In early December, and in cooperation with the SFWA Nebula Rules Committee, the SFWA Board of Directors voted to update the SFWA Nebula Awards Rules. Passing with a unanimous vote, these new rules are in effect for the current, 2023 nomination and final ballot season. You may find them here: Nebula Rules – The Nebula Awards® (sfwa.org)

Combining some small typographical and structural changes to numbering and bullet points, these new rules also require that at least one writer must be publicly credited on a project for it to be eligible for an award in any category. This iteration of the rules also introduces a new methodology for determining the appropriate category for comics and graphic novels. The rules now state:

*Comics and graphic novels less than 48 pages shall be eligible for the short story award.
*Comics and graphic novels that are between 49 and 100 pages shall be eligible for the novelette award.
*Comics and graphic novels that are between 101 and 150 pages shall be eligible for the novella award.
*Comics and graphic novels that are above 150 pages shall be eligible for the Novel award.
*For the Andre Norton Nebula Award for Middle Grade and Young Adult Fiction, comics and graphic novels shall have no page count.

We’d like to thank the SFWA Comics committee for their hard work in coming up with a method that will help the Nebula Awards Committee determine eligibility going forward.