In a special ceremony on May 17th 2014, The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America announced the winners of their prestigious Nebula Awards for 2013. This year’s crop of winners has celebrated the extraordinary and excellent writers in the industry who have perhaps not had as much acclaim as they deserve. With the exception of the motion picture and special achievement awards, all the winners are women. It is sad reflection on the industry that this is remarkable in and of itself, but hopefully a strong step forward and we look forward to seeing what the future holds.

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:

Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor

Europa Report

Her

The Hunger Games: Catching Fire

Pacific Rim

 

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

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