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417 matching records

1. 2024 2 years ago

   The Saint of Bright Doors — 2023 Nebula Award, Best Novel

   Category: Science Fiction › Type: Award win

   • Science fiction
   • Science fiction literature

   The Saint of Bright Doors (Novel) by Vajra Chandrasekera · Award: Nebula Award — Best Novel · Role: Science fiction writer

   The Saint of Bright Doors — 2023 Nebula Award, Best Novel (2024-06-08).

2. 2024 2 years ago

   Tantie Merle and the Farmhand 4200: Best Short Story

   Category: Science Fiction › Type: Award win

   • Science fiction
   • Science fiction literature

   Tantie Merle and the Farmhand 4200 (Short story) by R. S. A. Garcia · Award: Nebula Award — Best Short Story

   Tantie Merle and the Farmhand 4200 won Best Short Story.

3. 2024 2 years ago

   Linghun: Best Novella

   Category: Science Fiction › Type: Award win

   • Science fiction
   • Science fiction literature

   Linghun (Novella) by Ai Jiang · Award: Nebula Award — Best Novella

   Linghun won Best Novella.

4. 2024 2 years ago

   Some Desperate Glory — 2024 Hugo Award, Best Novel

   Category: Science Fiction › Type: Award win

   • Science fiction
   • Science fiction literature

   Some Desperate Glory (Novel) by Emily Tesh · Award: Hugo Award — Best Novel · Role: Science fiction writer

   Some Desperate Glory — 2024 Hugo Award, Best Novel (2024-08-11).

5. 2025 1 year ago

   Why Don’t We Just Kill the Kid in the Omelas Hole: Best Short Story

   Category: Science Fiction › Type: Award win

   • Science fiction
   • Science fiction literature

   Why Don’t We Just Kill the Kid in the Omelas Hole (Short story) by Isabel J. Kim · Award: Nebula Award — Best Short Story

   Why Don’t We Just Kill the Kid in the Omelas Hole won Best Short Story.

6. 2025 1 year ago

   Someone You Can Build a Nest In — 2024 Nebula Award, Best Novel

   Category: Science Fiction › Type: Award win

   • Science fiction
   • Science fiction literature

   Someone You Can Build a Nest In (Novel) by John Wiswell · Award: Nebula Award — Best Novel · Role: Science fiction writer

   Someone You Can Build a Nest In — 2024 Nebula Award, Best Novel (2025-06-07).

7. 2025 1 year ago

   The Young Necromancer’s Guide to Ghosts: Andre Norton Nebula Award for Middle Grade and Young Adult Fiction

   Category: Science Fiction › Type: Award win

   • Science fiction
   • Science fiction literature

   The Young Necromancer’s Guide to Ghosts (Novel) by Vanessa Ricci-Thode · Award: Andre Norton Award — Andre Norton Nebula Award for Middle Grade and Young Adult Fiction

   The Young Necromancer’s Guide to Ghosts won Andre Norton Nebula Award for Middle Grade and Young Adult Fiction.

8. 2025 1 year ago

   The Dragonfly Gambit: Best Novella

   Category: Science Fiction › Type: Award win

   • Science fiction
   • Science fiction literature

   The Dragonfly Gambit (Novella) by A. D. Sui · Award: Nebula Award — Best Novella

   The Dragonfly Gambit won Best Novella.

9. 2025 1 year ago

   Negative Scholarship on the Fifth State of Being: Best Novelette

   Category: Science Fiction › Type: Award win

   • Science fiction
   • Science fiction literature

   Negative Scholarship on the Fifth State of Being (Novella) by A. W. Prihandita · Award: Nebula Award — Best Novelette

   Negative Scholarship on the Fifth State of Being won Best Novelette.

10. 2025 1 year ago

    The Tainted Cup — 2025 Hugo Award, Best Novel

    Category: Science Fiction › Type: Award win

    • Science fiction
    • Science fiction literature

    The Tainted Cup (Novel) by Robert Jackson Bennett · Award: Hugo Award — Best Novel · Role: Science fiction writer

    The Tainted Cup — 2025 Hugo Award, Best Novel (2025-08-16).

11. 2026

    Uncertain Sons: Best Novelette

    Category: Science Fiction › Type: Award win

    • Science fiction
    • Science fiction literature

    Uncertain Sons (Novella) by Thomas Ha · Award: Nebula Award — Best Novelette

    Uncertain Sons won Best Novelette.

12. 2026

    The Buffalo Hunter Hunter — 2025 Nebula Award, Best Novel

    Category: Science Fiction › Type: Award win

    • Science fiction
    • Science fiction literature

    The Buffalo Hunter Hunter (Novel) by Stephen Graham Jones · Award: Nebula Award — Best Novel · Role: Science fiction writer

    The Buffalo Hunter Hunter — 2025 Nebula Award, Best Novel (2026-06-06).

13. 2026

    Into the Wild Magic: Andre Norton Nebula Award for Middle Grade and Young Adult Fiction

    Category: Science Fiction › Type: Award win

    • Science fiction
    • Science fiction literature

    Into the Wild Magic (Novel) by Michelle Knudsen · Award: Andre Norton Award — Andre Norton Nebula Award for Middle Grade and Young Adult Fiction

    Into the Wild Magic won Andre Norton Nebula Award for Middle Grade and Young Adult Fiction.

14. 2026

    The River Has Roots: Best Novella

    Category: Science Fiction › Type: Award win

    • Science fiction
    • Science fiction literature

    The River Has Roots (Novella) by Amal El-Mohtar · Award: Nebula Award — Best Novella

    The River Has Roots won Best Novella.

15. 2026

    Laser Eyes Ain’t Everything: Best Short Story

    Category: Science Fiction › Type: Award win

    • Science fiction
    • Science fiction literature

    Laser Eyes Ain’t Everything (Short story) by Effie Seiberg · Award: Nebula Award — Best Short Story

    Laser Eyes Ain’t Everything won Best Short Story.

16. 2026

    Mary Shelley’s School for Monsters: The Killing Stone: Best Comic

    Category: Science Fiction › Type: Award win

    • Science fiction
    • Science fiction literature

    Mary Shelley’s School for Monsters: The Killing Stone (Comic) by Jessica Maison · Award: Nebula Award — Best Comic

    Mary Shelley’s School for Monsters: The Killing Stone won Best Comic.

17. 2026

    The Everlasting — 2026 Hugo Award, Best Novel

    Category: Science Fiction › Type: Award win

    • Science fiction
    • Science fiction literature

    The Everlasting (Novel) by Alix E. Harrow · Award: Hugo Award — Best Novel · Role: Science fiction writer

    The Everlasting — 2026 Hugo Award, Best Novel (2026-08-30).