• THE REFORMATORY, Tananarive Due (Saga; Titan UK)
• THE POSSIBILITIES, Yael Goldstein-Love (Random House)
• STARLING HOUSE, Alix E. Harrow (Tor; Tor UK)
• SHIGIDI AND THE BRASS HEAD OF OBALUFON, Wole Talabi (DAW; Gollancz)
• LOOKING GLASS SOUND, Catriona Ward (Viper; Nightfire)
• WITCH KING, Martha Wells (Tordotcom)

Best Novella

• THE CRANE HUSBAND, Kelly Barnhill (Tordotcom)
• THORNHEDGE, T. Kingfisher (Tor; Titan UK)
• PRINCE HAT UNDERGROUND, Kelly Link (White Cat, Black Dog)
• HALF THE HOUSE IS HAUNTED, Josh Malerman (Spin a Black Yarn)
• A SEASON OF MONSTROUS CONCEPTIONS, Lina Rather (Tordotcom)
• MAMMOTHS AT THE GATE, Nghi Vo (Tordotcom)

Best Short Fiction

• HOW TO RAISE A KRAKEN IN YOUR BATHTUB, P. Djèlí Clark
  (Uncanny 1-2/23)
• ONCE UPON A TIME AT THE OAKMONT, P. A. Cornell (Fantasy 10/23)
• JOHN HALLOWBACK AND THE WITCH, Amal El-Mohtar (The Book of Witches)
• WAYSTATION CITY, A. T. Greenblatt (Uncanny 1-2/23)
• THE SOUND OF CHILDREN SCREAMING, Rachael K. Jones (Nightmare 10/23)
• SILK AND COTTON AND LINEN AND BLOOD, Nghi Vo (New Suns 2)

Best Anthology

• CHRISTMAS AND OTHER HORRORS, Ellen Datlow, ed. (Titan UK)
• YEARS BEST CANADIAN SCIENCE FICTION & FANTASY: VOLUME I, Stephen Kotowych, ed. (Ansible)
• THE BEST AMERICAN SCIENCE FICTION AND FANTASY 2023, R.F. Kuang & John Joseph Adams, eds. (Mariner)
• OUT THERE SCREAMING: AN ANTHOLOGY OF BLACK HORROR, Jordan Peele & John Joseph Adams, eds. (Random House; Picador)
• THE BOOK OF WITCHES, Jonathan Strahan, ed. (Harper
  Voyager US; Harper Voyager UK)

Best Collection

• THE ESSENTIAL PETER S. BEAGLE, VOLUMES 1 & 2, Peter S. Beagle (Tachyon)
• THE FORTUNATE ISLES, Lisa L. Hannett (Egaeus)
• WHITE CAT, BLACK DOG, Kelly Link (Random House; Ad Astra)
• NO ONE WILL COME BACK FOR US AND OTHER STORIES,  Premee Mohamed (Undertow)
• JACKAL, JACKAL, Tobi Ogundiran (Undertow)
• JEWEL BOX, E. Lily Yu (Erewhon)