The judges for the Sidewise Awards for Alternate History are pleased
to announce the winners of the
2023 Sidewise Awards, presented Aug. 12, 2024, at
Glasgow 2024, the 82nd World Science Fiction Convention.
The awards honor the best alternate history published in calendar 2023.
Winner for
2023
Best Short-Form Alternate History
Rosemary Claire Smith.
"Apollo in Retrograde"
In Analog Science Fiction & Fact Nov.-Dec. 2023
Other Finalist
Mark Ciccone.
"Toe-to-Toe"
In
If We'd Just Got That Penalty (ed. Gary Oswald),
Sea Lion Press 2023
Winner for
2023
Best Long-Form Alternate History
Francis Spufford.
Cahokia Jazz
Faber & Faber 2023
(also
Scribner 2024)
Other Finalists
Sandra Newman.
Julia
Mariner Books 2023
Josh Weiss.
Sunset Empire
Grand Central Publishing 2023
Harry Turtledove.
The Wages of Sin
CAEZIK SF&F 2023
The Sidewise Awards have been presented annually since 1995 to recognize excellence in alternate historical fiction.
The judges for the 2023 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.