2002 Nebula Awards®
Presented at Radisson Plaza-Warwick Hotel, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on April 19, 2003
The now-traditional book signing was held on Friday night at the Philadelphia Free Library. Panels on Saturday covered literary trusts and book promotions. Harry Harrison served as emcee, there was no keynote speaker. Charles Brown announced the creation of the Science Fiction Museum in Seattle by Paul Allen.
Best Novel
- Perdido Street Station by China Miéville, published by Del Rey
- Solitaire by Kelley Eskridge, published by Eos
- Winner: American Gods by Neil Gaiman, published by Morrow
- The Other Wind by Ursula K. Le Guin, published by Harcourt
- Picoverse by Robert Metzger, published by Ace
- Bones of the Earth by Michael Swanwick, published by Eos
Best Novella
- “Sunday Night Yams at Minnie and Earl’s” by Adam-Troy Castro, published by Analog
- Winner: “Bronte’s Egg” by Richard Chwedyk, published by The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction
- “The Chief Designer” by Andy Duncan, published by Asimov’s Magazine
- “The Political Officer” by Charles Coleman Finlay, published by The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction
- “Magic’s Price” by Bud Sparhawk, published by Analog
Best Novelette
- “The Pagodas of Ciboure” by M. Shayne Bell
- “The Ferryman’s Wife” by Richard Bowes, published by The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction
- Winner: “Hell is the Absence of God” by Ted Chiang
- “Madonna of the Maquiladora” by Gregory Frost, published by Asimov’s Magazine
- “The Days Between” by Allen Steele, published by Asimov’s Magazine
- “Lobsters” by Charles Stross, published by Asimov’s Magazine
Best Short Story
- Winner: “Creature” by Carol Emshwiller, published by The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction
- “Creation” by Jeffrey Ford, published by The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction
- “Cut” by Megan Lindholm, published by Asimov’s Magazine
- “Nothing Ever Happens in Rock City” by Jack McDevitt, published by Artemis
- “Little Gods” by Tim Pratt, published by Strange Horizons
- “The Dog Said Bow-Wow” by Michael Swanwick, published by Asimov’s Magazine
Best Script
- Shrek by Ted Elliott, Terry Rossio, Joe Stillman, and Roger S. H. Schulman, published by Pacific Data Images
- The Dead Zone: “Unreasonable Doubt” by Michael Taylor, published by Paramount Network Television
- Winner: The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring by Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens, and Peter Jackson, published by WingNut Films and The Saul Zaentz Company
- Buffy the Vampire Slayer: “Once More with Feeling” by Joss Whedon, published by Mutant Enemy Productions, Sandollar Television, Kuzui Entertainment, and Twentieth Century Fox Television