Short Fiction
- Winner (tie): “Like a River Loves the Sky”, Emma Törzs (Uncanny Mar/Apr 2018)
- Winner (tie): “Ten Deals with the Indigo Snake”, Mel Kassel (Lightspeed Oct 2018)
- “The Court Magician”, Sarah Pinsker (Lightspeed Jan 2018)
- “The Ten Things She Said While Dying: An Annotation”, Adam-Troy Castro (Nightmare Jul 2018)
- “A Witch's Guide to Escape: A Practical Compendium of Portal Fantasies”, Alix E. Harrow (Apex Feb 2018)
Anthology
- Winner: Worlds Seen in Passing, Irene Gallo, ed. (Tor.com)
- Best New Horror #28, Stephen Jones, ed. (Drugstore Indian)
- The Book of Magic, Gardner Dozois, ed. (Bantam; Harper Voyager UK)
- Robots vs Fairies, Dominik Parisien & Navah Wolfe, eds. (Sagan)
- Sword and Sonnet, Aidan Doyle, Rachael K. Jones & E. Catherine Tobler, eds. (Ate Bit Bear)
Special Award, Professional
Special Award, Non-professional