Nebula Awards Winners By Year
science fiction awards database
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— 2025 — | |
| novel | Someone You Can Build a Nest In, John Wiswell |
| novella | The Dragonfly Gambit, A. D. Sui |
| novelette | “Negative Scholarship on the Fifth State of Being”, A. W. Prihandita |
| short story | “Why Don't We Just Kill the Kid in the Omelas Hole”, Isabel J. Kim |
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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 |
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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. Djčlí 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 |
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— 2021 — | |
| novel | Network Effect, Martha Wells |
| novella | Ring Shout, P. Djčlí 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 Djčlí 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) “The Saliva Tree”, Brian W. Aldiss |
| novella | (tie) “He Who Shapes”, Roger Zelazny |
| 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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