Nebula Awards Nominees and Winners: Best Short Story

2011

• “Shipbirth” by Aliette de Bodard, published by Asimov’s Magazine. Nominated for Best Short Story in 2011

2010

• “Ponies” by Kij Johnson, published by Tor.com. Winner, Best Short Story in 2010
• “How Interesting: A Tiny Man” by Harlan Ellison, published by Realms of Fantasy. Winner, Best Short Story in 2010
• “Conditional Love” by Felicity Shoulders, published by Asimov’s Magazine. Nominated for Best Short Story in 2010
• “Arvies” by Adam-Troy Castro, published by Lightspeed Magazine. Nominated for Best Short Story in 2010
• “Ghosts of New York” by Jennifer Pelland. Nominated for Best Short Story in 2010
• “The Green Book” by Amal El-Mohtar, published by Apex Magazine. Nominated for Best Short Story in 2010
• “I’m Alive, I Love You, I’ll See You in Reno” by Vylar Kaftan, published by Lightspeed Magazine. Nominated for Best Short Story in 2010

2009

• “Going Deep” by James Patrick Kelly, published by Asimov’s Magazine. Nominated for Best Short Story in 2009
• “Bridesicle” by Will McIntosh, published by Asimov’s Magazine. Nominated for Best Short Story in 2009
• “Hooves and the Hovel of Abdel Jameela” by Saladin Ahmed. Nominated for Best Short Story in 2009
• “I Remember the Future” by Michael A. Burstein. Nominated for Best Short Story in 2009
• “Non-Zero Probabilities” by N.K. Jemisin, published by Clarkesworld. Nominated for Best Short Story in 2009
• “Spar” by Kij Johnson, published by Clarkesworld. Winner, Best Short Story in 2009

2008

• “26 Monkeys, Also the Abyss” by Kij Johnson, published by Asimov’s Magazine. Nominated for Best Short Story in 2008
• “The Button Bin” by Mike Allen, published by Helix. Nominated for Best Short Story in 2008
• “Mars: A Traveler’s Guide” by Ruth Nestvold, published by The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction. Nominated for Best Short Story in 2008
• “Don’t Stop” by James Patrick Kelly, published by Asimov’s Magazine. Nominated for Best Short Story in 2008
• “The Dreaming Wind” by Jeffrey Ford. Nominated for Best Short Story in 2008
• “The Tomb Wife” by Gwyneth Jones, published by The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction. Nominated for Best Short Story in 2008
• “Trophy Wives” by Nina Kiriki Hoffman, published by DAW. Winner, Best Short Story in 2008

2007

• “Titanium Mike Saves the Day” by David D. Levine. Nominated for Best Short Story in 2007
• “Always” by Karen Joy Fowler, published by Asimov’s Magazine. Winner, Best Short Story in 2007
• “Pride” by Mary Turzillo. Nominated for Best Short Story in 2007
• “Captive Girl” by Jennifer Pelland, published by Helix. Nominated for Best Short Story in 2007
• “The Story of Love” by Vera Nazarian. Nominated for Best Short Story in 2007
• “Unique Chicken Goes in Reverse” by Andy Duncan. Nominated for Best Short Story in 2007

2006

• “An End to All Things” by Karina Sumner-Smith. Nominated for Best Short Story in 2006
• “Echo” by Elizabeth Hand, published by The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction. Winner, Best Short Story in 2006
• “Helen Remembers the Stork Club” by Esther M. Friesner, published by The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction. Nominated for Best Short Story in 2006
• “Henry James, This One’s for You” by Jack McDevitt, published by Subterranean. Nominated for Best Short Story in 2006
• “Pip and the Fairies” by Theodora Goss, published by Strange Horizons. Nominated for Best Short Story in 2006
• “The Woman in Schrodinger’s Wave Equations” by Eugene Mirabelli, published by The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction. Nominated for Best Short Story in 2006

2005

• “I Live With You” by Carol Emshwiller, published by The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction. Winner, Best Short Story in 2005
• “Born-Again” by K.D. Wentworth, published by The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction. Nominated for Best Short Story in 2005
• “The End of the World As We Know It” by Dale Bailey, published by The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction. Nominated for Best Short Story in 2005
• “Singing My Sister Down” by Margo Lanagan. Nominated for Best Short Story in 2005
• “My Mother, Dancing” by Nancy Kress, published by Asimov’s Magazine. Nominated for Best Short Story in 2005
• “Still Life With Boobs” by Anne Harris, published by Talebones. Nominated for Best Short Story in 2005
• “There’s a Hole in the City” by Richard Bowes, published by Sci Fiction. Nominated for Best Short Story in 2005

2004

• “Coming to Terms” by Eileen Gunn. Winner, Best Short Story in 2004
• “Aloha” by Ken Wharton, published by Analog. Nominated for Best Short Story in 2004
• “Embracing-the-New” by Benjamin Rosenbaum, published by Asimov’s Magazine. Nominated for Best Short Story in 2004
• “In the Late December” by Greg van Eekhout, published by Strange Horizons. Nominated for Best Short Story in 2004
• “The Strange Redemption of Sister Mary Ann” by Mike Moscoe, published by Analog. Nominated for Best Short Story in 2004
• “Travels with My Cats” by Mike Resnick, published by Asimov’s Magazine. Nominated for Best Short Story in 2004

2003

• “What I Didn’t See” by Karen Joy Fowler, published by Sci Fiction. Winner, Best Short Story in 2003
• “The Brief History of the Dead” by Kevin Brockmeier, published by The New Yorker. Nominated for Best Short Story in 2003
• “Goodbye to All That” by Harlan Ellison. Nominated for Best Short Story in 2003
• “Knapsack Poems” by Eleanor Arnason, published by Asimov’s Magazine. Nominated for Best Short Story in 2003
• “Grandma” by Carol Emshwiller, published by The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction. Nominated for Best Short Story in 2003
• “Lambing Season” by Molly Gloss, published by Asimov’s Magazine. Nominated for Best Short Story in 2003
• “Last of the O-Forms” by James Van Pelt, published by Asimov’s Magazine. Nominated for Best Short Story in 2003

2002

• “Creature” by Carol Emshwiller, published by The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction. Winner, Best Short Story in 2002
• “Creation” by Jeffrey Ford, published by The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction. Nominated for Best Short Story in 2002
• “Cut” by Megan Lindholm, published by Asimov’s Magazine. Nominated for Best Short Story in 2002
• “Little Gods” by Tim Pratt, published by Strange Horizons. Nominated for Best Short Story in 2002
• “Nothing Ever Happens in Rock City” by Jack McDevitt, published by Artemis. Nominated for Best Short Story in 2002
• “The Dog Said Bow-Wow” by Michael Swanwick, published by Asimov’s Magazine. Nominated for Best Short Story in 2002

2001

• “Wound the Wind” by George Zebrowski, published by Analog. Nominated for Best Short Story in 2001
• “The Cure for Everything” by Severna Park, published by Sci Fiction. Winner, Best Short Story in 2001
• “The Elephants on Neptune” by Mike Resnick, published by Asimov’s Magazine. Nominated for Best Short Story in 2001
• “Kaddish for the Last Survivor” by Michael A. Burstein, published by Analog. Nominated for Best Short Story in 2001
• “Mom and Dad at the Home Front” by Sherwood Smith, published by Realms of Fantasy. Nominated for Best Short Story in 2001

2000

• “macs” by Terry Bisson, published by The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction. Winner, Best Short Story in 2000
• “The Fantasy Writer’s Assistant” by Jeffrey Ford, published by The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction. Nominated for Best Short Story in 2000
• “You Wandered Off Like a Foolish Child to Break Your Heart and Mine” by Pat York. Nominated for Best Short Story in 2000
• “Flying Over Water” by Ellen Klages, published by Lady Churchill’s Rosebud Wristlet. Nominated for Best Short Story in 2000
• “The Golem” by Severna Park. Nominated for Best Short Story in 2000
• “Scherzo With Tyrannosaur” by Michael Swanwick, published by Asimov’s Magazine. Nominated for Best Short Story in 2000

1999

• “The Cost of Doing Business” by Leslie What, published by Amazing Stories. Winner, Best Short Story in 1999
• “Ancient Engines” by Michael Swanwick, published by Asimov’s Magazine. Nominated for Best Short Story in 1999
• “Basil the Dog” by Frances Sherwood, published by Atlantic Monthly. Nominated for Best Short Story in 1999
• “Flower Kiss” by Constance Ash, published by Asimov’s Magazine. Nominated for Best Short Story in 1999
• “Radiant Doors” by Michael Swanwick, published by Asimov’s Magazine. Nominated for Best Short Story in 1999
• “The Dead Boy at Your Window” by Bruce Holland Rogers, published by The North American Review. Nominated for Best Short Story in 1999

1998

• “Thirteen Ways to Water” by Bruce Holland Rogers. Winner, Best Short Story in 1998
• “Fortune and Misfortune” by Lisa Goldstein, published by Asimov’s Magazine. Nominated for Best Short Story in 1998
• “Standing Room Only” by Karen Joy Fowler, published by Asimov’s Magazine. Nominated for Best Short Story in 1998
• “Tall One” by K. D. Wentworth, published by The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction. Nominated for Best Short Story in 1998

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