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[Insert pithy observation about how quickly time flies here.]

The deadline for the Nebula nominations is bearing down on us (March 1) and the Hugo nomination deadline is soon after (March 9). If you’re looking for short fiction to nominate, please consider our authors’ works below.

In 2023, Escape Pod published 13 original science fiction stories and 32 reprint stories. High points included publishing  our 900th story and presenting a time travel month.

As a whole, Escape Pod is eligible for Best Semiprozine, and co-editors Mur and Valerie are eligible for Best Editor (Short form).

Here are the original stories published last year:

• 2/2/2023 – EP874 Common Speech by Elise Stephens 
• 3/9/2023 – EP879 Triptych by Avi Burton 
• 3/16/2023 – EP880 A Cosmonaut’s Guide to Talking to Your Parents by Adriana C. Grigore
• 3/30/2023 – EP882 Hey, George by Elizabeth Guilt
• 4/6/2023 – EP883 Just Us and the Mannequins by Linda Niehoff
• 4/13/2023 – EP884 Zhao and the Flightless Crane by A. J Mo
• 6/22/2023 – EP894 The Uncool Hunters by Andrew Dana Hudson
• 10/12/2023 – EP910 Tuesday, June 13, at the South Valley Time Loop Support Group by Heather Kamins
• 10/19/2023 – EP911 Driftwood in the Sea of Time by Wendy Nikel
• 10/26/2023 – EP912 The Retcon Man by Cameron Fischer
• 11/30/2023 – EP917 Challenges to Becoming a Pro Dragonracer in Apapa-Downtown by Uchechukwu Nwaka
• 12/14/2023 – EP919 Emotional Resonance by V.M. Ayala *
• 12/21/2023 – EP920 Harvest the Stars by Mar Vincent

* Author eligible for the Astounding Award for Best New Writer