Finalists for 2025 Nebula Awards for novel, novella, novelette and short story

The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Association (SFWA) announced the finalists for the 60th Annual Nebula Awards. This year's awards recognises works published in 2024. The Nebula Awards will be presented in a ceremony on Saturday, June 7, 2025.

FINALISTS:

NOVEL
Sleeping Worlds Have No Memory, Yaroslav Barsukov (Caezik SF & Fantasy)
Rakesfall, Vajra Chandrasekera (Tordotcom)
Asunder, Kerstin Hall (Tordotcom)
A Sorceress Comes to Call, T. Kingfisher (Tor; Titan UK)
The Book of Love, Kelly Link (Random House; Ad Astra UK)
Someone You Can Build a Nest In, John Wiswell (DAW; Arcadia UK)

NOVELLA
The Butcher of the Forest, Premee Mohamed (Tordotcom)
The Tusks of Extinction, Ray Nayler (Tordotcom)
Lost Ark Dreaming, Suyi Davies Okungbowa (Tordotcom)
Countess, Suzan Palumbo (ECW)
The Practice, the Horizon, and the Chain, Sofia Samatar (Tordotcom)
The Dragonfly Gambit, A.D. Sui (Neon Hemlock)

NOVELETTE
"The Brotherhood of Montague St. Video", Thomas Ha (Clarkesworld 5/24)
"Katya Vasilievna and the Second Drowning of Baba Rechka", Christine Hanolsy (Beneath Ceaseless Skies 4/18/24)
"Another Girl Under the Iron Bell", Angela Liu (Uncanny 9-10/24)
"What Any Dead Thing Wants", Aimee Ogden (Psychopomp 2/24)
"Negative Scholarship on the Fifth State of Being", A.W. Prihandita (Clarkesworld 11/24)
"Joanna’s Bodies", Eugenia Triantafyllou (Psychopomp 7/1/24)
"Loneliness Universe", Eugenia Triantafyllou (Uncanny 5-6/24)

SHORT STORY
"The Witch Trap", Jennifer Hudak (Lady Churchill’s Rosebud Wristlet 9/24)
"Five Views of the Planet Tartarus", Rachael K. Jones (Lightspeed 1/24)
"Why Don’t We Just Kill the Kid in the Omelas Hole", Isabel J. Kim (Clarkesworld 2/24)
"Evan: A Remainder", Jordan Kurella (Reactor 1/31/24)
"The V*mpire", PH Lee (Reactor 10/23/24)
"We Will Teach You How to Read | We Will Teach You How to Read", Caroline M. Yoachim (Lightspeed 5/24)

Finalists for 2025 Philip K. Dick Award

Finalists for this year’s Philip K. Dick Award, for best original science fiction paperback published in the US in 2024, have been announced. Winners will be announced at Norwescon 47 on April 18, 2025, in SeaTac WA.

Alien Clay, Adrian Tchaikovsky (Orbit US)

City of Dancing Gargoyles, Tara Campbell (Santa Fe Writers Project)

The Practice, the Horizon, and the Chain, Sofia Samatar (Tordotcom)

Time's Agent, Brenda Peynado (Tordotcom)

Triangulum, Subodhana Wijeyeratne (Rosarium)

Your Utopia: Stories, Bora Chung, translated by Anton Hur (Algonquin)

2024 Hugo Awards for best novel, best novella, best novelette and best short story

The 2024 Hugo Awards were presented at Glasgow 2024, The 82th World Science Fiction Convention, in Glasgow, Scotland on August 11, 2024

These are only a few of the many award categories, these are the written fiction categories for works published in the eligibilty year of 2023.


NOVEL
Some Desperate Glory, Emily Tesh (Tordotcom; Orbit UK)

NOVELLA
Thornhedge, T. Kingfisher (Tor; Titan UK)

NOVELETTE
"The Year Without Sunshine", Naomi Kritzer (Uncanny Nov/Dec 2023)

SHORT STORY
"Better Living Through Algorithms", Naomi Kritzer (Clarkesworld May 2023)

Winners of 2024 Nebula Awards for novel, novella, novelette and short story

The 2024 Nebula Awards were presented by The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Association (SFWA) at the Westin Pasadena and online on Saturday, June 8, 2024



BEST NOVEL
The Saint of Bright Doors by Vajra Chandrasekera, published by Tordotcom

BEST NOVELLA
"Linghun" by Ai Jiang, published by Dark Matter Ink

BEST NOVELETTE
"The Year Without Sunshine” by Naomi Kritzer, published by Uncanny

BEST SHORT STORY
"Tantie Merle and the Farmhand 4200" by R. S. A. Garcia, published by Uncanny

Finalists for 2024 Hugo Awards for best novel, best novella, best novelette and best short story

Finalists for the 2024 Hugo Awards were announced in late March 2024. The winners will be announced at Glasgow 2024, the 82nd World Science Fiction Convention, in August 2024.

NOVEL
The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi, Shannon Chakraborty, (Harper Voyager)
The Saint of Bright Doors, Vajra Chandrasekera (Tordotcom)
Some Desperate Glory, Emily Tesh, (Tordotcom, Orbit)
Starter Villain, John Scalzi (Tor, Tor UK)
Translation State, Ann Leckie (Orbit US, Orbit UK)
Witch King, Martha Wells (Tordotcom)

NOVELLA
"Life Does Not Allow Us to Meet", He Xi (Adventures in Space)
Mammoths at the Gate, Nghi Vo (Tordotcom)
The Mimicking of Known Successes, Malka Older (Tordotcom)
Rose/House, Arkady Martine (Subterranean)
"Seeds of Mercury", Wang Jinkang (Adventures in Space)
Thornhedge, T. Kingfisher (Tor, Titan UK)

NOVELETTE
I AM AI, Ai Jiang (Shortwave)
"Introduction to 2181 Overture, Second Edition", Gu Shi (Clarkesworld Feb 2023)
"Ivy, Angelica, Bay", C. L. Polk (Tor.com 8 Dec 2023)
"On the Fox Roads", Nghi Vo (Tor.com 31 Oct 2023)
"One Man's Treasure", Sarah Pinsker (Uncanny Jan/Feb 2023)
"The Year Without Sunshine", Naomi Kritzer (Uncanny Nov/Dec 2023)

SHORT STORY
"Answerless Journey", Han Song, (Adventures in Space)
"Better Living Through Algorithms", Naomi Kritzer (Clarkesworld May 2023)
"How to Raise a Kraken in Your Bathtub", P. Djèlí Clark (Uncanny Jan/Feb 2023)
"The Mausoleum's Children", Aliette de Bodard (Uncanny May/Jun 2023)
"The Sound of Children Screaming", Rachael K. Jones (Nightmare Oct 2023)
"Tasting the Future Delicacy Three Times", Baoshu (Galaxy's Edge Vol.13)

Finalists for 2024 Nebula Awards for novel, novella, novelette and short story

Finalists for the 59th Nebula Awards, which recognizes works published in 2023. The Nebula Awards were presented at the 2024 Nebula Conference Online at the Westin Pasadena and online on Saturday, June 8, 2024.

FINALISTS:

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

NOVELLA
The Crane Husband, Kelly Barnhill (Tordotcom)
“Linghun”, Ai Jiang (Linghun)
Thornhedge, T. Kingfisher (Tor and 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 Feb 2023)
I am AI, Ai Jiang, (Shortwave)
“The Year Without Sunshine”, Naomi Kritzer (Uncanny Nov/Dec 2023)
“Imagine Purple-Haired Girl Shooting Down the Moon”, Angela Liu (Clarkesworld Jun 2023)
“Saturday’s Song”, Wole Talabi (Lightspeed May 2023)
“Six Versions of My Brother Found Under the Bridge”, Eugenia Triantafyllou (Uncanny Sep/Oct 2023)

SHORT STORY
“Once Upon a Time at The Oakmont”, P. A. Cornell (Fantasy Oct 2023)
“Tantie Merle and the Farmhand 4200”, R. S. A. Garcia (Uncanny Jul/Aug 2023)
“Window Boy”, Thomas Ha (Clarkesworld Aug 2023)
“The Sound of Children Screaming”, Rachael K. Jones (Nightmare Oct 2023)
“Better Living Through Algorithms”, Naomi Kritzer (Clarkesworld May 2023)
“Bad Doors”, John Wiswell (Uncanny Jan/Feb 2023)

2023 Hugo Awards for best novel, best novella, best novelette and best short story

The 2023 Hugo Awards were presented at 2023 Chengdu, The 81th World Science Fiction Convention, in Chengdu, China, on October 21, 2023

These are only a few of the many award categories, these are the written fiction categories for works published in the eligibilty year of 2022.


NOVEL
Nettle & Bone, T. Kingfisher (Tor; Titan UK)

NOVELLA
Where the Drowned Girls Go, Seanan McGuire (Tordotcom)

NOVELETTE
"The Space-Time Painter", Hai Ya (Galaxy's Edge Apr 2022)

SHORT STORY
"Rabbit Test", Samantha Mills (Uncanny Nov/Dec 2022)

Winners of 2023 Nebula Awards for novel, novella, novelette and short story

The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Association (SFWA) announced the winners of the 58th Annual Nebula Awards at the 2023 Nebula Conference. The winners were announced May 14, 2023

BEST NOVEL
Babel, R.F. Kuang (Harper Voyager US; Harper Voyager UK)

BEST NOVELLA
Even Though I Knew the End, C.L. Polk (Tordotcom)

BEST NOVELETTE
“If You Find Yourself Speaking to God, Address God with the Informal You”, John Chu (Uncanny 7–8/22)

BEST SHORT STORY
“Rabbit Test”, Samantha Mills (Uncanny 11–12/22)

Finalists for 2023 Nebula Awards for novel, novella, novelette and short story

The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Association (SFWA) has released the finalists for the 2023 Nebula Awards, which recognizes works published in 2022. Winners will be announced at the 58th Annual Nebula Awards ceremony and online on Sunday, May 14, 2023.

NOVEL
Legends & Lattes, Travis Baldree (Cryptid; Tor)
Spear, Nicola Griffith (Tordotcom)
Nettle & Bone, T. Kingfisher (Tor; Titan UK)
Babel, R.F. Kuang (Harper Voyager US; Harper Voyager UK)
Nona the Ninth, Tamsyn Muir (Tordotcom)
The Mountain in the Sea, Ray Nayler (MCD; Weidenfeld & Nicolson)

NOVELLA
A Prayer for the Crown-Shy, Becky Chambers (Tordotcom)
“Bishop’s Opening“, R.S.A Garcia (Clarkesworld 1/22)
I Never Liked You Anyway, Jordan Kurella (Vernacular)
Even Though I Knew the End, C.L. Polk (Tordotcom)
High Times in the Low Parliament, Kelly Robson (Tordotcom)

NOVELETTE
“If You Find Yourself Speaking to God, Address God with the Informal You“, John Chu (Uncanny 7-8/22)
“Two Hands, Wrapped in Gold“, S.B. Divya (Uncanny 5-6/22)
“Murder by Pixel: Crime and Responsibility in the Digital Darkness“, S.L. Huang (Clarkesworld 12/22)
“A Dream of Electric Mothers”, Wole Talabi (Africa Risen)
“The Prince of Salt and the Ocean’s Bargain“, Natalia Theodoridou (Uncanny 9/22)
“We Built This City“, Marie Vibbert (Clarkesworld 6/22)

SHORT STORY
“Destiny Delayed“, Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki (Asimov’s 5-6/22)
“Give Me English”, Ai Jiang (F&SF 5-6/22)
“Rabbit Test”, Samantha Mills (Uncanny 11-12/22)
“Douen”, Suzan Palumbo (The Dark 3/22)
“Dick Pig”, Ian Muneshwar (Nightmare 1/22)
“D.I.Y”, John Wiswell (Tor.com 8/24/22)

2022 Hugo Awards for best novel, best novella, best novelette and best short story

The 2022 Hugo Awards were presented at Chicon 8, The 80th World Science Fiction Convention, in Chicago, Illinois, USA on September 4, 2022

These are only a few of the many award categories, these are the written fiction categories for works published in the eligibilty year of 2021.


NOVEL
Desolation Called Peace, Arkady Martine (Tor)

NOVELLA
A Psalm for the Wild-Built, Becky Chambers (Tordotcom)

NOVELETTE
“Bots of the Lost Ark”, Suzanne Palmer (Clarkesworld Jun 2021)

SHORT STORY
“Where Oaken Hearts Do Gather”, Sarah Pinsker (Uncanny Mar/Apr 2021)