2009 Honorees:
Vonda N. McIntyre
Keith Stokes
ABOUT THE SCIENCE
FICTION AND FANTASY
WRITERS OF AMERICA
SFWA is a nonprofit organization of professional writers of science fiction, fantasy, and related genres. Founded in 1965 by Damon Knight, the organization now includes over one thousand five hundred speculative authors, artists, editors, and allied professionals. SFWA presents the prestigious Nebula Awards, assists members in legal disputes with publishers, and hosts the well-known Writer Beware website. SFWA administers a number of benevolent funds, including the Emergency Medical Fund, the Legal Fund, and a Literacy Fund intended to encourage genre reading and literacy in general. Online discussion forums, member directories, and private convention suites help its members keep in touch with each other and stay abreast of new developments in the field.
ABOUT THE
NEBULA AWARDS
Since 1965, the Nebula Awards have been presented yearly for the best works of science fiction or fantasy published in the United States. The winners are chosen by a vote of the active members of SFWA; awards are made in the categories of novel, novella, novelette, short story, and script. The award itself was originally designed by Judy Blish. Over the years additional awards are now presented at the Nebula Awards ceremony, honoring those who have contributed to science fiction and fantasy in other ways. These include such awards as Grand Master, Solstice, and Author Emeritus.
COMPLETE LIST OF PAST NEBULA WINNERS
2008 Nebula Awards
Best Novel: Powers by Ursula K. Le Guin
Best Novella: The Spacetime Pool by Catherine Asaro
Best Novelette: “Pride and Prometheus” by John Kessel
Best Short Story: “Trophy Wives” by Nina Kiriki Hoffman
Script: WALL-E Screenplay by Andrew Stanton, Jim Reardon, Original story by Andrew Stanton, Pete Docter
Andre Norton Award: 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
Solstice Award: Kate Wilhelm, A.J. Budrys and Martin H. Greenberg
SFWA Service Award: Victoria Strauss
Bradbury Award: Joss Whedon
Grand Master: Harry Harrison
Author Emerita: M.J. Engh
2007 Nebula Awards
Best Novel: The Yiddish Policeman’s Union by Michael Chabon
Best Novella: Fountain of Age by Nancy Kress
Best Novelette: “The Merchant and the Alchemist’s Gate” by Ted Chiang
Best Short Story: “Always” by Karen Joy Fowler
Best Script: Pan’s Labyrinth by Guillermo del Toro
Andre Norton Award: Harry Potter & the Deathly Hallows by JK Rowling
Grand Master: Michael Moorcock
Author Emerita: Ardath Mayhar
SFWA Service Award: Melisa Michaels and Graham P. Collins
2006 Nebula Awards
Best Novel: Seeker by Jack McDevitt
Best Novella: Burn by James Patrick Kelly
Best Novelette: “Two Hearts” by Peter S. Beagle
Best Short Story: “Echo” by Elizabeth Hand
Best Script: Howl’s Moving Castle by Hayao Miyazaki, Cindy Davis Hewitt, and Donald H. Hewitt
Andre Norton Award: Magic or Madness by Justine Larbalestier
Grand Master: James Gunn
Author Emeritus: D.G. Compton
SFWA Service Award: Brook West and Julia West jointly
2005 Nebula Awards
Best Novel: Camouflage by Joe Haldeman
Best Novella: Magic for Beginners by Kelly Link
Best Novelette: “The Faery Handbag” by Kelly Link
Best Short Story: “I Live with You” by Carol Emshwiller
Best Script: Serenity by Joss Whedon
Andre Norton Award: Valiant: A Modern Tale of Faerie by Holly Black
Grand Master: Harlan Ellison
Author Emeritus: William F. Nolan
2004 Nebula Awards
Best Novel: Paladin of Souls, by Lois McMaster Bujold
Best Novella: The Green Leopard Plague by Walter Jon Williams
Best Novelette: “Basement Magic” by Ellen Klages
Best Short Story: “Coming to Terms” by Eileen Gunn
Best Script: The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King by Fran Walsh & Philippa Boyens & Peter Jackson; based on The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien
Grand Master: Anne McCaffrey
Service to SFWA Award: Kevin O’Donnell, Jr.
2003 Nebula Awards
Best Novel: The Speed of Dark by Elizabeth Moon
Best Novella: Coraline by Neil Gaiman
Best Novelette: “The Empire of Ice Cream” by Jeffrey Ford
Best Short Story: “What I Didn’t See” by Karen Joy Fowler
Best Script: The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers by Fran Walsh & Philippa Boyens & Stephen Sinclair & Peter Jackson; based on The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien
Grand Master: Robert Silverberg
Author of Distinction: Charles Harness
Ser vice to SFWA Award: Michael Capobianco & Ann Crispin jointly
2002 Nebula Awards
Best Novel: American Gods: A Novel by Neil Gaiman
Best Novella: Bronte’s Egg by Richard Chwedyk
Best Novelette: “Hell is the Absence of God” by Ted Chiang
Best Short Story: “Creature” by Carol Emshwiller
Best Script: The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring by Fran Walsh & Philippa Boyens & Peter Jackson; based on The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien
Author Emeritus: Katherine MacLean
2001 Nebula Awards
Best Novel: The Quantum Rose by Catherine Asaro
Best Novella: The Ultimate Earth by Jack Williamson
Best Novelette: “Louise’s Ghost” by Kelly Link
Best Short Story: “The Cure for Everything” by Severna Park
Best Script: Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon by James Schamus, Kuo Jung Tsai, and Hui-Ling Wang; from the book by Du Lu Wang
President’s Award: Betty Ballantine
2000 Nebula Awards
Best Novel: Darwin’s Radio by Greg Bear
Best Novella: Goddesses by Linda Nagata
Best Novelette: “Daddy’s World” by Walter Jon Williams
Best Short Story: “macs” by Terry Bisson
Best Script: Galaxy Quest by Robert Gordon and David Howard
Grand Master: Philip José Farmer
Bradbury Award: 2000X – Tales of the Next Millennia by Yuri Rasovsky and Harlan Ellison
Author Emeritus: Robert Sheckley
1999 Nebula Awards
Best Novel: Parable of the Talents by Octavia E. Butler
Best Novella: Story of Your Life by Ted Chiang
Best Novelette: “Mars is No Place for Children” by Mary A. Turzillo
Best Short Story: “The Cost of Doing Business” by Leslie What
Best Script: The Sixth Sense by M. Night Shyamalan
Grand Master: Brian W. Aldiss
Author Emeritus: Daniel Keyes
Service to SFWA Award: George Zebrowski and Pamela Sargent jointly
1998 Nebula Awards
Best Novel: Forever Peace by Joe Haldeman
Best Novella: Reading the Bones by Sheila Finch
Best Novelette: “Lost Girls” by Jane Yolen
Best Short Story: “Thirteen Ways to Water” by Bruce Holland Rogers
Grand Master: Hal Clement (Harry Stubbs)
Bradbury Award: Babylon 5 by J. Michael Straczynski
Author Emeritus: William Tenn (Phil Klass)
1997 Nebula Awards
Best Novel: The Moon and the Sun by Vonda N. McIntyre
Best Novella: Abandon in Place by Jerry Oltion
Best Novelette: “The Flowers of
Aulit Prison” by Nancy Kress
Best Short Story: “Sister Emily’s Lightship” by Jane Yolen
Grand Master: Poul Anderson
Author Emeritus: Nelson Slade Bond
Service to SFWA Award: Robin Wayne Bailey
1996 Nebula Awards
Best Novel: Slow River by Nicola Griffith
Best Novella: Da Vinci Rising by Jack Dann
Best Novelette: “Lifeboat on a Burning Sea” by Bruce Holland Rogers
Best Short Story: “A Birthday” by Esther M. Friesner
Grand Master: Jack Vance
Author Emeritus: Judith Merril
Service to SFWA Award: Sheila Finch
1995 Nebula Awards
Best Novel: The Terminal Experiment by Robert J. Sawyer
Best Novella: Last Summer at Mars Hill by Elizabeth Hand
Best Novelette: “Solitude” by Ursula K. Le Guin
Best Short Story: “Death and the Librarian” by Esther Friesner
Grand Master: A. E. Van Vogt
Author Emeritus: Wilson “Bob” Tucker
Service to SFWA Award: Chuq Von Rospach
1994 Nebula Awards
Best Novel: Moving Mars: A Novel by Greg Bear
Best Novella: Seven Views of Olduvai Gorge by Mike Resnick
Best Novelette: “The Martian Child” by David Gerrold
Best Short Story: “A Defense of the Social Contracts” by Martha Soukup
Grand Master: Damon Knight
Author Emeritus: Emil Petaja
1993 Nebula Awards
Best Novel: Red Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson
Best Novella: The Night We Buried Road Dog by Jack Cady
Best Novelette: “Georgia on My Mind” by Charles Sheffield
Best Short Story: “Graves” by Joe Haldeman
1992 Nebula Awards
Best Novel: Doomsday Book by Connie Willis
Best Novella: City of Truth by James Morrow
Best Novelette: “Danny Goes to Mars” by Pamela Sargent
Best Short Story: “Even the Queen” by Connie Willis
Grand Master: Frederik Pohl
1991 Nebula Awards
Best Novel: Stations of the Tide by Michael Swanwick
Best Novella: Beggars in Spain by Nancy Kress
Best Novelette: “Guide Dog” by Mike Conner
Best Short Story: “Ma Qui” by Alan Brennert
Bradbury Award: Terminator 2: Judgment Day by James Cameron
1990 Nebula Awards
Best Novel: Tehanu: The Last Book of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin
Best Novella: The Hemingway Hoax by Joe Haldeman
Best Novelette: “Tower of Babylon” by Ted Chiang
Best Short Story: “Bears Discover Fire” by Terry Bisson
Grand Master: Lester Del Rey
1989 Nebula Awards
Best Novel: Healer’s War by Elizabeth Ann Scarborough
Best Novella: The Mountains of Mourning by Lois McMaster Bujold
Best Novelette: “At the Rialto” by Connie Willis
Best Short Story: “Ripples in the Dirac Sea” by Geoffrey Landis
1988 Nebula Awards
Best Novel: Falling Free by Lois McMaster Bujold
Best Novella: The Last of the Winnebagos by Connie Willis
Best Novelette: “Schrodinger’s Kitten” by George Alec Effinger
Best Short Story: “Bible Stories for Adults, No. 17: The Deluge” by James Morrow
Grand Master: Ray Bradbury
1987 Nebula Awards
Best Novel: The Falling Woman by Pat Murphy
Best Novella: The Blind Geometer by Kim Stanley Robinson
Best Novelette: “Rachel in Love” by Pat Murphy
Best Short Story: “Forever Yours, Anna” by Kate Wilhelm
Grand Master: Alfred Bester
1986 Nebula Awards
Best Novel: Speaker for the Dead by Orson Scott Card
Best Novella: R&R by Lucius Shepard
Best Novelette: “The Girl Who Fell Into the Sky” by Kate Wilhelm
Best Short Story: “Tangents” by Greg Bear
Grand Master: Isaac Asimov
1985 Nebula Awards
Best Novel: Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card
Best Novella: Sailing to Byzantium by Robert Silverberg
Best Novelette: “Portraits of His Children” by George R. R. Martin
Best Short Story: “Out of All Them Bright Stars” by Nancy Kress
Grand Master: Arthur C. Clarke
1984 Nebula Awards
Best Novel: Neuromancer by William Gibson
Best Novella: Press Enter by John Varley
Best Novelette: “Bloodchild” by Octavia Butler
Best Short Story: “Morning Child” by Gardner Dozois
1983 Nebula Awards
Best Novel: Startide Rising by David Brin
Best Novella: Hardfought by Greg Bear
Best Novelette: “Blood Music” by Greg Bear
Best Short Story: “The Peacemaker” by Gardner Dozois
Grand Master: Andre Norton
1982 Nebula Awards
Best Novel: No Enemy But Time by Michael Bishop
Best Novella: Another Orphan by John Kessel
Best Novelette: “Fire Watch” by Connie Willis
Best Short Story: “A Letter from the Clearys” by Connie Willis
1981 Nebula Awards
Best Novel: Claw of the Conciliator by Gene Wolfe
Best Novella: The Saturn Game by Poul Anderson
Best Novelette: “The Quickening” by Michael Bishop
Best Short Story: “The Bone Flute” by Lisa Tuttle (award declined)
1980 Nebula Awards
Best Novel: Timescape by Gregory Benford
Best Novella: The Unicorn Tapestry by Suzy McKee Charnas
Best Novelette: “The Ugly Chickens” by Howard Waldrop
Best Short Story: “Grotto of the Dancing Bear” by Clifford D. Simak
Grand Master: Fritz Leiber
1979 Nebula Awards
Best Novel: The Fountains of Paradise by Arthur C. Clarke
Best Novella: Enemy Mine by Barry Longyear
Best Novelette: “Sandkings” by George R.R. Martin
Best Short Story: “giANTS” by Edward Bryant
1978 Nebula Awards
Best Novel: Dreamsnake by Vonda N. McIntyre
Best Novella: The Per sis tence of Vision by John Varley
Best Novelette: “A Glow of Candles, a Unicorn’s Eye” by Charles L. Grant
Best Short Story: “Stone” by Edward Bryant
Grand Master: L. Sprague de Camp
1977 Nebula Awards
Best Novel: Gateway by Frederik Pohl
Best Novella: Stardance by Spider and Jeanne Robinson
Best Novelette: “The Screwfly Solution” by Raccoona Sheldon
Best Short Story: “Jeffty is Five” by Harlan Ellison
Special Award: Star Wars
1976 Nebula Awards
Best Novel: Man Plus by Frederik Pohl
Best Novella: Houston, Houston, Do You Read? by James Tiptree, Jr.
Best Novelette: “The Bicentennial Man” by Isaac Asimov
Best Short Story: “A Crowd of Shadows” by Charles L. Grant
Grand Master: Clifford D. Simak
1975 Nebula Awards
Best Novel: The Forever War by Joe Haldeman
Best Novella: Home Is the Hangman by Roger Zelazny
Best Novelette: “San Diego Lightfoot Sue” by Tom Reamy
Best Short Story: “Catch That Zeppelin!” by Fritz Leiber
Best Dramatic Writing: Mel Brooks and Gene Wilder for Young Frankenstein
Grand Master: Jack Williamson
1974 Nebula Awards
Best Novel: The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le Guin
Best Novella: Born with the Dead by Robert Silverberg
Best Novelette: “If the Stars Are Gods” by Gordon R. Eklund an
d Gregory Benford
Best Short Story: “The Day Before the Revolution” by Ursula K. Le Guin
Best Dramatic Presentation: Sleeper by Woody Allen
Grand Master: Robert A. Heinlein
1973 Nebula Awards
Best Novel: Rendezvous with Rama by Arthur C. Clarke
Best Novella: The Death of Doctor Island by Gene Wolfe
Best Novelette: “Of Mist, and Grass, and Sand” by Vonda N. McIntyre
Best Short Story: “Love is the Plan, the Plan is Death” by James Tiptree, Jr.
Best Dramatic Presentation: Soylent Green, Stanley R. Greenberg for Screenplay (based on the novel Make Room! Make Room! by Harry Harrison)
1972 Nebula Awards
Best Novel: The Gods Themselves by Isaac Asimov
Best Novella: A Meeting with Medusa by Arthur C. Clarke
Best Novelette: “Goat Song” by Poul Anderson
Best Short Story: “When it Changed” by Joanna Russ
1971 Nebula Awards
Best Novel: A Time Of Changes by Robert Silverberg
Best Novella: The Missing Man by Katherine MacLean
Best Novelette: “The Queen of Air and Darkness” by Poul Anderson
Best Short Story: “Good News from the Vatican” by Robert Silverberg
1970 Nebula Awards
Best Novel: Ringworld by Larry Niven
Best Novella: Ill Met in Lankhmar by Fritz Leiber
Best Novelette: “Slow Sculpture” by Theodore Sturgeon
Best Short Story: None
1969 Nebula Awards
Best Novel: The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin
Best Novella: A Boy and His Dog by Harlan Ellison
Best Novelette: “Time Considered as a Helix of Semi-Precious Stones” by Samuel R. Delany
Best Short Story: “Passengers” by Robert Silverberg
1968 Nebula Awards
Best Novel: Rite of Passage by Alexei Panshin
Best Novella: Dragonrider by Anne McCaffrey
Best Novelette: “Mother to the World” by Richard Wilson
Best Short Story: “The Planners” by Kate Wilhelm
1967 Nebula Awards
Best Novel: The Einstein Intersection by Samuel R. Delany
Best Novella: Behold the Man by Michael Moorcock
Best Novelette: “Gonna Roll the Bones” by Fritz Leiber
Best Short Story: “Aye, and Gormorrah” by Samuel R. Delany
1966 Nebula Awards
Best Novel: Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes and Babel-17 by Samuel Delany
Best Novella: The Last Castle by Jack Vance
Best Novelette: “Call Him Lord” by Gordon R. Dickson