I've now read all the Hugo nominees for Best Novelette (a category I still think is an unnecessary insertion between "short story" and "novella"), and I was more impressed than I was by the
Short Story nominations. That said, nothing stood out as something destined to be a classic of the genre.
Ted Chiang, Vox Day, Aliette de Bodard, Mary Robinette Kowal, and Brad Torgersen. My complete list of book reviews.