This month, we've got an especially close race, so much so that we've been forced to add another Honorable Mention. Cool, huh? Our...

...new (to us) writer Joshua Mannix, and his story " At the Yatai on Kuiper Station Nine "! Well done! As with every such prize,...

Congratulations to our very own J. Millard Simpson for winning the December Reader's Pick with 44 rockets for his story, " Potboiler " --...

Nina Miller, " Lost Citizens of the Fringe " as November's best story, with an amazing 40, count them 4-0 Rockets. Congratulations!!!...

The readers of Sci-Fi Shorts have done it again! Congratulations to our very own J. Charles Ramirez for his clear victory with " The...

The September Reader's Pick is finally in, after an extended and at times very close race.

The envelope, please. And the winner is...

"Lifetime Subscription" by Guy Lingham is the editor's pick as the winning theme story for July/August.

" Engines of Opportunity ", by Jeff Currier! Congratulations! And what does he win, Johnny? NOT a case of Turtle Wax (Who would wax a...

"Cyborg Isle" by Maren N. Law is the editor's pick as the winning theme story for May/June.

"The Migration", by Randall Andrews! Congratulations -- well-deserved; a fine tale. The story's art will henceforth be decorated with...

"The Wittiest Man In France", by Philip Apps, with 26 Rockets! Notably, this is also the winner of this month's Editor's Choice award...

Editors' Choice The Wittiest Man in France by Philip Apps is the editor's pick as the winning theme story for April/May. Congratulations...

"Comfort Foods", by Nina Miller, with an enviable total of 33 Rockets.

Editors' Choice Caring for Barbara by B. M. Gilb is the editor's pick as the winning theme story for March/April. This is a new author...

"Living In the Moment", by J. Millard Simpson, with a score of 37 Rockets. Congratulations to J. Millard Simpson. He is one of our most...

Editors' Choice Adrift by Randall Andrews is the editor's pick as the winning theme story for February/March. Last month's theme prompt,...

"Fallstreak", with an impressive 29 votes! For the first time, our Editor's Choice and Reader's Pick both go to the same story -- a real...

Fallstreak by Dale E. Lehman Editors' Choice The January theme prompt, Weather Warnings, ended on February 15, with the final accepted...

"Giblin's Scar", by Michael Barbato-Dunn "Giblin's Scar", with an impressive 25 votes! A huge congratulations to the talented author,...