2015 Nebula Award Nominees Announced!

Another literary award announcement and this is one of my favorites! I am a big fan of speculative fiction and always enjoy finding out what titles from the previous year have been nominated by the members of the Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA).

"The Nebula Awards ® are voted on, and presented by, active members of Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, Inc. ... Since 1965, the Nebula Awards have been given each year for the best novel, novella, novelette, and short story eligible for that year’s award. The Award for Best Script was added in 2000. An anthology including the winning pieces of short fiction and several runners-up is also published every year. The Nebula Awards® Banquet, which takes place each spring, is attended by many writers and editors and is preceded by meetings and panel discussions."

The nominees for novel:

• Raising Caine by Charles E. Gannon 
• The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin 
• Ancillary Mercy by Anne Leckie 
• The Grace of Kings by Ken Liu 
• Uprooted by Naomi Novik 
• Barsk: The Elephants'Graveyard by Lawrence M. Schoen 
• Updraft by Fran Wilde 

And for those interested in Young Adult science fiction & fantasy titles, here are nominees for this year's Andre Norton Award:

• Seriously Wicked by Tina Connolly 
• Court of Fives by Kate Elliott 
• Cuckoo Song by Frances Hardinge 
• Archivist Wasp by Nicole Kornher-Stace 
• Zeroboxer by Fonda Lee 
• Shadowshaper by Daniel José Older 
• Bone Gap by Laura Ruby 
• Nimona by Noelle Stevenson 
• Updraft by Fran Wilde 

The full list of SFWA 2015 nominees can be found at 2015 Nebula Awards Nominees Announced

 

Winners of the 50th Annual Nebula Awards will be announced during the SFWA Nebula Awards Banquet on May 14th, 2016 in Chicago, IL at the Palmer House Hilton hotel.

Announcing the 2014 Nebula Awards Shortlist ...

The Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA) 2014 Nebula Award nominees have been announced. "The Nebula Awards are voted on, and presented by, active members of SFWA. Voting will open to SFWA Active members on March 1 and close on March 30." The winners will be announced during the 50^th Annual Nebula Awards Weekend to be held in Chicago, Illinois, June 4 through 7, 2015. 

In the category of NOVEL, the shortlist consists of:

The Goblin Emperor by Katherine Addison  

Trial by Fire by Charles E. Gannon 

Ancillary Sword by Ann Leckie

The Three-Body Problem by Cixin Liu

Coming Home by Jack McDevitt

Annihilation by Jeff VanderMeer

The full list of nominees in all categories can be found at the SFWA site.

Which title would you vote for?