1989 Nebula Awards®
Presented at Hyatt Regency Embarcadero, San Francisco, California on April 28, 1990
There was low attendance of publishers and many of the locals stayed away due to two earthquakes that struck during the course of the weekend, the first on Friday evening during the opening reception*. Saturday panels discussing the continuation of the SFWA Forum. The Business Meeting was scheduled for Sunday morning. Robert Silverberg emceed the banquet. Thomas Furness gave the keynote speech about the applications of virtual space. As with the previous year, the winners did not know they had won ahead of time.
*A 4.9-magnitude earthquake at 9:41 p.m. and a 4.5 quake at 9:47 p.m. on April 28, 1990.
Best Novel
- The Boat of a Million Years by Poul Anderson, published by Tor
- Prentice Alvin by Orson Scott Card, published by Tor
- Good News From Outer Space by John Kessel, published by Tor
- Ivory by Mike Resnick, published by Tor
- Winner: The Healer’s War by Elizabeth Anne Scarborough, published by Doubleday
- Sister Light, Sister Dark by Jane Yolen, published by Tor
Best Novella
- Winner: “The Mountains of Mourning” by Lois McMaster Bujold, published by Analog
- “Great Work of Time” by John Crowley
- “Marid Changes His Mind” by George Alec Effinger, published by Asimov’s Magazine
- “A Touch of Lavender” by Megan Lindholm, published by Asimov’s Magazine
- “Tiny Tango” by Judith Moffett, published by Asimov’s Magazine
- “A Dozen Tough Jobs” by Howard Waldrop
Best Novelette
- “Sisters” by Greg Bear
- “Silver Lady and the Fortyish Man” by Megan Lindholm, published by Asimov’s Magazine
- “For I Have Touched the Sky” by Mike Resnick, published by The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction
- “Fast Cars” by Kristine Kathryn Rusch, published by Asimov’s Magazine
- “Enter a Soldier. Later: Enter Another” by Robert Silverberg, published by Asimov’s Magazine
- Winner: “At the Rialto” by Connie Willis, published by Omni
Best Short Story
- “The Adinkra Cloth” by Mary C. Aldridge, published by Marion Zimmer Bradley’s Fantasy Magazine
- “Lost Boys” by Orson Scott Card, published by The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction
- “Boobs” by Suzy McKee Charnas, published by Asimov’s Magazine
- Winner: “Ripples in the Dirac Sea” by Geoffrey A. Landis, published by Asimov’s Magazine
- “Dori Bangs” by Bruce Sterling, published by Asimov’s Magazine