Nebula Award Winners Announced by SFWA
The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America have announced the winners for the 2015 Nebula Awards for works published in 2015.
The SFWA, founded by writer Damon Knight in 1965, presents the awards as part of the annual Nebula Conference, which was held over the weekend at the Palmer House Hilton in Chicago. The SFWA is an organization for published authors and industry professionals in the fields of science fiction, fantasy, and related genres.
In addition to the Nebulas, the SFWA also runs the Writer Beware web site and offers grants and legal assistance for members.
Nebula Awards
Novel Winner: Uprooted, Naomi Novik (Del Rey)
Other nominees:
Raising Caine, Charles E. Gannon (Baen)
The Fifth Season, N.K. Jemisin (Orbit US; Orbit UK)
Ancillary Mercy, Ann Leckie (Orbit US; Orbit UK)
The Grace of Kings, Ken Liu (Saga)
Barsk: The Elephants’ Graveyard, Lawrence M. Schoen (Tor)
Updraft, Fran Wilde (Tor)
Novella Winner: Binti, Nnedi Okorafor (Tor.com)
Other nominees:
Wings of Sorrow and Bone, Beth Cato (Harper Voyager Impulse)
“The Bone Swans of Amandale,” C.S.E. Cooney (Bone Swans)
“The New Mother,” Eugene Fischer (Asimov’s 4-5/15)
“The Pauper Prince and the Eucalyptus Jinn,” Usman T. Malik (Tor.com 4/22/15)
“Waters of Versailles,” Kelly Robson (Tor.com 6/10/15)
Novelette Winner: “Our Lady of the Open Road,” Sarah Pinsker (Asimov’s 6/15)
Other nominees:
“Rattlesnakes and Men,” Michael Bishop (Asimov’s 2/15)
“And You Shall Know Her by the Trail of Dead,” Brooke Bolander (Lightspeed 2/15)
“Grandmother-nai-Leylit’s Cloth of Winds,” Rose Lemberg (Beneath Ceaseless Skies 6/11/15)
“The Ladies’ Aquatic Gardening Society,” Henry Lien (Asimov’s 6/15)
“The Deepwater Bride,” Tamsyn Muir (F&SF 7-8/15)
Short Story Winner: “Hungry Daughters of Starving Mothers,” Alyssa Wong (Nightmare 10/15)
Other nominees:
“Madeleine,” Amal El-Mohtar (Lightspeed 6/15)
“Cat Pictures Please,” Naomi Kritzer (Clarkesworld 1/15)
“Damage,” David D. Levine (Tor.com 1/21/15)
“When Your Child Strays From God,” Sam J. Miller (Clarkesworld 7/15)
“Today I Am Paul,” Martin L. Shoemaker (Clarkesworld 8/15)
Ray Bradbury Award for Outstanding Dramatic PresentationWinner: Mad Max: Fury Road, Written by George Miller, Brendan McCarthy, Nick Lathouris
Other nominees:
Ex Machina, Written by Alex Garland
Inside Out, Screenplay by Pete Docter, Meg LeFauve, Josh Cooley; Original Story by Pete Docter, Ronnie del Carmen
Jessica Jones: AKA Smile, Teleplay by Scott Reynolds & Melissa Rosenberg; Story by Jamie King & Scott Reynolds
The Martian, Screenplay by Drew Goddard
Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Written by Lawrence Kasdan & J.J. Abrams and Michael Arndt
Andre Norton Award for Young Adult Science Fiction and Fantasy Winner: Updraft, Fran Wilde (Tor)
Other nominees:
Seriously Wicked, Tina Connolly (Tor Teen)
Court of Fives, Kate Elliott (Little, Brown)
Cuckoo Song, Frances Hardinge (Macmillan UK 5/14; Amulet)
Archivist Wasp, Nicole Kornher-Stace (Big Mouth House)
Zeroboxer, Fonda Lee (Flux)
Shadowshaper, Daniel José Older (Levine)
Bone Gap, Laura Ruby (Balzer + Bray)
Nimona, Noelle Stevenson (HarperTeen)
The Nebula Awards are voted on, and presented by, active members of SFWA.
