This year’s Nebula Awards® were announced in a virtual presentation last night, Saturday 30th May 2020 at 5pm PDT. The 2020 Awards are given by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America for books published in 2019.
From: https://nebulas.sfwa.org
Best Novel
- Marque of Caine by Charles E. Gannon, published by Baen
- The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E. Harrow, published by Redhook
- A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine, published by Tor
- Gods of Jade and Shadow by Silvia Moreno-Garcia, published by Del Rey
- Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir, published by Tor.com
- Winner: A Song for a New Day by Sarah Pinsker, published by Berkley
Best Novella
- “Anxiety Is the Dizziness of Freedom” by Ted Chiang, published by Knopf
- “The Haunting of Tram Car 015” by P. Djèlí Clark, published by Tor.com
- Winner: “This Is How You Lose the Time War” by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone, published by Gallery and Saga Press
- “Her Silhouette, Drawn in Water” by Vylar Kaftan, published by Tor.com
- “The Deep” by Rivers Solomon, Daveed Diggs, William Hutson, and Jonathan Snipes, published by Gallery and Saga Press
- “Catfish Lullaby” by A C Wise, published by Broken Eye Books
Best Novelette
- “A Strange Uncertain Light” by G. V. Anderson, published by The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction
- “For He Can Creep” by Siobhan Carroll, published by Tor.com
- “His Footsteps, Through Darkness and Light” by Mimi Mondal, published by Tor.com
- “The Blur in the Corner of Your Eye” by Sarah Pinsker, published by Uncanny
- Winner: “Carpe Glitter” by Cat Rambo, published by Meerkat Shorts, LLC
- “The Archronology of Love” by Caroline M. Yoachim, published by Lightspeed Magazine
Best Short Story
- Winner: “Give the Family My Love” by A. T. Greenblatt, published by Clarkesworld
- “The Dead, In Their Uncontrollable Power” by Karen Osborne, published by Uncanny
- “And Now His Lordship Is Laughing” by Shiv Ramdas, published by Strange Horizons
- “Ten Excerpts from an Annotated Bibliography on the Cannibal Women of Ratnabar Island” by Nibedita Sen, published by Nightmare Magazine
- “A Catalog of Storms” by Fran Wilde, published by Uncanny
- “How the Trick Is Done” by A C Wise, published by Uncanny
Ray Bradbury Nebula Award for Outstanding Dramatic Presentation
- Captain Marvel written by Anna Boden, Ryan Fleck, and Geneva Robertson-Dworet (Marvel Studios)
- The Mandalorian: “The Child”, Jon Favreau (Disney+) written by Jon Favreau (Disney+)
- Winner: Good Omens: “Hard Times” written by Neil Gaiman (Amazon Studios and BBC Studios)
- Watchmen: “A God Walks into Abar” written by Jeff Jensen and Damon Lindelof (HBO)
- Avengers: Endgame written by Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely (Marvel Studios)
- Russian Doll: “The Way Out” written by Allison Silverman and Leslye Headland (Netflix)
Andre Norton Nebula Award for Middle Grade and Young Adult Fiction
- Cog by Greg van Eekhout, published by HarperCollins
- Sal and Gabi Break the Universe by Carlos Hernandez, published by Rick Riordan Presents
- Catfishing on CatNet by Naomi Kritzer, published by Tor Teen
- Dragon Pearl by Yoon Ha Lee, published by Rick Riordan Presents
- Peasprout Chen: Battle of Champions by Henry Lien, published by Henry Holt
- Winner: Riverland by Fran Wilde, published by Harry N. Abrams
Best Game Writing
- Outer Wilds by Kelsey Beachum, published by Mobius Digital
- Winner: The Outer Worlds by Leonard Boyarsky, Kate Dollarhyde, Paul Kirsch, Chris L’Etoile, Daniel McPhee, Carrie Patel, Nitai Poddar, Marc Soskin, and Megan Starks, published by Obsidian Entertainment
- The Magician’s Workshop by Kate Heartfield, published by Choice of Games
- Disco Elysium by Robert Kurvitz, published by ZA/UM
- Fate Accessibility Toolkit by Elsa Sjunneson-Henry, published by Evil Hat Productions
The Award was streamed, and can be seen here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8fTixQc410o
Congratulations to all nominees!
