2011 Nebula Awards®
Presented at Hyatt Regency Crystal City in Arlington, Virginia on May 19, 2012
SFWA arranged several tours, including the Library of Congress, the National Gallery of Art, the Air and Space Museum, and the Bureau of Engraving and Printing. Thursday evening saw a whiskey tasting hosted by Mary Robinette Kowal and Myke Cole. Programming began on Friday and included workshops for we design and e-book design. There were a total of seventeen panels. The “instant SFWA bookstore” from the previous year was repeated and the booksigning was again held on-site, with 56 authors participating. Walter Jon Williams served as toastmaster and astronaut Mike Fincke gave a humorous keynote address, both of them making use of AV equipment. The ceremony was streamed across the internet in real time and there was a viewing party held in New York sponsored by John Ordover.
Best Novel
- Embassytown by China Miéville, published by Del Rey
- God’s War by Kameron Hurley, published by Night Shade
- The Kingdom of Gods by N.K. Jemisin, published by Orbit US and Orbit UK
- Firebird by Jack McDevitt, published by Ace
- Mechanique: A Tale of the Circus Tresaulti by Genevieve Valentine, published by Prime Books
- Winner: Among Others by Jo Walton, published by Tor
Best Novella
- “With Unclean Hands” by Adam-Troy Castro, published by Analog
- “The Ice Owl” by Carolyn Gilman, published by The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction
- Winner: “The Man Who Bridged the Mist” by Kij Johnson, published by Asimov’s Magazine
- “Kiss Me Twice” by Mary Robinette Kowal, published by Asimov’s Magazine
- “The Man Who Ended History: A Documentary” by Ken Liu
- “Silently and Very Fast” by Catherynne M. Valente, published by Clarkesworld
Best Novelette
- “Six Months, Three Days” by Charlie Jane Anders, published by Tor.com
- “The Old Equations” by Jake Kerr, published by Lightspeed Magazine
- Winner: “What We Found” by Geoff Ryman, published by The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction
- “The Migratory Pattern of Dancers” by Katherine Sparrow, published by GigaNotoSaurus
- “Sauerkraut Station” by Ferrett Steinmetz, published by GigaNotoSaurus
- “Fields of Gold” by Rachel Swirsky
- “Ray of Light” by Brad R. Torgersen, published by Analog
Best Short Story
- “Shipbirth” by Aliette de Bodard, published by Asimov’s Magazine
- “Her Husband’s Hands” by Adam-Troy Castro, published by Lightspeed Magazine
- “Mama, We Are Zhenya, Your Son” by Tom Crosshill, published by Lightspeed Magazine
- “Movement” by Nancy Fulda, published by Asimov’s Magazine
- “The Axiom of Choice” by David W. Goldman, published by New Haven Review
- Winner: “The Paper Menagerie” by Ken Liu, published by The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction
- “The Cartographer Wasps and the Anarchist Bees” by E. Lily Yu, published by Clarkesworld
Ray Bradbury Nebula Award for Outstanding Dramatic Presentation
- Midnight in Paris written by Woody Allen, directed by Woody Allen (Sony Pictures)
- Attack the Block written by Joe Cornish, directed by Joe Cornish (Optimum Releasing and Screen Gems)
- Winner: Doctor Who: “The Doctor’s Wife” written by Neil Gaiman, directed by Richard Clark (BBC Wales)
- Hugo written by John Logan, directed by Martin Scorsese (Paramount Pictures)
- Captain America: The First Avenger written by Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely, directed by Joe Johnston (Paramount Pictures)
- The Adjustment Bureau written by George Nolfi, directed by George Nolfi (Universal Pictures)
- Source Code written by Ben Ripley, directed by Duncan Jones (Summit)
Andre Norton Nebula Award for Middle Grade and Young Adult Fiction
- Everybody Sees the Ants by A. S. King, published by Little, Brown
- Chime by Franny Billingsley, published by Dial Press
- The Boy at the End of the World by Greg van Eekhout, published by Bloomsbury Children’s Books
- Daughter of Smoke and Bone by Laini Taylor, published by Little, Brown
- Akata Witch by Nnedi Okorafor-Mbachu, published by Viking Juvenile
- Ultraviolet by R. J. Anderson
- The Girl of Fire and Thorns by Rae Carson, published by Greenwillow Books
- Winner: The Freedom Maze by Delia Sherman, published by Big Mouth House