Nebula Awards 2012
science fiction awards database
Where and When:
Arlington VA :
May 19, 2012
Eligibility Year: 2011
Associated Awards: Ray Bradbury Award, Andre Norton Award, SFWA Grand Master Award, SFWA Awards (also listed below)
Eligibility Year: 2011
Associated Awards: Ray Bradbury Award, Andre Norton Award, SFWA Grand Master Award, SFWA Awards (also listed below)
Novel
- Winner: Among Others, Jo Walton (Tor)
- Embassytown, China Miéville (Del Rey)
- Firebird, Jack McDevitt (Ace)
- God's War, Kameron Hurley (Night Shade)
- The Kingdom of Gods, N. K. Jemisin (Orbit)
- Mechanique: A Tale of the Circus Tresaulti, Genevieve Valentine (Prime)
Novella
- Winner: “The Man Who Bridged the Mist”, Kij Johnson (Asimov's Oct/Nov 2011)
- “The Ice Owl”, Carolyn Ives Gilman (F&SF Nov/Dec 2011)
- “Kiss Me Twice”, Mary Robinette Kowal (Asimov's Jun 2011)
- “The Man Who Ended History: A Documentary”, Ken Liu (Panverse Three)
- Silently and Very Fast, Catherynne M. Valente (WSFA)
- “With Unclean Hands”, Adam-Troy Castro (Analog Nov 2011)
Novelette
- Winner: “What We Found”, Geoff Ryman (F&SF Sep/Oct 2011)
- “Fields of Gold”, Rachel Swirsky (Eclipse 4)
- “The Migratory Pattern of Dancers”, Katherine Sparrow (GigaNotoSaurus Jul 2011)
- “The Old Equations”, Jake Kerr (Lightspeed Jul 2011)
- “Ray of Light”, Brad R. Torgersen (Analog Dec 2011)
- “Sauerkraut Station”, Ferrett Steinmetz (GigaNotoSaurus Nov 2011)
- “Six Months, Three Days”, Charlie Jane Anders (Tor.com 8 Jun 2011)
Short Story
- Winner: “The Paper Menagerie”, Ken Liu (F&SF Mar/Apr 2011)
- “The Axiom of Choice”, David W. Goldman (New Haven Review Win 2011)
- “The Cartographer Wasps and the Anarchist Bees”, E. Lily Yu (Clarkesworld Apr 2011)
- “Her Husband's Hands”, Adam-Troy Castro (Lightspeed Oct 2011)
- “Mama, We Are Zhenya, Your Son”, Tom Crosshill (Lightspeed Apr 2011)
- “Movement”, Nancy Fulda (Asimov's Mar 2011)
- “Shipbirth”, Aliette de Bodard (Asimov's Feb 2011)
— Associated Awards —
Winner
- Doctor Who: “The Doctor's Wife”, Neil Gaiman, writer; Richard Clark, director (BBC Wales)
Finalists
- The Adjustment Bureau, George Nolfi, writer/director (Universal)
- Attack the Block, Joe Cornish, writer/director (Optimum Releasing; Screen Gems)
- Captain America: The First Avenger, Christopher Markus & Stephen McFeely, writers; Joe Johnston, director (Paramount)
- Hugo, John Logan, writer; Martin Scorsese, director (Paramount)
- Midnight in Paris, Woody Allen, writer/director (Sony)
- Source Code, Ben Ripley, writer; Duncan Jones, director (Summit)
Winner
- The Freedom Maze, Delia Sherman (Big Mouth House)
Finalists
- Akata Witch, Nnedi Okorafor (Viking Juvenile)
- The Boy at the End of the World, Greg van Eekhout (Bloomsbury Children's Books)
- Chime, Franny Billingsley (Dial Books; Bloomsbury)
- Daughter of Smoke & Bone, Laini Taylor (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers; Hodder & Stoughton)
- Everybody Sees the Ants, A. S. King (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers)
- The Girl of Fire and Thorns, Rae Carson (Greenwillow Books)
- Ultraviolet, R. J. Anderson (Orchard Books; Carolrhoda Lab)
Winner
Sfwa Service Award
- Winner: Bud Webster
Solstice Award
- Winner: Octavia E. Butler
- Winner: John Clute
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