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