Nebula Awards Nominees and Winners: Best Novelette

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

• “Sinner, Baker, Fabulist, Priest; Red Mask, Black Mask, Gentleman, Beast” by Eugie Foster, published by Interzone. Winner, Best Novelette in 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

2008

• “Pride and Prometheus” by John Kessel, published by The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction. Winner, Best Novelette in 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

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
• “The Fiddler of Bayou Teche” by Delia Sherman. Nominated for Best Novelette in 2007
• “Pol Pot’s Beautiful Daughter (Fantasy)” by Geoff Ryman, published by The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction. Nominated for Best Novelette in 2007
• “Safeguard” by Nancy Kress, published by Asimov’s Magazine. Nominated for Best Novelette in 2007

2006

• “Two Hearts” by Peter S. Beagle, published by The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction. Winner, Best Novelette in 2006
• “Journey into the Kingdom” by M. Rickert, published by The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction. Nominated for Best Novelette in 2006
• “Little Faces” by Vonda N. McIntyre, published by Sci Fiction. Nominated for Best Novelette in 2006
• “The Language of Moths” by Christopher Barzak, published by Realms of Fantasy. Nominated for Best Novelette in 2006
• “Walpurgis Afternoon” by Delia Sherman, published by The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction. Nominated for Best Novelette in 2006

2005

• “The Faery Handbag” by Kelly Link. Winner, Best Novelette in 2005
• “Flat Diane” by Daniel Abraham, published by The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction. Nominated for Best Novelette in 2005
• “Men Are Trouble” by James Patrick Kelly, published by Asimov’s Magazine. Nominated for Best Novelette in 2005
• “Nirvana High” by Eileen Gunn and Leslie What. Nominated for Best Novelette in 2005
• “The People of Sand and Slag” by Paolo Bacigalupi, published by The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction. Nominated for Best Novelette in 2005

2004

• “Basement Magic” by Ellen Klages, published by The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction. Winner, Best Novelette in 2004
• “Dry Bones” by William Sanders, published by Asimov’s Magazine. Nominated for Best Novelette in 2004
• “The Gladiator’s War: A Dialog” by Lois Tilton, published by Asimov’s Magazine. Nominated for Best Novelette in 2004
• “The Voluntary State” by Christopher Rowe, published by Sci Fiction. Nominated for Best Novelette in 2004
• “Zora and the Zombie” by Andy Duncan, published by Sci Fiction. Nominated for Best Novelette in 2004

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