2020 Nebula Awards®
Presented online on June 5, 2021
Video recording of the event is available here.
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
- Winner: 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
- Winner: “Ring Shout” by P. Djèlí Clark, published by Tordotcom
- “The Four Profound Weaves” by R.B. Lemberg, published by Tachyon
- “Ife-Iyoku, the Tale of Imadeyunuagbon” by Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki, published by Aurelia Leo
- “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
- Winner: “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
- Winner: “Open House on Haunted Hill” by John Wiswell, published by Diabolical Plots
Ray Bradbury Nebula Award for Outstanding Dramatic Presentation
- The Mandalorian: “The Tragedy” written by Jon Favreau (Disney+ and Golem Creations/Lucasfilm)
- Lovecraft Country, Season 1 written by Misha Green, Shannon Houston, Kevin Lau, Wes Taylor, Ihuoma Ofordire, Jonathan I. Kidd, and Sonya Winton-Odamtten (HBO Max and Bad Robot/Monkeypaw Productions/Warner Bros.Television)
- Birds of Prey: And the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn written by Christina Hodson (Warner Bros. Television and Clubhouse Pictures/DC Entertainment/Kroll & Co. Entertainment/LuckyChap Entertainment)
- The Expanse: “Gaugamela” written by Dan Nowak (Amazon Prime and Alcon Entertainment/Alcon Television Group/Amazon Studios/Hivemind/Just So)
- The Old Guard written by Greg Rucka (Netflix and Skydance Media/Denver and Delilah Productions/Marc Evans Productions)
- Winner: The Good Place: “Whenever You’re Ready” written by Michael Schur (NBC and Fremulon/3 Arts Entertainment/Universal)
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
- Winner: 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 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
- Winner: Hades by Greg Kasavin, published by Supergiant