Where and When: 
Capclave,  
Rockville, MD : 
October 1, 2021
 - 
October 3, 2021
Eligibility Year: 
2020
 
Winner
-  Winner: “Metal Like Blood in the Dark”, T. Kingfisher (Uncanny Sep/Oct 2020)
  
 
Shortlist
-  “Foster-Child of Silence and Slow Time”, Brian Hugenbruch (My Battery Is Low and It Is Getting Dark)
-  “Guest Athletes”, Jennifer R. Povey (The Phantom Games: Dimensions Unknown Vol. III)
-  “Heritage Hill”, Matthew R. Davis (Outback Horrors Down Under)
-  “The Longest Season in the Garden of the Tea Fish”, Jo Miles (Strange Horizons Apr 2020)
-  “Memories Taste Best When Marinated with Sadness”, Feng Gooi (Hexagon Fal 2020)
-  “Myself”, Rebecca Enzor (DreamForge Dec 2020)
-  “Open House on Haunted Hill”, John Wiswell (Diabolical Plots 15 Jun 2020)
-  “Reformed”, Caias Ward (Mysterion 23 Mar 2020)