Nebula Awards Nominees and Winners: Best Novelette
2019
- “Carpe Glitter” by Cat Rambo, published by Meerkat Shorts, LLC. Winner, Best Novelette in 2019
- “A Strange Uncertain Light” by G. V. Anderson, published by The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction. Nominated for Best Novelette in 2019
- “For He Can Creep” by Siobhan Carroll, published by Tor.com. Nominated for Best Novelette in 2019
- “His Footsteps, Through Darkness and Light” by Mimi Mondal, published by Tor.com. Nominated for Best Novelette in 2019
- “The Blur in the Corner of Your Eye” by Sarah Pinsker, published by Uncanny. Nominated for Best Novelette in 2019
- “The Archronology of Love” by Caroline M. Yoachim, published by Lightspeed Magazine. Nominated for Best Novelette in 2019
2018
- “The Only Harmless Great Thing” by Brooke Bolander, published by Tor.com. Winner, Best Novelette in 2018
- “The Last Banquet of Temporal Confections” by Tina Connolly, published by Tor.com. Nominated for Best Novelette in 2018
- “An Agent of Utopia” by Andy Duncan, published by Small Beer Press. Nominated for Best Novelette in 2018
- “The Substance of My Lives, the Accidents of Our Births” by José Pablo Iriarte, published by Lightspeed Magazine. Nominated for Best Novelette in 2018
- “The Rule of Three” by Lawrence M. Schoen, published by Future Science Fiction Digest. Nominated for Best Novelette in 2018
- “Messenger” by Yudhanjaya Wijeratne and R.R. Virdi. Nominated for Best Novelette in 2018
2017
- “Dirty Old Town” by Richard Bowes, published by The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction. Nominated for Best Novelette in 2017
- “Weaponized Math” by Jonathan P. Brazee, published by LMBPN Publishing. Nominated for Best Novelette in 2017
- “Wind Will Rove” by Sarah Pinsker, published by Asimov’s Magazine. Nominated for Best Novelette in 2017
- “A Series of Steaks” by Vina Jie-Min Prasad, published by Clarkesworld. Nominated for Best Novelette in 2017
- “A Human Stain” by Kelly Robson, published by Tor.com. Winner, Best Novelette in 2017
- “Small Changes Over Long Periods of Time” by K.M. Szpara, published by Uncanny. Nominated for Best Novelette in 2017
2016
- “The Long Fall Up” by William Ledbetter, published by The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction. Winner, Best Novelette in 2016
- “Sooner or Later Everything Falls Into the Sea” by Sarah Pinsker, published by Lightspeed Magazine. Nominated for Best Novelette in 2016
- “Blood Grains Speak Through Memories” by Jason Sanford, published by Beneath Ceaseless Skies. Nominated for Best Novelette in 2016
- “The Orangery” by Bonnie Jo Stufflebeam, published by Beneath Ceaseless Skies. Nominated for Best Novelette in 2016
- “The Jewel and Her Lapidary” by Fran Wilde, published by Tor.com. Nominated for Best Novelette in 2016
- “You’ll Surely Drown Here If You Stay” by Alyssa Wong, published by Uncanny. Nominated for Best Novelette in 2016
2015
- “And You Shall Know Her by the Trail of Dead” by Brooke Bolander, published by Lightspeed Magazine. Nominated for Best Novelette in 2015
- “The Deepwater Bride” by Tamsyn Muir, published by The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction. Nominated for Best Novelette in 2015
- “Grandmother-nai-Laylit’s Cloth of Winds” by Rose Lemberg, published by Beneath Ceaseless Skies. Nominated for Best Novelette in 2015
- “The Ladies’ Aquatic Gardening Society” by Henry Lien, published by Asimov’s Magazine. Nominated for Best Novelette in 2015
- “Our Lady of the Open Road” by Sarah Pinsker, published by Asimov’s Magazine. Winner, Best Novelette in 2015
- “Rattlesnakes and Men” by Michael Bishop, published by Asimov’s Magazine. Nominated for Best Novelette in 2015
2014
- “We Are the Cloud” by Sam J. Miller, published by Lightspeed Magazine. Nominated for Best Novelette in 2014
- “Sleep Walking Now and Then” by Richard Bowes, published by Tor.com. Nominated for Best Novelette in 2014
- “The Magician and Laplace’s Demon” by Tom Crosshill, published by Clarkesworld. Nominated for Best Novelette in 2014
- “The Husband Stitch” by Carmen Maria Machado, published by Granta. Nominated for Best Novelette in 2014
- “The Devil in America” by Kai Ashante Wilson, published by Tor.com. Nominated for Best Novelette in 2014
- “A Guide to the Fruits of Hawai’i” by Alaya Dawn Johnson, published by The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction. Winner, Best Novelette in 2014
2013
- “Paranormal Romance” by Christopher Barzak, published by Lightspeed Magazine. Nominated for Best Novelette in 2013
- “The Waiting Stars” by Aliette de Bodard. Winner, Best Novelette in 2013
- “They Shall Salt the Earth with Seeds of Glass” by Alaya Dawn Johnson, published by Asimov’s Magazine. Nominated for Best Novelette in 2013
- “Pearl Rehabilitative Colony for Ungrateful Daughters” by Henry Lien, published by Asimov’s Magazine. Nominated for Best Novelette in 2013
- “The Litigation Master and the Monkey King” by Ken Liu, published by Lightspeed Magazine. Nominated for Best Novelette in 2013
- “In Joy, Knowing the Abyss Behind” by Sarah Pinsker, published by Strange Horizons. Nominated for Best Novelette in 2013
2012
- “Close Encounters” by Andy Duncan. Winner, Best Novelette in 2012
- “The Waves” by Ken Liu, published by Asimov’s Magazine. Nominated for Best Novelette in 2012
- “Swift, Brutal Retaliation” by Meghan McCarron, published by Tor.com. Nominated for Best Novelette in 2012
- “The Pyre of New Day” by Catherine Asaro. Nominated for Best Novelette in 2012
- “Portrait of Lisane da Patagnia” by Rachel Swirsky, published by Tor.com. Nominated for Best Novelette in 2012
- “The Finite Canvas” by Brit Mandelo, published by Tor.com. Nominated for Best Novelette in 2012
- “Fade to White” by Catherynne M. Valente, published by Clarkesworld. Nominated for Best Novelette in 2012
2011
- “What We Found” by Geoff Ryman, published by The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction. Winner, Best Novelette in 2011
- “Fields of Gold” by Rachel Swirsky. Nominated for Best Novelette in 2011
- “The Migratory Pattern of Dancers” by Katherine Sparrow, published by GigaNotoSaurus. Nominated for Best Novelette in 2011
- “The Old Equations” by Jake Kerr, published by Lightspeed Magazine. Nominated for Best Novelette in 2011
- “Ray of Light” by Brad R. Torgersen, published by Analog. Nominated for Best Novelette in 2011
- “Sauerkraut Station” by Ferrett Steinmetz, published by GigaNotoSaurus. Nominated for Best Novelette in 2011
- “Six Months, Three Days” by Charlie Jane Anders, published by Tor.com. Nominated for Best Novelette in 2011
2010
- “That Leviathan Whom Thou Hast Made” by Eric James Stone, published by Analog. Winner, Best Novelette in 2010
- “The Fortuitous Meeting of Gerard van Oost and Oludara” by Christopher Kastensmidt, published by Realms of Fantasy. Nominated for Best Novelette in 2010
- “The Jaguar House, in Shadow” by Aliette de Bodard, published by Asimov’s Magazine. Nominated for Best Novelette in 2010
- “Map of Seventeen” by Christopher Barzak. Nominated for Best Novelette in 2010
- “Pishaach” by Shweta Narayan. Nominated for Best Novelette in 2010
- “Plus or Minus” by James Patrick Kelly, published by Asimov’s Magazine. Nominated for Best Novelette in 2010
- “Stone Wall Truth” by Caroline M. Yoachim, published by Asimov’s Magazine. Nominated for Best Novelette in 2010
2009
- “Divining Light” by Ted Kosmatka, published by Asimov’s Magazine. Nominated for Best Novelette in 2009
- “Vinegar Peace, or the Wrong-Way Used-Adult Orphanage” by Michael Bishop, published by Asimov’s Magazine. Nominated for Best Novelette in 2009
- “I Needs Must Part, the Policeman Said” by Richard Bowes, published by The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction. Nominated for Best Novelette in 2009
- “The Gambler” by Paolo Bacigalupi. Nominated for Best Novelette in 2009
- “A Memory of Wind” by Rachel Swirsky, published by Tor.com. Nominated for Best Novelette in 2009
- “Sinner, Baker, Fabulist, Priest; Red Mask, Black Mask, Gentleman, Beast” by Eugie Foster, published by Interzone. Winner, Best Novelette in 2009
2008
- “Baby Doll” by Johanna Sinisalo. Nominated for Best Novelette in 2008
- “Dark Rooms” by Lisa Goldstein, published by Asimov’s Magazine. Nominated for Best Novelette in 2008
- “Kaleidoscope” by K.D. Wentworth, published by The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction. Nominated for Best Novelette in 2008
- “If Angels Fight” by Richard Bowes, published by The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction. Nominated for Best Novelette in 2008
- “Night Wind” by Mary Rosenblum. Nominated for Best Novelette in 2008
- “The Ray Gun: A Love Story” by James Alan Gardner, published by Asimov’s Magazine. Nominated for Best Novelette in 2008
- “Pride and Prometheus” by John Kessel, published by The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction. Winner, Best Novelette in 2008
2007
- “The Merchant and the Alchemist’s Gate” by Ted Chiang, published by The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction. Winner, Best Novelette in 2007
- “Child, Maiden, Mother, Crone” by Terry Bramlett, published by Jim Baen’s Universe. Nominated for Best Novelette in 2007
- “The Children’s Crusade” by Robin Wayne Bailey. Nominated for Best Novelette in 2007
- “The Evolution of Trickster Stories Among the Dogs of North Park After the Change” by Kij Johnson. Nominated for Best Novelette in 2007
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