Nebula Awards Nominees and Winners: Best Novella

2010

• “The Lifecycle of Software Objects” by Ted Chiang, published by Subterranean. Nominated for Best Novella in 2010
• “Iron Shoes” by J. Kathleen Cheney. Nominated for Best Novella in 2010
• “Ghosts Doing the Orange Dance” by Paul Park, published by The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction. Nominated for Best Novella in 2010
• “The Alchemist” by Paolo Bacigalupi, published by Audible and Subterranean. Nominated for Best Novella in 2010

2009

• “The Women of Nell Gwynne’s” by Kage Baker, published by Subterranean. Winner, Best Novella in 2009
• “Arkfall” by Carolyn Gilman, published by The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction. Nominated for Best Novella in 2009
• “Act One” by Nancy Kress, published by Asimov’s Magazine. Nominated for Best Novella in 2009
• “Shambling Towards Hiroshima” by James Morrow, published by Tachyon. Nominated for Best Novella in 2009
• “Sublimation Angels” by Jason Sanford, published by Interzone. Nominated for Best Novella in 2009
• “The God Engines” by John Scalzi, published by Subterranean Press. Nominated for Best Novella in 2009

2008

• “The Spacetime Pool” by Catherine Asaro, published by Analog. Winner, Best Novella in 2008
• “Dark Heaven” by Gregory Benford, published by Science Fiction Book Club. Nominated for Best Novella in 2008
• “Dangerous Space” by Kelley Eskridge, published by Aqueduct Press. Nominated for Best Novella in 2008
• “The Political Prisoner” by Charles Coleman Finlay, published by The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction. Nominated for Best Novella in 2008
• “The Duke in His Castle” by Vera Nazarian, published by Norilana Books. Nominated for Best Novella in 2008

2007

• “The Helper and His Hero” by Matt Hughs, published by The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction. Nominated for Best Novella in 2007
• “Kiosk” by Bruce Sterling, published by The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction. Nominated for Best Novella in 2007
• “Memorare” by Gene Wolfe, published by The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction. Nominated for Best Novella in 2007
• “Stars Seen Through Stone” by Lucius Shepard, published by The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction. Nominated for Best Novella in 2007
• “Fountain of Age” by Nancy Kress, published by Asimov’s Magazine. Winner, Best Novella in 2007
• “Awakening” by Judith Berman, published by Black Gate. Nominated for Best Novella in 2007

2006

• “Inclination” by William Shunn, published by Asimov’s Magazine. Nominated for Best Novella in 2006
• “Burn” by James Patrick Kelly, published by Tachyon. Winner, Best Novella in 2006
• “Sanctuary” by Michael A. Burstein, published by Analog. Nominated for Best Novella in 2006
• “The Walls of the Universe” by Paul Melko, published by Asimov’s Magazine. Nominated for Best Novella in 2006

2005

• “Magic for Beginners” by Kelly Link, published by The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction. Winner, Best Novella in 2005
• “Clay’s Pride” by Bud Sparhawk, published by Analog. Nominated for Best Novella in 2005
• “Identity Theft” by Robert J. Sawyer. Nominated for Best Novella in 2005
• “The Tribes of Bela” by Albert E. Cowdrey, published by The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction. Nominated for Best Novella in 2005
• “Left of the Dial” by Paul Witcover, published by Sci Fiction. Nominated for Best Novella in 2005

2004

• “The Cookie Monster” by Vernor Vinge, published by Analog. Nominated for Best Novella in 2004
• “Just Like the Ones We Used to Know” by Connie Willis, published by Asimov’s Magazine. Nominated for Best Novella in 2004
• “The Tangled Strings of the Marionettes” by Adam-Troy Castro, published by The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction. Nominated for Best Novella in 2004
• “The Green Leopard Plague” by Walter Jon Williams, published by Asimov’s Magazine. Winner, Best Novella in 2004
• “Walk in Silence” by Catherine Asaro, published by Analog. Nominated for Best Novella in 2004

2003

• “Coraline” by Neil Gaiman, published by HarperCollins. Winner, Best Novella in 2003
• “Breathmoss” by Ian R. MacLeod, published by Asimov’s Magazine. Nominated for Best Novella in 2003
• “The Empress of Mars” by Kage Baker, published by Asimov’s Magazine. Nominated for Best Novella in 2003
• “The Potter of Bones” by Eleanor Arnason, published by Asimov’s Magazine. Nominated for Best Novella in 2003
• “Stories for Men” by John Kessel, published by Asimov’s Magazine. Nominated for Best Novella in 2003

2002

• “Bronte’s Egg” by Richard Chwedyk, published by The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction. Winner, Best Novella in 2002
• “The Chief Designer” by Andy Duncan, published by Asimov’s Magazine. Nominated for Best Novella in 2002
• “Magic’s Price” by Bud Sparhawk, published by Analog. Nominated for Best Novella in 2002
• “The Political Officer” by Charles Coleman Finlay, published by The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction. Nominated for Best Novella in 2002
• “Sunday Night Yams at Minnie and Earl’s” by Adam-Troy Castro, published by Analog. Nominated for Best Novella in 2002

2001

• “The Ultimate Earth” by Jack Williamson, published by Analog. Winner, Best Novella in 2001
• “The Diamond Pit” by Jack Dann, published by The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction. Nominated for Best Novella in 2001
• “May Be Some Time” by Brenda Clough, published by Analog. Nominated for Best Novella in 2001
• “Radiant Green Star” by Lucius Shepard, published by Asimov’s Magazine. Nominated for Best Novella in 2001
• “A Roll of the Dice” by Catherine Asaro, published by Analog. Nominated for Best Novella in 2001

2000

• “Goddesses” by Linda Nagata, published by Sci Fiction. Winner, Best Novella in 2000
• “Argonautica” by Walter Jon Williams, published by Asimov’s Magazine. Nominated for Best Novella in 2000
• “Crocodile Rock” by Lucius Shepard, published by The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction. Nominated for Best Novella in 2000
• “Fortitude” by Andy Duncan, published by Realms of Fantasy. Nominated for Best Novella in 2000
• “Hunting the Snark” by Mike Resnick, published by Asimov’s Magazine. Nominated for Best Novella in 2000
• “Ninety Percent of Everything” by Jonathan Lethem, James Patrick Kelly, and John Kessel, published by The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction. Nominated for Best Novella in 2000

1999

• “Story of Your Life” by Ted Chiang. Winner, Best Novella in 1999
• “The Executioners Guild” by Andy Duncan, published by Asimov’s Magazine. Nominated for Best Novella in 1999
• “The Astronaut from Wyoming” by Adam-Troy Castro and Jerry Oltion, published by Analog. Nominated for Best Novella in 1999
• “Living Trust” by L. Timmel Duchamp, published by Asimov’s Magazine. Nominated for Best Novella in 1999
• “The Wedding Album” by David Marusek, published by Asimov’s Magazine. Nominated for Best Novella in 1999
• “Reality Check” by Michael A. Burstein, published by Analog. Nominated for Best Novella in 1999

1998

• “Reading the Bones” by Sheila Finch, published by The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction. Winner, Best Novella in 1998
• “Aurora in Four Voices” by Catherine Asaro, published by Analog. Nominated for Best Novella in 1998
• “The Boss in the Wall, A Treatise on the House Devil” by Avram Davidson and Grania Davis, published by Tachyon. Nominated for Best Novella in 1998
• “Ecopoiesis” by Geoffrey A. Landis, published by Science Fiction Age. Nominated for Best Novella in 1998
• “Izzy and the Father of Terror” by Eliot Fintushel, published by Asimov’s Magazine. Nominated for Best Novella in 1998
• “Jumping Off the Planet” by David Gerrold, published by Science Fiction Age. Nominated for Best Novella in 1998

1997

• “Abandon in Place” by Jerry Oltion, published by The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction. Winner, Best Novella in 1997
• “Chrysalis” by Robert Reed, published by Asimov’s Magazine. Nominated for Best Novella in 1997
• “The Funeral March of the Marionettes” by Adam-Troy Castro, published by The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction. Nominated for Best Novella in 1997
• “Loose Ends” by Paul Levinson, published by Analog. Nominated for Best Novella in 1997
• “…Where Angels Fear to Tread” by Allen Steele, published by Asimov’s Magazine. Nominated for Best Novella in 1997
• “Primrose and Thorn” by Bud Sparhawk, published by Analog. Nominated for Best Novella in 1997

1996

• “Da Vinci Rising” by Jack Dann, published by Asimov’s Magazine. Winner, Best Novella in 1996
• “Blood of the Dragon” by George R.R. Martin, published by Asimov’s Magazine. Nominated for Best Novella in 1996
• “The Cost to be Wise” by Maureen F. McHugh. Nominated for Best Novella in 1996
• “The Death of Captain Future” by Allen Steele, published by Asimov’s Magazine. Nominated for Best Novella in 1996
• “Time Travelers Never Die” by Jack McDevitt, published by Asimov’s Magazine. Nominated for Best Novella in 1996
• “A Woman’s Liberation” by Ursula K. Le Guin, published by Asimov’s Magazine. Nominated for Best Novella in 1996

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