2020 Nebula Awards®
Best Novel
- Piranesi by Susanna Clarke, published by Bloomsbury US and Bloomsbury UK
- The City We Became by N.K. Jemisin, published by Orbit US and Orbit UK
- Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia, published by Del Rey and Jo Fletcher
- The Midnight Bargain by C. L. Polk, published by Erewhon
- Black Sun by Rebecca Roanhorse, published by Saga and Solaris
- Network Effect by Martha Wells, published by Tordotcom
Best Novella
- “Tower of Mud and Straw” by Yaroslav Barsukov, published by Metaphorosis
- “Finna” by Nino Cipri, published by Tordotcom
- “Ring Shout” by P. Djèlí Clark, published by Tordotcom
- “Ife-Iyoku, the Tale of Imadeyunuagbon” by Ekpeki Oghenechovwe Donald, published by Aurelia Leo
- “The Four Profound Weaves” by R.B. Lemberg, published by Tachyon
- “Riot Baby” by Tochi Onyebuchi, published by Tordotcom
Best Novelette
- “Stepsister” by Leah Cypess, published by F&SF
- “The Pill” by Meg Ellison, published by PM Press
- “Burn or the Episodic Life of Sam Wells as a Super” by A. T. Greenblatt, published by Uncanny
- “Two Truths and a Lie” by Sarah Pinsker, published by Tor.com
- “Where You Linger” by Bonnie Jo Stufflebeam, published by Uncanny
- “Shadow Prisons” by Caroline M. Yoachim, published by Broad Reach Publishing + Adamant Press
Best Short Story
- “The Eight-Thousanders” by Jason Sanford, published by Asimov’s
- “Advanced Word Problems in Portal Math” by Aimee Picchi, published by Daily Science Fiction
- “A Guide for Working Breeds” by Vina Jie-Min Prasad, published by Solaris
- “Badass Moms in the Zombie Apocalypse” by Rae Carson, published by Uncanny
- “My Country is a Ghost” by Eugenia Triantafyllou, published by Uncanny
- “Open House on Haunted Hill” by John Wiswell, published by Diabolical Plots
Andre Norton Nebula Award for Middle Grade and Young Adult Fiction
- Raybearer by Jordan Ifueko, published by Amulet
- A Game of Fox & Squirrels by Jenn Reese, published by Holt
- A Wizard’s Guide to Defensive Baking by T. Kingfisher, published by Argyll
- Elatsoe by Darcie Little Badger, published by Levine Querido
- Star Daughter by Shveta Thakrar, published by HarperTeen
Best Dramatic Presentation
- The Mandalorian: “The Tragedy” by Jon Favreau, published by Disney+ and Golem Creations/Lucasfilm
- Lovecraft Country, Season 1 by Misha Green, Shannon Houston, Kevin Lau, Wes Taylor, Ihuoma Ofordire, Jonathan I. Kidd, and Sonya Winton-Odamtten, published by HBO Max and Bad Robot/Monkeypaw Productions/Warner Bros.Television
- Birds of Prey: And the Fantabulous Emancipation on One Harley Quinn by Christina Hodson, published by Warner Bros. Television and Clubhouse Pictures/DC Entertainment/Kroll & Co. Entertainment/LuckyChap Entertainment
- The Expanse: “Gaugamela” by Dan Nowak, published by Amazon Prime and Alcon Entertainment/Alcon Television Group/Amazon Studios/Hivemind/Just So
- The Old Guard by Greg Rucka, published by Netflix and Skydance Media/Denver and Delilah Productions/Marc Evans Productions
- The Good Place: “Whenever You’re Ready” by Michael Schur, published by NBC and Fremulon/3 Arts Entertainment/Universal
Best Game Writing
- Scents & Semiosis by Sam Kabo Ashwell, Cat Manning, Caleb Wilson, and Yoon Ha Lee, published by Self
- The Luminous Underground by Phoebe Barton, published by Choice of Games
- Blaseball by Stephen Bell, Joel Clark, and Sam Rosenthal, published by The Game Band
- Kentucky Route Zero by Jake Elliott, published by Cardboard Computer
- Spiritfarer by Nicolas Guérin, Maxime Monast, and Alex Tommi-Morin, published by Thunder Lotus Games
- Hades by Greg Kasavin, published by Supergiant