Nebula Award for Best Novelette

Nebula Award for Best Novelette
The Nebula Award trophy
Awarded for	The best science fiction or fantasy story of between 7,500 and 17,500 words published in the prior calendar year
Presented by	Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America
First awarded	1966
Currently held by	Eric James Stone ("That Leviathan, Whom Thou Hast Made")
Official website	sfwa.org/nebula-awards/

The Nebula Awards are given each year by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA) for the best science fiction or fantasy fiction published in the United States during the previous year. The award has been described as one of "the most important of the American science fiction awards" and "the science-fiction and fantasy equivalent" of the Emmy Awards. The Nebula Award for Best Novelette is given each year for science fiction or fantasy novellas published in English or translated into English and released in the United States or on the internet during the previous calendar year. A work of fiction is defined by the organization as a novelette if it is between 7,500 and 17,500 words; awards are also given out for pieces of longer lengths in the novel and novellacategories, and for shorter lengths in the short story category. The Nebula Award for Best Novelette has been awarded annually since 1966.

Nebula Award nominees and winners are chosen by members of the SFWA, though the authors of the nominees do not need to be a member. Works are nominated each year between November 15 and February 15 by published authors who are members of the organization, and the six works that receive the most nominations then form the final ballot. Members may then vote on the ballot throughout March, and the final results are presented at the Nebula Awards ceremony in May. Authors are not permitted to nominate their own works, and ties in the final vote are broken, if possible, by the number of nominations the works received. Beginning with the 2009 awards, the rules were changed to the current format. Prior to then, the eligibility period for nominations was defined as one year after the publication date of the work, which allowed the possibility for works to be nominated in the calendar year after their publication and then reach the final ballot in the calendar year after that. Works were added to a preliminary ballot for the year if they had ten or more nominations, which were then voted on to create a final ballot, to which the SFWA organizing panel was also allowed to add an additional work.

Winners and other nominees

Winners of the Nebula Award for best Novelette. The stated year is that of publication; awards are given in the following year. Winning titles are listed first, with other nominees listed below.

Year	Winner	Other nominees
1965	The Doors of His Face, The Lamps of His Mouth by Roger Zelazny	The Shipwrecked Hotel by James Blish & Norman L. Knight Vanishing Point by Jonathan Brand 102 H-Bombs by Thomas M. Disch Half a Loaf by R. C. Fitzpatrick The Decision Makers by Joseph Green At the Institute by Norman Kagan The Earth Merchants by Norman Kagan Laugh Along with Franz by Norman Kagan The Life of Your Time by Michael Karageorge Four Ghosts In Hamlet by Fritz Leiber Small One by E. Clayton McCarty The Adventure of the Extraterrestrial by Mack Reynolds Masque of the Red Shift by Fred Saberhagen Goblin Night by James H. Schmitz Planet of Forgetting by James H. Schmitz Maiden Voyage by J. W. Schutz Shall We Have a Little Talk? by Robert Sheckley The Masculinist Revolt by William Tenn
1966	Call Him Lord by Gordon R. Dickson	Apology to Inky by Robert M. Green, Jr. An Ornament to His Profession by Charles L. Harness The Eskimo Invasion by Hayden Howard This Moment of the Storm by Roger Zelazny
1967	Gonna Roll the Bones by Fritz Leiber	Pretty Maggie Moneyeyes by Harlan Ellison Flatlander by Larry Niven The Keys to December by Roger Zelazny This Mortal Mountain by Roger Zelazny
1968	Mother to the World by Richard Wilson	Total Environment by Brian W. Aldiss The Sharing of Flesh by Poul Anderson The Listeners by James Gunn The Guerrilla Trees by H. H. Hollis Once There Was a Giant by Keith Laumer Final War by Barry N. Malzberg
1969	Time Considered as a Helix of Semi-Precious Stones by Samuel R. Delany	Deeper than the Darkness by Gregory Benford Nine Lives by Ursula K. Le Guin The Big Flash by Norman Spinrad
1970	Slow Sculpture by Theodore Sturgeon	The Asian Shore by Thomas M. Disch Dear Aunt Annie by Gordon Eklund The Shaker Revival by Gerald Jonas Continued on Next Rock by R. A. Lafferty The Second Inquisition by Joanna Russ
1971	The Queen of Air and Darkness by Poul Anderson	A Special Kind of Morning by Gardner Dozois Mount Charity by Edgar Pangborn Poor Man, Beggar Man by Joanna Russ The Encounter by Kate Wilhelm
1972	Goat Song by Poul Anderson	The Animal Fair by Alfred Bester A Kingdom by the Sea by Gardner Dozois Basilisk by Harlan Ellison In the Deadlands by David Gerrold Patron of the Arts by William Rotsler The Funeral by Kate Wilhelm
1973	Of Mist, and Grass, and Sand by Vonda N. McIntyre	The Deathbird by Harlan Ellison Case and the Dreamer by Theodore Sturgeon The Girl Who Was Plugged In by James Tiptree, Jr.
1974	If the Stars Are Gods by Gordon Eklund & Gregory Benford	The Rest Is Silence by Charles L. Grant Twilla by Tom Reamy
1975	San Diego Lightfoot Sue by Tom Reamy	The Warlord of Saturn's Moons by Eleanor Arnason Blooded on Arachne by Michael Bishop The Custodians by Richard Cowper The Dybbuk Dolls by Jack Dann Polly Charms, the Sleeping Woman by Avram Davidson The Final Fighting of Fion Mac Cumhail by Randall Garrett The New Atlantis by Ursula K. Le Guin A Galaxy Called Rome by Barry N. Malzberg The Bleeding Man by Craig Strete Retrograde Summer by John Varley
1976	The Bicentennial Man by Isaac Asimov	His Hour Upon the Stage by Grant Carrington Custer's Last Jump by Steven Utley & Howard Waldrop In the Bowl by John Varley
1977	The Screwfly Solution by Racoona Sheldon, alias of Alice Sheldon	Particle Theory by Edward Bryant A Rite of Spring by Fritz Leiber The Stone City by George R. R. Martin The Ninth Symphony of Ludwig van Beethoven and Other Lost Songs by Carter Scholz
1978	A Glow of Candles, a Unicorn's Eye by Charles L. Grant	Mikal's Songbird by Orson Scott Card Devil You Don't Know by Dean Ing
1979	Sandkings by George R. R. Martin	The Ways of Love by Poul Anderson Camps by Jack Dann The Pathways of Desire by Ursula K. Le Guin The Angel of Death by Michael Shea Options by John Varley
1980	The Ugly Chickens by Howard Waldrop	Strata by Edward Bryant The Way Station by Stephen King The Feast of Saint Janis by Michael Swanwick Ginungagap by Michael Swanwick Beatnik Bayou by John Varley
1981	The Quickening by Michael Bishop	Sea Changeling by Mildred Downey Broxon The Thermals of August by Edward Bryant The Fire When It Comes by Parke Godwin Mummer Kiss by Michael Swanwick Lirios: A Tale of the Quintana Roo by James Tiptree, Jr.
1982	Fire Watch by Connie Willis	Myths of the Near Future by J. G. Ballard Understanding Human Behavior by Thomas M. Disch Burning Chrome by William Gibson The Mystery of the Young Gentleman by Joanna Russ Swarm by Bruce Sterling
1983	Blood Music by Greg Bear	Blind Shemmy by Jack Dann The Monkey Treatment by George R. R. Martin Black Air by Kim Stanley Robinson Cicada Queen by Bruce Sterling Slow Birds by Ian Watson The Sidon in the Mirror by Connie Willis
1984	Bloodchild by Octavia E. Butler	Bad Medicine by Jack Dann Saint Theresa of the Aliens by James Patrick Kelly The Lucky Strike by Kim Stanley Robinson The Man Who Painted the Dragon Griaule by Lucius Shepard Trojan Horse by Michael Swanwick
1985	Portraits of His Children by George R. R. Martin	A Gift from the GrayLanders by Michael Bishop The Fringe by Orson Scott Card Paladin of the Lost Hour by Harlan Ellison Dogfight by Michael Swanwick & William Gibson The Jaguar Hunter by Lucius Shepard Rockabye Baby by S. C. Sykes
1986	The Girl Who Fell into the Sky by Kate Wilhelm	Hatrack River by Orson Scott Card Listening to Brahms by Suzy McKee Charnas The Winter Market by William Gibson Surviving by Judith Moffett Aymara by Lucius Shepard Permafrost by Roger Zelazny
1987	Rachel in Love by Pat Murphy	The Evening and the Morning and the Night by Octavia E. Butler Buffalo Gals, Won't You Come Out Tonight by Ursula K. Le Guin Dream Baby by Bruce McAllister Flowers of Edo by Bruce Sterling Schwarzschild Radius by Connie Willis
1988	Schrödinger's Kitten by George Alec Effinger	Ginny Sweethips' Flying Circus by Neal Barrett, Jr. Peaches for Mad Molly by Steven Gould Unfinished Portrait of the King of Pain by Van Gogh by Ian McDonald The Hob by Judith Moffett Kirinyaga by Mike Resnick Do Ya, Do Ya, Wanna Dance? by Howard Waldrop
1989	At the Rialto by Connie Willis	Sisters by Greg Bear Silver Lady and the Fortyish Man by Megan Lindholm For I Have Touched the Sky by Mike Resnick Fast Cars by Kristine Kathryn Rusch Enter a Soldier. Later: Enter Another by Robert Silverberg
1990	Tower of Babylon by Ted Chiang	The Coon Rolled Down and Ruptured His Larinks, A Squeezed Novel by Mr. Skunk by Dafydd ab Hugh The Shobies' Story by Ursula K. Le Guin 1/72nd Scale by Ian R. MacLeod The Manamouki by Mike Resnick A Time for Every Purpose by Kristine Kathryn Rusch Loose Cannon by Susan Shwartz Over the Long Haul by Martha Soukup
1991	Guide Dog by Michael Conner	Gate of Faces by Ray Aldridge Black Glass by Karen Joy Fowler The All-Consuming by Lucius Shepard & Robert Frazier Standing In Line with Mister Jimmy by James Patrick Kelly The Happy Man by Jonathan Lethem Getting Real by Susan Shwartz
1992	Danny Goes to Mars by Pamela Sargent	Matter's End by Gregory Benford The July Ward by S. N. Dyer The Honeycrafters by Carolyn Ives Gilman Suppose They Gave a Peace... by Susan Shwartz Prayers on the Wind by Walter Jon Williams
1993	Georgia on My Mind by Charles Sheffield	England Underway by Terry Bisson The Nutcracker Coup by Janet Kagan The Franchise by John Kessel Things Not Seen by Martha Soukup Death on the Nile by Connie Willis
1994	The Martian Child by David Gerrold	Necronauts (story) by Terry Bisson The Skeleton Key (story) by Nina Kiriki Hoffman The Singular Habits of Wasps by Geoffrey A. Landis The Matter of Seggri by Ursula K. Le Guin Nekropolis by Maureen F. McHugh
1995	Solitude by Ursula K. Le Guin	The Resurrection Man's Legacy by Dale Bailey Tea and Hamsters by Michael G. Coney Jesus at the Bat by Esther M. Friesner Home for Christmas by Nina Kiriki Hoffman Think Like a Dinosaur by James Patrick Kelly When the Old Gods Die by Mike Resnick
1996	Lifeboat on a Burning Sea by Bruce Holland Rogers	Erase/Record/Play by John M. Ford Mirror of Lop Nor by George Guthridge The Chronology Protection Case by Paul Levinson Must and Shall by Harry Turtledove The Perseids by Robert Charles Wilson After a Lean Winter by Dave Wolverton
1997	The Flowers of Aulit Prison by Nancy Kress	The Dog's Story by Eleanor Arnason Three Hearings on the Existence of Snakes in the Human Bloodstream by James Alan Gardner We Will Drink a Fish Together... by Bill Johnson The Miracle of Ivar Avenue by John Kessel The Copyright Notice Case by Paul Levinson The Undiscovered by William Sanders
1998	Lost Girls by Jane Yolen	The Truest Chill by Gregory Feeley Time Gypsy by Ellen Klages The Mercy Gate by Mark J. McGarry Echea by Kristine Kathryn Rusch Lethe by Walter Jon Williams
1999	Mars Is No Place for Children by Mary A. Turzillo	The Island in the Lake by Phyllis Eisenstein How to Make Unicorn Pie by Esther M. Friesner Five Days in April by Brian A. Hopkins Good Intentions by Stanley Schmidt & Jack McDevitt Taklamakan by Bruce Sterling
2000	Daddy's World by Walter Jon Williams	Stellar Harvest by Eleanor Arnason A Knight of Ghosts and Shadows by Gardner Dozois Jack Daw's Pack by Greer Ilene Gilman A Day's Work on the Moon by Mike Moscoe How the Highland People Came to Be by Bruce Holland Rogers Generation Gap by Stanley Schmidt
2001	Louise's Ghost by Kelly Link	To Kiss the Star by Amy Sterling Casil The Pottawatomie Giant by Andy Duncan Undone by James Patrick Kelly Auspicious Eggs by James Morrow Dance of the Yellow-Breasted Luddites by William Shunn
2002	Hell is the Absence of God by Ted Chiang	The Pagodas of Ciboure by M. Shayne Bell The Ferryman's Wife by Richard Bowes Madonna of the Maquiladora by Gregory Frost The Days Between by Allen Steele Lobsters by Charles Stross
2003	The Empire of Ice Cream by Jeffrey Ford	The Mask of the Rex by Richard Bowes Of a Sweet Slow Dance in the Wake of Temporary Dogs by Adam-Troy Castro 0wnz0red by Cory Doctorow The Wages of Syntax by Ray Vukcevich
2004	Basement Magic by Ellen Klages	Zora and the Zombie by Andy Duncan The Voluntary State by Christopher Rowe Dry Bones by William Sanders The Gladiator's War: A Dialogue by Lois Tilton
2005	The Faery Handbag by Kelly Link	Flat Diane by Daniel Abraham Men Are Trouble by James Patrick Kelly Nirvana High by Eileen Gunn and Leslie What The People of Sand and Slag by Paolo Bacigalupi
2006	Two Hearts by Peter S. Beagle	The Language of Moths by Christopher Barzak Walpurgis Afternoon by Delia Sherman Journey into the Kingdom by M. Rickert Little Faces by Vonda N. McIntyre
2007	The Merchant and the Alchemist's Gate by Ted Chiang	The Children's Crusade by Robin Wayne Bailey Child, Maiden, Woman, Crone by Terry Bramlett The Evolution of Trickster Stories Among the Dogs Of North Park After the Change by Kij Johnson Safeguard by Nancy Kress The Fiddler of Bayou Teche by Delia Sherman
2008	Pride and Prometheus by John Kessel	If Angels Fight by Richard Bowes The Ray-Gun: A Love Story by James Alan Gardner Dark Rooms by Lisa Goldstein Night Wind by Mary Rosenblum Baby Doll by Johanna Sinisalo, translated by David Hackston Kaleidoscope by K.D. Wentworth
2009	"Sinner, Baker, Fabulist, Priest; Red Mask, Black Mask, Gentleman, Beast" by Eugie Foster	"The Gambler" by Paolo Bacigalupi "Vinegar Peace, or the Wrong-Way Used-Adult Orphanage" by Michael Bishop "I Needs Must Part, The Policeman Said" by Richard Bowes "Divining Light" by Ted Kosmatka "A Memory of Wind" by Rachel Swirsky
2010	"That Leviathan, Whom Thou Hast Made" by Eric James Stone	"Map of Seventeen" by Christopher Barzak "The Jaguar House, in Shadow" by Aliette de Bodard "The Fortuitous Meeting of Gerard van Oost and Oludara" by Christopher Kastensmidt "Plus or Minus" by James Patrick Kelly "Pishaach" by Shweta Narayan "Stone Wall Truth" by Caroline M. Yoachim

See also

• Hugo Award for Best Novelette

External links

• Nebula Awards Homepage
• List of past winners
• Locusmag.com