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Darja Malcolm-Clarke: The Beacon (Clarkesworld #11, August 2007)
Review: Notes:

The 2009 Nebula Awards Final Ballot

Novels

Paolo Bacigalupi: The Windup Girl (Night Shade, 2009)
Hugo Nomination for Best Novel 2010.
Nebula for Best Novel 2009.

Not freely available online!

Chris Barzak: The Love We Share Without Knowing (Bantam, 2008)
Nebula Nomination for Best Novel 2009.

Not freely available online!

Laura Anne Gilman: Flesh and Fire (Pocket, 2009)
Nebula Nomination for Best Novel 2009.

Not freely available online!

China Miéville: The City & The City (Del Rey, 2009)
Hugo Nomination for Best Novel 2010.
Nebula Nomination for Best Novel 2009.
World Fantasy Award Nomination for Best Novel 2010.

Not freely available online!

Cherie Priest: Boneshaker (Tor, 2009)
Hugo Nomination for Best Novel 2010.
Nebula Nomination for Best Novel 2009.

Not freely available online!

Novellas

Kage Baker: The Women of Nell Gwynne's (Subterranean, 2009)
Hugo Nomination for Best Novella 2010.
Nebula for Best Novella 2009.
World Fantasy Award Nomination for Best Novella 2010.

Not freely available online!

Carolyn Ives Gilman: Arkfall (F & SF, September 2009)
Nebula Nomination for Best Novella 2009.

Not freely available online!

Nancy Kress: Act One (Asimov's, March 2009)
Hugo Nomination for Best Novella 2010.
Nebula Nomination for Best Novella 2009.
Reviews: Notes:

Published somewhere on the World Wide Web.

James Morrow: Shambling Towards Hiroshima (Tachyon, 2009)
Hugo Nomination for Best Novella 2010.
Nebula Nomination for Best Novella 2009.

Not freely available online!

Jason Sanford: Sublimation Angels (Interzone #224, October 2009)
Nebula Nomination for Best Novella 2009.
Reviews: Notes:

Published somewhere on the World Wide Web.

John Scalzi: The God Engines (Subterranean, 2009)
Hugo Nomination for Best Novella 2010.
Nebula Nomination for Best Novella 2009.

Not freely available online!

Novelettes

Paolo Bacigalupi: The Gambler (Fast Forward Anthology #2, 2008)
Alternate link.
Available as part of this magazine.
Hugo Nomination for Best Novelette 2009.
Nebula Nomination for Best Novelette 2009.
Notes:

Published somewhere on the World Wide Web.

Michael Bishop: Vinegar Peace (Asimov's, July 2008)
Available as part of this anthology.
Available as part of this magazine.
Nebula Nomination for Best Novelette 2009.
Reviews: Notes:

Published somewhere on the World Wide Web.

Richard Bowes: I Needs Must Part, The Policeman Said (F & SF, December 2009)
Nebula Nomination for Best Novelette 2009.
World Fantasy Award Nomination for Best Novella 2010.
Reviews:

Not freely available online!

Eugie Foster: Sinner, Baker, Fabulist, Priest <...> (Interzone #220, February 2009)
Alternate link.
Hugo Nomination for Best Novelette 2010.
Nebula for Best Novelette 2009.
Reviews: Notes:

Ted Kosmatka: Divining Light (Asimov's, August 2008)
Alternate link.
Alternate link.
Nebula Nomination for Best Novelette 2009.
Reviews: Notes:

Published somewhere on the World Wide Web.

Rachel Swirsky: A Memory of Wind (Tor.com, November 2009)
Nebula Nomination for Best Novelette 2009.
Review: Notes:

Short Stories

Saladin Ahmed: Hooves and the Hovel of Abdel Jameela (Clockwork Phoenix Anthology #2, 2009)
Alternate link.
Nebula Nomination for Best Short Story 2009.
Notes:

Published somewhere on the World Wide Web.

Michael A. Burstein: I Remember the Future (I Remember the Future Collection, 2008)
Nebula Nomination for Best Short Story 2009.

Not freely available online!

N. K. Jemisin: Non-Zero Probabilities (Clarkesworld #36, September 2009)
Alternate link.
Hugo Nomination for Best Short Story 2010.
Nebula Nomination for Best Short Story 2009.
Review: Notes:

Kij Johnson: Spar (Clarkesworld #37, October 2009)
Alternate link.
Hugo Nomination for Best Short Story 2010.
Nebula for Best Short Story 2009.
Review: Notes:

James Patrick Kelly: Going Deep (Asimov's, June 2009)
Alternate link.
Alternate link.
Nebula Nomination for Best Short Story 2009.
Reviews: Notes:

Published somewhere on the World Wide Web.

Will McIntosh: Bridesicle (Asimov's, January 2009)
Available as part of this magazine.
Alternate link.
Hugo Nomination for Best Short Story 2010.
Nebula Nomination for Best Short Story 2009.
Reviews: Notes:

Published somewhere on the World Wide Web.

The 2010 Hugo Awards Ballot

Novels

Paolo Bacigalupi: The Windup Girl (Night Shade, 2009)
Hugo Nomination for Best Novel 2010.
Nebula for Best Novel 2009.

Not freely available online!

China Miéville: The City & The City (Del Rey, 2009)
Hugo Nomination for Best Novel 2010.
Nebula Nomination for Best Novel 2009.
World Fantasy Award Nomination for Best Novel 2010.

Not freely available online!

Cherie Priest: Boneshaker (Tor, 2009)
Hugo Nomination for Best Novel 2010.
Nebula Nomination for Best Novel 2009.

Not freely available online!

Robert J. Sawyer: Wake (Analog, November 2008)
Hugo Nomination for Best Novel 2010.
Reviews:

Not freely available online!

Catherynne M. Valente: Palimpsest (Bantam Spectra, 2009)
Hugo Nomination for Best Novel 2010.

Not freely available online!

Robert Charles Wilson: Julian Comstock: A Story of 22nd-Century America (Tor, 2009)
Hugo Nomination for Best Novel 2010.

Not freely available online!

Novellas

Kage Baker: The Women of Nell Gwynne's (Subterranean, 2009)
Hugo Nomination for Best Novella 2010.
Nebula for Best Novella 2009.
World Fantasy Award Nomination for Best Novella 2010.

Not freely available online!

Nancy Kress: Act One (Asimov's, March 2009)
Hugo Nomination for Best Novella 2010.
Nebula Nomination for Best Novella 2009.
Reviews: Notes:

Published somewhere on the World Wide Web.

Ian McDonald: Vishnu at the Cat Circus (Cyberabad Days Collection, 2009)
Hugo Nomination for Best Novella 2010.

Not freely available online!

James Morrow: Shambling Towards Hiroshima (Tachyon, 2009)
Hugo Nomination for Best Novella 2010.
Nebula Nomination for Best Novella 2009.

Not freely available online!

John Scalzi: The God Engines (Subterranean, 2009)
Hugo Nomination for Best Novella 2010.
Nebula Nomination for Best Novella 2009.

Not freely available online!

Charles Stross: Palimpsest (Wireless, 2009)
Hugo Nomination for Best Novella 2010.
Notes:

Published somewhere on the World Wide Web.

Novelettes

Paul Cornell: One of Our Bastards is Missing (Solaris Book of New SF Anthology #3, 2009)
Hugo Nomination for Best Novelette 2010.
Notes:

Published somewhere on the World Wide Web.

Eugie Foster: Sinner, Baker, Fabulist, Priest <...> (Interzone #220, February 2009)
Alternate link.
Hugo Nomination for Best Novelette 2010.
Nebula for Best Novelette 2009.
Reviews: Notes:

Nicola Griffith: It Takes Two (Eclipse Anthology #3, 2009)
Available as part of this magazine.
Hugo Nomination for Best Novelette 2010.
Notes:

Published somewhere on the World Wide Web.

Charles Stross: Overtime (Tor.com, December 2009)
Hugo Nomination for Best Novelette 2010.
Review: Notes:

Rachel Swirsky: Eros, Philia, Agape (Tor.com, March 2009)
Alternate link.
Hugo Nomination for Best Novelette 2010.
Notes:

Peter Watts: The Island (The New Space Opera Anthology #3, 2009)
Alternate link.
Hugo Nomination for Best Novelette 2010.
Notes:

Short Stories

N. K. Jemisin: Non-Zero Probabilities (Clarkesworld #36, September 2009)
Alternate link.
Hugo Nomination for Best Short Story 2010.
Nebula Nomination for Best Short Story 2009.
Review: Notes:

Kij Johnson: Spar (Clarkesworld #37, October 2009)
Alternate link.
Hugo Nomination for Best Short Story 2010.
Nebula for Best Short Story 2009.
Review: Notes:

Will McIntosh: Bridesicle (Asimov's, January 2009)
Available as part of this magazine.
Alternate link.
Hugo Nomination for Best Short Story 2010.
Nebula Nomination for Best Short Story 2009.
Reviews: Notes:

Published somewhere on the World Wide Web.

Mike Resnick: The Bride of Frankenstein (Asimov's, December 2009)
Alternate link.
Hugo Nomination for Best Short Story 2010.
Reviews: Notes:

Published somewhere on the World Wide Web.

Lawrence M. Schoen: The Moment (Footprints Anthology, 2009)
Alternate link.
Hugo Nomination for Best Short Story 2010.
Notes:

Published somewhere on the World Wide Web.

The 2010 World Fantasy Awards Awards Ballot

Novels

James Enge: Blood of Ambrose (Pyr, 2009)
World Fantasy Award Nomination for Best Novel 2010.

Not freely available online!

Caitlin R. Kiernan: The Red Tree (Roc, 2009)
World Fantasy Award Nomination for Best Novel 2010.

Not freely available online!

China Miéville: The City & The City (Del Rey, 2009)
Hugo Nomination for Best Novel 2010.
Nebula Nomination for Best Novel 2009.
World Fantasy Award Nomination for Best Novel 2010.

Not freely available online!

Jeff VanderMeer: Finch (Underland, 2009)
World Fantasy Award Nomination for Best Novel 2010.

Not freely available online!

Kit Whitfield: In Great Waters (Jonathan Cape, 2009)
World Fantasy Award Nomination for Best Novel 2010.

Not freely available online!

Novellas

Kage Baker: The Women of Nell Gwynne's (Subterranean, 2009)
Hugo Nomination for Best Novella 2010.
Nebula for Best Novella 2009.
World Fantasy Award Nomination for Best Novella 2010.

Not freely available online!

Richard Bowes: I Needs Must Part, The Policeman Said (F & SF, December 2009)
Nebula Nomination for Best Novelette 2009.
World Fantasy Award Nomination for Best Novella 2010.
Reviews:

Not freely available online!

Steve Duffy: The Lion's Den (Nemonymous Anthology #9, 2009)
World Fantasy Award Nomination for Best Novella 2010.

Not freely available online!

Andy Duncan: The Night Cache (PS Publishing, 2009)
World Fantasy Award Nomination for Best Novella 2010.

Not freely available online!

Margo Lanagan: Sea-Hearts (X 6 Anthology, 2009)
World Fantasy Award Nomination for Best Novella 2010.

Not freely available online!

Paul Witcover: Everland (Everland and Other Stories Collection, 2009)
World Fantasy Award Nomination for Best Novella 2010.

Not freely available online!

Short Fiction

Karen Joy Fowler: The Pelican Bar (Eclipse Anthology #3, 2009)
World Fantasy Award Nomination for Best Short Story 2010.

Not freely available online!

Helen Keeble: A Journal of Certain Events <...> (Strange Horizons, June 2009)
World Fantasy Award Nomination for Best Short Story 2010.
Review: Notes:

Ellen Klages: Singing on a Star (Firebirds Soaring Anthology, 2009)
World Fantasy Award Nomination for Best Short Story 2010.

Not freely available online!

Paul Park: The Persistence of Memory (Postscripts Anthology #20/21, 2009)
World Fantasy Award Nomination for Best Short Story 2010.

Not freely available online!

R. B. Russell: In Hiding (Putting the Pieces in Place Collection, 2009)
World Fantasy Award Nomination for Best Short Story 2010.

Not freely available online!

Genevieve Valentine: Light on the Water (Fantasy Magazine, October 2009)
World Fantasy Award Nomination for Best Short Story 2010.
Review: Notes: