Yes, it is definitely awards season in the realm of speculative fiction. Meaning: there are lots of books and stories to add to your TBR-pile. This is a link-list for the books and stories nominated for the Nebula Awards, handed out by SFWA.
The Nebula Awards® are voted on, and presented by, active members of Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, Inc. Founded as the Science Fiction Writers of America in 1965 by Damon Knight, the organization began with a charter membership of 78 writers; it now has over 1,500 members, among them many of the leading writers of science fiction and fantasy.
You’ll probably notice some overlap with the list of Hugo Awards finalists, but there are also several stories and books that differ between the two lists. TONS of good work here by some fantastic authors! Get reading! (As I did with the Hugos, my focus is on the books and stories. Check out the full list of nominated works at SFWA!)
Novel
- All the Birds in the Sky, by Charlie Jane Anders (Tor Books / Titan Books)
- Borderline, by Mishell Baker (Saga)
- The Obelisk Gate, by N. K. Jemisin (Orbit Books)
- Ninefox Gambit, by Yoon Ha Lee (Solaris Books)
- Everfair, by Nisi Shawl (Tor)
Novella
- Runtime, S.B. Divya (Tor.com Publishing)
- The Dream-Quest of Vellitt Boe by Kij Johnson (Tor.com Publishing)
- The Ballad of Black Tom by Victor LaValle (Tor.com Publishing)
- Every Heart a Doorway by Seanan McGuire (Tor.com Publishing)
- The Liar, John P. Murphy (F&SF)
- A Taste of Honey by Kai Ashante Wilson (Tor.com Publishing)
Novelette
- “The Long Fall Up”, by William Ledbetter (F&SF)
- “Sooner or Later Everything Falls Into the Sea”, by Sarah Pinsker (Lightspeed)
- “The Orangery”, by Bonnie Jo Stufflebeam (Beneath Ceaseless Skies)
- “Blood Grains Speak Through Memories”, by Jason Sanford (Beneath Ceaseless Skies)
- “The Jewel and Her Lapidary” by Fran Wilde (Tor.com Publishing, May 2016) – read an excerpt.
- “You’ll Surely Drown Here If You Stay” by Alyssa Wong (Uncanny Magazine, May 2016)
Short Story
- “Our Talons Can Crush Galaxies” by Brooke Bolander (Uncanny Magazine, November 2016)
- “Seasons of Glass and Iron” by Amal El-Mohtar (reprinted in Uncanny Magazine, originally published in the anthology The Starlit Wood: New Fairy Tales, Saga Press)
- “Sabbath Wine”, by Barbara Krasnoff (published in Clockwork Phoenix 5, available online at Mythic Delirium.)
- “Things With Beards”, Sam J. Miller (Clarkesworld)
- “This Is Not a Wardrobe Door”, by A. Merc Rustad (Fireside Magazine)
- “A Fist of Permutations in Lightning and Wildflowers” by Alyssa Wong (Tor.com, March 2016)
- “Welcome to the Medical Clinic at the Interplanetary Relay Station│Hours Since the Last Patient Death: 0”, by Caroline M. Yoachim (Lightspeed)
Andre Norton Award for Young Adult Science Fiction and Fantasy
- The Girl Who Drank the Moon, Kelly Barnhill (Algonquin Young Readers)
- The Star-Touched Queen, Roshani Chokshi (St. Martin’s)
- The Lie Tree, Frances Hardinge (Macmillan UK; Abrams)
- Arabella of Mars, David D. Levine (Tor)
- Railhead, Philip Reeve (Oxford University Press; Switch)
- Rocks Fall, Everyone Dies, Lindsay Ribar (Kathy Dawson Books)
- The Evil Wizard Smallbone, Delia Sherman (Candlewick)
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