In this standalone short story by N. K. Jemisin, author of <i>The Fifth Season</i>, the winner of this year's Hugo Award for Best Novel, New York City is about to go through a few changes. Like all great metropolises before it, when a city gets big enough, old enough, it must be born; but there are ancient enemies who cannot tolerate new life. Thus New York will live or die by the efforts of a reluctant midwife...and how well he can learn to sing the city's mighty song. <i> The City Born Great </i>is a Tor.com Original.