2013 Nebula Award Winners Include Space Operas And Imperiled Astronauts
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The Nebula Awards are one of the Big Two when it comes to recognizing achievements in science fiction. The Hugo Awards are probably the better known of the two, and we covered the 2014 nominees for those just last month. Now the 2013 Nebulas have officially been awarded, and you can check out the full list of winners below. Time to update the old Amazon wish list…
The Nebulas are organized by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, which was founded by writer Damon Knight in 1965 and now includes over 1,500 members. The Nebulas were first awarded beginning in 1966. Originally they focused solely on science fiction literature, but over the years they began to expand their scope to include film and television as well. This year’s winners were awarded in San Jose last Saturday, May 17.
Here’s the full list of winners and nominees, along with links where possible.
Novel
Winner: Ancillary Justice, Ann Leckie (Orbit US; Orbit UK)
Nominees:
- We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves, Karen Joy Fowler (Marian Wood)
- The Ocean at the End of the Lane, Neil Gaiman (Morrow; Headline Review)
- Fire with Fire, Charles E. Gannon (Baen)
- Hild, Nicola Griffith (Farrar, Straus and Giroux)
- The Red: First Light, Linda Nagata (Mythic Island)
- A Stranger in Olondria, Sofia Samatar (Small Beer)
- The Golem and the Jinni, Helene Wecker (Harper)
Novella
Winner: ‘The Weight of the Sunrise,’ Vylar Kaftan (Asimov’s 2/13)
Nominees:
- ‘Wakulla Springs,’ Andy Duncan & Ellen Klages (Tor.com 10/2/13)
- ‘Annabel Lee,’ Nancy Kress (New Under the Sun)
- ‘Burning Girls,’ Veronica Schanoes (Tor.com 6/19/13)
- ‘Trial of the Century,’ Lawrence M. Schoen (www.lawrencemschoen.com; World Jumping)
- Six-Gun Snow White, Catherynne M. Valente (Subterranean)
Novelette
Winner: ‘The Waiting Stars,’ Aliette de Bodard (The Other Half of the Sky)
Nominees:
- ‘Paranormal Romance,’ Christopher Barzak (Lightspeed 6/13)
- ‘They Shall Salt the Earth with Seeds of Glass,’ Alaya Dawn Johnson (Asimov’s 1/13)
- ‘Pearl Rehabilitative Colony for Ungrateful Daughters,’ Henry Lien (Asimov’s 12/13)
- ‘The Litigation Master and the Monkey King,’ Ken Liu (Lightspeed 8/13)
- ‘In Joy, Knowing the Abyss Behind,’ Sarah Pinsker (Strange Horizons 7/1 – 7/8/13)
Short Story
Winner: ‘If You Were a Dinosaur, My Love,’ Rachel Swirsky (Apex 3/13)
Nominees:
- ‘The Sounds of Old Earth,’ Matthew Kressel (Lightspeed 1/13)
- ‘Selkie Stories Are for Losers,’ Sofia Samatar (Strange Horizons 1/7/13)
- ‘Selected Program Notes from the Retrospective Exhibition of Theresa Rosenberg Latimer,’ Kenneth Schneyer (Clockwork Phoenix 4)
- ‘Alive, Alive Oh,’ Sylvia Spruck Wrigley (Lightspeed 6/13)
Ray Bradbury Award for Outstanding Dramatic Presentation
Winner: Gravity
Nominees:
Andre Norton Award for Young Adult Science Fiction and Fantasy Book
Winner: Sister Mine, Nalo Hopkinson (Grand Central)
Nominees:
- The Coldest Girl in Coldtown, Holly Black (Little, Brown; Indigo)
- When We Wake, Karen Healey (Allen & Unwin; Little, Brown)
- The Summer Prince, Alaya Dawn Johnson (Levine)
- Hero, Alethea Kontis (Harcourt)
- September Girls, Bennett Madison (Harper Teen)
- A Corner of White, Jaclyn Moriarty (Levine)
Kevin O’Donnell Jr. Service to SFWA Award: Michael Armstrong
2013 Damon Knight Grand Master Award: Samuel R. Delany
