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131 matching records

1. 2004 22 years ago

   The Empire of Ice Cream: Best Novelette

   Category: Science Fiction › Type: Award win

   • Science fiction
   • Science fiction literature

   The Empire of Ice Cream (Novella) by Jeffrey Ford · Award: Nebula Award — Best Novelette

   The Empire of Ice Cream won Best Novelette.

2. 2005 21 years ago

   The Green Leopard Plague: Best Novella

   Category: Science Fiction › Type: Award win

   • Science fiction
   • Science fiction literature

   The Green Leopard Plague (Novella) by Walter Jon Williams · Award: Nebula Award — Best Novella

   The Green Leopard Plague won Best Novella.

3. 2005 21 years ago

   Basement Magic: Best Novelette

   Category: Science Fiction › Type: Award win

   • Science fiction
   • Science fiction literature

   Basement Magic (Novella) by Ellen Klages · Award: Nebula Award — Best Novelette

   Basement Magic won Best Novelette.

4. 2006 20 years ago

   Magic for Beginners: Best Novella

   Category: Science Fiction › Type: Award win

   • Science fiction
   • Science fiction literature

   Magic for Beginners (Novella) by Kelly Link · Award: Nebula Award — Best Novella

   Magic for Beginners won Best Novella.

5. 2006 20 years ago

   The Faery Handbag: Best Novelette

   Category: Science Fiction › Type: Award win

   • Science fiction
   • Science fiction literature

   The Faery Handbag (Novella) by Kelly Link · Award: Nebula Award — Best Novelette

   The Faery Handbag won Best Novelette.

6. 2007 19 years ago

   Burn: Best Novella

   Category: Science Fiction › Type: Award win

   • Science fiction
   • Science fiction literature

   Burn (Novella) by James Patrick Kelly · Award: Nebula Award — Best Novella

   Burn won Best Novella.

7. 2007 19 years ago

   Two Hearts: Best Novelette

   Category: Science Fiction › Type: Award win

   • Science fiction
   • Science fiction literature

   Two Hearts (Novella) by Peter S. Beagle · Award: Nebula Award — Best Novelette

   Two Hearts won Best Novelette.

8. 2008 18 years ago

   Fountain of Age: Best Novella

   Category: Science Fiction › Type: Award win

   • Science fiction
   • Science fiction literature

   Fountain of Age (Novella) by Nancy Kress · Award: Nebula Award — Best Novella

   Fountain of Age won Best Novella.

9. 2008 18 years ago

   The Merchant and the Alchemist’s Gate: Best Novelette

   Category: Science Fiction › Type: Award win

   • Science fiction
   • Science fiction literature

   The Merchant and the Alchemist’s Gate (Novella) by Ted Chiang · Award: Nebula Award — Best Novelette

   The Merchant and the Alchemist’s Gate won Best Novelette.

10. 2009 17 years ago

    Pride and Prometheus: Best Novelette

    Category: Science Fiction › Type: Award win

    • Science fiction
    • Science fiction literature

    Pride and Prometheus (Novella) by John Kessel · Award: Nebula Award — Best Novelette

    Pride and Prometheus won Best Novelette.

11. 2009 17 years ago

    The Spacetime Pool: Best Novella

    Category: Science Fiction › Type: Award win

    • Science fiction
    • Science fiction literature

    The Spacetime Pool (Novella) by Catherine Asaro · Award: Nebula Award — Best Novella

    The Spacetime Pool won Best Novella.

12. 2010 16 years ago

    The Women of Nell Gwynne’s: Best Novella

    Category: Science Fiction › Type: Award win

    • Science fiction
    • Science fiction literature

    The Women of Nell Gwynne’s (Novella) by Kage Baker · Award: Nebula Award — Best Novella

    The Women of Nell Gwynne’s won Best Novella.

13. 2010 16 years ago

    Sinner, Baker, Fabulist, Priest; Red Mask, Black Mask, Gentleman, Beast: Best Novelette

    Category: Science Fiction › Type: Award win

    • Science fiction
    • Science fiction literature

    Sinner, Baker, Fabulist, Priest; Red Mask, Black Mask, Gentleman, Beast (Novella) by Eugie Foster · Award: Nebula Award — Best Novelette

    Sinner, Baker, Fabulist, Priest; Red Mask, Black Mask, Gentleman, Beast won Best Novelette.

14. 2011 15 years ago

    The Lady Who Plucked Red Flowers Beneath the Queen’s Window: Best Novella

    Category: Science Fiction › Type: Award win

    • Science fiction
    • Science fiction literature

    The Lady Who Plucked Red Flowers Beneath the Queen’s Window (Novella) by Rachel Swirsky · Award: Nebula Award — Best Novella

    The Lady Who Plucked Red Flowers Beneath the Queen’s Window won Best Novella.

15. 2011 15 years ago

    That Leviathan Whom Thou Hast Made: Best Novelette

    Category: Science Fiction › Type: Award win

    • Science fiction
    • Science fiction literature

    That Leviathan Whom Thou Hast Made (Novella) by Eric James Stone · Award: Nebula Award — Best Novelette

    That Leviathan Whom Thou Hast Made won Best Novelette.

16. 2012 14 years ago

    The Man Who Bridged the Mist: Best Novella

    Category: Science Fiction › Type: Award win

    • Science fiction
    • Science fiction literature

    The Man Who Bridged the Mist (Novella) by Kij Johnson · Award: Nebula Award — Best Novella

    The Man Who Bridged the Mist won Best Novella.

17. 2012 14 years ago

    What We Found: Best Novelette

    Category: Science Fiction › Type: Award win

    • Science fiction
    • Science fiction literature

    What We Found (Novella) by Geoff Ryman · Award: Nebula Award — Best Novelette

    What We Found won Best Novelette.

18. 2013 13 years ago

    After the Fall, Before the Fall, During the Fall: Best Novella

    Category: Science Fiction › Type: Award win

    • Science fiction
    • Science fiction literature

    After the Fall, Before the Fall, During the Fall (Novella) by Nancy Kress · Award: Nebula Award — Best Novella

    After the Fall, Before the Fall, During the Fall won Best Novella.

19. 2013 13 years ago

    Close Encounters: Best Novelette

    Category: Science Fiction › Type: Award win

    • Science fiction
    • Science fiction literature

    Close Encounters (Novella) by Andy Duncan · Award: Nebula Award — Best Novelette

    Close Encounters won Best Novelette.

20. 2014 12 years ago

    The Waiting Stars: Best Novelette

    Category: Science Fiction › Type: Award win

    • Science fiction
    • Science fiction literature

    The Waiting Stars (Novella) by Aliette de Bodard · Award: Nebula Award — Best Novelette

    The Waiting Stars won Best Novelette.