Third Place
- “Yellow and the Perception of Reality”, Maureen McHugh (Tor.com Jul 2020)
Finalists
- “50 Things Every AI Working with Humans Should Know”, Ken Liu (Uncanny Nov 2020)
- “AirBody”, Sameem Siddiqui (Clarkesworld Apr 2020)
- “A Guide for Working Breeds”, Vina Jie-Min Prasad (Tor.com Mar 2020)
- “If You Take My Meaning”, Charlie Jane Anders (Tor.com Feb 2020)
- “Ife-Iyoku, the Tale of Imadeyunuagbon”, Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki (Dominion)
- “A Mastery of German”, Marian Denise Moore (Dominion)
- “The Mermaid Astronaut”, Yoon Ha Lee (Beneath Ceaseless Skies Feb 2020)
- “The Translator, at Low Tide”, Vajra Chandrasekera (Clarkesworld May 2020)