Nebula Awards 2016
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Where and When:
Chicago IL :
May 14, 2016
Eligibility Year: 2015
Associated Awards: Ray Bradbury Award, Andre Norton Award, SFWA Grand Master Award, SFWA Awards (also listed below)
Eligibility Year: 2015
Associated Awards: Ray Bradbury Award, Andre Norton Award, SFWA Grand Master Award, SFWA Awards (also listed below)
Novel
- Winner: Uprooted, Naomi Novik (Del Rey)
- Ancillary Mercy, Ann Leckie (Orbit US; Orbit UK)
- Barsk: The Elephants' Graveyard, Lawrence M. Schoen (Tor)
- The Fifth Season, N. K. Jemisin (Orbit US; Orbit UK)
- The Grace of Kings, Ken Liu (Saga)
- Raising Caine, Charles E. Gannon (Baen)
- Updraft, Fran Wilde (Tor)
Novella
- Winner: Binti, Nnedi Okorafor (Tor.com)
- “The Bone Swans of Amandale”, C. S. E. Cooney (Bone Swans)
- “The New Mother”, Eugene Fischer (Asimov's Apr/May 2015)
- “The Pauper Prince and the Eucalyptus Jinn”, Usman T. Malik (Tor.com 22 Apr 2015)
- “Waters of Versailles”, Kelly Robson (Tor.com 10 Jun 2015)
- Wings of Sorrow and Bone, Beth Cato (Harper Voyager Impulse)
Novelette
- Winner: “Our Lady of the Open Road”, Sarah Pinsker (Asimov's Jun 2015)
- “And You Shall Know Her by the Trail of Dead”, Brooke Bolander (Lightspeed Feb 2015)
- “The Deepwater Bride”, Tamsyn Muir (F&SF Jul/Aug 2015)
- “Grandmother-nai-Leylit's Cloth of Winds”, Rose Lemberg (Beneath Ceaseless Skies 11 Jun 2015)
- “The Ladies' Aquatic Gardening Society”, Henry Lien (Asimov's Jun 2015)
- “Rattlesnakes and Men”, Michael Bishop (Asimov's Feb 2015)
Short Story
- Winner: “Hungry Daughters of Starving Mothers”, Alyssa Wong (Nightmare Oct 2015)
- “Cat Pictures Please”, Naomi Kritzer (Clarkesworld Jan 2015)
- “Damage”, David D. Levine (Tor.com 21 Jan 2015)
- “Madeleine”, Amal El-Mohtar (Lightspeed Jun 2015)
- “Today I Am Paul”, Martin L. Shoemaker (Clarkesworld Aug 2015)
- “When Your Child Strays from God”, Sam J. Miller (Clarkesworld Jul 2015)
— Associated Awards —
Winner
- Mad Max: Fury Road (Written by George Miller, Brendan McCarthy, Nick Lathouris)
Finalists
- Ex Machina (Written by Alex Garland)
- Inside Out (Screenplay by Pete Docter, Meg LeFauve, Josh Cooley; Original Story by Pete Docter, Ronnie del Carmen)
- Jessica Jones: AKA Smile (Teleplay by Scott Reynolds & Melissa Rosenberg; Story by Jamie King & Scott Reynolds)
- The Martian (Screenplay by Drew Goddard)
- Star Wars: The Force Awakens (Written by Lawrence Kasdan & J.J. Abrams and Michael Arndt)
Winner
- Updraft, Fran Wilde (Tor)
Finalists
- Archivist Wasp, Nicole Kornher-Stace (Big Mouth House)
- Bone Gap, Laura Ruby (Balzer + Bray)
- Court of Fives, Kate Elliott (Little, Brown)
- Cuckoo Song, Frances Hardinge (Macmillan UK May 2014; Amulet)
- Nimona, Noelle Stevenson (HarperTeen)
- Seriously Wicked, Tina Connolly (Tor Teen)
- Shadowshaper, Daniel Jos� Older (Levine)
- Zeroboxer, Fonda Lee (Flux)
Winner
Kevin O'donnell Jr. Service To Sfwa
- Winner: Lawrence M. Schoen
Kate Wilhelm Solstice Award
- Winner: Terry Pratchett
Remarks:
Many of this year's nominees are first-time Nebula finalists. Only three have previously won Nebulas: Michael Bishop has won twice before with 16 prior nominations; Ann Leckie has won once before with two prior nominations; and Ken Liu has won once before with eight prior nominations.
No other finalists this year are previous winners. Of them, N.K. Jemisin has the most prior nominations, four, while Lawrence M. Schoen has three.
Many of this year's nominees are first-time Nebula finalists. Only three have previously won Nebulas: Michael Bishop has won twice before with 16 prior nominations; Ann Leckie has won once before with two prior nominations; and Ken Liu has won once before with eight prior nominations.
No other finalists this year are previous winners. Of them, N.K. Jemisin has the most prior nominations, four, while Lawrence M. Schoen has three.
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