishing)
Blackfish City, Sam J. Miller (Ecco)
Moon of the Crusted Snow, Waubgeshig Rice (ECW)
Theory of Bastards, Audrey Schulman (Europa Editions)
Unholy Land, Lavie Tidhar (Tachyon)
Space Opera, Catherynne M. Valente (Saga)
The Freeze-Frame Revolution, Peter Watts (Tachyon)
The Loosening Skin, Aliya Whiteley (Unsung Stories)