SFWA Announces Nebula Winners

The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Association (SFWA) has announced the winners of the 59th annual Nebula Awards, recognizing outstanding speculative fiction released in 2023. The awards were presented as part of the SFWA Nebula Conference, taking place both online and in Pasadena, CA over the weekend.

Winners are marked in red.

Novel

• The Saint of Bright Doors, Vajra Chandrasekera (Tordotcom)
• The Water Outlaws, S.L. Huang (Tordotcom; Solaris UK)
• Translation State, Ann Leckie (Orbit US; Orbit UK)
• The Terraformers, Annalee Newitz (Tor; Orbit UK)
• Shigidi and the Brass Head of Obalufon, Wole Talabi (DAW, Gollancz)
• Witch King, Martha Wells (Tordotcom)

Novella

• The Crane Husband,  Kelly Barnhill (Tordotcom)
• “Linghun”,  Ai Jiang (Linghun)
• Thornhedge, T. Kingfisher (Tor; Titan UK)
• Untethered Sky,  Fonda Lee (Tordotcom)
• The Mimicking of Known Successes,  Malka Older (Tordotcom)
• Mammoths at the Gates,  Nghi Vo (Tordotcom)

Novelette

• “A Short Biography of a Conscious Chair”, Renan Bernardo (Samovar 2/23)
• I Am AI, Ai Jiang (Shortwave)
• “The Year Without Sunshine”, Naomi Kritzer (Uncanny 11-12/23) 
• “Imagine: Purple-Haired Girl Shooting Down The Moon”,  Angela Liu (Clarkesworld 6/23)
• “Saturday’s Song“, Wole Talabi (Lightspeed 5/23)
• “Six Versions of My Brother Found Under the Bridge“, Eugenia Triantafyllou (Uncanny 9-10/23)

Short Story

• “Once Upon a Time at The Oakmont“, P.A. Cornell (Fantasy 10/23)
• “Tantie Merle and the Farmhand 4200“, R.S.A Garcia (Uncanny 7-8/23)
• “Window Boy“, Thomas Ha (Clarkesworld 8/23)
• “The Sound of Children Screaming”,  Rachael K. Jones (Nightmare 10/23)
• “Better Living Through Algorithms”, Naomi Kritzer (Clarkesworld 5/23)
• “Bad Doors”, John Wiswell (Uncanny 1-2/23)

Andre Norton Nebula Award for Middle Grade and Young Adult Fiction

• To Shape a Dragon’s Breath, Moniquill Blackgoose (Del Rey) 
• The Inn at the Amethyst Lantern, J. Dianne Dotson (Android)
• Liberty’s Daughter, Naomi Kritzer (Fairwood) 
• The Ghost Job, Greg van Eekhout (Harper)

Game Writing

• The Bread Must Rise, Stewart C Baker, James Beamon (Choice of Games)
• Alan Wake II, Sam Lake, Clay Murphy, Tyler Burton Smith, Sinikka Annala (Remedy Entertainment, Epic Games Publishing)
• Ninefox Gambit: Machineries of Empire Roleplaying Game, Yoon Ha Lee, Marie Brennan(Android)
• Dredge, Joel Mason (Black Salt Games, Team 17)
• Chants of Sennaar, Julien Moya, Thomas Panuel (Rundisc, Focus Entertainment)
• Baldur’s Gate 3, Adam Smith, Adrienne Law, Baudelaire Welch, Chrystal Ding, Ella McConnell, Ine Van Hamme, Jan Van Dosselaer, John Corocran, Kevin VanOrd, Lawrence Schick, Martin Docherty, Rachel Quirke, Ruairí Moore, Sarah Baylus, Stephen Rooney, Swen Vincke (Larian Studios) 

Ray Bradbury Nebula Award for Outstanding Dramatic Presentation

• Nimona, Robert L. Baird, Lloyd Taylor, Pamela Ribon, Marc Haimes, Nick Bruno, Troy Quane, Keith Bunin, Nate Stevenson (Annapurna Animation, Annapurna Pictures)
• The Last of Us: “Long, Long Time”, Neil Druckmann and Craig Mazin (HBOMax)
• Barbie, Greta Gerwig, Noah Baumbach (Warner Bros., Heyday Films, LuckyChap Entertainment)
• Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves, Jonathan Goldstein, John Francis Daley, Michael Gilio, Chris McKay (Paramount Pictures, Entertainment One, Allspark Pictures)
• Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, Phil Lord, Christopher Miller, Dave Callaham (Columbia Pictures, Marvel Entertainment, Avi Arad Productions)
• The Boy and the Heron,  Hayao Miyazaki (Studio Ghibli, Toho Company)

Winners are determined by the vote of Full, Associate, and Senior members of SFWA.

 

Additional awards were presented by SFWA during the evening’s presentation:

SFWA Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master Award – Susan Mary Cooper

SFWA Infinity Award – Tanith Lee

Kate Wilhelm Solstice Award – Jennell Jaquays

Kevin O’Donnell, Jr. Service to SFWA Award – James Hosek