Nebula Awards Winners By Year
science fiction awards database
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— 2024 — | |
| novel | The Saint of Bright Doors, Vajra Chandrasekera |
| novella | “Linghun”, Ai Jiang |
| novelette | “The Year Without Sunshine”, Naomi Kritzer |
| short story | “Tantie Merle and the Farmhand 4200”, R. S. A. Garcia |
| game writing | Baldur's Gate 3, Adam Smith, Adrienne Law, Baudelaire Welch, Chrystal Ding, Ella McConnell, Ine Van Hamme, Jan Van Dosselaer, John Corcoran, Kevin VanOrd, Lawrence Schick, Martin Docherty, Rachel Quirke, Ruairí Moore, Sarah Baylus, Stephen Rooney, Swen Vincke |
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— 2023 — | |
| novel | Babel, R. F. Kuang |
| novella | Even Though I Knew the End, C. L. Polk |
| novelette | “If You Find Yourself Speaking to God, Address God with the Informal You”, John Chu |
| short story | “Rabbit Test”, Samantha Mills |
| game writing | Elden Ring, Hidetaka Miyazaki & George R. R. Martin |
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— 2022 — | |
| novel | A Master of Djinn, P. Djèlí Clark |
| novella | And What Can We Offer You Tonight, Premee Mohamed |
| novelette | “O2 Arena”, Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki |
| short story | “Where Oaken Hearts Do Gather”, Sarah Pinsker |
| game writing | Thirsty Sword Lesbians, April Kit Walsh, Whitney Delagio, Dominique Dickey, Jonaya Kemper, Alexis Sara, Rae Nedjadi |
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— 2021 — | |
| novel | Network Effect, Martha Wells |
| novella | Ring Shout, P. Djèlí Clark |
| novelette | “Two Truths and a Lie”, Sarah Pinsker |
| short story | “Open House on Haunted Hill”, John Wiswell |
| game writing | Hades, Greg Kasavin |
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— 2020 — | |
| novel | A Song for a New Day, Sarah Pinsker |
| novella | This Is How You Lose the Time War, Amal El-Mohtar & Max Gladstone |
| novelette | Carpe Glitter, Cat Rambo |
| short story | “Give the Family My Love”, A. T. Greenblatt |
| game writing | The Outer Worlds, Leonard Boyarsky, Megan Starks, Kate Dollarhyde & Chris L'Etoile |
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— 2019 — | |
| novel | The Calculating Stars, Mary Robinette Kowal |
| novella | The Tea Master and the Detective, Aliette de Bodard |
| novelette | The Only Harmless Great Thing, Brooke Bolander |
| short story | “The Secret Lives of the Nine Negro Teeth of George Washington”, Phenderson Djèlí Clark |
| game writing | Black Mirror: Bandersnatch, Charlie Brooker |
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— 2018 — | |
| novel | The Stone Sky, N. K. Jemisin |
| novella | All Systems Red, Martha Wells |
| novelette | “A Human Stain”, Kelly Robson |
| short story | “Welcome to Your Authentic Indian ExperienceTM”, Rebecca Roanhorse |
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— 2017 — | |
| novel | All the Birds in the Sky, Charlie Jane Anders |
| novella | Every Heart a Doorway, Seanan McGuire |
| novelette | “The Long Fall Up”, William Ledbetter |
| short story | “Seasons of Glass and Iron”, Amal El-Mohtar |
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— 2016 — | |
| novel | Uprooted, Naomi Novik |
| novella | Binti, Nnedi Okorafor |
| novelette | “Our Lady of the Open Road”, Sarah Pinsker |
| short story | “Hungry Daughters of Starving Mothers”, Alyssa Wong |
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— 2015 — | |
| novel | Annihilation, Jeff VanderMeer |
| novella | Yesterday's Kin, Nancy Kress |
| novelette | “A Guide to the Fruits of Hawai'i”, Alaya Dawn Johnson |
| short story | “Jackalope Wives”, Ursula Vernon |
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— 2014 — | |
| novel | Ancillary Justice, Ann Leckie |
| novella | “The Weight of the Sunrise”, Vylar Kaftan |
| novelette | “The Waiting Stars”, Aliette de Bodard |
| short story | “If You Were a Dinosaur, My Love”, Rachel Swirsky |
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— 2013 — | |
| novel | 2312, Kim Stanley Robinson |
| novella | After the Fall, Before the Fall, During the Fall, Nancy Kress |
| novelette | “Close Encounters”, Andy Duncan |
| short story | “Immersion”, Aliette de Bodard |
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— 2012 — | |
| novel | Among Others, Jo Walton |
| novella | “The Man Who Bridged the Mist”, Kij Johnson |
| novelette | “What We Found”, Geoff Ryman |
| short story | “The Paper Menagerie”, Ken Liu |
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— 2011 — | |
| novel | Blackout/All Clear, Connie Willis |
| novella | “The Lady Who Plucked Red Flowers beneath the Queen’s Window”, Rachel Swirsky |
| novelette | “That Leviathan, Whom Thou Hast Made”, Eric James Stone |
| short story | (tie) “How Interesting: A Tiny Man”, Harlan Ellison |
| short story | (tie) “Ponies”, Kij Johnson |
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— 2010 — | |
| novel | The Windup Girl, Paolo Bacigalupi |
| novella | The Women of Nell Gwynne's, Kage Baker |
| novelette | “Sinner, Baker, Fabulist, Priest; Red Mask, Black Mask, Gentleman, Beast”, Eugie Foster |
| short story | “Spar”, Kij Johnson |
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— 2009 — | |
| novel | Powers, Ursula K. Le Guin |
| novella | “The Spacetime Pool”, Catherine Asaro |
| novelette | “Pride and Prometheus”, John Kessel |
| short story | “Trophy Wives”, Nina Kiriki Hoffman |
| script | WALL-E, Andrew Stanton, Jim Reardon & Peter Docter |
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— 2008 — | |
| novel | The Yiddish Policemen's Union, Michael Chabon |
| novella | “Fountain of Age”, Nancy Kress |
| novelette | “The Merchant and the Alchemist's Gate”, Ted Chiang |
| short story | “Always”, Karen Joy Fowler |
| script | Pan's Labyrinth, Guillermo del Toro |
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— 2007 — | |
| novel | Seeker, Jack McDevitt |
| novella | Burn, James Patrick Kelly |
| novelette | “Two Hearts”, Peter S. Beagle |
| short story | “Echo”, Elizabeth Hand |
| script | Howl's Moving Castle, Hayao Miyazaki, Cindy Davis Hewitt & Donald H. Hewitt |
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— 2006 — | |
| novel | Camouflage, Joe Haldeman |
| novella | “Magic for Beginners”, Kelly Link |
| novelette | “The Faery Handbag”, Kelly Link |
| short story | “I Live With You”, Carol Emshwiller |
| script | Serenity, Joss Whedon |
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— 2005 — | |
| novel | Paladin of Souls, Lois McMaster Bujold |
| novella | “The Green Leopard Plague”, Walter Jon Williams |
| novelette | “Basement Magic”, Ellen Klages |
| short story | “Coming to Terms”, Eileen Gunn |
| script | The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens & Peter Jackson |
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— 2004 — | |
| novel | The Speed of Dark, Elizabeth Moon |
| novella | Coraline, Neil Gaiman |
| novelette | “The Empire of Ice Cream”, Jeffrey Ford |
| short story | “What I Didn't See”, Karen Joy Fowler |
| script | The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens, Stephen Sinclair & Peter Jackson |
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— 2003 — | |
| novel | American Gods, Neil Gaiman |
| novella | “Bronte's Egg”, Richard Chwedyk |
| novelette | “Hell is the Absence of God”, Ted Chiang |
| short story | “Creature”, Carol Emshwiller |
| script | The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens & Peter Jackson |
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— 2002 — | |
| novel | The Quantum Rose, Catherine Asaro |
| novella | “The Ultimate Earth”, Jack Williamson |
| novelette | “Louise's Ghost”, Kelly Link |
| short story | “The Cure for Everything”, Severna Park |
| script | Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, James Schamus, Kuo Jung Tsai & Hui-Ling Wang |
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— 2001 — | |
| novel | Darwin's Radio, Greg Bear |
| novella | “Goddesses”, Linda Nagata |
| novelette | “Daddy's World”, Walter Jon Williams |
| short story | “macs”, Terry Bisson |
| script | Galaxy Quest, David Howard & Robert Gordon |
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— 2000 — | |
| novel | Parable of the Talents, Octavia E. Butler |
| novella | “Story of Your Life”, Ted Chiang |
| novelette | “Mars Is No Place for Children”, Mary A. Turzillo |
| short story | “The Cost of Doing Business”, Leslie What |
| script | The Sixth Sense, M. Night Shyamalan |
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— 1999 — | |
| novel | Forever Peace, Joe Haldeman |
| novella | “Reading the Bones”, Sheila Finch |
| novelette | “Lost Girls”, Jane Yolen |
| short story | “Thirteen Ways to Water”, Bruce Holland Rogers |
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— 1998 — | |
| novel | The Moon and the Sun, Vonda N. McIntyre |
| novella | “Abandon in Place”, Jerry Oltion |
| novelette | “The Flowers of Aulit Prison”, Nancy Kress |
| short story | “Sister Emily's Lightship”, Jane Yolen |
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— 1997 — | |
| novel | Slow River, Nicola Griffith |
| novella | “Da Vinci Rising”, Jack Dann |
| novelette | “Lifeboat on a Burning Sea”, Bruce Holland Rogers |
| short story | “A Birthday”, Esther M. Friesner |
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— 1996 — | |
| novel | The Terminal Experiment (serial title “Hobson's Choice“), Robert J. Sawyer |
| novella | “Last Summer at Mars Hill”, Elizabeth Hand |
| novelette | “Solitude”, Ursula K. Le Guin |
| short story | “Death and the Librarian”, Esther M. Friesner |
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— 1995 — | |
| novel | Moving Mars, Greg Bear |
| novella | “Seven Views of Olduvai Gorge”, Mike Resnick |
| novelette | “The Martian Child”, David Gerrold |
| short story | “A Defense of the Social Contracts”, Martha Soukup |
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— 1994 — | |
| novel | Red Mars, Kim Stanley Robinson |
| novella | “The Night We Buried Road Dog”, Jack Cady |
| novelette | “Georgia on My Mind”, Charles Sheffield |
| short story | “Graves”, Joe Haldeman |
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— 1993 — | |
| novel | Doomsday Book, Connie Willis |
| novella | City of Truth, James Morrow |
| novelette | “Danny Goes to Mars”, Pamela Sargent |
| short story | “Even the Queen”, Connie Willis |
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— 1992 — | |
| novel | Stations of the Tide, Michael Swanwick |
| novella | “Beggars in Spain”, Nancy Kress |
| novelette | “Guide Dog”, Mike Conner |
| short story | “Ma Qui”, Alan Brennert |
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— 1991 — | |
| novel | Tehanu: The Last Book of Earthsea, Ursula K. Le Guin |
| novella | “The Hemingway Hoax”, Joe Haldeman |
| novelette | “Tower of Babylon”, Ted Chiang |
| short story | “Bears Discover Fire”, Terry Bisson |
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— 1990 — | |
| novel | The Healer's War, Elizabeth Ann Scarborough |
| novella | “The Mountains of Mourning”, Lois McMaster Bujold |
| novelette | “At the Rialto”, Connie Willis |
| short story | “Ripples in the Dirac Sea”, Geoffrey A. Landis |
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— 1989 — | |
| novel | Falling Free, Lois McMaster Bujold |
| novella | “The Last of the Winnebagos”, Connie Willis |
| novelette | “Schrödinger's Kitten”, George Alec Effinger |
| short story | “Bible Stories for Adults, No. 17: The Deluge”, James Morrow |
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— 1988 — | |
| novel | The Falling Woman, Pat Murphy |
| novella | “The Blind Geometer”, Kim Stanley Robinson |
| novelette | “Rachel in Love”, Pat Murphy |
| short story | “Forever Yours, Anna”, Kate Wilhelm |
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— 1987 — | |
| novel | Speaker for the Dead, Orson Scott Card |
| novella | “R&R”, Lucius Shepard |
| novelette | “The Girl Who Fell into the Sky”, Kate Wilhelm |
| short story | “Tangents”, Greg Bear |
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— 1986 — | |
| novel | Ender's Game, Orson Scott Card |
| novella | “Sailing to Byzantium”, Robert Silverberg |
| novelette | “Portraits of His Children”, George R. R. Martin |
| short story | “Out of All Them Bright Stars”, Nancy Kress |
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— 1985 — | |
| novel | Neuromancer, William Gibson |
| novella | “PRESS ENTER[]”, John Varley |
| novelette | “Bloodchild”, Octavia E. Butler |
| short story | “Morning Child”, Gardner Dozois |
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— 1984 — | |
| novel | Startide Rising, David Brin |
| novella | “Hardfought”, Greg Bear |
| novelette | “Blood Music”, Greg Bear |
| short story | “The Peacemaker”, Gardner Dozois |
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— 1983 — | |
| novel | No Enemy But Time, Michael Bishop |
| novella | “Another Orphan”, John Kessel |
| novelette | “Fire Watch”, Connie Willis |
| short story | “A Letter from the Clearys”, Connie Willis |
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— 1982 — | |
| novel | The Claw of the Conciliator, Gene Wolfe |
| novella | “The Saturn Game”, Poul Anderson |
| novelette | “The Quickening”, Michael Bishop |
| short story | “The Bone Flute”, Lisa Tuttle [award declined] |
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— 1981 — | |
| novel | Timescape, Gregory Benford |
| novella | “Unicorn Tapestry”, Suzy McKee Charnas |
| novelette | “The Ugly Chickens”, Howard Waldrop |
| short story | “Grotto of the Dancing Deer”, Clifford D. Simak |
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— 1980 — | |
| novel | The Fountains of Paradise, Arthur C. Clarke |
| novella | “Enemy Mine”, Barry B. Longyear |
| novelette | “Sandkings”, George R. R. Martin |
| short story | “giANTS”, Edward Bryant |
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— 1979 — | |
| novel | Dreamsnake, Vonda N. McIntyre |
| novella | “The Persistence of Vision”, John Varley |
| novelette | “A Glow of Candles, a Unicorn's Eye”, Charles L. Grant |
| short story | “Stone”, Edward Bryant |
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— 1978 — | |
| novel | Gateway, Frederik Pohl |
| novella | “Stardance”, Spider Robinson & Jeanne Robinson |
| novelette | “The Screwfly Solution”, Raccoona Sheldon, aka James Tiptree, Jr. |
| short story | “Jeffty Is Five”, Harlan Ellison |
| special award | Star Wars |
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— 1977 — | |
| novel | Man Plus, Frederik Pohl |
| novella | “Houston, Houston, Do You Read?”, James Tiptree, Jr. |
| novelette | “The Bicentennial Man”, Isaac Asimov |
| short story | “A Crowd of Shadows”, Charles L. Grant |
| dramatic presentation | no award |
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— 1976 — | |
| novel | The Forever War, Joe Haldeman |
| novella | “Home Is the Hangman”, Roger Zelazny |
| novelette | “San Diego Lightfoot Sue”, Tom Reamy |
| short story | “Catch That Zeppelin!”, Fritz Leiber |
| dramatic writing | Young Frankenstein, Mel Brooks & Gene Wilder, screenplay; based on the novel by Mary Shelley |
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— 1975 — | |
| novel | The Dispossessed, Ursula K. Le Guin |
| novella | “Born with the Dead”, Robert Silverberg |
| novelette | “If the Stars Are Gods”, Gordon Eklund & Gregory Benford |
| short story | “The Day Before the Revolution”, Ursula K. Le Guin |
| dramatic presentation | Sleeper, Woody Allen |
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— 1974 — | |
| novel | Rendezvous with Rama, Arthur C. Clarke |
| novella | “The Death of Doctor Island”, Gene Wolfe |
| novelette | “Of Mist, and Grass, and Sand”, Vonda N. McIntyre |
| short story | “Love Is the Plan the Plan Is Death”, James Tiptree, Jr. |
| dramatic presentation | Soylent Green, Stanley R. Greenberg, screenplay; based on a novel by Harry Harrison |
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— 1973 — | |
| novel | The Gods Themselves, Isaac Asimov |
| novella | “A Meeting with Medusa”, Arthur C. Clarke |
| novelette | “Goat Song”, Poul Anderson |
| short story | “When It Changed”, Joanna Russ |
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— 1972 — | |
| novel | A Time of Changes, Robert Silverberg |
| novella | “The Missing Man”, Katherine MacLean |
| novelette | “The Queen of Air and Darkness”, Poul Anderson |
| short story | “Good News from the Vatican”, Robert Silverberg |
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— 1971 — | |
| novel | Ringworld, Larry Niven |
| novella | “Ill Met in Lankhmar”, Fritz Leiber |
| novelette | “Slow Sculpture”, Theodore Sturgeon |
| short story | no award |
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— 1970 — | |
| novel | The Left Hand of Darkness, Ursula K. Le Guin |
| novella | “A Boy and His Dog”, Harlan Ellison |
| novelette | “Time Considered as a Helix of Semi-Precious Stones”, Samuel R. Delany |
| short story | “Passengers”, Robert Silverberg |
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— 1969 — | |
| novel | Rite of Passage, Alexei Panshin |
| novella | “Dragonrider”, Anne McCaffrey |
| novelette | “Mother to the World”, Richard Wilson |
| short story | “The Planners”, Kate Wilhelm |
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— 1968 — | |
| novel | The Einstein Intersection, Samuel R. Delany |
| novella | “Behold the Man”, Michael Moorcock |
| novelette | “Gonna Roll the Bones”, Fritz Leiber |
| short story | “Aye, and Gomorrah…”, Samuel R. Delany |
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— 1967 — | |
| novel | (tie) Flowers for Algernon, Daniel Keyes |
| novel | (tie) Babel-17, Samuel R. Delany |
| novella | “The Last Castle”, Jack Vance |
| novelette | “Call Him Lord”, Gordon R. Dickson |
| short story | “The Secret Place”, Richard McKenna |
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— 1966 — | |
| novel | Dune, Frank Herbert |
| novella | (tie) “He Who Shapes”, Roger Zelazny |
| novella | (tie) “The Saliva Tree”, Brian W. Aldiss |
| novelette | “The Doors of His Face, the Lamps of His Mouth”, Roger Zelazny |
| short story | “'Repent, Harlequin!' Said the Ticktockman”, Harlan Ellison |
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