1994 Nebula Awards®
Presented at Grand Hyatt Hotel, New York, New York on April 22, 1995
Organized almost single-handedly by Eastern Regional Director Ann Crispin, this year’s Nebulas were held adjacent to Grand Central Station in New York. The Nebulas opened with a party sponsored by Dell Magazines and Bantam Books on Friday evening at the top of the Bertelsmann Building prior to the Official SFWA Opening Reception. Saturday opened with talks by the SFWA attorney on Copyright and by an auditor on royalty statements. The other activity for the day was the Business meeting. Gardner Dozois emceed the event with Tom Doherty as the guest speaker. This was the inaugural year for the Author Emeritus Award, presented to Emil Petaja and presented by Frank M. Robinson. A special award was also given posthumously to Ian Ballantine.
Best Novel
- Winner: Moving Mars by Greg Bear, published by Tor
- Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler, published by Four Walls Eight Windows
- Towing Jehovah by James Morrow, published by Harcourt
- Beggars and Choosers by Nancy Kress, published by Tor
- Gun, With Occasional Music by Jonathan Lethem, published by Harcourt
- Temporary Agency by Rachel Pollack, published by St. Martin’s
- Green Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson, published by Bantam Spectra
- A Night in the Lonesome October by Roger Zelazny, published by Morrow
Best Novella
- “Mefisto In Onyx” by Harlan Ellison, published by Omni
- “Haunted Humans” by Nina Kiriki Hoffman, published by The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction
- “Forgiveness Day” by Ursula K. Le Guin, published by Asimov’s Magazine
- Winner: “Seven Views of Olduvai Gorge” by Mike Resnick, published by The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction
- “Fan” by Geoff Ryman
- “Cold Iron” by Michael Swanwick, published by Asimov’s Magazine
Best Novelette
- “Necronauts” by Terry Bisson, published by Playboy
- Winner: “The Martian Child” by David Gerrold, published by The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction
- “The Skeleton Key” by Nina Kiriki Hoffman, published by The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction
- “The Singular Habits of Wasps” by Geoffrey A. Landis, published by Analog
- “The Matter of Seggri” by Ursula K. Le Guin
- “Nekropolis” by Maureen F. McHugh, published by Asimov’s Magazine
Best Short Story
- “Inspiration” by Ben Bova, published by The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction
- “None So Blind” by Joe Haldeman, published by Asimov’s Magazine
- “Understanding Entropy” by Barry N. Malzberg, published by Science Fiction Age
- “Virtual Love” by Maureen F. McHugh, published by The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction
- Winner: “A Defense of the Social Contracts” by Martha Soukup, published by Science Fiction Age
- “I Know What You’re Thinking” by Kate Wilhelm, published by Asimov’s Magazine