1998 Nebula Awards®
Presented at Marriott City Center Hotel, Pittsburgh Pennsylvania on Saturday, May 1, 1999
Prior to the banquet, Pittsburgh continued Santa Fe’s tradition of multiple book signings held in various locations. They also scheduled a tour of the Allegheny Observatory on Thursday with tours of the Robotics Institute on Friday. The Vegetarian pasta entrée included a side of chicken. Stan Schmidt served as toastmaster and David Hartwell presented the Keynote speech. Paul Levinson presented the Bradbury Award to J. Michael Straczynski for Babylon 5. Sunday saw an additional autographing session as well as a final panel.
Best Novel
- The Last Hawk by Catherine Asaro, published by Tor
- Winner: Forever Peace by Joe Haldeman, published by Ace
- Moonfall by Jack McDevitt, published by HarperPrism
- The Death of the Necromancer by Martha Wells, published by Avon
- To Say Nothing of the Dog by Connie Willis, published by Bantam Spectra
Best Novella
- “Aurora in Four Voices” by Catherine Asaro, published by Analog
- “The Boss in the Wall, A Treatise on the House Devil” by Avram Davidson and Grania Davis, published by Tachyon
- Winner: “Reading the Bones” by Sheila Finch, published by The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction
- “Izzy and the Father of Terror” by Eliot Fintushel, published by Asimov’s Magazine
- “Jumping Off the Planet” by David Gerrold, published by Science Fiction Age
- “Ecopoiesis” by Geoffrey A. Landis, published by Science Fiction Age
Best Novelette
- “The Truest Chill” by Gregory Feeley
- “Time Gypsy” by Ellen Klages
- “The Mercy Gate” by Mark J. McGarry, published by The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction
- “Echea” by Kristine Kathryn Rusch, published by Asimov’s Magazine
- “Lethe” by Walter Jon Williams, published by Asimov’s Magazine
- Winner: “Lost Girls” by Jane Yolen, published by Realms of Fantasy
Best Short Story
- “When the Bow Breaks” by Steven Brust
- “Standing Room Only” by Karen Joy Fowler, published by Asimov’s Magazine
- “Fortune and Misfortune” by Lisa Goldstein, published by Asimov’s Magazine
- “Winter Fire” by Geoffrey A. Landis, published by Asimov’s Magazine
- Winner: “Thirteen Ways to Water” by Bruce Holland Rogers
- “Tall One” by K. D. Wentworth, published by The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction
Ray Bradbury Nebula Award for Outstanding Dramatic Presentation
- Winner: Babylon 5 written by J. Michael Straczynski, directed by J. Michael Straczynski