Nebula Awards Nominees and Winners: Best Short Story

1998

• “When the Bow Breaks” by Steven Brust. Nominated for Best Short Story in 1998
• “Winter Fire” by Geoffrey A. Landis, published by Asimov’s Magazine. Nominated for Best Short Story in 1998

1997

• “Sister Emily’s Lightship” by Jane Yolen. Winner, Best Short Story in 1997
• “Burning Bright” by K. D. Wentworth. Nominated for Best Short Story in 1997
• “The Crab Lice” by Gregory Feeley. Nominated for Best Short Story in 1997
• “The Dead” by Michael Swanwick. Nominated for Best Short Story in 1997
• “The Elizabeth Complex” by Karen Joy Fowler, published by Crank!. Nominated for Best Short Story in 1997
• “Itsy Bitsy Spider” by James Patrick Kelly, published by Asimov’s Magazine. Nominated for Best Short Story in 1997

1996

• “A Birthday” by Esther M. Friesner, published by The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction. Winner, Best Short Story in 1996
• “Five Fucks” by Jonathan Lethem. Nominated for Best Short Story in 1996
• “In the Pound, Near Breaktime” by Kent Brewster. Nominated for Best Short Story in 1996
• “In the Shade of the Slowboat Man” by Dean Wesley Smith, published by The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction. Nominated for Best Short Story in 1996
• “The String” by Kathleen Ann Goonan, published by The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction. Nominated for Best Short Story in 1996
• “These Shoes Strangers Have Died Of” by Bruce Holland Rogers. Nominated for Best Short Story in 1996

1995

• “Death and the Librarian” by Esther M. Friesner, published by Asimov’s Magazine. Winner, Best Short Story in 1995
• “Alien Jane” by Kelley Eskridge. Nominated for Best Short Story in 1995
• “Grass Dancer” by Owl Goingback. Nominated for Best Short Story in 1995
• “The Kingdom of Cats and Birds” by Geoffrey A. Landis, published by Science Fiction Age. Nominated for Best Short Story in 1995
• “The Lincoln Train” by Maureen F. McHugh, published by The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction. Nominated for Best Short Story in 1995
• “The Narcissus Plague” by Lisa Goldstein, published by Asimov’s Magazine. Nominated for Best Short Story in 1995
• “Short Timer” by Dave Smeds, published by The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction. Nominated for Best Short Story in 1995

1994

• “A Defense of the Social Contracts” by Martha Soukup, published by Science Fiction Age. Winner, Best Short Story in 1994
• “I Know What You’re Thinking” by Kate Wilhelm, published by Asimov’s Magazine. Nominated for Best Short Story in 1994
• “Inspiration” by Ben Bova, published by The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction. Nominated for Best Short Story in 1994
• “None So Blind” by Joe Haldeman, published by Asimov’s Magazine. Nominated for Best Short Story in 1994
• “Understanding Entropy” by Barry N. Malzberg, published by Science Fiction Age. Nominated for Best Short Story in 1994
• “Virtual Love” by Maureen F. McHugh, published by The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction. Nominated for Best Short Story in 1994

1993

• “Graves” by Joe Haldeman, published by The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction. Winner, Best Short Story in 1993
• “Alfred” by Lisa Goldstein, published by Asimov’s Magazine. Nominated for Best Short Story in 1993
• “All Vows” by Esther M. Friesner, published by Asimov’s Magazine. Nominated for Best Short Story in 1993
• “The Beggar in the Living Room” by Walter Jon Williams, published by Asimov’s Magazine. Nominated for Best Short Story in 1993
• “The Good Pup” by Bridget McKenna, published by The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction. Nominated for Best Short Story in 1993
• “The Man Who Rowed Christopher Columbus Ashore” by Harlan Ellison, published by Omni. Nominated for Best Short Story in 1993

1992

• “The Arbitrary Placement of Walls” by Martha Soukup, published by Asimov’s Magazine. Nominated for Best Short Story in 1992
• “Life Regarded as a Jigsaw Puzzle of Highly Lustrous Cats” by Michael Bishop, published by Omni. Nominated for Best Short Story in 1992
• “The Mountain to Mohammed” by Nancy Kress, published by Asimov’s Magazine. Nominated for Best Short Story in 1992
• “Lennon Spex” by Paul Di Filippo, published by Amazing Stories. Nominated for Best Short Story in 1992
• “Vinland the Dream” by Kim Stanley Robinson, published by Asimov’s Magazine. Nominated for Best Short Story in 1992
• “Even the Queen” by Connie Willis, published by Asimov’s Magazine. Winner, Best Short Story in 1992

1991

• “They’re Made Out of Meat” by Terry Bisson, published by Omni. Nominated for Best Short Story in 1991
• “Dog’s Life” by Martha Soukup, published by Amazing Stories. Nominated for Best Short Story in 1991
• “The Dark” by Karen Joy Fowler, published by The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction. Nominated for Best Short Story in 1991
• “the button, and what you know” by W. Gregory Stewart, published by Amazing Stories. Nominated for Best Short Story in 1991
• “Buffalo” by John Kessel, published by The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction. Nominated for Best Short Story in 1991
• “Ma Qui” by Alan Brennert, published by The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction. Winner, Best Short Story in 1991

1990

• “Lieserl” by Karen Joy Fowler, published by Asimov’s Magazine. Nominated for Best Short Story in 1990
• “Before I Wake” by Kim Stanley Robinson, published by Interzone. Nominated for Best Short Story in 1990
• “Bears Discover Fire” by Terry Bisson, published by Asimov’s Magazine. Winner, Best Short Story in 1990
• “Story Child” by Kristine Kathryn Rusch. Nominated for Best Short Story in 1990
• “The Power and the Passion” by Pat Cadigan, published by Omni. Nominated for Best Short Story in 1990
• “Love and Sex Among the Invertebrates” by Pat Murphy. Nominated for Best Short Story in 1990

1989

• “Ripples in the Dirac Sea” by Geoffrey A. Landis, published by Asimov’s Magazine. Winner, Best Short Story in 1989
• “The Adinkra Cloth” by Mary C. Aldridge, published by Marion Zimmer Bradley’s Fantasy Magazine. Nominated for Best Short Story in 1989
• “Boobs” by Suzy McKee Charnas, published by Asimov’s Magazine. Nominated for Best Short Story in 1989
• “Dori Bangs” by Bruce Sterling, published by Asimov’s Magazine. Nominated for Best Short Story in 1989
• “Lost Boys” by Orson Scott Card, published by The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction. Nominated for Best Short Story in 1989
• “The Ommatidium Miniatures” . Nominated for Best Short Story in 1989

1988

• “Bible Stories for Adults, No. 17: The Deluge” by James Morrow. Winner, Best Short Story in 1988
• “The Color Winter” by Steven Popkes, published by Asimov’s Magazine. Nominated for Best Short Story in 1988
• “Dead Men on TV” by Pat Murphy. Nominated for Best Short Story in 1988
• “The Fort Moxie Branch” by Jack McDevitt. Nominated for Best Short Story in 1988
• “Mrs. Shummel Exits a Winner” by John Kessel, published by Asimov’s Magazine. Nominated for Best Short Story in 1988
• “Voices of the Kill” by Thomas M. Disch. Nominated for Best Short Story in 1988

1987

• “Forever Yours, Anna” by Kate Wilhelm, published by Omni. Winner, Best Short Story in 1987
• “Angel” by Pat Cadigan, published by Asimov’s Magazine. Nominated for Best Short Story in 1987
• “Cassandra’s Photographs” by Lisa Goldstein, published by Asimov’s Magazine. Nominated for Best Short Story in 1987
• “The Faithful Companion at Forty” by Karen Joy Fowler, published by Asimov’s Magazine. Nominated for Best Short Story in 1987
• “Kid Charlemagne” by Paul Di Filippo, published by Amazing Stories. Nominated for Best Short Story in 1987
• “Temple to a Minor Goddess” by Susan Shwartz, published by Amazing Stories. Nominated for Best Short Story in 1987
• “Why I Left Harry’s All-Night Hamburgers” by Lawrence Watt-Evans, published by Asimov’s Magazine. Nominated for Best Short Story in 1987

1986

• “Tangents” by Greg Bear, published by Omni. Winner, Best Short Story in 1986
• “The Boy Who Plaited Manes” by Nancy Springer, published by The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction. Nominated for Best Short Story in 1986
• “The Lions Are Asleep This Night” by Howard Waldrop, published by Omni. Nominated for Best Short Story in 1986
• “Pretty Boy Crossover” by Pat Cadigan, published by Asimov’s Magazine. Nominated for Best Short Story in 1986
• “Rat” by James Patrick Kelly, published by The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction. Nominated for Best Short Story in 1986
• “Robot Dreams” by Isaac Asimov, published by Asimov’s Magazine. Nominated for Best Short Story in 1986

1985

• “Out of All Them Bright Stars” by Nancy Kress, published by The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction. Winner, Best Short Story in 1985
• “Flying Saucer Rock & Roll” by Howard Waldrop, published by Omni. Nominated for Best Short Story in 1985
• “The Gods of Mars” by Gardner Dozois, Jack Dann, and Michael Swanwick, published by Omni. Nominated for Best Short Story in 1985
• “Heirs of the Perisphere” by Howard Waldrop, published by Playboy. Nominated for Best Short Story in 1985

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