The 2017 SFWA Nebula Award Nominees Announced

Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America have announced the finalists for this year’s Nebula Awards, along with contenders for the Ray Bradbury and Andre Norton Awards.

Each year, the organization’s members vote on which stories they consider to be the best novel, novella, novelette, short story and Young Adult story in the genre, as well as the best outstanding dramatic presentation.

The Nebula Awards Ceremony will be held from Thursday May 17 through Sunday May 20 at the Pittsburgh Marriott City Center.

Novel

• Amberlough, Lara Elena Donnelly (Tor)
• The Strange Case of the Alchemist’s Daughter, Theodora Goss (Saga)
• Spoonbenders, Daryl Gregory (Knopf; riverrun)
• The Stone Sky, N.K. Jemisin (Orbit US; Orbit UK)
• Six Wakes, Mur Lafferty (Orbit US)
• Jade City, Fonda Lee (Orbit US; Orbit UK)
• Autonomous, Annalee Newitz (Tor; Orbit UK 2018)

Novella

• River of Teeth, Sarah Gailey (Tor.com Publishing)
• Passing Strange, Ellen Klages (Tor.com Publishing)
• “And Then There Were (N-One)”, Sarah Pinsker (Uncanny 3-4/17)
• Barry’s Deal, Lawrence M. Schoen (NobleFusion Press)
• All Systems Red, Martha Wells (Tor.com Publishing)
• The Black Tides of Heaven, JY Yang (Tor.com Publishing)

Novelette

• “Dirty Old Town”, Richard Bowes (F&SF 5-6/17)
• “Weaponized Math”, Jonathan P. Brazee (The Expanding Universe, Vol. 3)
• “Wind Will Rove”, Sarah Pinsker (Asimov’s 9-10/17)
• “A Series of Steaks”, Vina Jie-Min Prasad (Clarkesworld 1/17)
• “A Human Stain”, Kelly Robson (Tor.com 1/4/17)
• “Small Changes Over Long Periods of Time”, K.M. Szpara (Uncanny 5-6/17)

Short Story

• “Fandom for Robots”, Vina Jie-Min Prasad (Uncanny 9-10/17)
• “Welcome to Your Authentic Indian Experience™”, Rebecca Roanhorse (Apex 8/17)
• “Utopia, LOL?”, Jamie Wahls (Strange Horizons 6/5/17)
• “Clearly Lettered in a Mostly Steady Hand”, Fran Wilde (Uncanny 9-10/17)
• “The Last Novelist (or A Dead Lizard in the Yard)”, Matthew Kressel (Tor.com 3/15/17)
• “Carnival Nine”, Caroline M. Yoachim (Beneath Ceaseless Skies 5/11/17)

The Ray Bradbury Award for Outstanding Dramatic Presentation

• Get Out (Written by Jordan Peele)
• The Good Place: “Michael’s Gambit” (Written by Michael Schur)
• Logan (Screenplay by Scott Frank, James Mangold, and Michael Green)
• The Shape of Water (Screenplay by Guillermo del Toro & Vanessa Taylor)
• Star Wars: The Last Jedi (Written by Rian Johnson)
• Wonder Woman (Screenplay by Allan Heinberg)

The Andre Norton Award for Outstanding Young Adult Science Fiction or Fantasy Book

• Exo, Fonda Lee (Scholastic Press)
• Weave a Circle Round, Kari Maaren (Tor)
• The Art of Starving, Sam J. Miller (HarperTeen)
• Want, Cindy Pon (Simon Pulse)