Novels

• George R.R. Martin, A Clash of Kings (Bantam, Feb99)
• Vernor Vinge, A Deepness in the Sky (Tor, Feb99; Tor, Jan00)
• Maureen F. McHugh, Mission Child (Avon Eos, Dec98; Eos, Nov99)
• Sean Stewart, Mockingbird (Ace, Aug98; Ace, Mar00)
• Octavia E. Butler, Parable of the Talents (Seven Stories Press, Nov98; Warner Books, Jan00)
• Ken MacLeod, The Cassini Division (Tor, Jul99)

Novellas

• L. Timmel Duchamp, Living Trust (Asimov's, Feb99)
• Michael A. Burstein, Reality Check (Analog, Nov99)
• Adam-Troy Castro & Jerry Oltion, The Astronaut From Wyoming (Analog, Aug99 )
• Andy Duncan, The Executioners' Guild (Asimov's, Aug99)
• Ted Chiang, Story of Your Life (Starlight 2, Patrick Nielsen Hayden, Ed., Tor, Nov98)
• David Marusek, The Wedding Album (Asimov's, Jun99)

Novelettes

• Brian A. Hopkins, Five Days in April (Chiaroscuro Webzine, Jul99)
• Jack McDevitt & Stanley Schmidt, Good Intentions (F&SF, Jun98)
• Esther M. Friesner, How to Make Unicorn Pie (F&SF, Jan99)
• Mary A. Turzillo, Mars is No Place for Children (SF Age, May99)
• Bruce Sterling, Taklamakan (Asimov's, Nov98 )
• Phyllis Eisenstein, The Island in the Lake (F&SF, Dec98)

Short Stories

• Michael Swanwick, Ancient Engines (Asimov's, Feb99)
• Frances Sherwood, Basil the Dog (Atlantic Monthly, Sep99)
• Constance Ash, Flower Kiss (Realms of Fantasy, Aug98)
• Michael Swanwick, Radiant Doors (Asimov's, Sep98)
• Leslie What, The Cost of Doing Business (Amazing Stories, Kim Mohan, Ed., WotC, Feb99 )
• Bruce Holland Rogers, The Dead Boy at Your Window (The North American Review, Dec98

  Scripts

  • Brad Bird & Tim McCanlies, The Iron Giant (Warner Bros., Aug99; based on the book The Iron Man by Ted Hughes)
  • Larry & Andy Wachowski, The Matrix (Warner Bros., Mar99)
  • M. Night Shyamalan, The Sixth Sense (Hollywood Pictures, Aug99)
  • Robert J. Avrech, The Devil's Arithmetic (Showtime Television, 28Mar99; Based on the novel The Devil's Arithmetic by Jane Yolen)
  • John Millerman, The Uranus Experiment: Part 2 (Private Black Label, Jun99 )

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  The Nebula Awards are voted on, and presented by, active members of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, Inc. Founded as the Science Fiction Writers of America in 1965 by Damon Knight, the organization began with a charter membership of 78 writers; it now has over 1,000 members, among them most of the leading writers of science fiction and fantasy.

  The Awards will be announced at the 2000 Nebula Awards™ Weekend to be held in New York City on May 19-21, 2000.

  Posted February 29, 2000, updated March 2