Nebula Awards(R)

Past Winners

In addition to the Nebula Awards®, SFWA bestows the Grand Master Award and the Bradbury Award, and honors an Author Emeritus who speaks at the awards banquet.

SFWA publishes an annual volume of Nebula winners and selected nominees.

AwardWeb lists all Nebula finalists from the 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, and 2000s (offsite links; use back button to return).

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1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979
1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989
1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005

1965

Novel: Dune by Frank Herbert

Novella: "The Saliva Tree" by Brian W. Aldiss || "He Who Shapes" by Roger Zelazny (tie)

Novelette: "The Doors of His Face, the Lamps of His Mouth" by Roger Zelazny

Short Story: "Repent, Harlequin!" Said the Ticktockman, by Harlan Ellison

1966

Novel (tie):
Flowers for Algernon, by Daniel Keyes
Babel-17, by Samuel R. Delany

Novella: "The Last Castle" by Jack Vance

Novelette: "Call Him Lord" by Gordon R. Dickson

Short Story: "The Secret Place" by Richard McKenna

1967

Novel: The Einstein Intersection, by Samuel R. Delany

Novella: "Behold the Man" by Michael Moorcock

Novelette: "Gonna Roll the Bones" by Fritz Leiber

Short Story: "Aye, and Gomorrah" by Samuel R. Delany

1968

Novel: Rite of Passage, by Alexei Panshin

Novella: "Dragonrider" by Anne McCaffrey

Novelette: "Mother to the World" by Richard Wilson

Short Story: "The Planners" by Kate Wilhelm

1969

Novel: The Left Hand of Darkness, by Ursula K. Le Guin

Novella: "A Boy and His Dog" by Harlan Ellison

Novelette: "Time Considered as a Helix of Semi-Precious Stones" by Samuel R. Delany

Short Story: "Passengers" by Robert Silverberg

1970

Novel: Ringworld, by Larry Niven

Novella: "Ill Met in Lankhmar" by Fritz Leiber

Novelette: "Slow Sculpture" by Theodore Sturgeon

Short Story: No Award

1971

Novel: A Time of Changes, by Robert Silverberg

Novella: "The Missing Man" by Katherine MacLean

Novelette: "The Queen of Air and Darkness" by Poul Anderson

Short Story: "Good News from the Vatican" by Robert Silverberg

1972

Novel: The Gods Themselves, by Isaac Asimov

Novella: "A Meeting with Medusa" by Arthur C. Clarke

Novelette: "Goat Song" by Poul Anderson

Short Story: "When it Changed" by Joanna Russ

1973

Novel: Rendezvous with Rama, by Arthur C. Clarke

Novella: "The Death of Doctor Island" by Gene Wolfe

Novelette: "Of Mist, and Grass, and Sand" by Vonda N. McIntyre

Short Story: "Love Is the Plan, the Plan Is Death" by James Tiptree, Jr.

Dramatic Presentation: Soylent Green
Stanley R. Greenberg for Screenplay (based on the novel Make Room! Make Room!)
Harry Harrison for Make Room! Make Room!

1974

Novel: The Dispossessed, by Ursula K. Le Guin

Novella: "Born with the Dead" by Robert Silverberg

Novelette: "If the Stars Are Gods" by Gordon Eklund and Gregory Benford

Short Story: "The Day Before the Revolution" by Ursula K. Le Guin

Dramatic Presentation: Sleeper by Woody Allen

1975

Novel: THE FOREVER WAR, by Joe Haldeman

Novella: "Home Is the Hangman" by Roger Zelazny

Novelette: "San Diego Lightfoot Sue" by Tom Reamy

Short Story: "Catch that Zeppelin!" by Fritz Leiber

Dramatic Writing: Mel Brooks and Gene Wilder for Young Frankenstein

1976

Novel: Man Plus, by Frederik Pohl

Novella: "Houston, Houston, Do You Read?" by James Tiptree, Jr.

Novelette: "The Bicentennial Man" by Isaac Asimov

Short Story: "A Crowd of Shadows" by Charles L. Grant

1977

Novel: Gateway, by Frederik Pohl

Novella: "Stardance" by Spider and Jeanne Robinson

Novelette: "The Screwfly Solution" by Raccoona Sheldon

Short Story: "Jeffty Is Five" by Harlan Ellison

Special Award: Star Wars

1978

Novel: Dreamsnake by Vonda N. McIntyre

Novella: "The Persistence of Vision" by John Varley

Novelette: "A Glow of Candles, a Unicorn's Eye" by Charles L. Grant

Short Story: "Stone" by Edward Bryant

1979

Novel: The Fountains of Paradise, by Arthur C. Clarke

Novella: "Enemy Mine" by Barry Longyear

Novelette: "Sandkings" by George R. R. Martin

Short Story: "giANTS" by Edward Bryant

1980

Novel: Timescape by Gregory Benford

Novella: "The Unicorn Tapestry" by Suzy McKee Charnas

Novelette: "The Ugly Chickens" by Howard Waldrop

Short Story: "Grotto of the Dancing Deer" by Clifford D. Simak

1981

Novel: The Claw of the Conciliator by Gene Wolfe

Novella: "The Saturn Game" by Poul Anderson

Novelette: "The Quickening" by Michael Bishop

Short Story: "The Bone Flute" by Lisa Tuttle (This Nebula Award was declined by the author.)

1982

Novel: No Enemy but Time, by Michael Bishop

Novella: "Another Orphan" by John Kessel

Novelette: "Fire Watch" by Connie Willis

Short Story: "A Letter from the Clearys" by Connie Willis

1983

Novel: Startide Rising, by David Brin

Novella: "Hardfought" by Greg Bear

Novelette: "Blood Music" by Greg Bear

Short Story: "The Peacemaker" by Gardner Dozois

1984

Novel: Neuromancer by William Gibson

Novella: "PRESS ENTER" by John Varley

Novelette: "Bloodchild" by Octavia E. Butler

Short Story: "Morning Child" by Gardner Dozois

1985

Novel: Ender's Game , by Orson Scott Card

Novella: "Sailing to Byzantium" by Robert Silverberg

Novelette: "Portraits of His Children" by George R.R. Martin

Short Story: "Out of All Them Bright Stars" by Nancy Kress

1986

Novel: Speaker for the Dead, by Orson Scott Card

Novella: "R & R" by Lucius Shepard

Novelette: "The Girl Who Fell into the Sky" by Kate Wilhelm

Short Story: "Tangents" by Greg Bear

1987

Novel: The Falling Woman by Pat Murphy

Novela: "The Blind Geometer" by Kim Stanley Robinson

Novelette: "Rachel in Love" by Pat Murphy

Short Story: "Forever Yours, Anna" by Kate Wilhelm

1988

Novel: Falling Free, by Lois McMaster Bujold

Novella: "The Last of the Winnebagos" by Connie Willis

Novelette: "Schrodinger's Kitten" by George Alec Effinger

Short Story: "Bible Stories for Adults, No. 17: The Deluge" by James Morrow

1989

Novel: The Healer's War by Elizabeth Ann Scarborough

Novella: "The Mountains of Mourning" by Lois McMaster Bujold

Novelette: "At the Rialto" by Connie Willis

Short Story: "Ripples in the Dirac Sea" by Geoffrey A. Landis

1990

Novel: Tehanu: The Last Book of Earthsea, by Ursula K. Le Guin

Novella: "The Hemingway Hoax" by Joe Haldeman

Novelette: "Tower of Babylon" by Ted Chiang

Short Story: "Bears Discover Fire" by Terry Bisson

1991

Novel: Stations of the Tide by Michael Swanwick

Novella: "Beggars in Spain" by Nancy Kress

Novelette: "Guide Dog" by Mike Conner

Short Story: "Ma Qui" by Alan Brennert

1992

Novel: Doomsday Book, by Connie Willis

Novella: "City of Truth" by James Morrow

Novelette: "Danny Goes to Mars" by Pamela Sargent

Short Story: "Even the Queen" by Connie Willis

1993

Novel: Red Mars, by Kim Stanley Robinson

Novella: "The Night We Buried Road Dog" by Jack Cady

Novelette: "Georgia on My Mind" by Charles Sheffield

Short Story: "Graves" by Joe Haldeman

1994

Novel: Moving Mars, by Greg Bear

Novella: "Seven Views of Olduvai Gorge" by Mike Resnick

Novelette: "The Martian Child" by David Gerrold

Short Story: "A Defense of the Social Contracts" by Martha Soukup

1995

Novel: The Terminal Experiment, by Robert J. Sawyer

Novella: "Last Summer at Mars Hill" by Elizabeth Hand

Novelette: "Solitude" by Ursula K. Le Guin

Short Story: "Death and the Librarian" by Esther Friesner

1996

Novel: Slow River, by Nicola Griffith

Novella: "Da Vinci Rising" by Jack Dann

Novelette: "Lifeboat on a Burning Sea" by Bruce Holland Rogers

Short Story: "A Birthday" by Esther M. Friesner

1997

Novel: The Moon and the Sun by Vonda N. McIntyre

Novella: "Abandon in Place" by Jerry Oltion

Novelette: "The Flowers of Aulit Prison" by Nancy Kress

Short Story: "Sister Emily's Lightship" by Jane Yolen

1998

Novel: Forever Peace, by Joe Haldeman

Novella: "Reading the Bones" by Sheila Finch

Novelette: "Lost Girls" by Jane Yolen

Short Story: "Thirteen Ways to Water" by Bruce Holland Rogers
 

Other Awards & Honors in 1999:

Grand Master: Hal Clement (Harry Stubbs)

Bradbury Award: J. Michael Straczynski

Author Emeritus: William Tenn (Phil Klass)

1999

Novel: Parable of the Talents by Octavia E. Butler

Novella: "Story of Your Life" by Ted Chiang

Novelette: "Mars is No Place for Children" by Mary A. Turzillo

Short Story: "The Cost of Doing Business" by Leslie What

Script: The Sixth Sense by M. Night Shyamalan
 

Other Awards & Honors in 2000:

Grand Master: Brian W. Aldiss

Author Emeritus: Daniel Keyes

2000

Novel: Darwin's Radio by Greg Bear

Novella: "Goddesses" by Linda Nagata

Novelette: "Daddy's World" by Walter Jon Williams

Short Story: "macs" by Terry Bisson

Script: Galaxy Quest by Robert Gordon and David Howard
 

Other Awards & Honors in 2001:

Grand Master: Philip José Farmer

Bradbury Award: Yuri Rasovsky and Harlan Ellison

Author Emeritus: Robert Sheckley

2001

Novel: The Quantum Rose by Catherine Asaro,

Novella: "The Ultimate Earth" by Jack Williamson

Novelette: "Louise's Ghost" by Kelly Link

Short Story: "The Cure for Everything" by Severna Park

Script: Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon by James Schamus, Kuo Jung Tsai, and Hui-Ling Wang; from the book by Du Lu Wang
 

Other Awards & Honors in 2002:

President's Award: Betty Ballantine

2002

Novel: American Gods by Neil Gaiman

Novella: "Bronte's Egg" by Richard Chwedyk

Novelette: "Hell is the Absence of God" by Ted Chiang

Short Story: "Creature" by Carol Emshwiller

Script: The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring by Fran Walsh & Philippa Boyens & Peter Jackson; based on The Lord of the Rings, by J.R.R. Tolkien
 

Other Awards & Honors in 2003:

Grand Master: Ursula K. Le Guin

Author Emeritus: Katherine MacLean

2003

Novel: The Speed of Dark by Elizabeth Moon

Novella: "Coraline" by Neil Gaiman

Novelette: "The Empire of Ice Cream" by Jeffrey Ford

Short Story: "What I Didn't See" by Karen Joy Fowler

Script: The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers by Fran Walsh & Philippa Boyens & Stephen Sinclair & Peter Jackson; based on The Lord of the Rings, by J.R.R. Tolkien
 

Other Awards & Honors in 2004:

Grand Master: Robert Silverberg

Author of Distinction: Charles Harness

Service to SFWA Award: Michael Capobianco & Ann Crispin

2004

Novel: Paladin of Souls, by Lois McMaster Bujold

Novella: "The Green Leopard Plague," by Walter Jon Williams

Novelette: "Basement Magic," by Ellen Klages

Short Story: "Coming to Terms," by Eileen Gunn

Script: The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
by Fran Walsh & Philippa Boyens & Peter Jackson; based on The Lord of the Rings, by J.R.R. Tolkien
 

Other Awards & Honors in 2005:

Grand Master: Anne McCaffrey

Service to SFWA Award: Kevin O'Donnell, Jr.

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