Nebula Awards
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An award given by SFWA since 1966. (Unlike the Hugo Awards, the date of the award is for the year the work was published, not the year the award is given.) The awards are nominated and voted on by members of the association.
The Nebula for Best Game Writing was introduced in 2019. There was a Best Script award given in 1974–1978 and 2000–2007 which was changed to the Ray Bradbury Award For Outstanding Dramatic Presentation in 2008. The Andre Norton Award for Young Adult Science Fiction and Fantasy has been presented since 2006.
Other awards presented at the ceremony during the Nebula Award Weekend include the SFWA Grand Master Award, the Kate Wilhelm Solstice Award, and the Kevin O'Donnell, Jr. Service To SFWA Award.
Some of the winning fiction is printed in a series of books called Nebula Awards Winners.
Contents
Novel[edit]
Year | Author | Work |
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1965 | Frank Herbert | Dune |
1966 tie | Daniel Keyes | Flowers for Algernon |
1966 tie | Samuel R. Delany | Babel-17 |
1967 | Samuel R. Delany | The Einstein Intersection |
1968 | Alexei Panshin | Rite of Passage |
1969 | Ursula K. Le Guin | The Left Hand of Darkness |
1970 | Larry Niven | Ringworld |
1971 | Robert Silverberg | A Time of Changes |
1972 | Isaac Asimov | The Gods Themselves |
1973 | Arthur C. Clarke | Rendezvous with Rama |
1974 | Ursula K. Le Guin | The Dispossessed |
1975 | Joe Haldeman | The Forever War |
1976 | Frederik Pohl | Man Plus |
1977 | Frederik Pohl | Gateway |
1978 | Vonda N. McIntyre | Dreamsnake |
1979 | Arthur C. Clarke | The Fountains of Paradise |
1980 | Gregory Benford | Timescape |
1981 | Gene Wolfe | The Claw of the Conciliator |
1982 | Michael Bishop | No Enemy But Time |
1983 | David Brin | Startide Rising |
1984 | William Gibson | Neuromancer |
1985 | Orson Scott Card | Ender's Game |
1986 | Orson Scott Card | Speaker for the Dead |
1987 | Pat Murphy | The Falling Woman |
1988 | Lois McMaster Bujold | Falling Free |
1989 | Elizabeth Ann Scarborough | The Healer's War |
1990 | Ursula K. Le Guin | Tehanu, The Last Book of Earthsea |
1991 | Michael Swanwick | Stations of the Tide |
1992 | Connie Willis | Doomsday Book |
1993 | Kim Stanley Robinson | Red Mars |
1994 | Greg Bear | Moving Mars |
1995 | Robert J. Sawyer | The Terminal Experiment |
1996 | Nicola Griffith | Slow River |
1997 | Vonda N. McIntyre | The Moon and the Sun |
1998 | Joe Haldeman | Forever Peace |
1999 | Octavia E. Butler | Parable of the Talents |
2000 | Greg Bear | Darwin's Radio |
2001 | Catherine Asaro | The Quantum Rose |
2002 | Neil Gaiman | American Gods |
2003 | Elizabeth Moon | Speed of Dark |
2004 | Lois McMaster Bujold | Paladin of Souls |
2005 | Joe Haldeman | Camouflage |
2006 | Jack McDevitt | Seeker |
2007 | Michael Chabon | The Yiddish Policemen's Union |
2008 | Ursula K. Le Guin | Powers |
2009 | Paolo Bacigalupi | The Windup Girl |
2010 | Connie Willis | Blackout and All Clear |
2011 | Jo Walton | Among Others |
2012 | Kim Stanley Robinson | 2312 |
2013 | Ann Leckie | Ancillary Justice |
2014 | Jeff VanderMeer | Annihilation |
2015 | Naomi Novik | Uprooted |
2016 | Charlie Jane Anders | All the Birds in the Sky |
2017 | N. K. Jemisin | The Stone Sky |
2018 | Mary Robinette Kowal | The Calculating Stars |
2019 | Sarah Pinsker | A Song for a New Day |
Novella[edit]
Year | Author | Work | |
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1965 tie | Brian W. Aldiss | The Saliva Tree | |
1965 tie | Roger Zelazny | He Who Shapes | |
1966 | Jack Vance | The Last Castle | |
1967 | Michael Moorcock | Behold the Man | |
1968 | Anne McCaffrey | Dragonrider | |
1969 | Harlan Ellison | A Boy and His Dog | |
1970 | Fritz Leiber | Ill Met in Lankhmar | |
1971 | Katherine MacLean | The Missing Man | |
1972 | Arthur C. Clarke | A Meeting with Medusa | |
1973 | Gene Wolfe | The Death of Dr. Island | |
1974 | Robert Silverberg | Born with the Dead | |
1975 | Roger Zelazny | Home is the Hangman | |
1976 | James Tiptree, Jr. | Houston | |
1977 | Spider Robinson, Jeanne Robinson | Stardance | |
1978 | John Varley | The Persistence of Vision | |
1979 | Barry B. Longyear | Enemy Mine | |
1980 | Suzy McKee Charnas | Unicorn Tapestry | |
1981 | Poul Anderson | The Saturn Game | |
1982 | John Kessel | Another Orphan | |
1983 | Greg Bear | Hardfought | |
1984 | John Varley | PRESS ENTER _ | |
1985 | Robert Silverberg | Sailing to Byzantium | |
1986 | Lucius Shepard | R&R | |
1987 | Kim Stanley Robinson | The Blind Geometer | |
1988 | Connie Willis | The Last of the Winnebagos | |
1989 | Lois McMaster Bujold | The Mountains of Mourning | |
1990 | Joe Haldeman | The Hemingway Hoax | |
1991 | Nancy Kress | Beggars in Spain | |
1992 | James Morrow | City of Truth | |
1993 | Jack Cady | The Night We Buried Road Dog | |
1994 | Mike Resnick | Seven Views of Olduvai Gorge | |
1995 | Elizabeth Hand | Last Summer at Mars Hill | |
1996 | Jack Dann | Da Vinci Rising | |
1997 | Jerry Oltion | Abandon in Place | |
1998 | Sheila Finch | Reading the Bones | |
1999 | Ted Chiang | Story of Your Life | |
2000 | Linda Nagata | Goddesses | |
2001 | Jack Williamson | The Ultimate Earth | |
2002 | Richard Chwedyk | Bronte's Egg | |
2003 | Neil Gaiman | Coraline | |
2004 | Walter Jon Williams | The Green Leopard Plague | |
2005 | Kelly Link | Magic for Beginners | |
2006 | James Patrick Kelly | Burn | |
2007 | Nancy Kress | Fountain of Age | |
2008 | Catherine Asaro | The Spacetime Pool | |
2009 | Kage Baker | The Women of Nell Gwynne's | |
2010 | Rachel Swirsky | The Lady Who Plucked Red Flowers Beneath the Queen's Window | |
2011 | Kij Johnson | The Man who Bridged the Mist | |
2012 | Nancy Kress | After the Fall | |
2013 | Vylar Kaftan | The Weight of the Sunrise | |
2014 | Nancy Kress | Yesterday's Kin | |
2015 | Nnedi Okorafor | Binti | |
2016 | Seanan McGuire | Every Heart a Doorway | |
2017 | Martha Wells | All Systems Red | |
2018 | Aliette de Bodard | The Tea Master and the Detective | |
2019 | Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone | This Is How You Lose the Time War |
Novelette[edit]
Year | Author | Work |
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1965 | Roger Zelazny | The Doors of His Face, the Lamps of His Mouth |
1966 | Gordon R. Dickson | Call Him Lord |
1967 | Fritz Leiber | Gonna Roll the Bones |
1968 | Richard Wilson | Mother to the World |
1969 | Samuel R. Delany | Time Considered as a Helix of Semi-Precious Stones |
1970 | Theodore Sturgeon | Slow Sculpture |
1971 | Poul Anderson | The Queen of Air and Darkness |
1972 | Poul Anderson | Goat Song |
1973 | Vonda McIntyre | Of Mist, and Grass, and Sand |
1974 | Gregory Benford, Gordon Eklund | If the Stars are Gods |
1975 | Tom Reamy | San Diego Lightfoot Sue |
1976 | Isaac Asimov | The Bicentennial Man |
1977 | Raccoona Sheldon | The Screwfly Solution |
1978 | Charles L. Grant | A Glow of Candles, A Unicorn's Eye |
1979 | George R. R. Martin | Sandkings |
1980 | Howard Waldrop | The Ugly Chickens |
1981 | Michael Bishop | The Quickening |
1982 | Connie Willis | Fire Watch |
1983 | Greg Bear | Blood Music |
1984 | Octavia E. Butler | Bloodchild |
1985 | George R. R. Martin | Portraits of his Children |
1986 | Kate Wilhelm | The Girl who Fell into the Sky |
1987 | Pat Murphy | Rachel in Love |
1988 | George Alec Effinger | Schrödinger's Kitten |
1989 | Connie Willis | At the Rialto |
1990 | Ted Chiang | Tower of Babylon |
1991 | Mike Conner | Guide Dog |
1992 | Pamela Sargent | Danny Goes To Mars |
1993 | Charles Sheffield | Georgia on my Mind |
1994 | David Gerrold | The Martian Child |
1995 | Ursula K. Le Guin | Solitude |
1996 | Bruce Holland | Lifeboat on a Burning Sea |
1997 | Nancy Kress | The Flowers of Aulit Prison |
1998 | Jane Yolen | Lost Girls |
1999 | Mary Turzillo | Mars is No Place for Children |
2000 | Walter Jon Williams | Daddy's World |
2001 | Kelly Link | Louise's Ghost |
2002 | Ted Chiang | Hell is the Absence of God |
2003 | Jeffrey Ford | The Empire of Ice Cream |
2004 | Ellen Klages | Basement Magic |
2005 | Kelly Link | The Faery Handbag |
2006 | Peter S. Beagle | Two Hearts |
2007 | Ted Chiang | The Merchant and the Alchemist's Gate |
2008 | John Kessel | Pride and Prometheus |
2009 | Eugie Foster | Sinner, Baker, Fabulist, Priest; Red Mask, Black Mask, Gentleman, Beast |
2010 | Eric James Stone | That Leviathan Whom Thou Hast Made |
2011 | Geoff Ryman | What We Found |
2012 | Andy Duncan | Close Encounters |
2013 | Aliette de Bodard | The Waiting Stars |
2014 | Alaya Dawn Johnson | A Guide to the Fruits of Hawai'i |
2015 | Sarah Pinsker | Our Lady of the Open Road |
2016 | William Ledbetter | The Long Fall Up |
2017 | Kelly Robson | A Human Stain |
2018 | Brooke Bolander | The Only Harmless Great Thing |
2019 | Cat Rambo | Carpe Glitter |
Short Story[edit]
Year | Author | Work |
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1965 | Harlan Ellison | “'Repent, Harlequin!' said the Ticktockman” |
1966 | Richard Mckenna | “The Secret Place” |
1967 | Samuel R. Delany | “Aye, and Gomorrah ...” |
1968 | Kate Wilhelm | “The Planners” |
1969 | Robert Silverberg | “Passengers” |
1970 | no award | |
1971 | Robert Silverberg | “Good News from the Vatican” |
1972 | Joanna Russ | “When it Changed” |
1973 | James Tiptree, Jr. | “Love is the Plan the Plan is Death” |
1974 | Ursula K. Le Guin | “The Day Before the Revolution” |
1975 | Fritz Leiber | Catch that Zeppelin! |
1976 | Charles L. Grant | “A Crowd of Shadows” |
1977 | Harlan Ellison | “Jeffty is Five” |
1978 | Edward Bryant | “Stone” |
1979 | Edward Bryant | “giANTS” |
1980 | Clifford D. Simak | “Grotto of the Dancing Deer” |
1981 | Lisa Tuttle | “The Bone Flute” |
1982 | Connie Willis | “A Letter from the Clearys” |
1983 | Gardner Dozois | “The Peacemaker” |
1984 | Gardner Dozois | “Morning Child” |
1985 | Nancy Kress | “Out of All Them Bright Stars” |
1986 | Greg Bear | “Tangents” |
1987 | Kate Wilhelm | “Forever Yours” |
1988 | James Morrow | “Bible Stories for Adults, No. 17” |
1990 | Terry Bisson | “Bears Discover Fire” |
1991 | Alan Brennert | “Ma Qui” |
1992 | Connie Willis | “Even the Queen” |
1993 | Joe Haldeman | “Graves” |
1994 | Martha Soukup | “A Defense of the Social Contracts” |
1995 | Esther M. Friesner | “Death and the Librarian” |
1996 | Esther M. Friesner | “A Birthday” |
1997 | Jane Yolen | “Sister Emily's Lightship” |
1998 | Bruce Holland | “Thirteen Ways to Water” |
1999 | Leslie What | “The Cost of Doing Business” |
2000 | Terry Bisson | “macs” |
2001 | Severna Park | “The Cure for Everything” |
2002 | Carol Emshwiller | “Creature” |
2003 | Karen Joy Fowler | What I Didn't See |
2004 | Eileen Gunn | Coming to Terms |
2005 | Carol Emshwiller | “I Live with You” |
2006 | Elizabeth Hand | “Echo” |
2007 | Karen Joy Fowler | “Always” |
2008 | Nina Kiriki Hoffman | “Trophy Wives” |
2009 | Kij Johnson | “Spar” |
2010 tie | Kij Johnson | “Ponies” |
2010 tie | Harlan Ellison | “How Interesting, A Tiny Man” |
2011 | Ken Liu | “The Paper Menagerie” |
2012 | Aliette de Bodard | “Immersion” |
2013 | Rachel Swirsky | “If You Were a Dinosaur, My Love” |
2014 | Ursula Vernon | “Jackalope Wives” |
2015 | Alyssa Wong | “Hungry Daughters of Starving Mothers” |
2016 | Amal El-Mohtar | “Seasons of Glass and Iron” |
2017 | Rebecca Roanhorse | “Welcome to Your Authentic Indian Experience” |
2018 | Phenderson Djèlí Clark | “The Secret Lives of the Nine Negro Teeth of George Washington” |
2019 | A. T. Greenblatt | “Give the Family My Love” |
Game Writing[edit]
Year | Author | Work |
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2018 | Charlie Brooker | Black Mirror: Bandersnatch |
2019 | Leonard Boyarsky, Kate Dollarhyde, Paul Kirsch, Chris L’Etoile, Daniel McPhee, Carrie Patel, Nitai Poddar, Marc Soskin and Megan Starks | The Outer Worlds |
Ray Bradbury Award for Outstanding Dramatic Presentation[edit]
The Ray Bradbury Award (full name "Ray Bradbury Award for Outstanding Dramatic Presentation") is presented by the SFWA to recognize excellence in screen writing. Originally presented in 1992 and given for specific work, the award was not presented annually and was dormant from 2001 through 2008, when it was presented for a body of work rather than an individual work.
Starting with the 2009 award, the Nebula Award for Best Script was eliminated and the Bradbury Award given in its place. While no longer a Nebula, the award is presented at the Nebula Awards Ceremony and follows Nebula rules and procedures. (Unlike the Hugo Awards, as with the Nebula Awards, the year of the award is for the year prior to the year the award is actually given.)
In 2019, it was announced that the Ray Bradbury Award For Outstanding Dramatic Presentation is officially a Nebula Award.
Year | Winner |
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1991 | Terminator 2: Judgment Day written and directed by James Cameron |
1998 | Babylon 5 created by J. Michael Straczynski |
2000 | 2000X: Tales of the Next Millennia by Yuri Rasovsky and Harlan Ellison |
2007 | Joss Whedon |
Renamed the Ray Bradbury Award For Outstanding Dramatic Presentation | |
2008 | District 9 written and directed by Neill Blomkamp and written by Terri Tatchell |
2009 | Inception written and directed by Christopher Nolan |
2010 | Doctor Who: "The Doctor's Wife" written by Neil Gaiman, directed by Richard Clark |
2011 | Beasts of the Southern Wild written and directed by Benh Zeitlin and written by Lucy Alibar |
2012 | Gravity written and directed by Alfonso Cuarón and written by Jonás Cuarón |
2013 | Guardians of the Galaxy written and directed by James Gunn and written by Nicole Perlman |
2014 | Mad Max: Fury Road written and directed by George Miller and written by Brendan McCarthy and Niko Lathouris |
2015 | Mad Max: Fury Road written by George Miller, Brendan McCarthy, and Nick Lathouris, directed by George Miller |
2016 | Arrival written by Eric Heisserer, directed by Denis Villeneuve |
2017 | Get Out written by Jordan Peele, directed by Jordan Peele |
2018 | Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse written by Phil Lord and Rodney Rothman, directed by Bob Persichetti, Peter Ramsey, and Rodney Rothman |
2019 | Good Omens: “Hard Times” written by Neil Gaiman |
Andre Norton Award for Young Adult Science Fiction and Fantasy[edit]
In 2019, it was announced that the Andre Norton Award is officially a Nebula Award.
Year | Author | Work |
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2005 | Holly Black | Valiant: A Modern Tale of Faerie |
2006 | Justine Larbalestier | Magic or Madness |
2007 | J. K. Rowling | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows |
2008 | Ysabeau S. Wilce | Flora's Dare |
2009 | Catherynne M. Valente | The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making |
2010 | Terry Pratchett | I Shall Wear Midnight |
2011 | Delia Sherman | The Freedom Maze |
2012 | E. C. Myers | Fair Coin |
2013 | Nalo Hopkinson | Sister Mine |
2014 | Alaya Dawn Johnson | Love Is the Drug |
2015 | Fran Wilde | Updraft |
2016 | David D. Levine | Arabella of Mars |
2017 | Sam J. Miller | The Art of Starving |
2018 | Tomi Adeyemi | Children of Blood and Bone |
2019 | Fran Wilde | Riverland |
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