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Nebula Award Winners: 1965 – 2011

1965

Best Novel: Dune by Frank Herbert
Best Novella (tie):
“The Saliva Tree” by Brian W. Aldiss
“He Who Shapes” by Roger Zelazny
Best Novelette: “The Doors of His Face, the Lamps of His Mouth” by Roger Zelazny
Best Short Story: “Repent, Harlequin!” Said the Ticktockman, by Harlan Ellison

1966

Best Novel (tie):
Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes
Babel-17 by Samuel R. Delany
Best Novella: “The Last Castle” by Jack Vance
Best Novelette: “Call Him Lord” by Gordon R. Dickson
Best Short Story: “The Secret Place” by Richard McKenna

1967

Best Novel: The Einstein Intersection by Samuel R. Delany
Best Novella: “Behold the Man” by Michael Moorcock
Best Novelette: “Gonna Roll the Bones” by Fritz Leiber
Best Short Story: “Aye, and Gomorrah” by Samuel R. Delany

1968

Best Novel: Rite of Passage by Alexei Panshin
Best Novella: “Dragonrider” by Anne McCaffrey
Best Novelette: “Mother to the World” by Richard Wilson
Best Short Story: “The Planners” by Kate Wilhelm

1969

Best Novel: The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin
Best Novella: “A Boy and His Dog” by Harlan Ellison
Best Novelette: “Time Considered as a Helix of Semi-Precious Stones” by Samuel R. Delany
Best Short Story: “Passengers” by Robert Silverberg

1970

Best Novel: Ringworld by Larry Niven
Best Novella: “Ill Met in Lankhmar” by Fritz Leiber
Best Novelette: “Slow Sculpture” by Theodore Sturgeon
Best Short Story: No Award

1971

Best Novel: A Time of Changes by Robert Silverberg
Best Novella: “The Missing Man” by Katherine MacLean
Best Novelette: “The Queen of Air and Darkness” by Poul Anderson
Best Short Story: “Good News from the Vatican” by Robert Silverberg

1972

Best Novel: The Gods Themselves by Isaac Asimov
Best Novella: “A Meeting with Medusa” by Arthur C. Clarke
Best Novelette: “Goat Song” by Poul Anderson
Best Short Story: “When it Changed” by Joanna Russ

1973

Best Novel: Rendezvous with Rama by Arthur C. Clarke
Best Novella: “The Death of Doctor Island” by Gene Wolfe
Best Novelette: “Of Mist, and Grass, and Sand” by Vonda N. McIntyre
Best Short Story: “Love Is the Plan, the Plan Is Death” by James Tiptree, Jr.
Best 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

Best Novel: The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le Guin
Best Novella: “Born with the Dead” by Robert Silverberg
Best Novelette: “If the Stars Are Gods” by Gordon Eklund and Gregory Benford
Best Short Story: “The Day Before the Revolution” by Ursula K. Le Guin
Best Dramatic Presentation: Sleeper by Woody Allen

Other Awards & Honors given in 1975:
Grand Master: Robert A. Heinlein

1975

Best Novel: The Forever War by Joe Haldeman
Best Novella: “Home Is the Hangman” by Roger Zelazny
Best Novelette: “San Diego Lightfoot Sue” by Tom Reamy
Best Short Story: “Catch that Zeppelin!” by Fritz Leiber
Best Dramatic Writing: Mel Brooks and Gene Wilder for Young Frankenstein

Other Awards & Honors given in 1976:
Grand Master: Jack Williamson

1976

Best Novel: Man Plus by Frederik Pohl
Best Novella: “Houston, Houston, Do You Read?” by James Tiptree, Jr.
Best Novelette: “The Bicentennial Man” by Isaac Asimov
Best Short Story: “A Crowd of Shadows” by Charles L. Grant

Other Awards & Honors given in 1977:
Grand Master: Clifford D. Simak

1977

Best Novel: Gateway by Frederik Pohl
Best Novella: “Stardance” by Spider and Jeanne Robinson
Best Novelette: “The Screwfly Solution” by Raccoona Sheldon
Best Short Story: “Jeffty Is Five” by Harlan Ellison

Special Award: Star Wars

1978

Best Novel: Dreamsnake by Vonda N. McIntyre
Best Novella: “The Persistence of Vision” by John Varley
Best Novelette: “A Glow of Candles, a Unicorn’s Eye” by Charles L. Grant
Best Short Story: “Stone” by Edward Bryant

Other Awards & Honors given in 1979:

Grand Master: L. Sprague de Camp

1979

Best Novel: The Fountains of Paradise by Arthur C. Clarke
Best Novella: “Enemy Mine” by Barry Longyear
Best Novelette: “Sandkings” by George R. R. Martin
Best Short Story: “giANTS” by Edward Bryant

1980

Best Novel: Timescape by Gregory Benford
Best Novella: “The Unicorn Tapestry” by Suzy McKee Charnas
Best Novelette: “The Ugly Chickens” by Howard Waldrop
Best Short Story: “Grotto of the Dancing Deer” by Clifford D. Simak

Other Awards & Honors given in 1981:

Grand Master: Fritz Leiber

1981

Best Novel: The Claw of the Conciliator by Gene Wolfe
Best Novella: “The Saturn Game” by Poul Anderson
Best Novelette: “The Quickening” by Michael Bishop
Best Short Story: “The Bone Flute” by Lisa Tuttle (Declined by the author.)

1982

Best Novel: No Enemy but Time by Michael Bishop
Best Novella: “Another Orphan” by John Kessel
Best Novelette: “Fire Watch” by Connie Willis
Best Short Story: “A Letter from the Clearys” by Connie Willis

1983

Best Novel: Startide Rising by David Brin
Best Novella: “Hardfought” by Greg Bear
Best Novelette: “Blood Music” by Greg Bear
Best Short Story: “The Peacemaker” by Gardner Dozois

Other Awards & Honors given in 1984:

Grand Master: Andre Norton

1984

Best Novel: Neuromancer by William Gibson
Best Novella: “PRESS ENTER” by John Varley
Best Novelette: “Bloodchild” by Octavia E. Butler
Best Short Story: “Morning Child” by Gardner Dozois

1985

Best Novel: Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card
Best Novella: “Sailing to Byzantium” by Robert Silverberg
Best Novelette: “Portraits of His Children” by George R.R. Martin
Best Short Story: “Out of All Them Bright Stars” by Nancy Kress

Other Awards & Honors given in 1986:

Grand Master: Arthur C. Clarke

1986

Best Novel: Speaker for the Dead by Orson Scott Card
Best Novella: “R & R” by Lucius Shepard
Best Novelette: “The Girl Who Fell into the Sky” by Kate Wilhelm
Best Short Story: “Tangents” by Greg Bear

Other Awards & Honors given in 1987:

Grand Master: Isaac Asimov

1987

Best Novel: The Falling Woman by Pat Murphy
Best Novela: “The Blind Geometer” by Kim Stanley Robinson
Best Novelette: “Rachel in Love” by Pat Murphy
Best Short Story: “Forever Yours, Anna” by Kate Wilhelm

Other Awards & Honors given in 1988:

Grand Master: Alfred Bester

1988

Best Novel: Falling Free by Lois McMaster Bujold
Best Novella: “The Last of the Winnebagos” by Connie Willis
Best Novelette: “Schrodinger’s Kitten” by George Alec Effinger
Best Short Story: “Bible Stories for Adults, No. 17: The Deluge” by James Morrow

Other Awards & Honors given in 1989:

Grand Master: Ray Bradbury

1989

Best Novel: The Healer’s War by Elizabeth Ann Scarborough
Best Novella: “The Mountains of Mourning” by Lois McMaster Bujold
Best Novelette: “At the Rialto” by Connie Willis
Best Short Story: “Ripples in the Dirac Sea” by Geoffrey A. Landis

1990

Best Novel: Tehanu: The Last Book of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin
Best Novella: “The Hemingway Hoax” by Joe Haldeman
Best Novelette: “Tower of Babylon” by Ted Chiang
Best Short Story: “Bears Discover Fire” by Terry Bisson

Other Awards & Honors given in 1991:

Grand Master: Lester Del Rey

1991

Best Novel: Stations of the Tide by Michael Swanwick
Best Novella: “Beggars in Spain” by Nancy Kress
Best Novelette: “Guide Dog” by Mike Conner
Best Short Story: “Ma Qui” by Alan Brennert

Other Awards & Honors given in 1992:

Bradbury Award: James Cameron, Terminator 2

1992

Best Novel: Doomsday Book by Connie Willis
Best Novella: “City of Truth” by James Morrow
Best Novelette: “Danny Goes to Mars” by Pamela Sargent
Best Short Story: “Even the Queen” by Connie Willis

Other Awards & Honors given in 1993:

Grand Master: Frederik Pohl

1993

Best Novel: Red Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson
Best Novella: “The Night We Buried Road Dog” by Jack Cady
Best Novelette: “Georgia on My Mind” by Charles Sheffield
Best Short Story: “Graves” by Joe Haldeman

1994

Best Novel: Moving Mars by Greg Bear
Best Novella: “Seven Views of Olduvai Gorge” by Mike Resnick
Best Novelette: “The Martian Child” by David Gerrold
Best Short Story: “A Defense of the Social Contracts” by Martha Soukup

Other Awards & Honors given in 1995:

Grand Master: Damon Knight
Author Emeritus: Emil Petaja

1995

Best Novel: The Terminal Experiment by Robert J. Sawyer
Best Novella: “Last Summer at Mars Hill” by Elizabeth Hand
Best Novelette: “Solitude” by Ursula K. Le Guin
Best Short Story: “Death and the Librarian” by Esther Friesner

Other Awards & Honors given in 1996:

Grand Master: A. E. Van Vogt
Author Emeritus: Wilson “Bob” Tucker
Service to SFWA Award: Chuq Von Rospach

1996

Best Novel: Slow River by Nicola Griffith
Best Novella: “Da Vinci Rising” by Jack Dann
Best Novelette: “Lifeboat on a Burning Sea” by Bruce Holland Rogers
Best Short Story: “A Birthday” by Esther M. Friesner

Other Awards & Honors given in 1997:

Grand Master: Jack Vance
Author Emeritus: Judith Merril
Service to SFWA Award: Sheila Finch

1997

Best Novel: The Moon and the Sun by Vonda N. McIntyre
Best Novella: “Abandon in Place” by Jerry Oltion
Best Novelette: “The Flowers of Aulit Prison” by Nancy Kress
Best Short Story: “Sister Emily’s Lightship” by Jane Yolen

Other Awards & Honors given in 1998:

Grand Master: Poul Anderson
Author Emeritus: Nelson Slade Bond
Service to SFWA Award: Robin Wayne Bailey

1998

Best Novel: Forever Peace by Joe Haldeman
Best Novella: “Reading the Bones” by Sheila Finch
Best Novelette: “Lost Girls” by Jane Yolen
Best Short Story: “Thirteen Ways to Water” by Bruce Holland Rogers
Other Awards & Honors given in 1999:

Grand Master: Hal Clement (Harry Stubbs)
Bradbury Award: J. Michael Straczynski, Babylon 5
Author Emeritus: William Tenn (Phil Klass)

1999

Best Novel: Parable of the Talents by Octavia E. Butler
Best Novella: “Story of Your Life” by Ted Chiang
Best Novelette: “Mars is No Place for Children” by Mary A. Turzillo
Short Story: “The Cost of Doing Business” by Leslie What
Best Script: The Sixth Sense by M. Night Shyamalan

Other Awards & Honors given in 2000:

Grand Master: Brian W. Aldiss
Author Emeritus: Daniel Keyes
Service to SFWA Award: George Zebrowski and Pamela Sargent jointly

2000

Best Novel: Darwin’s Radio by Greg Bear
Best Novella:Goddesses by Linda Nagata
Best Novelette: “Daddy’s World” by Walter Jon Williams
Best Short Story: “macs” by Terry Bisson
Best Script: Galaxy Quest by Robert Gordon and David Howard

Other Awards & Honors given in 2001:

Grand Master: Philip José Farmer
Bradbury Award: Yuri Rasovsky and Harlan Ellison, 2000X — Tales of the Next Millennia
Author Emeritus: Robert Sheckley

2001

Awarded in Kansas City, MO

Novel: The Quantum Rose by Catherine Asaro (Tor)

Novella: “The Ultimate Earth” by Jack Williamson (Analog Dec00)

Novelette: “Louise’s Ghost” by Kelly Link (Stranger Things Happen Small Beer Press Jul01)

Short Story: “The Cure for Everything” by Severna Park (SCI FICTION June00)

Script: Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon by James Schamus, Kuo Jung Tsai and Hui-Ling Wang (Sony Pictures Classics” by Dec00)

President’s Award: Betty Ballantine

2002

Awarded in Philadelphia, PA

Grand Master Award Renamed: Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master Award

Novel: American Gods by Neil Gaiman (Morrow)

Novella: “Bronte’s Egg” by Richard Chwedyk (F&F)

Novelette: “Hell is the Absence of God” by Ted Chiang (Starlight 3, Tor)

Short Story: “Creature” by Carol Emshwiller (F&SF, Nov01)

Script: Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring by Frances Walsh, Phillipa Boyens and Peter Jackson (New Line)

Grand Master: Ursula K. Le Guin

Author Emeritus: Katherine MacLean

2003

Awarded in Seattle, WA

Novel: Speed of Dark by Elizabeth Moon (Ballantine)

Novella: “Coraline” by Neil Gaiman (Harper Collins)

Novelette: “The Empire of Ice Cream” by Jeffrey Ford (SCIFICTION Feb03)

Short Story: “What I Didn’t See” by Karen Joy Fowler (SCIFICTIONJul02)

Script: Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers by Frances Walsh, Phillipa Boyens, Stephen Sinclair, Peter Jackson (New Line)

Grand Master: Robert Silverberg

2004

Awarded in Chicago, IL

Novel: Paladin of Souls by Lois McMaster Bujold (Eos)

Novella: “The Green Leopard Plague” by Walter Jon Williams (Asimov’s Oct/Nov03)

Novelette: “Basement Magic” by Ellen Klages (F&SF, May03)

Short Story: “Coming to Terms” by Eileen Gunn (Stable Strategies and Others)

Script: Lord of the Rings: Return of the King by Frances Walsh, Phillipa Boyens, Peter Jackson (New Line)

Grand Master: Anne McCaffrey

2005

Awarded in Tempe, AZ

Andre Norton Award Established

Novel: Camouflage by Joe Haldeman (Ace; Analog Mar/Apr/May 2004)

Novella: “Magic for Beginners” by Kelly Link (Magic For Beginners; F&SF Sep05)

Novelette: “The Faery Handbag” by Kelly Link (The Faery Reel: Tales From the Twilight Realm, 04)

Short Story: “I Live With You” by Carol Emshwiller (F&SF Mar05)

Script: Serenity by Joss Whedon

Grand Master: Harlan Ellison

Andre Norton Award: Valiant, by Holly Black (Simon & Schuster)

2006

Awarded in New York, NY

Novel: Seeker by Jack McDevitt (Ace, Nov05)

Novella: “Burn” by James Patrick Kelly (Tachyon Publications)

Novelette: “Two Hearts” by Peter S. Beagle (F&SF, Oct/Nov05)

Short Story: “Echo” by Elizabeth Hand (F&SF, Oct/Nov05)

Script: Howl’s Moving Castle by Hayao Miyazaki, Cindy Davis Hewitt, and Donald H. Hewitt (Studio Ghibli and Walt Disney Pictures, U.S. Premier 10 Jun05. Based on the novel by Diana Wynne Jones)

Andre Norton Award for Young Adult Science Fiction and Fantasy: Magic or Madness by Justine Larbalestier (Penguin/Razorbill)

Grand Master: James Gunn

2007

Awarded in Austin, Texas

Novel: The Yiddish Policemen’s Union by Michael Chabon (HarperCollins)

Novella: “Fountain of Age” by Nancy Kress (Asimov’s, Jul07)

Novelette: “The Merchant and the Alchemist’s Gate” by Ted Chiang (F&SF, Sep 07)

Short Story: “Always” by Karen Joy Fowler (Asimov’s, Apr/May07)

Script: Pan’s Labyrinth by Guillermo del Toro

Andre Norton Award for Young Adult Science Fiction and Fantasy: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J. K. Rowling (Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine Books)

Grand Master: Michael Moorcock

Author Emeritus: Ardath Mayhar

2008

Awarded in Los Angeles, CA

Solstice Award Created

Novel: Powers by Ursula K. Le Guin (Harcourt)

Novella: “The Spacetime Pool” by Catherine Asaro (Analog, Mar 08)

Novelette: “Pride and Prometheus” by John Kessel (F&SF, Jan 08)

Short Story: “Trophy Wives” by Nina Kiriki Hoffman (Fellowship Fantastic, DAW Books)

Script: WALL-E by Andrew Stanton & Jim Reardon. Original story by Andrew Stanton & Pete Docter (Pixar, Jun 08)

Andre Norton Award for Young Adult Science Fiction and Fantasy: Flora’s Dare: How a Girl of Spirit Gambles All to Expand Her Vocabulary, Confront a Bouncing Boy Terror, and Try to Save Califa from a Shaky Doom (Despite Being Confined to Her Room) by Ysabeau S. Wilce (Harcourt, Sep 08)

Grand Master: Harry Harrison

Author Emeritus: M.J. Engh

Solstice Awards: Kate Wilhelm, Martin H. Greenberg and the late Algis Budrys

2009

Awarded in Cocoa Beach, FL

Ray Bradbury Award Reinstated

Novel: The Windup Girl by Paolo Bacigalupi (Nightshade)

Novella: The Women of Nell Gwynne’s by Kage Baker (Subterranean Press)

Novelette: “Sinner, Baker, Fabulist, Priest; Red Mask, Black Mask, Gentleman, Beast” by Eugie Foster (Interzone Feb09)

Short Story: “Spar” by Kij Johnson (Clarkesworld Oct09)

Ray Bradbury Award for Outstanding Dramatic Presentation: District 9 by Neill Blomkamp and Terri Tatchell

Andre Norton Award for Young Adult Science Fiction and Fantasy: The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland In A Ship Of Her Own Making by Catherynne M. Valente

Damon Knight Grand Master: Joe Haldeman

Author Emeritus: Neal Barrett, Jr.

SFWA Solstice Awards: Tom Doherty, Terri Windling and the late Donald A. Wollhe

2010

Awarded in Washington D.C

Novel: Blackout/All Clear, Connie Willis (Spectra)

Novella: The Lady Who Plucked Red Flowers Beneath the Queen’s Window, by Rachel Swirsky (Subterranean, Summer 10)

Novelette: That Leviathan Whom Thou Hast Made, by Eric James Stone (Analog Sept10)

Short Story: Tie Ponies, by Kij Johnson (Tor.com, January ’10) and How Interesting: A Tiny Man, by Harlan Ellison (Realms of Fantasy, Feb10)

Ray Bradbury Award: Inception

Andre Norton Award: I Shall Wear Midnight, by Terry Pratchett (Doubleday; Harper)

2011

Awarded in Washington DC

NovelAmong Others, by Jo Walton (Tor)

Novella: “The Man Who Bridged the Mist,” Kij Johnson (Asimov’s Science Fiction, October/November 2011)

Novelette: “What We Found,” Geoff Ryman (The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, September/October 2011)

Short Story: “The Paper Menagerie,” Ken Liu (The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, March/April 2011)

Ray Bradbury Award: Doctor Who: “The Doctor’s Wife,” Neil Gaiman (writer), Richard Clark (director) (BBC Wales)

Andre Norton AwardThe Freedom Maze, Delia Sherman (Big Mouth House)

2011 DAMON KNIGHT GRAND MASTER AWARD: Connie Willis

SOLSTICE AWARD: Octavia Butler (posthumous) and John Clute