Apex Magazine published the following works in 2012 that are eligible for the Hugo and Nebula Awards.

Short Story category:

• Blood from Stone by Alethea Kontis
• Labyrinth by Mari Ness
• Splinter by Shira Lipkin
• Sprig by Alex Bledsoe
• Erzulie Dantor by Tim Susman
• Weaving Dreams by Mary Robinette Kowal
• Always the Same. Till it is Not. by Cecil Castellucci
• During the Pause by Adam-Troy Castro
• Sexagesimal by Katherine E.K. Duckett
• Armless Maidens of the American West by Genevieve Valentine
• Murdered Sleep by Kat Howard
• Waiting for Beauty by Marie Brennan
• The Silk Merchant by Ken Liu
• Ironheart by Alec Austin
• Winter Scheming by Brit Mandelo
• In the Dark by Ian Nichols
• Decomposition by Rachel Swirsky
• Tomorrow’s Dictator by Rahul Kanakia
• The Second Card of the Major Arcanum by Thoraiya Dyer
• Love is a Parasite Meme by Lavie Tidhar
• A Member of the Wedding of Heaven and Hell by Richard Bowes
• Copper, Iron, Blood, Love by Mari Ness
• Bear in Contradicting Landscape by David J. Schwartz
• My Body, Her Canvas by A.C. Wise
• So Glad We Had This Time Together by Cat Rambo
• Sweetheart Showdown by Sarah Dalton