Short Summary
The Hugo Awards are one of the most prominent awards in speculative fiction publishing. Nominations are cast by the fans to decide the few stories that end up on the final ballot. After the Hugo Award ceremony every year, WSFS publishes a longer list of nominated works, works that were loved by many fans who chose to use their votes on this story. The purpose of this annual anthology is to get those stories to more readers by collecting them together in a book for easy perusal. The anthology is a collection of eclectic tastes, rather than from the tastes of an individual editor, and so has a more varied flavor than a typical "Best Of" anthology.
By contributing to this campaign, you can help get these stories out to more readers and help the writers of the stories as they get a share of the royalties.
This project is not endorsed by nor affiliated with the Hugo awards, WSFS, WorldCon, or any associated entities. The Hugo name is used with permission. Please note that the anthology’s correct name is "The Long List Anthology", or the full wordy title: "The Long List Anthology: More Stories From the Hugo Award Nomination List." I note this because it’s commonly referred to, incorrectly, as “The Hugo Long List Anthology”; please use the correct title!
What Is Different This Year?
Last year we started expanding to the Astounding Award For best New Writer longlist, and we are continuing that this year, and also expanding to the Semiprozine longlist to choose stories that were published in publications that received many nominations.
This is the first time a story first published in Diabolical Plots (made by the same people who produce this anthology!) was on the longlist, with "For Lack of a Bed" by John Wiswell, and we are happy to be including that story.
Cover Art
The cover art is an original commission by Evelyne Park. New! And now as of October 3, we have the final version of the art!
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Perks
You can choose a perk level for just the ebook, or for a print copy with an ebook, or an ebook copy of all 8 volumes. You can also add individual ebook volumes as an Add-On Perk.
There is a limited time limited quantity "Early Bird" ebook backer rewards for a discounted price.
What Stories Will Be In the Anthology?
We are working on finalizing the list of stories. All the stories listed here are ones that we have a signed contract with the author for the story's inclusion.
Initial Set of Stories! (Base Goal: $2000)
"Orumai's Choice" by Gautam Bhatia (Astounding)
"If the Martians Have Magic" by P. Djèlí Clark (Short Story)
"Before, After, and the Space Between" by Kel Coleman (Astounding)
"The Revolution Will Not Be Served With Fries" by Meg Elison (Short Story)
"The General's Turn" by Premee Mohamed (Semiprozine)
"The Cold Calculations" by Aimee Ogden (Short Story)
"Laughter Among the Trees" by Suzan Palumbo (Short Story)
"Things From Our Kitchen Junk Drawer That Could Save This Spaceship" by Marie Vibbert (Short Story)
"For Lack of a Bed" by John Wiswell (Short Story)
Additional Stories Added To the Book!
Note: most of these stories were originally in separate stretch goals. We are including all of the stories listed here in the anthology.
"The Red Mother" by Elizabeth Bear (Novelette)
"Mulberry and Owl" by Aliette de Bodard
"Questions Asked in the Belly of the World" by A.T. Greenblatt (Novelette)
"Tombs of the Universe" by Han Song, translated by Xueting C. Ni (Novelette)
"Ina's Spark" by Mary Robinette Kowal (Novelette)
"Just Enough Rain" by P H Lee (Novelette)
"Let All the Children Boogie" by Sam J. Miller
"The Music of the Siphorophenes" by C.L. Polk (Novelette)
"Crazy Beautiful" by Cat Rambo (Novelette)
"Submergence" by Arula Ratnakar (Novella)
"(emet)" by Lauren Ring (Novelette)
"Small Monsters" by E. Lily Yu
Costs
The costs for producing the anthology include: upfront author payments (they will also receive royalties), cover art, cover layout and interior layout, printing and shipping for contributor copies for the authors, fulfillment costs for perks that include print copies (printing and shipping costs for the books).
About Us
David Steffen is the publisher and editor. Besides the Long List Anthology series, you may know him as the editor-in-chief of Diabolical Plots, an online speculative fiction zine, whose published works have won the Nebula Award and been finalist for the Hugo Award. You may also know him as the co-founder and administrator of The Submission Grinder, an Ignyte Award winning donation-supported website to help writers track their submission, find publishers for their work (including response-time statistics) and more.
Ziv Wities: Short fiction snuck into Ziv’s life in his teens. It struck a tent, has been entrenched ever since, and sometimes throws parties. Ziv is Assistant Editor at Diabolical Plots and Associate Editor at Podcastle. He gives (Story Structure Lessons From The Discworld), and tweets, vaguely, as @QuiteVague.
Risks & Challenges
This is our eighth time running a fundraiser campaign for this series, so we are accustomed to the process at this point.
This is the first time we've run two campaigns so close together--the last one was in February, so it's possible many people have not had time to read the last book yet! But that is the nature of the schedule of the awards being out of our control.
