I've definitely spent more time on this than I should, but here's how to get (most of) the 60 long-listed stories nominated for the BSFA Short Fiction Award for 2021. Yes, yes, Amazon, I know, but I get a very small bonus if you buy anything from those links. And I've changed to my own version of alphabetical order.
I've raised a couple of eligibility queries below which came up in my research. Apologies if the administartors already considered those questions. No blame also if they have not – I am very appreciative of the amount of effort that goes into administering awards like these…
My previous notes on this year's BSFA long lists:
Non-fiction
Art
Novel and YA
"The Abomination", by Nuzo Onoh | The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction Sep/Oct 2021 |
Advanced Triggernometry, by Stark Holborn | £2.99 from Amazon |
"The Alien Invasion", by Ely Percy | Shoreline of Infinity, Nov 2021 |
"The Alien Stars", by Tim Pratt | Title story of collection with the same name, £8.46 from Amazon |
"The Andraiad", by Tim Major | Interzone, #290-291, Mar/Jun 2021 |
"An Array of Worlds as a Rose Unfurling in Time", by Shreya Anasuya | Strange Horizons, 13 Dec 2021, available here |
"The Best Damned Barbershop in Hell", by Bruce Arthurs | Things With Feathers: Stories of Hope, ed Juliana Rew, £7.82 from Amazon |
"A Blind Eye", by M. H. Ayinde | Daily Science Fiction, 28 May 2021, available here |
"The Center of the Universe", by Nadia Shammas | Strange Horizons, 29 Mar 2021, available here |
"The Chorus", by Aliya Whiteley | Out of the Darkness, ed. Dan Coxon, £8.75 from Amazon |
Clockwork Sister, by M.E. Rodman | |
"The Constellation of Alarion", by John Houlihan | Title story of collection with the same name, £7.99 from Amazon |
"Dog and Pony Show", by Robert Jeschonek | Clarkesworld, Dec 2021, available here |
"Down and Out under the Tannhauser Gate", by David Gullen | ParSec #1, Autumn 2021 |
"Dream Eater", by Nemma Wollenfang | Things With Feathers: Stories of Hope, ed Juliana Rew, £7.82 from Amazon |
"Dreamports", by Tlotlo Tsamaase | Apex Magazine, 20 Dec 2021, available here |
"Efficiency", by Paolo Bacigalupi | Cities of Light: A Collection of Solar Futures, eds Joey Eschrich and Clark A. Miller, available hereavailable here. |
"The Failing Name", by Eugen Bacon and Seb Doubinsky | Fantasy Magazine Aug 2021, available here |
"Fanfiction for a Grimdark Universe", by Vanessa Fogg | Translunar Travelers' Lounge, 15 Feb 2021, available here |
"The Farmers and the Farmed", by William C. Powell | The Antihumanist #1 |
Fireheart Tiger, by Aliette de Bodard | £6.84 from Amazon |
"First Person Singular", by Haruki Murakami | Title story of collection with the same name, £8.79 from Amazon |
Fish, by Ida Keogh | £9.99 from Amazon |
"Flight", by Innocent Chizaram Ilo | Fantasy Magazine Feb 2021, available here |
Flyaway, by Kathleen Jennings | £11.40 from Amazon |
"The Forlorn Hope", by Verity Holloway | Out of the Darkness, ed. Dan Coxon, £8.75 from Amazon |
The Future God of Love, by Dilman Dila | £8.98 from Amazon |
"The Ghosts of Trees", by Fiona Moore | Shoreline of Infinity, Jun 2021 |
"The Graveyard", by Eleanor Arnason | Uncanny Magazine Jul/Aug 2021, available here |
"Her Garden, the Size of Her Palm", by Yukimi Ogawa | The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, Jul/Aug 2021 |
"The Hungry Dark", by Simon Bestwick | Out of the Darkness, ed. Dan Coxon, £8.75 from Amazon |
"If The Martians Have Magic", by P. Djeli Clark | Uncanny Magazine Sep/Oct 2021, available here |
"Immersion", by Aliette de Bodard [seems to have been published in 2012, when it was on the BSFA shortlist, won the Nebula and Locus and second place for the Hugo] | Clarkesworld Jun 2012, available here |
"Just Enough Rain", by PH Lee | GigaNotoSaurus, May 2021, available here |
"The Lay of Lilyfinger", by G.V. Anderson | Tor.com, available here |
Light Chaser, by Peter F Hamilton and Gareth L Powell | £8.25 from Amazon |
"The Man Who Turned Into Gandhi", by Shovon Chowdhury [first published in India in 2019, but first UK publication was in 2021] | New Horizons: The Gollancz Book of South Asian Science Fiction, ed. Tarun K. Saint, £8.48 from Amazon |
"The Mermaid Astronaut", by Yoon Ha Lee [surely 2020 publication? Hugo finalist last year] | Beneath Ceaseless Skies, 27 Feb 2020, available here |
"Metal Like Blood in the Dark", by T. Kingfisher [surely 2020 publication? Won Hugo last year] | Uncanny Magazine Sep/Oct 2020, available here |
"The Metric", by David Moles | Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, May/Jun 2021 |
The Museum [not "Musuem"] For Forgetting, by Peter M Sutton | £4.63 from Amazon |
O2 Arena, by Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki [published in 2022 issue of Apex Magazine, though I guess it was available last year] | Apex Magazine #129, Jan 2022, available here |
"The Plus One", by Marie Vibbert | The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, May/Jun 2021; available here (PDF) |
Prime Meridian, by Silvia Moreno-Garcia [seems to have been published in 2018] | £9.29 from Amazon |
"Proof, by Induction", by Jose Pablo Iriarte | Uncanny Magazine May 2021, available here |
"The Samundar Can be Any Color", Fatima Taqvi | Flash Fiction Online, Apr 2021, available here |
"Scars", by Bora Chung | Cursed Bunny, £9.74 from Amazon |
"Secrets of the Kath", by Fatima Taqvi | Strange Horizons, 18 Jan 2021, available here |
"Seven Horrors", by Fabio Fernandes | Love. An Archaeology, £9.99 from Amazon |
"Shutdown/Restart", by Jo Ross-Barrett [not "Ross-Battett'] | Shoreline of Infinity, Oct 2021 |
"The Song of the Moohee", by Emmett Swan | Metaphorosis Magazine, May 2021, available here |
"Sorry We Missed You!", by Aun-Juli Riddle | khōréō magazine #1.4 |
"The Tale of Jaja and Canti", by Tobi Ogundiran | Lightspeed Magazine, Aug 2021, available here |
"Things Can Only Get Better", by Fiona Moore | Abyss & Apex, 3 Sep 2021, available here |
"The Walls of Benin City", by M. H. Ayinde | Omenana Speculative Fiction Magazine Issue 1, 21 Dec 2021, available here |
"What is Mercy?", by Amal Singh | Fantasy Magazine Sep 2021, available here |
"White Rose, Red Rose", by Rachel Swirsky | Uncanny Magazine Nov/Dec 2021, available here |
Worldshifter, by Paul Di Filippo | £7.18 from Amazon |
"Zeno's Paradise", by E. J. Delaney | Things With Feathers: Stories of Hope, ed Juliana Rew, £7.82 from Amazon |
1982!