Nebula Awards 2017
science fiction awards database
Where and When:
Pittsburgh PA :
May 20, 2017
Eligibility Year: 2016
Associated Awards: Ray Bradbury Award, Andre Norton Award, SFWA Grand Master Award (also listed below)
Eligibility Year: 2016
Associated Awards: Ray Bradbury Award, Andre Norton Award, SFWA Grand Master Award (also listed below)
Novel
- Winner: All the Birds in the Sky, Charlie Jane Anders (Tor)
- Borderline, Mishell Baker (Saga)
- Everfair, Nisi Shawl (Tor)
- Ninefox Gambit, Yoon Ha Lee (Solaris)
- The Obelisk Gate, N. K. Jemisin (Orbit)
Novella
- Winner: Every Heart a Doorway, Seanan McGuire (Tor.com)
- The Ballad of Black Tom, Victor LaValle (Tor.com)
- The Dream-Quest of Vellitt Boe, Kij Johnson (Tor.com)
- “The Liar”, John P. Murphy (F&SF Mar/Apr 2016)
- Runtime, S. B. Divya (Tor.com)
- A Taste of Honey, Kai Ashante Wilson (Tor.com)
Novelette
- Winner: “The Long Fall Up”, William Ledbetter (F&SF May/Jun 2016)
- “Blood Grains Speak Through Memories”, Jason Sanford (Beneath Ceaseless Skies 17 Mar 2016)
- The Jewel and Her Lapidary, Fran Wilde (Tor.com)
- “The Orangery”, Bonnie Jo Stufflebeam (Beneath Ceaseless Skies 8 Dec 2016)
- “Sooner or Later Everything Falls Into the Sea”, Sarah Pinsker (Lightspeed Feb 2016)
- “You'll Surely Drown Here If You Stay”, Alyssa Wong (Uncanny May/Jun 2016)
Short Story
- Winner: “Seasons of Glass and Iron”, Amal El-Mohtar (The Starlit Wood)
- “A Fist of Permutations in Lightning and Wildflowers”, Alyssa Wong (Tor.com 2 Mar 2016)
- “Our Talons Can Crush Galaxies”, Brooke Bolander (Uncanny Nov/Dec 2016)
- “Sabbath Wine”, Barbara Krasnoff (Clockwork Phoenix 5)
- “Things With Beards”, Sam J. Miller (Clarkesworld Jun 2016)
- “This Is Not a Wardrobe Door”, A. Merc Rustad (Fireside Jan 2016)
- “Welcome to the Medical Clinic at the Interplanetary Relay Station | Hours Since the Last Patient Death: 0”, Caroline M. Yoachim (Lightspeed Mar 2016)
— Associated Awards —
Winner
- Arrival (Directed by Denis Villeneuve, Screenplay by Eric Heisserer, 21 Laps Entertainment/FilmNation Entertainment/Lava Bear Films/Xenolinguistics)
Finalists
- Doctor Strange (Directed by Scott Derrickson, Screenplay by Scott Derrickson & C. Robert Cargill, Marvel Studios/Walt Disney Studio Motion Pictures)
- Kubo and the Two Strings (Directed by Travis Knight, Screenplay by Mark Haimes & Chris Butler; Laika Entertainment)
- Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (Directed by Gareth Edwards, Written by Chris Weitz & Tony Gilroy; Lucusfilm/ Walt Disney Studio Motion Pictures)
- Westworld: “The Bicameral Mind” (Directed by Jonathan Nolan, Written by Lisa Joy & Jonathan Nolan; HBO)
- Zootopia (Directed by Byron Howard, Rich Moore, & Jared Bush, Screenplay by Jared Bush & Phil Johnston; Walt Disney Pictures/Walt Disney Animation Studios)
Winner
- Arabella of Mars, David D. Levine (Tor)
Finalists
- The Evil Wizard Smallbone, Delia Sherman (Candlewick)
- The Girl Who Drank the Moon, Kelly Barnhill (Algonquin Young Readers)
- The Lie Tree, Frances Hardinge (Abrams)
- Railhead, Philip Reeve (Switch Press)
- Rocks Fall, Everyone Dies, Lindsay Ribar (Kathy Dawson Books)
- The Star-Touched Queen, Roshani Chokshi (St. Martin's)
Winner
Remarks:
This year's ballot has first-time Nebula nominations -- and first entries in this entire index -- for Mishell Baker, S.B. Divya, Barbara Krasnoff, and John P. Murphy.
Only three of this year's nominees have won Nebulas before: Kij Johnson has won 3 times, out of 5 previous nominations; Sarah Pinsker won last year, out of three previous nominations; Alyssa Wong won last year, out of two previous nominations.
Nominees on this year's ballot who've been most nominated before, without having won: N.K. Jemisin, with five prior nominations, and Amal El-Mohtar, with two prior nominations.
This year's ballot has first-time Nebula nominations -- and first entries in this entire index -- for Mishell Baker, S.B. Divya, Barbara Krasnoff, and John P. Murphy.
Only three of this year's nominees have won Nebulas before: Kij Johnson has won 3 times, out of 5 previous nominations; Sarah Pinsker won last year, out of three previous nominations; Alyssa Wong won last year, out of two previous nominations.
Nominees on this year's ballot who've been most nominated before, without having won: N.K. Jemisin, with five prior nominations, and Amal El-Mohtar, with two prior nominations.
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