Nebula Awards Nominees and Winners: Best Short Story

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
• “Hong’s Bluff” by William F. Wu, published by Omni. Nominated for Best Short Story in 1985
• “More Than the Sum of His Parts” by Joe Haldeman, published by Playboy. Nominated for Best Short Story in 1985
• “Paper Dragons” by James P. Blaylock. Nominated for Best Short Story in 1985
• “Snow” by John Crowley, published by Omni. Nominated for Best Short Story in 1985

1984

• “Morning Child” by Gardner Dozois, published by Omni. Winner, Best Short Story in 1984
• “The Aliens Who Knew, I Mean, Everything” by George Alec Effinger, published by The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction. Nominated for Best Short Story in 1984
• “A Cabin on the Coast” by Gene Wolfe, published by The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction. Nominated for Best Short Story in 1984
• “The Eichmann Variations” by George Zebrowski. Nominated for Best Short Story in 1984
• “Salvador” by Lucius Shepard, published by The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction. Nominated for Best Short Story in 1984
• “Sunken Gardens” by Bruce Sterling, published by Omni. Nominated for Best Short Story in 1984

1983

• “The Peacemaker” by Gardner Dozois, published by Asimov’s Magazine. Winner, Best Short Story in 1983
• “Cryptic” by Jack McDevitt, published by Asimov’s Magazine. Nominated for Best Short Story in 1983
• “The Geometry of Narrative” by Hilbert Schenck, published by Analog. Nominated for Best Short Story in 1983
• “Ghost Town” by Chad Oliver, published by Analog. Nominated for Best Short Story in 1983
• “Her Furry Face” by Leigh Kennedy, published by Asimov’s Magazine. Nominated for Best Short Story in 1983
• “Wong’s Lost and Found Emporium” by William F. Wu, published by Amazing Stories. Nominated for Best Short Story in 1983

1982

• “A Letter from the Clearys” by Connie Willis, published by Asimov’s Magazine. Winner, Best Short Story in 1982
• “Corridors” by Barry N. Malzberg. Nominated for Best Short Story in 1982
• “God’s Hooks” by Howard Waldrop. Nominated for Best Short Story in 1982
• “High Steel” by Jack C. Haldeman II and Jack Dann, published by The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction. Nominated for Best Short Story in 1982
• “Petra” by Greg Bear, published by Omni. Nominated for Best Short Story in 1982
• “The Pope of the Chimps” by Robert Silverberg. Nominated for Best Short Story in 1982

1981

• “The Bone Flute*” by Lisa Tuttle, published by The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction. Winner, Best Short Story in 1981
• “Disciples” by Gardner Dozois, published by Penthouse. Nominated for Best Short Story in 1981
• “Going Under” by Jack Dann, published by Omni. Nominated for Best Short Story in 1981
• “Johnny Mnemonic” by William Gibson, published by Omni. Nominated for Best Short Story in 1981
• “The Pusher” by John Varley, published by The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction. Nominated for Best Short Story in 1981
• “The Quiet” by George Florance-Guthridge, published by The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction. Nominated for Best Short Story in 1981
• “Venice Drowned” by Kim Stanley Robinson. Nominated for Best Short Story in 1981
• “Zeke” by Timothy R. Sullivan, published by Twilight Zone. Nominated for Best Short Story in 1981

1980

• “Grotto of the Dancing Deer” by Clifford D. Simak, published by Analog. Winner, Best Short Story in 1980
• “Secrets of the Heart” by Charles L. Grant, published by The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction. Nominated for Best Short Story in 1980
• “War Beneath the Tree” by Gene Wolfe, published by Omni. Nominated for Best Short Story in 1980
• “Window” by Bob Leman, published by The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction. Nominated for Best Short Story in 1980
• “A Sunday Visit with Great-Grandfather” by Craig Strete. Nominated for Best Short Story in 1980

1979

• “giANTS” by Edward Bryant, published by Analog. Winner, Best Short Story in 1979
• “The Extraordinary Voyages of Amélie Bertrand” by Joanna Russ, published by The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction. Nominated for Best Short Story in 1979
• “Red as Blood” by Tanith Lee, published by The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction. Nominated for Best Short Story in 1979
• “Unaccompanied Sonata” by Orson Scott Card, published by Omni. Nominated for Best Short Story in 1979
• “Vernalfest Morning” by Michael Bishop. Nominated for Best Short Story in 1979
• “The Way of Cross and Dragon” by George R.R. Martin, published by Omni. Nominated for Best Short Story in 1979

1978

• “Stone” by Edward Bryant, published by The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction. Winner, Best Short Story in 1978
• “Cassandra” by C. J. Cherryh, published by The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction. Nominated for Best Short Story in 1978
• “A Quiet Revolution for Death” by Jack Dann. Nominated for Best Short Story in 1978

1977

• “Jeffty is Five” by Harlan Ellison, published by The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction. Winner, Best Short Story in 1977
• “Air Raid” by Herb Boehm, published by Asimov’s Magazine. Nominated for Best Short Story in 1977
• “Camera Obscura” by Thomas F. Monteleone, published by Cosmos. Nominated for Best Short Story in 1977
• “The Hibakusha Gallery” by Edward Bryant, published by Penthouse. Nominated for Best Short Story in 1977
• “Tin Woodman” by Dennis R. Bailey and Dave Bischoff, published by Amazing Stories. Nominated for Best Short Story in 1977

1976

• “A Crowd of Shadows” by Charles L. Grant, published by The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction. Winner, Best Short Story in 1976
• “Tricentennial” by Joe Haldeman, published by Analog. Nominated for Best Short Story in 1976
• “Back to the Stone Age” by Jake Saunders. Nominated for Best Short Story in 1976
• “Breath’s a Ware That Will Not Keep” by Thomas F. Monteleone. Nominated for Best Short Story in 1976
• “Mary Margaret Road-Grader” by Howard Waldrop. Nominated for Best Short Story in 1976
• “Stone Circle” by Lisa Tuttle, published by Amazing Stories. Nominated for Best Short Story in 1976

1975

• “Catch That Zeppelin!” by Fritz Leiber, published by The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction. Winner, Best Short Story in 1975
• “Doing Lennon” by Gregory Benford, published by Analog. Nominated for Best Short Story in 1975
• “White Creatures” by Gregory Benford. Nominated for Best Short Story in 1975
• “Utopia of a Tired Man” by Jorge Luis Borges, published by The New Yorker. Nominated for Best Short Story in 1975
• “A Scraping at the Bones” by Algis Budrys, published by Analog. Nominated for Best Short Story in 1975
• “Attachment” by Phyllis Eisenstein, published by Amazing Stories. Nominated for Best Short Story in 1975
• “Shatterday” by Harlan Ellison, published by Gallery. Nominated for Best Short Story in 1975
• “Find the Lady” by Nicholas Fisk. Nominated for Best Short Story in 1975
• “White Wolf Calling” by Charles L. Grant, published by The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction. Nominated for Best Short Story in 1975
• “Sail the Tide of Mourning” by Richard Lupoff. Nominated for Best Short Story in 1975
• “Child of All Ages” by P. J. Plauger, published by Analog. Nominated for Best Short Story in 1975
• “Growing Up in Edge City” by Frederik Pohl. Nominated for Best Short Story in 1975
• “Time Deer” by Craig Strete, published by If. Nominated for Best Short Story in 1975

1974

• “The Day Before The Revolution” by Ursula K. Le Guin, published by Galaxy Science Fiction. Winner, Best Short Story in 1974
• “After King Kong Fell” by Philip José Farmer. Nominated for Best Short Story in 1974
• “The Engine at Heartspring’s Center” by Roger Zelazny, published by Analog. Nominated for Best Short Story in 1974

1973

• “Love Is the Plan the Plan Is Death” by James Tiptree Jr.. Winner, Best Short Story in 1973
• “Shark” by Edward Bryant. Nominated for Best Short Story in 1973
• “With Morning Comes Mistfall” by George R.R. Martin, published by Analog. Nominated for Best Short Story in 1973

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