2012 Nebula Awards®
Presented at San José Hilton in San José, California on May 18, 2013
On Thursday and Friday, there were tours of the Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum and the Computer History Museum. That evening, SF in SF, a San Francisco reading series, held its monthly event at the hotel in conjunction with the Nebulas. Programming began on Friday, with nine panels and presentations. Once again book sales and the autographing were on-site, although this time the book sales were conducted by Borderlands Books, which came down from San Francisco. Sixty-two authors participated in a room that was too small. There was more programming on Saturday after the Business Meeting. Robert Silverberg served as toastmaster and there was no keynote speaker. For the fourth year in a row, the event was streamed over the internet and John Ordover hosted a viewing party in New York.
Best Novel
- Throne of the Crescent Moon by Saladin Ahmed, published by DAW
- Ironskin by Tina Connolly, published by Tor
- The Killing Moon by N.K. Jemisin, published by Orbit US and Orbit UK
- The Drowning Girl by Caitlín R. Kiernan, published by Roc
- Glamour in Glass by Mary Robinette Kowal, published by Tor
- Winner: 2312 by Kim Stanley Robinson, published by Orbit US and Orbit UK
Best Novella
- “On a Red Station, Drifting” by Aliette de Bodard
- “The Stars Do Not Lie” by Jay Lake, published by Asimov’s Magazine
- Winner: “After the Fall, Before the Fall, During the Fall” by Nancy Kress, published by Tachyon
- “All the Flavors” by Ken Liu, published by GigaNotoSaurus
- “Katabasis” by Robert Reed, published by The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction
- “Barry’s Tale” by Lawrence M. Schoen, published by Hadley Rille Books
Best Novelette
- “The Pyre of New Day” by Catherine Asaro
- Winner: “Close Encounters” by Andy Duncan
- “The Waves” by Ken Liu, published by Asimov’s Magazine
- “The Finite Canvas” by Lee Mandelo, published by Tor.com
- “Swift, Brutal Retaliation” by Meghan McCarron, published by Tor.com
- “Portrait of Lisane da Patagnia” by Rachel Swirsky, published by Tor.com
- “Fade to White” by Catherynne M. Valente, published by Clarkesworld
Best Short Story
- “Robot” by Helena Bell, published by Clarkesworld
- Winner: “Immersion” by Aliette de Bodard, published by Clarkesworld
- “Fragmentation, or Ten Thousand Goodbyes” by Tom Crosshill, published by Clarkesworld
- “Nanny’s Day” by Leah Cypess, published by Asimov’s Magazine
- “Give Her Honey When You Hear Her Scream” by Maria Dahvana Headley, published by Lightspeed Magazine
- “The Bookmaking Habits of Select Species” by Ken Liu, published by Lightspeed Magazine
- “Five Ways to Fall in Love on Planet Porcelain” by Cat Rambo
Ray Bradbury Nebula Award for Outstanding Dramatic Presentation
- Winner: Beasts of the Southern Wild written by Lucy Alibar and Benh Zeitlin, directed by Benh Zeitlin (Journeyman, Cinereach, and Court 13)
- The Hunger Games written by Gary Ross, Suzanne Collins, and Billy Ray, directed by Gary Ross (Lionsgate)
- John Carter written by Andrew Stanton, directed by Andrew Stanton (Walt Disney Pictures)
- The Cabin in the Woods written by Joss Whedon and Drew Goddard, directed by Drew Goddard (Mutant Enemy Productions)
- The Avengers written by Joss Whedon and Zak Penn, directed by Joss Whedon (Marvel Studios)
Andre Norton Nebula Award for Middle Grade and Young Adult Fiction
- Black Heart by Holly Black, published by Victor Gollancz Ltd
- Railsea by China Miéville, published by Del Rey
- Every Day by David Levithan, published by Alice A. Knopf Books for Young Readers
- Summer of the Mariposas by Guadalupe Garcia McCall, published by Tu Books
- Above World by Jenn Reese, published by Candlewick
- Iron Hearted Violet by Kelly Barnhill, published by Little, Brown
- Enchanted by Alethea Kontis, published by Harcourt
- Above by Leah Bobet, published by Arthur A. Levine Books
- The Diviners by Libba Bray, published by Little, Brown
- Winner: Fair Coin by E.C. Myers, published by Pyr
- Seraphina by Rachel Hartman, published by Random House
- Vessel by Sarah Beth Durst, published by Margaret K. McElderry