The Nebula Awards® are voted on and presented by full, senior, and associate members of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Association. 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 2,000 members, among them many of the leading writers of science fiction and fantasy.
The awards will be presented in a virtual ceremony on Sunday, May 14, 2023, that will stream live as it is held in-person in Anaheim, CA. Winners in each category will be determined by the vote of Full, Associate, and Senior members of SFWA.
Recent Winners
From award-winning author R. F. Kuang comes Babel, a thematic response to The Secret History and a tonal retort to Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell that grapples with student revolutions, colonial resistance, and the use of language and translation as the dominating tool of the British empire.
Legends & Lattes, by Travis Baldree
The much-beloved BookTok sensation, Travis Baldree's novel of high fantasy and low stakes.
Spear, by Nicola Griffith
The legendary author of Hild returns with an unforgettable hero and a queer Arthurian masterpiece for the modern era. Nicola Griffith's Spear is a spellbinding vision of the Camelot we've longed for, a Camelot that belongs to us all.
Nettle & Bone, by T. Kingfisher
From Hugo, Nebula, and Locus award-winning author T. Kingfisher comes an original and subversive fantasy adventure.
The Mountain in the Sea, by Ray Nayler
Humankind discovers intelligent life in an octopus species with its own language and culture, and sets off a high-stakes global competition to dominate the future.
Nona the Ninth, by Tamsyn Muir
Tamsyn Muir's New York Times and USA Today bestselling Locked Tomb Series continues with Nona ...the Ninth?
2023 Best Novella
WINNER
Even Though I Knew the End, by C.L. Polk
FINALISTS
- A Prayer for the Crown-Shy, by Becky Chambers
- “Bishop’s Opening”, by R.S.A. Garcia
- I Never Liked You Anyway, by Jordan Kurella
- High Times in the Low Parliament, by Kelly Robson
Best Novella, Recent Winners
- 2022: And What We Can Offer You Tonight, by Premee Mohamed
- 2021: Ring Shout, by P. Djèlí Clark
- 2020: This is How You Lose the Time War, by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone
- 2019: The Tea Monster and the Detective, by Aliette de Bodard
- 2018: All Systems Red, by Martha Wells