SFWA Nebula Awards
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The Nebula Awards are administered, voted and presented by the Science Fiction Writers of America (SFWA) to acknowledge excellence in science fiction writing. Read the the rules for the awards.
Nebula lists are maintained in a number of places, including the SF-Lovers Archive, and at SFWA This list comes from Locus Magazine "A History of the Hugo, Nebula and International Fantasy Awards" by Donald Franson and Howard DeVore, from Chuq von Rospach, Nebula Awards administrator, and from the press release issued at the time of the awards.
Michael P. Kube-McDowell wrote a very funny piece called "The Unofficial SFWA Awardball Statistical Abstract and Trading Card Album" which looks at Nebula Final Ballots and winners over the years.
SFWA Grand Master Award Winners * * Author Emeritus * * Bradbury Award
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Nebula Awards Listed by the Decade
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Nebula Awards Listed by the Year
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Nebula Awards from the 1960s
1965 Nebula Winners
Novel: Dune by Frank Herbert
Novella: "He Who Shapes" by Roger Zelazny and "The Saliva Tree" by Brian Aldiss (tie)
Novelette: "The Doors of His Face, the Lamps of His Mouth" by Roger Zelazny
Short Story: "'Repent, Harlequin!' Said the Ticktockman" by Harlan Ellison
1966 Nebula Winners
Novel: Babel-17 by Samuel R. Delany and Flowers For Algernon by Daniel Keyes (tie)
Novella: "The Last Castle" by Jack Vance
Novelette: "Call Him Lord" by Gordon R. Dickson
Short Story: "The Secret Place" by Richard McKenna
1967 Nebula Winners
Novel: The Einstein Intersection by Samuel R. Delany
Novella: "Behold the Man" by Michael Moorcock
Novelette: "Gonna Roll the Bones" by Fritz Leiber
Short Story: "Aye, and Gomorrah" by Samuel R. Delany
1968 Nebula Winners
Novel: Rite of Passage by Alexei Panshin
Novella: "Dragonrider" by Anne McCaffrey
Novelette: "Mother to the World" by Richard Wilson
Short Story: "The Planners" by Kate Wilhelm
1969 Nebula Winners
Novel: The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin
Novella: "A Boy and His Dog" by Harlan Ellison
Novelette: "Time Considered as a Helix of Semi-Precious Stones" by Samuel R. Delany
Short Story: "Passengers" by Robert Silverberg
Nebula Awards from the 1970s
1970 Nebula Winners
Novel: Ringworld by Larry Niven
Novella: "Ill Met in Lankhmar" by Fritz Leiber
Novelette: "Slow Sculpture" by Theodore Sturgeon
Short Story: No Award
1971 Nebula Winners
Novel: A Time of Changes by Robert Silverberg
Novella: "The Missing Man" by Katherine MacLean
Novelette: "The Queen of Air and Darkness" by Poul Anderson
Short Story: "Good News from the Vatican" by Robert Silverberg
1972 Nebula Winners
Novel: The Gods Themselves by Isaac Asimov
Novella: "A Meeting With Medusa" by Arthur C. Clarke
Novelette: "Goat Song" by Poul Anderson
Short Story: "When It Changed" by Joanna Russ
1973 Nebula Winners
Novel: Rendezvous With Rama by Arthur C. Clarke
Novella: "The Death of Doctor Island" by Gene Wolfe
Novelette: "Of Mist, and Grass, and Sand" by Vonda N. McIntyre
Short Story: "Love Is the Plan, the Plan is Death" by James Tiptree, Jr.
Dramatic Presentation: Soylent Green
1974 Nebula Winners
Novel: The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le Guin
Novella: "Born With the Dead" by Robert Silverberg
Novelette: "If the Stars Are Gods" by Gordon Eklund & Gregory Benford
Short Story: "The Day Before the Revolution" by Ursula K. Le Guin
Dramatic Presentation: Sleeper by Woody Allen
1975 Nebula Winners
Novel: The Forever War by Joe Haldeman
Novella: "Home is the Hangman" by Roger Zelazny
Novelette: "San Diego Lightfoot Sue" by Tom Reamy
Short Story: "Catch That Zeppelin" by Fritz Leiber
Dramatic Presentation: Young Frankenstein by Mel Brooks & Gene Wilder
Special Plaque: George Pal, for his film work
1976 Nebula Winners
Novel: Man Plus by Frederik Pohl
Novella: "Houston, Houston, Do You Read?" by James Tiptree, Jr.
Novelette: "The Bicentennial Man" by Isaac Asimov
Short Story: "A Crowd of Shadows" by C. L. Grant
1977 Nebula Winners
Novel: Gateway by Frederik Pohl
Novella: "Stardance" by Spider & Jeanne Robinson
Novelette: "The Screwfly Solution" by Racoona Sheldon
Short Story: "Jeffty Is Five" by Harlan Ellison
1978 Nebula Winners
Novel: Dreamsnake by Vonda N. McIntyre
Novella: "The Persistence of Vision" by John Varley
Novelette: "A Glow of Candles, A Unicorn's Eye" by C. L. Grant
Short Story: "Stone" by Edward Bryant
1979 Nebula Winners
Novel: The Fountains of Paradise by Arthur C. Clarke
Novella: "Enemy Mine" by Barry B. Longyear
Novelette: "Sandkings" by George R. R. Martin
Short Story: "GiANTS" by Edward Bryant
Nebula Awards from the 1980s
1980 Nebula Winners
Novel: Timescape by Gregory Benford
Novella: "Unicorn Tapestry" by Suzy McKee Charnas
Novelette: "The Ugly Chickens" by Howard Waldrop
Short Story: "Grotto of the Dancing Deer" by Clifford D. Simak
1981 Nebula Winners
Novel: The Claw of the Conciliator by Gene Wolfe
Novella: "The Saturn Game" by Poul Anderson
Novelette: "The Quickening" by Michael Bishop
Short Story: "The Bone Flute" by Lisa Tuttle [declined by author]
1982 Nebula Winners
Novel: No Enemy But Time by Michael Bishop
Novella: "Another Orphan" by John Kessel
Novelette: "Fire Watch" by Connie Willis
Short Story: "A Letter From the Clearys" by Connie Willis
1983 Nebula Winners
Novel: Startide Rising by David Brin
Novella: "Hardfought" by Greg Bear
Novelette: "Blood Music" by Greg Bear
Short Story: "The Peacemaker" by Gardner Dozois
1984 Nebula Winners
Novel: Neuromancer by William Gibson
Novella: "Press Enter []" by John Varley
Novelette: "Blood Child" by Octavia Butler
Short Story: "Morning Child" by Gardner Dozois
1985 Nebula Winners
Novel: Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card
Novella: "Sailing to Byzantium" by Robert Silverberg
Novelette: "Portraits of His Children" by George R. R. Martin
Short Story: "Out of All Them Bright Stars" by Nancy Kress
1986 Nebula Winners
Novel: Speaker for the Dead by Orson Scott Card
Novella: "R&R" by Lucius Shepard
Novelette: "The Girl Who Fell Into the Sky" by Kate Wilhelm
Short Story: "Tangents" by Greg Bear
1987 Nebula Winners
Novel: The Falling Woman by Pat Murphy
Novella: "The Blind Geometer" by Kim Stanley Robinson
Novelette: "Rachel in Love" by Pat Murphy
Short Story: "Forever Yours, Anna" by Kate Wilhelm
1988 Nebula Winners
Novel: Falling Free by Lois McMaster Bujold
Novella: "The Last of the Winnebagos" by Connie Willis
Novelette: "Schrödinger's Kitten" by George Alec Effinger
Short Story: "Bible Stories for Adults, No. 17: The Deluge" by James Morrow
1989 Nebula Winners
Novel: The Healer's War by Elizabeth Ann Scarborough
Novella: "The Mountains of Mourning" by Lois McMaster Bujold
Novelette: "At the Rialto" by Connie Willis
Short Story: "Ripples in the Dirac Sea" by Geoffrey A. Landis
Nebula Awards from the 1990s
1990 Nebula Winners
Novel: Tehanu: The Last Book of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin
Novella: "The Hemingway Hoax" by Joe Haldeman
Novelette: "Tower of Babylon" by Ted Chiang
Short Story: "Bears Discover Fire" by Terry Bisson
1991 Nebula Winners
Novel: Stations of the Tide by Michael Swanwick
Novella: "Beggars in Spain" by Nancy Kress
Novelette: "Guide Dog" by Mike Conner
Short Story: "Ma Qui" by Alan Brennert
1992 Nebula Winners
Novel: Doomsday Book by Connie Willis
Novella: "City Of Truth" by James Morrow
Novelette: "Danny Goes to Mars" by Pamela Sargent
Short Story: "Even the Queen" by Connie Willis
1993 Nebula Winners
Novel: Red Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson
Novella: "The Night We Buried Road Dog" by Jack Cady
Novelette: "Georgia on My Mind" by Charles Sheffield
Short Story: "Graves" by Joe Haldeman
1994 Nebula Winners
The 1994 Nebulas were awarded at a ceremony in New York City in late April 1995.
Novel: Moving Mars by Greg Bear
Novella: "Seven Views of Olduvai Gorge" by Mike Resnick
Novelette: "The Martian Child" by David Gerrold
Short Story: "A Defense of the Social Contracts" by Martha Soukup
1995 Nebula Winners
The 1995 Nebulas were awarded at a ceremony in April 1996.
Novel: The Terminal Experiment by Robert J. Sawyer (HarperPrism, serialized as "Hobson's Choice", mid-December 1994-March 1995)
Novella: "Last Summer at Mars Hill" by Elizabeth Hand
Novelette: "Solitude" by Ursula K. Le Guin
Short Story: "Death and the Librarian" by Esther M. Friesner
1996 Nebula Winners
The 1996 Nebulas were awarded on Saturday, April 19, 1997 in Kansas City, MO.
Novel: Slow River by Nicola Griffith (Del Rey, Aug95)
Novella: "Da Vinci Rising" by Jack Dann (Asimov's, May95)
Novelette: "Lifeboat on a Burning Sea" by Bruce Holland Rogers (F&SF, Nov95 Oct/Nov)
Short Story: "A Birthday" by Esther M. Friesner (F&SF, Aug95)
1997 Nebula Winners
The 1997 Nebulas were awarded on Saturday, May 2, 1998 in Santa Fe, NM.
Novel: The Moon and the Sun by Vonda N. McIntyre
Novella: "Abandon in Place" by Jerry Oltion
Novelette: "Flowers of Aulit Prison" by Nancy Kress
Short Story: "Sister Emily's Lightship" by Jane Yolen
1998 Nebula Winners
The 1998 Nebulas were awarded on Saturday, May 1, 1999 in
Pittsburgh, PA.
Photos from the 1999 Nebula Award Weekend
Novel: Forever Peace by Joe Haldeman
Novella: "Reading the Bones" by Sheila Finch
Novelette: "Lost Girls" by Jane Yolen
Short Story: "Thirteen Ways to Water" by Bruce Holland Rogers
1999 Nebula Winners
The 1999 Nebulas were awarded on Saturday, May 20, 2000 in
New York, NY.
Photos from the 2000 Nebula Award Weekend.
Novel: Parable of the Talents by Octavia E. Butler (Seven Stories Press)
Novella: "Story of Your Life" by Ted Chiang (Starlight 2)
Novelette: "Mars is No Place for Children" by Mary A. Turzillo (SF Age)
Short Story: "The Cost of Doing Business" by Leslie What (Amazing Stories)
Script: The Sixth Sense by M. Night Shyamalan (Buena Vista)
Nebula Awards from the 2000s
2000 Nebula Winners
The 2000 Nebulas were awarded on Saturday, April 28, 2001 in Los Angeles, CA.
Novel: Darwin's Radio by Greg Bear (Ballantine)
Novella: "Goddesses" by Linda Nagata (Sci Fiction/SciFi.com, July 5, 2000)
Novelette: "Daddy's World" by Walter Jon Williams (Not of Woman Born, Constance Ash, Ed., Roc, Mar99)
Short Story: "macs" by Terry Bisson (F&SF, Oct/Nov99)
Script: Galaxy Quest by Robert Gordon, David Howard (Dreamworks, Dec99)
2001 Nebula Winners
The 2001 Nebulas were awarded on Saturday, April 27, 2002 in Kansas City, MO. Keith Stokes Photos from the 2001 Nebulas.
Novel: The Quantum Rose by Catherine Asaro (Tor)
Novella: "The Ultimate Earth" by Jack Williamson (Analog Dec00)
Novelette: "Louise's Ghost" by Kelly Link (Stranger Things Happen Small Beer Press Jul01)
Short Story: "The Cure for Everything" by Severna Park (SCI FICTION Jun 22 00)
Script: Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon by James Schamus, Kuo Jung Tsai and Hui-Ling Wang (Sony Pictures Classics" by Dec00)
President's Award: Betty Ballantine
2002 Nebula Winners
The 2002 Nebulas were awarded on Saturday, April 19, 2003 in Philadelphia, PA.
Novel: American Gods by Neil Gaiman (Morrow)
Novella: "Bronte's Egg" by Richard Chwedyk (F&F)
Novelette: "Hell is the Absence of God" by Ted Chiang (Starlight 3)
Short Story: "Creature" by Carol Emshwiller (F&SF)
Script: Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring by Frances Walsh, Phillipa Boyens and Peter Jackson (New Line)
Grand Master: Ursula K. Le Guin
Author Emeritus: Katherine MacLean
2002 Nebula Final Ballot.
Many photos from Nebula weekend
2003 Nebula Winners
The 2003 Nebulas were awarded on Saturday, April 17, 2004 in Seattle, WA.
Novel: Speed of Dark by Elizabeth Moon (Ballantine)
Novella: "Coraline" by Neil Gaiman (Harper Collins)
Novelette: "The Empire of Ice Cream" by Jeffrey Ford (SCIFICTION)
Short Story: "What I Didn't See" by Karen Joy Fowler (SCIFICTION)
Script: Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers by Frances Walsh, Phillipa Boyens, Stephen Sinclair, Peter Jackson (New Line)
Grand Master: Robert Silverberg
2004 Nebula Winners
The 2004 Nebulas were awarded on Saturday, April 30, 2005 in Chicago, IL.
Novel: Paladin of Souls by Lois McMaster Bujold
Novella: "The Green Leopard Plague" by Walter Jon Williams
Novelette: "Basement Magic" by Ellen Klages
Short Story: "Coming to Terms" by Eileen Gunn
Script: Lord of the Rings: Return of the King by Frances Walsh, Phillipa Boyens, Peter Jackson (New Line)
Grand Master: Anne McCaffrey
2005 Nebula Winners
The 2005 Nebulas were awarded on Saturday, May 6, 2006 in Tempe, AZ.
Novel: Camouflage by Joe Haldeman
Novella: "Magic for Beginners" by Kelly Link
Novelette: "The Faery Handbag" by Kelly Link
Short Story: "I Live With You" by Carol Emshwiller
Script: Serenity by Joss Whedon
Grand Master: Harlan Ellison
2006 Nebula Winners
The 2006 Nebulas were awarded on Saturday, May 12, 2007 in New York, NY.
Novel: Seeker by Jack McDevitt (Ace, Nov05)
Novella: "Burn" by James Patrick Kelly (Tachyon Publications, Dec05)
Novelette: "Two Hearts" by Peter S. Beagle (F&SF, Oct/Nov05)
Short Story: "Echo" by Elizabeth Hand (F&SF, Oct/Nov05)
Script: Howl's Moving Castle by Hayao Miyazaki, Cindy Davis Hewitt, and Donald H. Hewitt (Studio Ghibli and Walt Disney Pictures, U.S. Premier 10 Jun05. Based on the novel by Diana Wynne Jones)
Andre Norton Award for Young Adult Science Fiction and Fantasy: Magic or Madness by Justine Larbalestier
Grand Master: James Gunn
2007 Nebula Winners
The 2007 Nebulas were awarded on Saturday, April 26, 2008 in Austin, TX.
Novel: The Yiddish Policemen's Union by Michael Chabon (HarperCollins, May07)
Novella: "Fountain of Age" by Nancy Kress (Asimov's, Jul07)
Novelette: "The Merchant and the Alchemist's Gate" by Ted Chiang (F&SF, Sep 07)
Short Story: "Always" by Karen Joy Fowler (Asimov's, Apr/May07 issue)
Script: Pan's Labyrinth by Guillermo del Toro (Time/Warner, Jan07)
Andre Norton Award for Young Adult Science Fiction and Fantasy: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J. K. Rowling
Grand Master: Michael Moorcock
SFWA Service Award: Melisa Michaels and Graham P. Collins
Author Emeritus: Ardath Mayhar
2008 Nebula Winners
The 2008 Nebulas were awarded on Saturday, April 25, 2009 in Los Angeles, CA.
Novel: Powers by Ursula K. Le Guin (Harcourt, Sep 07)
Novella: "The Spacetime Pool" by Catherine Asaro (Analog, Mar 08)
Novelette: "Pride and Prometheus" by John Kessel (F&SF, Jan 08)
Short Story: "Trophy Wives" by Nina Kiriki Hoffman (Fellowship Fantastic, Martin H. Greenberg and Kerrie Hughes, eds., DAW Books, Jan 08)
Script: WALL-E by Andrew Stanton & Jim Reardon. Original story by Andrew Stanton & Pete Docter (Pixar, Jun 08)
Andre Norton Award for Young Adult Science Fiction and Fantasy: Flora's Dare: How a Girl of Spirit Gambles All to Expand Her Vocabulary, Confront a Bouncing Boy Terror, and Try to Save Califa from a Shaky Doom (Despite Being Confined to Her Room) by Ysabeau S. Wilce (Harcourt, Sep 08)
Grand Master: Harry Harrison
SFWA Service Award: Victoria Strauss
Author Emeritus: M.J. Engh
Solstice: Kate Wilhelm, Martin H. Greenberg and the late Algis Budrys
2009 Nebula Winners
The 2009 Nebulas were awarded in Cocoa Beach, Florida on May 15, 2010.
Novel: The Windup Girl by Paolo Bacigalupi (Nightshade Sep09)
Novella: The Women of Nell Gwynne's by Kage Baker (Subterranean Press by Jun09)
Novelette: "Sinner, Baker, Fabulist, Priest; Red Mask, Black Mask, Gentleman, Beast" by Eugie Foster (Interzone by Feb09)
Short Stories:
"Spar" by Kij Johnson (Clarkesworld by Oct09)
Ray Bradbury Award for Outstanding Dramatic Presentation: District 9 by Neill Blomkamp and Terri Tatchell (Tri-Star Aug09)
Andre Norton Award for Young Adult Science Fiction and Fantasy: The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland In A Ship Of Her Own Making by Catherynne M. Valente (Catherynne M. Valente Jun09)
Damon Knight Grand Master: Joe Haldeman
Author Emeritus: Neal Barrett, Jr.
SFWA Service Awards: Vonda N. McIntyre and Keith Stokes
SFWA Solstice Award: Tom Doherty, Terri Windling and the late Donald A. Wollheim
2010 Nebula Winners
The 2010 Nebulas were awarded at the Washington Hilton on May 21, 2011.
Novel: Blackout/All Clear by Connie Willis (Spectra)
Novella: "The Lady Who Plucked Red Flowers Beneath the Queen’s Window" by Rachel Swirsky (Subterranean, Summer 10)
Novelette: "That Leviathan Whom Thou Hast Made" by Eric James Stone (Analog Sept10)
Short Story: Tie: "Ponies" by Kij Johnson (Tor.com, January ’10) and "How Interesting: A Tiny Man" by Harlan Ellison (Realms of Fantasy Feb10)
Ray Bradbury Award: Inception
Andre Norton Award: I Shall Wear Midnight by Terry Pratchett (Doubleday; Harper)
2011 Nebula Winners
The 2011 Nebulas were awarded at the Hyatt Regency Crystal City in Arlington, Virginia on May 19, 2012.
Novel: Among Others Jo Walton (Tor)
Novella: "The Man Who Bridged the Mist" Kij Johnson (Asimov's Science Fiction October/November 2011)
Novelette: "What We Found" Geoff Ryman (The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction September/October 2011)
Short Story: "The Paper Menagerie" Ken Liu (The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction March/April 2011)
Ray Bradbury Award: Doctor Who: "The Doctor's Wife" Neil Gaiman (writer), Richard Clark (director) (BBC Wales)
Andre Norton Award: The Freedom Maze Delia Sherman (Big Mouth House)
2011 Damon Knight Grand Master Award: Connie Willis
Solstice Award: Octavia Butler (posthumous) and John Clute
Service To SFWA Award: Bud Webster
2012 Nebula Winners
The 2012 Nebulas were awarded in San Jose, California on May 18, 2013.
Novel: 2312 Kim Stanley Robinson (Orbit)
Novella: "After the Fall, Before the Fall, During the Fall" Nancy Kress (Tachyon)
Novelette: "Close Encounters" Andy Duncan (The Pottawatomie Giant & Other Stories)
Short Story: "Immersion" Aliette de Bodard (Clarkesworld 6/12)
Ray Bradbury Award: Beasts of the Southern Wild, Benh Zeitlin (director), Benh Zeitlin and Lucy Abilar (writers), (Journeyman/Cinereach/Court 13/Fox Searchlight)
Andre Norton Award: Fair Coin E. C. Myers (Pyr)
2012 Damon Knight Grand Master Award: Gene Wolfe
Solstice Award: Carl Sagan (posthumous) and Ginjer Buchanan
Kevin J. O'Donnell, Jr. Service To SFWA Award: Michael H. Payne