The Sidewise Awards for Alternate History

The judges for the Sidewise Awards for Alternate History are pleased to announce the winners of the
2022 Sidewise Awards, presented Oct. 27, 2023, at the World Fantasy Con in Kansas City.
The awards honor the best alternate history published in calendar 2022.

Winner for
2022
Best Short-Form Alternate History

— tie —

Eric Choi. "A Sky and a Heaven"
In Other Covenants: Alternate Histories of the Jewish People (eds. Andrea D. Lobel and Mark Shainblum), Ben Yehuda Press 2022

— and —

Wole Talabi. "A Dream of Electric Mothers"
In Africa Risen: A New Era of Speculative Fiction (eds. Sheree Renée Thomas, Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki, and Zelda Knight), Tor.com 2022

Other Covenants cover   Africa Risen cover


Other Finalists

Michael Cassutt. "Kingsbury 1944"
In Analog Science Fiction & Fact Sept.-Oct. 2022

Gillian Polack "Why the Bridgemasters of York Don't Pay Taxes"
In Other Covenants: Alternate Histories of the Jewish People (eds. Andrea D. Lobel and Mark Shainblum), Ben Yehuda Press 2022

Paul Levinson. It's Real Life
Connected Editions 2022

Winner for
2022
Best Long-Form Alternate History

 

B.L. Blanchard. The Peacekeeper
47North 2022

The Peacekeeper cover


Other Finalists

R.F. Kuang. Babel: Or the Necessity of Violence: An Arcane History of the Oxford Translators' Revolution
Harper Voyager 2022

J.O. Morgan. Appliance
Jonathan Cape 2022

Kung Li Sun. Begin the World Over
AK Press 2022

Harry Turtledove. Three Miles Down
Tor 2022

Josh Weiss. Beat the Devils
Grand Central Publishing 2022

The Sidewise Awards have been presented annually since 1995 to recognize excellence in alternate historical fiction.
The judges for the 2022 awards included Eileen Gunn, Matt Mitrovich, Olav Rokne, Kurt Sidaway, and Steven H Silver.

Please address all inquiries and correspondence to the awards administrator, Steven H Silver.