2005 Nebula Awards®
Presented at Mission Palms Hotel, Tempe, Arizona on May 6, 2006
Following a Thursday evening reception, Friday had two tracks of programming, one track of readings, the other of panels. A Mass signing was held in a banquet room on Friday evening. Programming covered topics of interest to both the business and technical end of writing. Richard Curtis spoke on the bankruptcy of iBooks. Following Chicago’s lead, a silent auction of Lisa Snellings-Clark’s centerpieces raised $1,540 and a charity auction run by Ellen Klages with help from Harlan Ellison raised a further $6,041. Connie Willis served as Toastmaster
Best Novel
- Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke, published by Bloomsbury Publishing
- Winner: Camouflage by Joe Haldeman, published by Analog and Ace
- Polaris by Jack McDevitt, published by Ace
- Going Postal by Terry Pratchett, published by HarperCollins
- Air by Geoff Ryman, published by St. Martin’s
- Orphans of Chaos by John C. Wright, published by Tor
Best Novella
- “The Tribes of Bela” by Albert E. Cowdrey, published by The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction
- Winner: “Magic for Beginners” by Kelly Link, published by The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction
- “Identity Theft” by Robert J. Sawyer
- “Clay’s Pride” by Bud Sparhawk, published by Analog
- “Left of the Dial” by Paul Witcover, published by Sci Fiction
Best Novelette
- “Flat Diane” by Daniel Abraham, published by The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction
- “The People of Sand and Slag” by Paolo Bacigalupi, published by The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction
- “Nirvana High” by Eileen Gunn and Leslie What
- “Men Are Trouble” by James Patrick Kelly, published by Asimov’s Magazine
- Winner: “The Faery Handbag” by Kelly Link
Best Short Story
- “The End of the World As We Know It” by Dale Bailey, published by The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction
- “There’s a Hole in the City” by Richard Bowes, published by Sci Fiction
- Winner: “I Live With You” by Carol Emshwiller, published by The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction
- “Still Life With Boobs” by Anne Harris, published by Talebones
- “My Mother, Dancing” by Nancy Kress, published by Asimov’s Magazine
- “Singing My Sister Down” by Margo Lanagan
- “Born-Again” by K.D. Wentworth, published by The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction
Andre Norton Nebula Award for Middle Grade and Young Adult Fiction
- Siberia by Ann Halam, published by Wendy Lamb Books
- Winner: Valiant: A Modern Tale of Faerie by Holly Black
- The Amethyst Road by Louise Spiegler, published by Clarion Books
- Stormwitch by Susan Vaught, published by Bloomsbury Publishing
Best Script
- Battlestar Galactica: “Act of Contrition/You Can’t Go Home Again” by David Weddle, Carla Robinson, and Bradley Thompson, published by R&D TV, David Eick Productions, and Universal Television
- Winner: Serenity by Joss Whedon, published by Universal Pictures