1971 Nebula Awards®
Presented at:
East – New York Hilton, New York, New York on April 29, 1972
West – Airport-Marina Hotel, Los Angeles, California on April 29, 1972
South – Le Pavilion Hotel, New Orleans, Louisiana on April 29, 1972
The Business Meeting was held on Saturday morning at the New York Hilton followed by several panels, including speakers Arthur C. Clarke and Isaac Asimov, before the banquet convened at Les Champs. Harlan Ellison served as emcee.
Best Novel
- The Byworlder by Poul Anderson, published by Fantastic and NAL/Signet
- Half Past Human by T.J. Bass, published by Ballantine
- The Lathe of Heaven by Ursula K. Le Guin, published by Amazing Stories and Scribner’s
- The Devil Is Dead by R. A. Lafferty, published by Avon
- Winner: A Time of Changes by Robert Silverberg, published by Galaxy Science Fiction and Nelson Doubleday
- Margaret and I by Kate Wilhelm, published by Little, Brown
Best Novella
- “Being There” by Jerzy Kosinski, published by Harcourt Brace Jovanovich
- Winner: “The Missing Man” by Katherine MacLean, published by Analog
- “The God House” by Keith Roberts
- “The Plastic Abyss” by Kate Wilhelm
- “The Infinity Box” by Kate Wilhelm
Best Novelette
- Winner: “The Queen of Air and Darkness” by Poul Anderson, published by The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction
- “A Special Kind of Morning” by Gardner Dozois
- “Mount Charity” by Edgar Pangborn
- “Poor Man, Beggar Man” by Joanna Russ
- “The Encounter” by Kate Wilhelm