1970 1980 1990 2000

Science Fiction Writers of America

Nebula Awards for Science Fiction Writing, 1965-2002

Awards were given in the year following the year shown (in 2002 for 2001 awards, etc.)


2001

Novel: The Quantum Rose, by Catherine Asaro (Analog, May-August, 1999).
Novella: The Ultimate Earth, by Jack Williamson (Analog, December, 2000).
Novelette: Louise's Ghost, by Kelly Link (Stranger Things Happen, 2001).
Short story: The Cure for Everything, by Severna Park.
Bradbury Award (Writing for a dramatic presentation): Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon,
President's Award: Betty Ballantine
Grand Master Award:


2000

Novel: Darwin's Radio, by Greg Bear.
Novella: Goddesses, by Linda Nagata (Sci Fiction, July, 2000).
Novelette: Daddy's World, by Walter Jon Williams (Not of Woman Born, edited by Constance Ash, 1999).
Short story: macs, by Terry Bisson (F & SF, #578, October-November, 2000).
Bradbury Award (Writing for a dramatic presentation): Galaxy Quest, by David Howard & Robert Gordon.
Grand Master Award: Philip José Farmer


1999

Novel: Parable of the Talents, by Octavia E. Butler.
Novella: Story of Your Life, by Ted Chiang (Starlight 2, 1999).
Novelette: Mars Is No Place for Children, by Mary A. Turzillo (SF Age, #40, May, 1999).
Short story: The Cost of Doing Business, by Leslie What (Amazing Stories, Winter, 1999).
Bradbury Award (Writing for a dramatic presentation): The Sixth Sense, by M. Night Shyamalan.
Grand Master Award: Brian W. Aldiss


1998

Novel: Forever Peace, by Joe Haldeman.
Novella: Reading the Bones, by Sheila Finch. (F & SF, #558, January, 1998.)
Novelette: Lost Girls, by Jane Yolen. (Realms of Fantasy, #21, February, 1998; Twelve Impossible Thing Before Breakfast, 1998.)
Short story: Thirteen Ways to Water, by Bruce Holland Rogers. (Black Cats and Broken Mirrors, 1998.)
Author Emeritus: William Tenn (Philip Klass)
Bradbury Award (Writing for a dramatic presentation): J. Michael Straczynski for Babylon 5.
Grand Master Award: Hal Clement (Harry C. Stubbs)


1997

Novel: The Moon and the Sun, by Vonda N. McIntyre.
Novella: Abandon in Place, by Jerry Oltion.
Novelette: The Flowers of Aulit Prison, by Nancy Kress (Asimov's, October-November, 1996).
Short story: Sister Emily's Lightship, by Jane Yolen.
Author Emeritus: Nelson Slade Bond
Grand Master Award: Poul Anderson
Service award: Robin Wayne Bailey


1996

Novel: Slow River, by Nicola Griffith.
Novella: Da Vinci Rising, by Jack Dann. (Asimov's, May, 1995.)
Novelette: Lifeboat on a Burning Sea, by Bruce Holland Rogers (F & SF, October-November, 1995).
Short story: A Birthday, by Esther M. Friesner (F & SF, August, 1995).
Author Emeritus: Judith Merril
Grand Master Award: Jack Vance


1995

Novel: Hobson's Choice or The Terminal Experiment, by Robert J. Sawyer.
Novella: Last Summer at Mars Hill, by Elizabeth Hand (F & SF, August, 1994).
Novelette: Solitude, by Ursula K. Le Guin.
Short story: Death and the Librarian, by Esther M. Friesner.
Author Emeritus: Wilson "Bob" Tucker
Grand Master Award: A. E. Van Vogt.


1994

Novel: Moving Mars, by Greg Bear.
Novella: Seven Views of Olduvai Gorge, by Mike Resnick (F & SF, October-November, 1994).
Novelette: The Martian Child, by David Gerrold (F & SF, September, 1994).
Short story: A Defense of the Social Contract, by Martha Soukup.
Author Emeritus: Emil Petaja
Grand Master Award: Damon Knight.


1993

Novel: Red Mars, by Kim Stanley Robinson.
Novella: The Night We Buried Road Dog, by Jack Cady.
Novelette: Georgia on My Mind, by Charles Sheffield (Analog, January, 1993.)
Short story: Graves, by Joe Haldeman.
Grand Master Award: no award


1992

Novel: Doomsday Book, by Connie Willis.
Novella: City of Truth, by James Morrow (City of Truth, 1991).
Novelette: Danny Goes to Mars, by Pamela Sargent.
Short story: Even the Queen, by Connie Willis.
Grand Master Award: Frederik Pohl


1991

Novel: Stations of the Tide, by Michael Swanwick.
Novella: Beggars in Spain, by Nancy Kress (Asimov's, April, 1991).
Novelette: Guide Dog, by Mike Conner (F & SF, May, 1991).
Short story: Ma Qui, by Alan Brennert (F & SF, #477, February, 1991).
Bradbury Award (Writing for a dramatic presentation): James Cameron for Terminator 2.
Grand Master Award: no award


1990

Novel: Tehanu: The Last Book of Earthsea, by Ursula K. Le Guin.
Novella: The Hemingway Hoax, by Joe Haldeman.
Novelette: Tower of Babylon, by Ted Chiang (Omni, November, 1990).
Short story: Bears Discover Fire, by Terry Bisson.
Grand Master Award: Lester del Rey.


1989

Novel: The Healer's War, by Elizabeth Ann Scarborough.
Novella: The Mountains of Mourning, by Lois McMaster Bujold.
Novelette: At the Rialto, by Connie Willis.
Short story: Ripples in the Dirac Sea, by Geoffrey A. Landis.
Grand Master Award: no award


1988

Novel: Falling Free, by Lois McMaster Bujold.
Novella: The Last of the Winnebagos, by Connie Willis.
Novelette: Schrödinger's Kitten, by George Alec Effinger.
Short story: Bible Stories for Adults, No. 17: The Deluge, by James Morrow.
Grand Master Award: Ray Bradbury


1987

Novel: The Falling Woman, by Pat Murphy.
Novella: The Blind Geometer, by Kim Stanley Robinson.
Novelette: Rachel in Love, by Pat Murphy.
Short story: Forever Yours, Anna, by Kate Wilhelm (Omni, July, 1987).
Grand Master Award: Alfred Bester


1986

Novel: Speaker for the Dead, by Orson Scott Card.
Novella: R & R, by Lucius Shepard.
Novelette: The Girl Who Fell into the Sky, by Kate Wilhelm (Asimov's, October, 1986).
Short story: Tangents, by Greg Bear.
Grand Master Award: Isaac Asimov.


1985

Novel: Ender's Game, by Orson Scott Card.
Novella: Sailing to Byzantium, by Robert Silverberg.
Novelette: Portraits of His Children, by George R. R. Martin.
Short story: Out of All Them Bright Stars, by Nancy Kress (F & SF, March, 1985).
Grand Master Award: Arthur C. Clarke.


1984

Novel: Neuromancer, by William Gibson.
Novella: PRESS ENTER, by John Varley.
Novelette: Bloodchild, by Octavia E. Butler.
Short story: Morning Child, by Gardner Dozois.
Grand Master Award: no award


1983

Novel: Startide Rising, by David Brin.
Novella: Hardfought, by Greg Bear.
Novelette: Blood Music, by Greg Bear.
Short story: The Peacemaker, by Gardner Dozois.
Grand Master Award: Andre Norton


1982

Novel: No Enemy But Time, by Michael Bishop.
Novella: Another Orphan, by John Kessel.
Novelette: Fire Watch, by Connie Willis.
Short story: A Letter from the Clearys, by Connie Willis.
Grand Master Award: no award


1981

Novel: The Claw of the Conciliator, by Gene Wolfe.
Novella: The Saturn Game, by Poul Anderson.
Novelette: The Quickening, by Michael Bishop.
Short story: The Bone Flute, by Lisa Tuttle.
Grand Master Award: Fritz Leiber


1980

Novel: Timescape, by Gregory Benford.
Novella: Unicorn Tapestry, by Suzy McKee Charnas.
Novelette: The Ugly Chickens, by Howard Waldrop.
Short story: The Grotto of the Dancing Deer, by Clifford D. Simak (Analog, April, 1980).
Grand Master Award: no award


1979

Novel: The Fountains of Paradise, by Arthur C. Clarke.
Novella: Enemy Mine, by Barry B. Longyear.
Novelette: Sandkings, by George R. R. Martin.
Short story: giANTS, by Edward Bryant.
Grand Master Award: no award


1978

Novel: Dreamsnake, by Vonda N. McIntyre.
Novella: The Persistence of Vision, by John Varley.
Novelette: A Glow of Candles, A Unicorn's Eye, by Charles L. Grant (Graven Images, 1977).
Short story: Stone, by Edward Bryant.
Grand Master Award: L. Sprague de Camp


1977

Novel: Gateway, by Frederik Pohl.
Novella: Stardance, by Spider Robinson and Jeanne Robinson.
Novelette: The Screwfly Solution, by Raccoona Sheldon.
Short story: Jeffty Is Five, by Harlan Ellison.
Special award: Star Wars
Grand Master Award: no award


1976

Novel: Man Plus, by Frederik Pohl.
Novella: Houston, Houston, Do You Read? by James Tiptree, jr.
Novelette: The Bicentennial Man, by Isaac Asimov.
Short story: A Crowd of Shadows, by Charles L. Grant.
Grand Master Award: Clifford D. Simak


1975

Novel: The Forever War, by Joe Haldeman.
Novella: Home Is the Hangman, by Roger Zelazny (Analog, November, 1975).
Novelette: San Diego Lightfoot Sue, by Tom Reamy. (F & SF, August, 1975.)
Short story: Catch That Zeppelin, by Fritz Leiber (F & SF, March, 1975).
Writing for a dramatic presentation: Mel Brooks and Gene Wilder for Young Frankenstein
Grand Master Award: Jack Williamson


1974

Novel: The Dispossessed, by Ursula K. Le Guin.
Novella: Born with the Dead, by Robert Silverberg (F & SF, #275, April, 1974).
Novelette: If the Stars Are Gods, by Gregory Benford and Gordon Eklund (Universe 4, 1974).
Short story: The Day Before the Revolution, by Ursula K. Le Guin (Galaxy, August, 1974).
Writing for a dramatic presentation: Sleeper, by Woody Allen.
Grand Master Award: Robert A. Heinlein (first award)


1973

Novel: Rendezvous with Rama, by Arthur C. Clarke.
Novella: The Death of Dr. Island, by Gene Wolfe.
Novelette: Of Mist, and Grass, and Sand, by Vonda McIntrye.
Short story: Love Is the Plan, the Plan Is Death, by James Tiptree, Jr.
Writing for a dramatic presentation: Soylent Green, screenplay by Stanley R. Greenberg (based on Make Room! Make Room! by Harry Harrison.)


1972

Novel: The Gods Themselves, by Isaac Asimov.
Novella: A Meeting with Medusa, by Arthur C. Clarke.
Novelette: Goat Song, by Poul Anderson.
Short story: When It Changed, by Joanna Russ.


1971

Novel: A Time of Changes, by Robert Silverberg.
Novella: The The Missing Man, by Katherine Maclean.
Novelette: The Queen of Air and Darkness, by Poul Anderson.
Short story: Good News from the Vatican, by Robert Silverberg.


1970

Novel: Ringworld, by Larry Niven.
Novella: Ill Met in Lankhmar, by Fritz Leiber.
Novelette: Slow Sculpture, by Theodore Sturgeon.


1969

Novel: The Left Hand of Darkness, by Ursula K. Le Guin.
Novella: A Boy and His Dog, by Harlan Ellison.
Novelette: Time Considered as a Helix of Semi-Precious Stones, by Samuel R. Delany.
Short story: Passengers, by Robert Silverberg.


1968

Novel: Rite of Passage, by Alexei Panshin.
Novella: Dragonrider, by Anne McCaffrey.
Novelette: Mother to the World, by Richard Wilson.
Short story: The Planners, by Kate Wilhelm (Orbit 3, 1968).


1967

Novel: The Einstein Intersection, by Samuel R. Delany.
Novella: Behold the Man, by Michael Moorcock.
Novelette: Gonna Roll the Bones, by Fritz Leiber.
Short story: Aye, and Gomorrah ..., by Samuel R. Delany.


1966

Novel: Flowers for Algernon, by Daniel Keyes and
   Babel-17, by Samuel R. Delany.
Novella: The Last Castle, by Jack Vance. (Galaxy, April, 1966.)
Novelette: Call Him Lord, by Gordon R. Dickson (Analog, May, 1966).
Short story: The Secret Place, by Richard McKenna (Orbit 1, 1966).


1965

Novel: Dune, by Frank Herbert.
Novella: The Saliva Tree, by Brian W. Aldiss.
Novella: He Who Shapes, by Roger Zelazny.
Novelette: The Doors of His Face, the Lamps of His Mouth, by Roger Zelazny.
Short story: "Repent Harlequin!" said the Ticktockman, by Harlan Ellison.

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