Thanks once again to Martin McGrath for running the poll, collating the results and collecting the comments. Thanks to everyone who voted – Martin says we received more votes than ever – and sent in letters of comment. Full results and comments are presented in IZ216 (out now), and continued discussion on the forum is welcomed!

So, many congratulations to Gareth and Kenn, and to the runners up in both categories. Special mention for Grace whose story had the same aggregate score as Gareth’s but one or two fewer positive votes; and for Aliette who had two stories voted into the top ten. Those top ten stories and the top seven artworks, as voted by IZ readers, are listed after the jump.

STORY:

1 Ack-Ack Macaque
Gareth Lyn Powell

2 Knowledge
Grace Dugan

3 The Sledge-maker’s Daughter
Alastair Reynolds

4 Tearing Down Tuesday
Steven Francis Murphy

5 Molly and the Red Hat
Benjamin Rosenbaum

6 The Lost Xuyan Bride
Aliette de Bodard

7 Deer Flight
Aliette de Bodard

8 Exvisible
Carlos Hernandez

9 Metal Dragon Year
Chris Roberson

10 Toke
Tim Akers

ART:

1 Metal Dragon Year (213 cover)
Kenn Brown

2 Sphaira (209 cover)
Jim Burns

3 Lunar Flare (211 cover)
Richard Marchand

4 Green Man (210 cover)
Douglas Sirois

5 Light in the Dark (212 cover)
Osvaldo Gonzalez

6 A Handful of Pearls
illustration by Jesse Speak

7 Deer Flight
illustration by Stefan Olsen

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