2009 Nebula Awards Final Ballot
SFWA is proud to announce the nominees for the 2009 Nebula Awards.
The Nebula Awards are voted on, and presented by, active members of SFWA. The awards will be announced at the Nebula Awards Banquet the evening of May 15 at the Hilton Cocoa Beach Oceanfront, just 20 minutes from the Kennedy Space Center in Fla. Other awards to be presented are the Andre Norton Award for Excellence in Science Fiction or Fantasy for Young Adults, the Bradbury Award for excellence in screenwriting and the Solstice Award for outstanding contribution to the field.
Short Story
- “Hooves and the Hovel of Abdel Jameela,” Saladin Ahmed (Clockwork Phoenix 2, Norilana Books, Jul09)
- “I Remember the Future,” Michael A. Burstein (I Remember the Future, Apex Publications, Nov08)
- “Non-Zero Probabilities,” N. K. Jemisin (Clarkesworld, Nov09)
- “Spar,” Kij Johnson (Clarkesworld, Oct09)
- “Going Deep,” James Patrick Kelly (Asimov’s Science Fiction, Jun09)
- “Bridesicle,” Will McIntosh (Asimov’s Science Fiction, Jan09)
Novelette
- “The Gambler,” Paolo Bacigalupi (Fast Forward 2, Pyr Books, Oct08)
- “Vinegar Peace, or the Wrong-Way Used-Adult Orphanage,” Michael Bishop (Asimov’s Science Fiction, Jul08)
- “I Needs Must Part, the Policeman Said,” Richard Bowes (The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, Dec09)
- “Sinner, Baker, Fabulist, Priest; Red Mask, Black Mask, Gentleman, Beast,” Eugie Foster (Interzone, Feb09)
- “Divining Light,” Ted Kosmatka (Asimov’s Science Fiction, Aug08)
- “A Memory of Wind,” Rachel Swirsky (Tor.com, Nov09)
Novella
- The Women of Nell Gwynne’s, Kage Baker (Subterranean Press, Jun09)
- “Arkfall,” Carolyn Ives Gilman (The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, Sep09)
- “Act One,” Nancy Kress (Asimov’s Science Fiction, Mar09)
- Shambling Towards Hiroshima, James Morrow (Tachyon, Feb09)
- “Sublimation Angels,” Jason Sanford (Interzone, Oct09)
- The God Engines, John Scalzi ( Subterranean Press, Dec09)
Novel
- The Windup Girl, Paolo Bacigalupi (Night Shade Books, Sep09)
- The Love We Share Without Knowing, Christopher Barzak (Bantam, Nov08)
- Flesh and Fire, Laura Anne Gilman (Pocket, Oct09)
- The City & The City, China Miéville (Del Rey, May09)
- Boneshaker, Cherie Priest (Tor, Sep09)
- Finch, Jeff VanderMeer (Underland Press, Oct09)
The Ray Bradbury Award for Outstanding Dramatic Presentation
- Star Trek, JJ Abrams, Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman (Paramount, May09)
- District 9, Neill Blomkamp and Terri Tatchell (Tri-Star, Aug09)
- Avatar, James Cameron (Fox, Dec 09)
- Moon, Duncan Jones and Nathan Parker (Sony, Jun09)
- Up, Bob Peterson and Pete Docter (Disney/Pixar, May09)
- Coraline, Henry Selick (Laika/Focus Feb09)
Andre Norton Award for Young Adult Science Fiction and Fantasy

- Hotel Under the Sand, Kage Baker (Tachyon, Jul09)
- Ice, Sarah Beth Durst (Simon and Schuster, Oct09)
- Ash, Malinda Lo (Little, Brown and Company, Sep09)
- Eyes Like Stars, Lisa Mantchev (Feiwel and Friends, Jul09)
- Zoe’s Tale, John Scalzi (Tor Aug08)
- When You Reach Me, Rebecca Stead (Wendy Lamb Books, 2009)
- The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making, Catherynne M. Valente (Catherynne M. Valente, Jun09)
- Leviathan, Scott Westerfeld (Simon, Oct09)
For more information, visit www.nebulaawards.com or www.sfwa.org
About SFWA
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Since its inception, SFWA® has grown in numbers and influence until it is now widely recognized as one of the most effective non-profit writers’ organizations in existence, boasting a membership of approximately 1,500 science fiction and fantasy writers as well as artists, editors and allied professionals. Each year the organization presents the prestigious Nebula Awards® for the year’s best literary and dramatic works of speculative fiction.


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I said what I had to say about this year’s awards over on Jeff VanderMeer’s blog:
http://www.jeffvandermeer.com/2010/02/19/finch-is-a-nebula-award-finalist/#comment-30129
In short, it was a great year, congrats to not just the finalists but all the nominees.
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