The NESFA Science Fiction & Fantasy Short Story Contest is currently suspended
The 2005 winners were announced at Boskone 42, February 2005, as follows:
- Winner: "Going for Chain" by M. C. DeMarco of Brighton, MA
- Runner-Up: "Shades of Hades" by Darren Moore, Phoenix, AZ
The final round judge was Tony Lewis.
The 2004 winners were announced at Boskone 41, February 2004, as follows:
- Winner: "White Like Me" by Tony Reidy of Charlestown, MA
- Runner-Up: "The Kith" by Anjani Rogenski, Fort Collins, CO
- Honorable Mention: "Pre-Columbian Art" by Ramon Rozas III of Ridgeley, WV
- Honorable Mention: "The Welsh Squadron" by Margaret Ronald of Watertown, MA
The final round judges were Tony Lewis and Michael A. Burstein.
The 2003 winners were announced at Boskone 40, February 2003, as follows:
- Winner: "Dig" by P.J. Kaszas
- Runner-Up: "Merge" by Elaine Isaak
- Runner-Up: "Dragonslayer" by Robert J. Santa
- Honorable Mention: "Up and Down in Tycho" by Robert J. Santa
The final round judges were David Brin and John M. Ford.
The 2002 winners were announced at Boskone 39, February 2002, as follows:
- Winner: "Destiny on Green Felt" by Drew Loewe of San Antonio, TX
- Runner-Up: "Treading Softly on Pianos" by Erica Fields of Upper Saddle River, NJ
- Honorable Mention: "Angel" by Frank Andreoti of Pine Bush, NJ
- Honorable Mention: "The Prison Planet" by Frank Andreoti of Pine Bush, NJ
For the 2002 Contest, the semi-finalist judge was Michael Burstein and the final judge was Neil Gaiman.
There was no 2001 winner.
The 2000 winners were announced at Boskone 37, February 2000, as follows:
- Winner: "The Lizard's Tale" by Penny Blubaugh of Chicago, IL
- Honorable Mention: "Immortal Coil" by Rudi Dornemann of Portland, ME
The final round judge was Michael Swanwick.
The 1999 story contest winners were announced at Boskone 36, in February 1999, as follows:
- The winner: "Looped" by Linda A. Jacob of Rocky Hill, CT
- Runner-up: "Bug in the Brain" by Rick Heller of Reading, MA
- Runner-up: "Star Crossed" by Maria Isabel Pita of Ackworth, GA
The final round judges were Alexander Jablokov, Warren Lapine, and Allan M. Steele.
The 1998 story contest winners were announced at Boskone 35, in February 1998, as follows:
- Winner: "The Lives of Ghosts" by Loren W. Cooper
- Runner-Up: "The Game" by Terry Hickman
- Honorable Mention: "Miss'ippi Snow" by Debbie Donofrio
- Honorable Mention: "The Secret Ingredient" by Dora Knez