Nebula Award Winners Announced
In a ceremony broadcast online the evening of Saturday, May 30, the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America announced the winners of the 55th Annual SFWA Nebula Awards.
Toastmaster Aydrea Walden hosted the event, which went virtual in the wake of the pandemic quarantine. Science fiction and fantasy authors and editors presented the awards via remote connection from various locations.
Winners are marked in red.
Best Novel
- A Song for a New Day by Sarah Pinsker
- Marque of Caine by Charles E. Gannon,
- The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E. Harrow
- A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine
- Gods of Jade and Shadow by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
- Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir
Best Novella
- Anxiety Is the Dizziness of Freedom by Ted Chiang
- The Haunting of Tram Car 015 by P. Djèlí Clark
- This Is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone
- Her Silhouette, Drawn in Water by Vylar Kaftan
- The Deep by Rivers Solomon, Daveed Diggs, William Hutson, and Jonathan Snipes
- Catfish Lullaby by A C Wise
Best Novelette
- “The Blur in the Corner of Your Eye” by Sarah Pinsker
- “A Strange Uncertain Light” by G. V. Anderson
- “For He Can Creep” by Siobhan Carroll
- “His Footsteps, Through Darkness and Light” by Mimi Mondal
- “Carpe Glitter” by Cat Rambo
- “The Archronology of Love” by Caroline M. Yoachim
Best Novelette
- The Blur in the Corner of Your Eye by Sarah Pinsker
- A Strange Uncertain Light by G. V. Anderson
- For He Can Creep by Siobhan Carroll
- His Footsteps, Through Darkness and Light by Mimi Mondal
- Carpe Glitter by Cat Rambo
- The Archronology of Love by Caroline M. Yoachim
Best Short Story
- “And Now His Lordship Is Laughing” by Shiv Ramdas
- “Give the Family My Love” by A. T. Greenblatt
- “The Dead, In Their Uncontrollable Power” by Karen Osborne
- “Ten Excerpts from an Annotated Bibliography on the Cannibal Women of Ratnabar Island” by Nibedita Sen
- “How the Trick Is Done” by A C Wise
- “A Catalog of Storms” by Fran Wilde
Ray Bradbury Nebula Award for Outstanding Dramatic Presentation
- Captain Marvel written by Anna Boden, Ryan Fleck, and Geneva Robertson-Dworet (Marvel Studios)
- The Mandalorian: “The Child”, Jon Favreau (Disney+) written by Jon Favreau (Disney+)
- Good Omens: “Hard Times” written by Neil Gaiman (Amazon Studios and BBC Studios)
- Watchmen: “A God Walks into Abar” written by Jeff Jensen and Damon Lindelof (HBO)
- Avengers: Endgame written by Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely (Marvel Studios)
- Russian Doll: “The Way Out” written by Allison Silverman and Leslye Headland (Netflix)
Andre Norton Nebula Award for Middle Grade and Young Adult Fiction
- Cog by Greg van Eekhout, published by HarperCollins
- Sal and Gabi Break the Universe by Carlos Hernandez
- Catfishing on CatNet by Naomi Kritzer
- Dragon Pearl by Yoon Ha Lee
- Peasprout Chen: Battle of Champions by Henry Lien
- Riverland by Fran Wilde
Best Game Writing
- Outer Wilds by Kelsey Beachum, published by Mobius Digital
- The Outer Worlds by Leonard Boyarsky, Kate Dollarhyde, Paul Kirsch, Chris L’Etoile, Daniel McPhee, Carrie Patel, Nitai Poddar, Marc Soskin, and Megan Starks
- The Magician’s Workshop by Kate Heartfield
- Disco Elysium by Robert Kurvitz
- Fate Accessibility Toolkit by Elsa Sjunneson-Henry, Jess Banks, Laurel Bell, C.D. “Casey” Casas, Lillian Cohen-Moore, Brian Engard, Philippe-Antoine Ménard, Clark Valentine, Mysty Vander, and Zeph Wibby
LIVE FROM THE BUNKER: An Interview with Lois McMaster Bujold
In addition to the Nebulas, the SFWA officially presented the Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master Award to Lois McMaster Bujold. The Kate Wilhelm Solstice Award was presented to John Picacio and David Gaughran, and the Kevin J. O’Donnell Jr. Service to SFWA Award went to Julia Rios.
Presenters included Sam Weller, Sarah Pinsker, Rebecca Roanhorse, Lillian Stewart Carl, Greg Bear, George R.R. Martin, Jeffe Kennedy, LeVar Burton, Sarah Gailey, Whitney “Strix” Beltrán, and Charlie Jane Anders. Ambassador Carol Moseley Braun also addressed the online ceremony.
