Finalists
- “Bonsai Starships”, Yoon Ha Lee (Beneath Ceaseless Skies Feb 2022)
- “The City and the Thing Beneath It”, Innocent Chizaram (F&SF Jan/Feb 2022)
- “A Hole in the Light”, Annalee Newitz (Sunday Morning Transport Oct 2022)
- “If We Make It Through This Alive”, A. T. Greenblatt (Slate Jan 2022)
- “In the Beginning of Me, I Was a Bird”, Maria Dong (Lightspeed Jan 2022)
- “Ten Steps for Effective Mold Removal”, Derrick Boden (Apex Sep 2022)
- “Toronto Isn't Real and Other Metropolitcan Anomalies”, A. D. Sui (Augur Dec 2022)