2025 Sidewise Awards Finalists
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The finalists for the 2025 Sidewise Awards for Alternate History have been announced. Long Form Pagans, James Alistair Henry (Moonflower) Tobacco Republic: What If The 13 Colonies Never United?, R.A. Moss (Beck & Branch) Ten Incarnations of Rebellion, Vaishnavi Patel (Ballantine) Short Form Two If by Seekrieg , Lee Allred (Thin Red Tales: Military Alternate History) The Leavitt Space Telescope , Kelli Fitzpatrick (Twisting, …Read More
The finalists for the 2025 Sidewise Awards for Alternate History have been announced.
Long Form
Pagans, James Alistair Henry (Moonflower)
Tobacco Republic: What If The 13 Colonies Never United?, R.A. Moss (Beck & Branch)
Ten Incarnations of Rebellion, Vaishnavi Patel (Ballantine)
Short Form
“Two If by Seekrieg”, Lee Allred (Thin Red Tales: Military Alternate History)
“The Leavitt Space Telescope”, Kelli Fitzpatrick (Twisting, Turning Timeshifts: HERitage Vol. 2)
“Caesar at Sea”, Alan Smale (Skull X Bones)
“Darwin’s Rocket”, Alan Smale (The Sunday Morning Transport 10/19/25)
The Sidewise Awards have been presented since 1995 to recognize excellence in alternate historical fiction. This year’s panel of judges is Matt Mitrovich, Arturo Serrano, Kurt Sidaway, and Steven H Silver.
The winners will be announced at LAcon V, the 84th Worldcon, to be held August 27-31, 2026 in Anaheim CA. For more, see the Sidewise Awards website.