Nebula Award for Best Novella
| Nebula Award for Best Novella | |
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 The Nebula Award trophy |
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| Awarded for | The best science fiction or fantasy story of between 17,500 and 40,000 words published in the prior calendar year |
| Presented by | Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America |
| First awarded | 1966 |
| Currently held by | Rachel Swirsky ("The Lady Who Plucked Red Flowers beneath the Queen’s Window") |
| 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.[1][2] The Nebula Award for Best Novella 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 novella if it is between 17,500 and 40,000 words; awards are also given out for pieces of longer lengths in the novel category, and for shorter lengths in the short story and novelette categories. The Nebula Award for Best Novella has been awarded annually since 1966. Novellas published by themselves are eligible for the novel award instead if the author requests them to be considered as such.[3]
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.[3] 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.[4]
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[edit] Winners and other nominees
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[edit] References
- ^ Flood, Allison (2009-04-28). "Ursula K Le Guin wins sixth Nebula award". The Guardian. http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2009/apr/28/ursula-k-le-guin-nebula. Retrieved 2011-12-12.
- ^ Garmon, Jay (2006-10-03). "Geek Trivia: Science-fiction double feature". TechRepublic. http://www.techrepublic.com/article/geek-trivia-science-fiction-double-feature/6122314. Retrieved 2011-12-12.
- ^ a b "Nebula Rules". Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America. October 2011. http://www.sfwa.org/nebula-awards/rules/. Retrieved 2011-12-12.
- ^ "The Locus Index to SF Awards: About the Nebula Awards". Locus. http://www.locusmag.com/SFAwards/Db/Nebula.html. Retrieved 2011-12-12.
- ^ Jones, Gerald (May 12, 1996). "Science Fiction". The New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/1996/05/12/books/science-fiction.html?pagewanted=all. Retrieved March 30, 2010.
- ^ "2005 Nebula Award winners". Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America Inc.. 2006-05-06. http://www.sfwa.org/news/2006/06nebwin.htm.
- ^ "2006 SFWA Final Nebula Awards ballot". Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America Inc.. 2007-05-07. http://www.sfwa.org/awards/2007/NebFinal2006.html.
- ^ "2007 SFWA Final Nebula Awards Ballot". Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America Inc.. http://www.sfwa.org/awards/2008/NebFinal2007.html.
- ^ Mills, Nicole (2008-04-28). "Newsmakers: Chabon takes Nebula". Austin American-Statesman. http://www.statesman.com/news/content/news/stories/nation/04/28/0428makers.html.
- ^ "2008 SFWA Final Nebula Awards Ballot". Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America Inc.. http://www.nebulaawards.com/index.php/guest_blogs/2009_nebula_award_ballot/.
- ^ "Nebula Awards 2009". Cover It Live. 2009-04-25. http://www.coveritlive.com/index.php?option=com_altcaster&task=siteviewaltcast&altcast_code=21d947440a. Retrieved 2009-04-25.
- ^ "2009 SFWA Final Nebula Awards Ballot". Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America Inc.. http://www.sfwa.org/2010/02/2009-nebula-awards-final-ballot/. Retrieved March 30, 2010.
- ^ Winners: 2009 Nebula Awards, SF Signal, accessed May 15, 2010.
- ^ http://www.sfwa.org/2011/02/2010-nebula-nominees/
[edit] External links
- Nebula Awards Homepage
- List of past winners
- "Nebula Nominees List". The Locus Index to SF Awards. Locus. http://www.locusmag.com/SFAwards/Db/NebulaNomList.html.
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