Short Story
- Winner: “Immersion”, Aliette de Bodard (Clarkesworld Jun 2012)
- “The Bookmaking Habits of Select Species”, Ken Liu (Lightspeed Aug 2012)
- “Five Ways to Fall in Love on Planet Porcelain”, Cat Rambo (Near + Far)
- “Fragmentation, or Ten Thousand Goodbyes”, Tom Crosshill (Clarkesworld Apr 2012)
- “Give Her Honey When You Hear Her Scream”, Maria Dahvana Headley (Lightspeed Jul 2012)
- “Nanny's Day”, Leah Cypess (Asimov's Mar 2012)
- “Robot”, Helena Bell (Clarkesworld Sep 2012)
Associated Awards
Finalists
- The Avengers, Joss Whedon, director; Joss Whedon & Zak Penn, writers (Marvel/Disney)
- The Cabin in the Woods, Drew Goddard, director; Joss Whedon & Drew Goddard, writers (Mutant Enemy/Lionsgate)
- The Hunger Games, Gary Ross, director; Gary Ross, Suzanne Collins & Billy Ray, writers (Lionsgate)
- John Carter, Andrew Stanton, director; Michael Chabon, Mark Andrews & Andrew Stanton, writers (Disney)
- Looper, Rian Johnson
Finalists
- Above, Leah Bobet (Levine)
- Above World, Jenn Reese (Candlewick)
- Black Heart, Holly Black (Simon & Schuster/McElderry)
- The Diviners, Libba Bray (Little, Brown)
- Enchanted, Alethea Kontis (Harcourt)
- Every Day, David Levithan (Knopf)
- Iron Hearted Violet, Kelly Barnhill (Little, Brown)
- Railsea, China Miéville (Del Rey)
- Seraphina, Rachel Hartman (Random House)
- Summer of the Mariposas, Guadalupe Garcia McCall (Tu Books)
- Vessel, Sarah Beth Durst (Simon & Schuster/McElderry)