Sidewise Award for Alternate History

The award takes its name from the 1934 short story "Sidewise in Time" by Murray Leinster, in which a strange storm causes portions of Earth to swap places with their analogs from other timelines.

Each year, two awards are presented at Worldcon. The Short Form award is presented to a work under 60,000 words in length. The Long Form award may be presented to a work longer than 60,000 words, including both novels or complete series.

At their discretion, the Sidewise Award judges (a panel of five) may elect to recognize an individual or work with a Special Achievement Award. The Special Achievement Awards recognize works that were published prior to the award's inception.

2002 Nominees Long Form:

Gary L. Blackwood[?], The Year of the Hangman

Martin J. Gidron[?], The Severed Wing

Christopher Priest[?], The Separation

S.M. Stirling[?], The Peshawar Lancers

Harry Turtledove, Ruled Britannia

Short Form:

Charles Coleman Finlay[?], "We Come Not to Praise Washington"

John Kessel[?], "The Invisible Empire"

William Sanders[?], "Empire"

Robert Silverberg, "With Caesar in the Underworld"

Walter Jon Williams, "The Last Ride of German Freddie"

Award Winners: Long Form:

2001 J.N. Stroyar[?], The Children's War

2000 Mary Gentle[?], Ash: A Secret History

1999 Brendan DuBois[?], Resurrection Day

1998 Stephen Fry, Making History

1997 Harry Turtledove, How Few Remain

1996 Stephen Baxter, Voyage

1995 Paul McAuley, Pasquale's Angel

Short Form:

2001 Ken MacLeod, "The Human Front"

2000 Ted Chiang[?], "Seventy-two Letters"

1999 Alain Bergeron[?] (translated by Howard Scott[?], "The Eighth Register")

1998 Ian R. MacLeod[?], "The Summer Isles"

1997 William Sanders[?], "The Undiscovered"

1996 Walter Jon Williams, "Foreign Devils"

1995 Stephen Baxter, "Brigantia's Angels"

Special Achievement:

1999 Randall Garrett[?]: Lord Darcy Series

1997 Robert Sobel[?]: For Want of a Nail

1995 L. Sprague de Camp