Finalists for the 2019 SFWA Nebula Awards Announced

Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America have announced the finalists for this year’s Nebula Awards for works first published in 2018, 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 16 through Sunday May 19 at the Marriott Warner Center in Woodland Hills, CA.

Novel

• 'The Calculating Stars', Mary Robinette Kowal (Tor)
• 'The Poppy War', RF Kuang (Harper Voyager US; Harper Voyager UK)
• 'Blackfish City', Sam J Miller (Ecco; Orbit UK)
• 'Spinning Silver', Naomi Novik (Del Rey; Macmillan)
• 'Witchmark', CL Polk (Tor.com Publishing)
• 'Trail of Lightning', Rebecca Roanhorse (Saga)

Novella

• 'Fire Ant', Jonathan P Brazee (Semper Fi)
• 'The Black God’s Drums', P. Djèlí Clark (Tor.com Publishing)
• 'The Tea Master and the Detective', Aliette de Bodard (Subterranean)
• 'Alice Payne Arrives', Kate Heartfield (Tor.com Publishing)
• 'Gods, Monsters, and the Lucky Peach', Kelly Robson (Tor.com Publishing)
• 'Artificial Condition', Martha Wells (Tor.com Publishing)

Novelette

• 'The Only Harmless Great Thing', Brooke Bolander (Tor.com Publishing)
• 'The Last Banquet of Temporal Confections', Tina Connolly (Tor.com July 11 2018)
• 'An Agent of Utopia', Andy Duncan (An Agent of Utopia)
• 'The Substance of My Lives, the Accidents of Our Births', José Pablo Iriarte (Lightspeed Jan. 2018)
• 'The Rule of Three', Lawrence M Schoen (Future Science Fiction Digest Dec. 2018)
• 'Messenger', Yudhanjaya Wijeratne and RR Virdi (Expanding Universe, Volume 4)

Short Story

• 'Interview for the End of the World', Rhett C Bruno (Bridge Across the Stars)
• 'The Secret Lives of the Nine Negro Teeth of George Washington', Phenderson Djèlí Clark (Fireside Feb. 2018)
• 'Going Dark', Richard Fox (Backblast Area Clear)
• 'And Yet', AT Greenblatt (Uncanny Mar-Apr. 2018)
• 'A Witch’s Guide to Escape: A Practical Compendium of Portal Fantasies', Alix E Harrow (Apex Feb. 6 2018)
• 'The Court Magician', Sarah Pinsker (Lightspeed Jan. 2018)

Game Writing

• 'Black Mirror: Bandersnatch', Charlie Brooker (House of Tomorrow & Netflix)
• 'The Road to Canterbury', Kate Heartfield (Choice of Games)
• 'God of War', Matt Sophos, Richard Zangrande Gaubert, Cory Barlog, Orion Walker, and Adam Dolin (Santa Monica Studio/Sony/Interactive Entertainment)
• 'Rent-A-Vice', Natalia Theodoridou (Choice of Games)
• 'The Martian Job', M. Darusha Wehm (Choice of Games)

The Ray Bradbury Award for Outstanding Dramatic Presentation

• 'The Good Place: Jeremy Bearimy' (Written by Megan Amram)
• 'Black Panther' (Written by Ryan Coogler and Joe Robert Cole)
• 'A Quiet Place' (Screenplay by John Krasinski, Bryan Woods, and Scott Beck)
• 'Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse' (Screenplay by Phil Lord and Rodney Rothman)
• 'Dirty Computer' (Written by Janelle Monáe and Chuck Lightning)
• 'Sorry To Bother You' (Written by Boots Riley)

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

• 'Children of Blood and Bone', Tomi Adeyemi (Henry Holt; Macmillan)
• 'Aru Shah and the End of Time', Roshani Chokshi (Rick Riordan Presents)
• 'A Light in the Dark', AK DuBoff (BDL)
• 'Tess of the Road', Rachel Hartman (Random House)
• 'Dread Nation', Justina Ireland (Balzer + Bray)
• 'Peasprout Chen: Future Legend of Skate and Sword', Henry Lien (Henry Holt)