All Full, Associate, and Senior members (including lifetime and family iterations of these membership levels) of SFWA in good standing are eligible to make nominations during the NOMINATION PERIOD.

Full Nebula Award rules can be found here.

The official nomination period will remain open for at least six weeks, beginning no later than December 15th and extending though at least January 31st of the following year. The exact dates for each nomination period will be announced in advance.

When the nomination period is opened, all eligible members who are subscribed to emails from SFWA will receive a notification and a link to the nomination ballot. Members must be logged in to the SFWA Discussion Boards in order to access the ballot.

Works may not be nominated by their authors, editors, publishers, or agents.

Updated 09/21/24