Additional nominees are possible in the case of ties. The awards are not limited to American citizens or members of SFWA. [22] The unofficial anthology Nebula Award Winning Novellas (1994), edited by Martin H. Greenberg, contained ten stories which had won the novella award between 1970 and 1989. Entries with a blue background and an asterisk (*) next to the writer's name have won the award; those with a white background are the other nominees on the shortlist. [3][15] Along with the Hugo Award, the Nebula Award is also considered one of the premier awards in science fiction, with Laura Miller of Salon terming it "science fiction's most prestigious award", and Justine Larbalestier, in The Battle of the Sexes in Science Fiction (2002), referring to it and the Hugo Award as "the best known and most prestigious of the science fiction awards". [6] The idea was based on the Edgar Awards, presented by the Mystery Writers of America, and the idea to have a ceremony at which to present them was prompted by the Edgar and Hugo Awards. They were first given in 1966 at a ceremony created for the awards, and are given in four categories for different lengths of literary works. The series Nebula Winners, published yearly by SFWA and edited by a variety of SFWA members and renamed as the Nebula Awards Showcase series since 1999, was started in 1966 as a collection of short story winners and nominees for that year.
Works published in English elsewhere in the world are also eligible provided they are released on either a website or in an electronic edition. Ray Bradbury Nebula Award for Outstanding Dramatic Presentation Captain Marvel written by Anna Boden, Ryan Fleck, and Geneva Robertson-Dworet (Marvel Studios) To be eligible for consideration works must be published in English in the United States. [1] The award has been described as one of "the most important of the American science fiction awards" and "the science-fiction and fantasy equivalent" of the Emmy Awards. Locations vary from year to year. [5], Beginning in 1980 the eligibility year for nominations was set to the calendar year, rather than December–November as initially conceived, and the SFWA organizing panel was allowed to add an additional work. SFWA identifies the awards by the year of publication, that is, the year prior to the year in which the award is given.

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For lists of winners and nominees for each Nebula category, see the list of categories below.

Works translated into English are also eligible. Jack McDevitt has the most nominations at twelve (with one win), while Poul Anderson and Philip K. Dick tie for having the most nominations without winning an award, at five a piece. [19][20], There have been several anthologies collecting Nebula-winning short fiction. Ursula K. Le Guin has received the most Nebula Awards for Best Novel, with four wins out … A fifth category for film and television episode scripts was given 1974–78 and 2000–09, … The Nebula Awards are one of the best known and most prestigious science fiction and fantasy awards[2] and together with the Hugo Awards have been called "the most important of the American science fiction awards". During the 55 nomination years, 193 authors have had works nominated, and 42 of these have won (including co-authors and ties). The awards are organized and awarded by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA), a nonprofit association of professional science fiction and fantasy writers. [5], The winner receives a trophy but no cash prize; the trophy is a transparent block with an embedded glitter spiral nebula and gemstones cut to resemble planets. The awards are organized and awarded by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA), a nonprofit associationof professional science fiction and fantasy writers. [6][12] All four are discretionary but a Grand Master, selected by the officers and past presidents, has been named every year for more than a decade. Each year links to the corresponding "year in literature". They were first given in 1966 at a ceremony created for the awards, and are given in four categories for different lengths of literary works. ", "Ursula K Le Guin wins sixth Nebula award", "Geek Trivia: Science-fiction double feature", Ray Bradbury Award for Dramatic Presentation, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Nebula_Award&oldid=983187427, Official website different in Wikidata and Wikipedia, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, The best science fiction or fantasy works of the previous calendar year, Stories of between 17,500 and 40,000 words, Stories of between 7,500 and 17,500 words, This page was last edited on 12 October 2020, at 19:24. Two of them are annual literary awards voted by SFWA members on the Nebula ballot:[10] the Andre Norton Award for Outstanding Young Adult Science Fiction or Fantasy Book, inaugurated 2006, and the Ray Bradbury Award for Outstanding Dramatic Presentation, which replaced the Best Script award in 2010. [21], Literature prize for science fiction and fantasy works from the United States, Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, Andre Norton Award for Middle Grade and Young Adult Fiction, Ray Bradbury Award for Outstanding Dramatic Presentation, Andre Norton Award for Outstanding Young Adult Science Fiction or Fantasy Book, Trillion Year Spree: The History of Science Fiction, List of joint winners of the Hugo and Nebula awards, "I am now officially a Nebula Award winner! Those anthologies can be found here. In the following table, the years correspond to the date of the ceremony, rather than when the novel was first published.
[5] The initial ceremony consisted of four literary awards, for Novels, Novellas, Novelettes, and Short Stories, which have been presented every year since.