Nebula Award for Best Novelette

Winners of the Nebula Award for best Novelette. The stated year is that of publication; awards are given in the following year. Winning titles are listed first, with other nominees listed below.

Year	Winner	Other nominees
1965	The Doors of His Face, The Lamps of His Mouth by Roger Zelazny	The Shipwrecked Hotel by James Blish & Norman L. Knight Vanishing Point by Jonathan Brand 102 H-Bombs by Thomas M. Disch Half a Loaf by R. C. Fitzpatrick The Decision Makers by Joseph Green At the Institute by Norman Kagan The Earth Merchants by Norman Kagan Laugh Along with Franz by Norman Kagan The Life of Your Time by Michael Karageorge Four Ghosts In Hamlet by Fritz Leiber Small One by E. Clayton McCarty The Adventure of the Extraterrestrial by Mack Reynolds Masque of the Red Shift by Fred Saberhagen Goblin Night by James H. Schmitz Planet of Forgetting by James H. Schmitz Maiden Voyage by J. W. Schutz Shall We Have a Little Talk? by Robert Sheckley The Masculinist Revolt by William Tenn
1966	Call Him Lord by Gordon R. Dickson	Apology to Inky by Robert M. Green, Jr. An Ornament to His Profession by Charles L. Harness The Eskimo Invasion by Hayden Howard This Moment of the Storm by Roger Zelazny
1967	Gonna Roll the Bones by Fritz Leiber	Pretty Maggie Moneyeyes by Harlan Ellison Flatlander by Larry Niven The Keys to December by Roger Zelazny This Mortal Mountain by Roger Zelazny
1968	Mother to the World by Richard Wilson	Total Environment by Brian W. Aldiss The Sharing of Flesh by Poul Anderson The Listeners by James Gunn The Guerrilla Trees by H. H. Hollis Once There Was a Giant by Keith Laumer Final War by Barry N. Malzberg
1969	Time Considered as a Helix of Semi-Precious Stones by Samuel R. Delany	Deeper than the Darkness by Gregory Benford Nine Lives by Ursula K. Le Guin The Big Flash by Norman Spinrad
1970	Slow Sculpture by Theodore Sturgeon	The Asian Shore by Thomas M. Disch Dear Aunt Annie by Gordon Eklund The Shaker Revival by Gerald Jonas Continued on Next Rock by R. A. Lafferty The Second Inquisition by Joanna Russ
1971	The Queen of Air and Darkness by Poul Anderson	A Special Kind of Morning by Gardner Dozois Mount Charity by Edgar Pangborn Poor Man, Beggar Man by Joanna Russ The Encounter by Kate Wilhelm
1972	Goat Song by Poul Anderson	The Animal Fair by Alfred Bester A Kingdom by the Sea by Gardner Dozois Basilisk by Harlan Ellison In the Deadlands by David Gerrold Patron of the Arts by William Rotsler The Funeral by Kate Wilhelm
1973	Of Mist, and Grass, and Sand by Vonda N. McIntyre	The Deathbird by Harlan Ellison Case and the Dreamer by Theodore Sturgeon The Girl Who Was Plugged In by James Tiptree, Jr.
1974	If the Stars Are Gods by Gordon Eklund & Gregory Benford	The Rest Is Silence[disambiguation needed ] by Charles L. Grant Twilla by Tom Reamy
1975	San Diego Lightfoot Sue by Tom Reamy	The Warlord of Saturn's Moons by Eleanor Arnason Blooded on Arachne by Michael Bishop The Custodians by Richard Cowper The Dybbuk Dolls by Jack Dann Polly Charms, the Sleeping Woman by Avram Davidson The Final Fighting of Fion Mac Cumhail by Randall Garrett The New Atlantis by Ursula K. Le Guin A Galaxy Called Rome by Barry N. Malzberg The Bleeding Man by Craig Strete Retrograde Summer by John Varley
1976	The Bicentennial Man by Isaac Asimov	His Hour Upon the Stage by Grant Carrington Custer's Last Jump by Steven Utley & Howard Waldrop In the Bowl by John Varley
1977	The Screwfly Solution by Racoona Sheldon, alias of Alice Sheldon	Particle Theory by Edward Bryant A Rite of Spring by Fritz Leiber The Stone City by George R. R. Martin The Ninth Symphony of Ludwig van Beethoven and Other Lost Songs by Carter Scholz
1978	A Glow of Candles, a Unicorn's Eye by Charles L. Grant	Mikal's Songbird by Orson Scott Card Devil You Don't Know by Dean Ing
1979	Sandkings by George R. R. Martin	The Ways of Love by Poul Anderson Camps by Jack Dann The Pathways of Desire by Ursula K. Le Guin The Angel of Death by Michael Shea Options by John Varley
1980	The Ugly Chickens by Howard Waldrop	Strata by Edward Bryant The Way Station by Stephen King The Feast of Saint Janis by Michael Swanwick Ginungagap by Michael Swanwick Beatnik Bayou by John Varley
1981	The Quickening by Michael Bishop	Sea Changeling by Mildred Downey Broxon The Thermals of August by Edward Bryant The Fire When It Comes by Parke Godwin Mummer Kiss by Michael Swanwick Lirios: A Tale of the Quintana Roo by James Tiptree, Jr.
1982	Fire Watch by Connie Willis	Myths of the Near Future by J. G. Ballard Understanding Human Behavior by Thomas M. Disch Burning Chrome by William Gibson The Mystery of the Young Gentleman by Joanna Russ Swarm by Bruce Sterling
1983	Blood Music by Greg Bear	Blind Shemmy by Jack Dann The Monkey Treatment by George R. R. Martin Black Air by Kim Stanley Robinson Cicada Queen by Bruce Sterling Slow Birds by Ian Watson The Sidon in the Mirror by Connie Willis
1984	Bloodchild by Octavia E. Butler	Bad Medicine by Jack Dann Saint Theresa of the Aliens by James Patrick Kelly The Lucky Strike by Kim Stanley Robinson The Man Who Painted the Dragon Griaule by Lucius Shepard Trojan Horse by Michael Swanwick
1985	Portraits of His Children by George R. R. Martin	A Gift from the GrayLanders by Michael Bishop The Fringe by Orson Scott Card Paladin of the Lost Hour by Harlan Ellison Dogfight by Michael Swanwick & William Gibson The Jaguar Hunter by Lucius Shepard Rockabye Baby by S. C. Sykes
1986	The Girl Who Fell into the Sky by Kate Wilhelm	Hatrack River by Orson Scott Card Listening to Brahms by Suzy McKee Charnas The Winter Market by William Gibson Surviving by Judith Moffett Aymara by Lucius Shepard Permafrost by Roger Zelazny
1987	Rachel in Love by Pat Murphy	The Evening and the Morning and the Night by Octavia E. Butler Buffalo Gals, Won't You Come Out Tonight by Ursula K. Le Guin Dream Baby by Bruce McAllister Flowers of Edo by Bruce Sterling Schwarzschild Radius by Connie Willis
1988	Schrödinger's Kitten by George Alec Effinger	Ginny Sweethips' Flying Circus by Neal Barrett, Jr. Peaches for Mad Molly by Steven Gould Unfinished Portrait of the King of Pain by Van Gogh by Ian McDonald The Hob by Judith Moffett Kirinyaga by Mike Resnick Do Ya, Do Ya, Wanna Dance? by Howard Waldrop
1989	At the Rialto by Connie Willis	Sisters by Greg Bear Silver Lady and the Fortyish Man by Megan Lindholm For I Have Touched the Sky by Mike Resnick Fast Cars by Kristine Kathryn Rusch Enter a Soldier. Later: Enter Another by Robert Silverberg
1990	Tower of Babylon by Ted Chiang	The Coon Rolled Down and Ruptured His Larinks, A Squeezed Novel by Mr. Skunk by Dafydd ab Hugh The Shobies' Story by Ursula K. Le Guin 1/72nd Scale by Ian R. MacLeod The Manamouki by Mike Resnick A Time for Every Purpose by Kristine Kathryn Rusch Loose Cannon by Susan Shwartz Over the Long Haul by Martha Soukup
1991	Guide Dog by Michael Conner	Gate of Faces by Ray Aldridge Black Glass by Karen Joy Fowler The All-Consuming by Lucius Shepard & Robert Frazier Standing In Line with Mister Jimmy by James Patrick Kelly The Happy Man by Jonathan Lethem Getting Real by Susan Shwartz
1992	Danny Goes to Mars by Pamela Sargent	Matter's End by Gregory Benford The July Ward by S. N. Dyer The Honeycrafters by Carolyn Ives Gilman Suppose They Gave a Peace... by Susan Shwartz Prayers on the Wind by Walter Jon Williams
1993	Georgia on My Mind by Charles Sheffield	England Underway by Terry Bisson The Nutcracker Coup by Janet Kagan The Franchise by John Kessel Things Not Seen by Martha Soukup Death on the Nile by Connie Willis
1994	The Martian Child by David Gerrold[1]	Necronauts (story) by Terry Bisson The Skeleton Key (story) by Nina Kiriki Hoffman The Singular Habits of Wasps by Geoffrey A. Landis The Matter of Seggri by Ursula K. Le Guin Nekropolis by Maureen F. McHugh
1995	Solitude by Ursula K. Le Guin	The Resurrection Man's Legacy by Dale Bailey Tea and Hamsters by Michael G. Coney Jesus at the Bat by Esther M. Friesner Home for Christmas by Nina Kiriki Hoffman Think Like a Dinosaur by James Patrick Kelly When the Old Gods Die by Mike Resnick
1996	Lifeboat on a Burning Sea by Bruce Holland Rogers	Erase/Record/Play by John M. Ford Mirror of Lop Nor by George Guthridge The Chronology Protection Case by Paul Levinson Must and Shall by Harry Turtledove The Perseids by Robert Charles Wilson After a Lean Winter by Dave Wolverton
1997	The Flowers of Aulit Prison by Nancy Kress	The Dog's Story by Eleanor Arnason Three Hearings on the Existence of Snakes in the Human Bloodstream by James Alan Gardner We Will Drink a Fish Together... by Bill Johnson The Miracle of Ivar Avenue by John Kessel The Copyright Notice Case by Paul Levinson The Undiscovered by William Sanders
1998	Lost Girls by Jane Yolen	The Truest Chill by Gregory Feeley Time Gypsy by Ellen Klages The Mercy Gate by Mark J. McGarry Echea by Kristine Kathryn Rusch Lethe by Walter Jon Williams
1999	Mars Is No Place for Children by Mary A. Turzillo	The Island in the Lake by Phyllis Eisenstein How to Make Unicorn Pie by Esther M. Friesner Five Days in April by Brian A. Hopkins Good Intentions by Stanley Schmidt & Jack McDevitt Taklamakan by Bruce Sterling
2000	Daddy's World by Walter Jon Williams	Stellar Harvest by Eleanor Arnason A Knight of Ghosts and Shadows by Gardner Dozois Jack Daw's Pack by Greer Ilene Gilman A Day's Work on the Moon by Mike Moscoe How the Highland People Came to Be by Bruce Holland Rogers Generation Gap by Stanley Schmidt
2001	Louise's Ghost by Kelly Link	To Kiss the Star by Amy Sterling Casil The Pottawatomie Giant by Andy Duncan Undone by James Patrick Kelly Auspicious Eggs by James Morrow Dance of the Yellow-Breasted Luddites by William Shunn
2002	Hell is the Absence of God by Ted Chiang	The Pagodas of Ciboure by M. Shayne Bell The Ferryman's Wife by Richard Bowes Madonna of the Maquiladora by Gregory Frost The Days Between by Allen Steele Lobsters by Charles Stross
2003	The Empire of Ice Cream by Jeffrey Ford	The Mask of the Rex by Richard Bowes Of a Sweet Slow Dance in the Wake of Temporary Dogs by Adam-Troy Castro 0wnz0red by Cory Doctorow The Wages of Syntax by Ray Vukcevich
2004	Basement Magic by Ellen Klages	Zora and the Zombie by Andy Duncan The Voluntary State by Christopher Rowe Dry Bones by William Sanders The Gladiator's War: A Dialogue by Lois Tilton
2005	The Faery Handbag by Kelly Link[2]	Flat Diane by Daniel Abraham Men Are Trouble by James Patrick Kelly Nirvana High by Eileen Gunn and Leslie What The People of Sand and Slag by Paolo Bacigalupi
2006[3]	Two Hearts by Peter S. Beagle	The Language of Moths by Christopher Barzak Walpurgis Afternoon by Delia Sherman Journey into the Kingdom by M. Rickert Little Faces by Vonda N. McIntyre
2007[4]	The Merchant and the Alchemist's Gate by Ted Chiang[5]	The Children's Crusade by Robin Wayne Bailey Child, Maiden, Woman, Crone by Terry Bramlett The Evolution of Trickster Stories Among the Dogs Of North Park After the Change by Kij Johnson Safeguard by Nancy Kress The Fiddler of Bayou Teche by Delia Sherman
2008[6][7]	Pride and Prometheus by John Kessel[8]	If Angels Fight by Richard Bowes The Ray-Gun: A Love Story by James Alan Gardner Dark Rooms by Lisa Goldstein Night Wind by Mary Rosenblum Baby Doll by Johanna Sinisalo, translated by David Hackston Kaleidoscope by K.D. Wentworth
2009[9]	"Sinner, Baker, Fabulist, Priest; Red Mask, Black Mask, Gentleman, Beast" by Eugie Foster[10]	"The Gambler" by Paolo Bacigalupi "Vinegar Peace, or the Wrong-Way Used-Adult Orphanage" by Michael Bishop "I Needs Must Part, The Policeman Said" by Richard Bowes "Divining Light" by Ted Kosmatka "A Memory of Wind" by Rachel Swirsky
2010[11]	"That Leviathan, Whom Thou Hast Made" by Eric James Stone	"Map of Seventeen" by Christopher Barzak "The Jaguar House, in Shadow" by Aliette de Bodard "The Fortuitous Meeting of Gerard van Oost and Oludara" by Christopher Kastensmidt "Plus or Minus" by James Patrick Kelly "Pishaach" by Shweta Narayan "Stone Wall Truth" by Caroline M. Yoachim

See also

• Hugo Award for Best Novelette

References

1. ^ Jones, Gerald (May 12, 1996). "Science Fiction". The New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/1996/05/12/books/science-fiction.html?pagewanted=all. Retrieved March 30, 2010. 
2. ^ "2005 Nebula Award winners". Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America Inc.. 2006-05-06. http://www.sfwa.org/news/2006/06nebwin.htm. 
3. ^ "2006 SFWA Final Nebula Awards ballot". Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America Inc.. 2007-05-07. http://www.sfwa.org/awards/2007/NebFinal2006.html. 
4. ^ "2007 SFWA Final Nebula Awards Ballot". Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America Inc.. http://www.sfwa.org/awards/2008/NebFinal2007.html. 
5. ^ Mills, Nicole (2008-04-28). "Newsmakers: Chabon takes Nebula". Austin American-Statesman. http://www.statesman.com/news/content/news/stories/nation/04/28/0428makers.html. 
6. ^ "2008 SFWA Final Nebula Awards Ballot". Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America Inc.. http://www.nebulaawards.com/index.php/guest_blogs/2009_nebula_award_ballot/. 
7. ^ "Correction to Final Nebula Ballot". Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America Inc.. http://www.nebulaawards.com/index.php/guest_blogs/correction_to_nebula_final_ballot/. 
8. ^ "Nebula Awards 2009". Cover It Live. 2009-04-25. http://www.coveritlive.com/index.php?option=com_altcaster&task=siteviewaltcast&altcast_code=21d947440a. Retrieved 2009-04-25. 
9. ^ "2009 SFWA Final Nebula Awards Ballot". Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America Inc.. http://www.sfwa.org/2010/02/2009-nebula-awards-final-ballot/. Retrieved March 30, 2010. 
10. ^ Winners: 2009 Nebula Awards, SF Signal, accessed May 15, 2010.
11. ^ http://www.sfwa.org/2011/02/2010-nebula-nominees/

External links

• Nebula Awards Homepage
• List of past winners
• Locusmag.com