Nebula Awards Nominees and Winners: Best Novelette

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
• “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

2003

• “The Wages of Syntax” by Ray Vukcevich, published by Sci Fiction. Nominated for Best Novelette in 2003
• “The Mask of the Rex” by Richard Bowes, published by The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction. Nominated for Best Novelette in 2003
• “0wnz0red” by Cory Doctorow, published by Salon. Nominated for Best Novelette in 2003
• “The Empire of Ice Cream” by Jeffrey Ford, published by Sci Fiction. Winner, Best Novelette in 2003
• “Of a Sweet Slow Dance in the Wake of Temporary Dogs” by Adam-Troy Castro. Nominated for Best Novelette in 2003

2002

• “Hell is the Absence of God” by Ted Chiang. Winner, Best Novelette in 2002
• “The Days Between” by Allen Steele, published by Asimov’s Magazine. Nominated for Best Novelette in 2002
• “The Ferryman’s Wife” by Richard Bowes, published by The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction. Nominated for Best Novelette in 2002
• “Lobsters” by Charles Stross, published by Asimov’s Magazine. Nominated for Best Novelette in 2002
• “Madonna of the Maquiladora” by Gregory Frost, published by Asimov’s Magazine. Nominated for Best Novelette in 2002
• “The Pagodas of Ciboure” by M. Shayne Bell. Nominated for Best Novelette in 2002

2001

• “Louise’s Ghost” by Kelly Link. Winner, Best Novelette in 2001
• “Auspicious Eggs” by James Morrow, published by The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction. Nominated for Best Novelette in 2001
• “Dance of the Yellow-Breasted Luddites” by William Shunn. Nominated for Best Novelette in 2001
• “The Pottawattomie Giant” by Andy Duncan, published by Sci Fiction. Nominated for Best Novelette in 2001
• “To Kiss the Star” by Amy Sterling Casil, published by The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction. Nominated for Best Novelette in 2001
• “Undone” by James Patrick Kelly, published by Asimov’s Magazine. Nominated for Best Novelette in 2001

2000

• “Daddy’s World” by Walter Jon Williams. Winner, Best Novelette in 2000
• “Generation Gap” by Stanley Schmidt, published by Artemis. Nominated for Best Novelette in 2000
• “A Knight of Ghosts and Shadows” by Gardner Dozois, published by Asimov’s Magazine. Nominated for Best Novelette in 2000
• “Stellar Harvest” by Eleanor Arnason, published by Asimov’s Magazine. Nominated for Best Novelette in 2000
• “A Day’s Work on the Moon” by Mike Moscoe, published by Analog. Nominated for Best Novelette in 2000
• “How the Highland People Came to Be” by Bruce Holland Rogers, published by Realms of Fantasy. Nominated for Best Novelette in 2000
• “Jack Daw’s Pack” by Greer Gilman. Nominated for Best Novelette in 2000

1999

• “Good Intentions” by Stanley Schmidt and Jack McDevitt, published by The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction. Nominated for Best Novelette in 1999
• “Taklamakan” by Bruce Sterling, published by Asimov’s Magazine. Nominated for Best Novelette in 1999
• “The Island in the Lake” by Phyllis Eisenstein, published by The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction. Nominated for Best Novelette in 1999
• “Five Days in April” by Brian A. Hopkins, published by Chiaroscuro. Nominated for Best Novelette in 1999
• “Mars Is No Place for Children” by Mary A. Turzillo, published by Science Fiction Age. Winner, Best Novelette in 1999
• “How to Make Unicorn Pie” by Esther M. Friesner, published by The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction. Nominated for Best Novelette in 1999

1998

• “Echea” by Kristine Kathryn Rusch, published by Asimov’s Magazine. Nominated for Best Novelette in 1998
• “Lost Girls” by Jane Yolen, published by Realms of Fantasy. Winner, Best Novelette in 1998
• “Lethe” by Walter Jon Williams, published by Asimov’s Magazine. Nominated for Best Novelette in 1998
• “Time Gypsy” by Ellen Klages. Nominated for Best Novelette in 1998
• “The Mercy Gate” by Mark J. McGarry, published by The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction. Nominated for Best Novelette in 1998
• “The Truest Chill” by Gregory Feeley. Nominated for Best Novelette in 1998

1997

• “The Flowers of Aulit Prison” by Nancy Kress, published by Asimov’s Magazine. Winner, Best Novelette in 1997
• “The Copyright Notice Case” by Paul Levinson, published by Analog. Nominated for Best Novelette in 1997
• “The Dog’s Story” by Eleanor Arnason, published by Asimov’s Magazine. Nominated for Best Novelette in 1997

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