Nebula Awards Announced!

Science fiction books often make great movies, but they never seem to do so well at the Academy Awards. Thank goodness for the Nebulas!

The Nebula Awards^® are annual awards presented by Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America to celebrate excellence in science fiction and fantasy writing. SFWA also presents the Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master Award for lifetime achievement, Andre Norton Award for best YA SF and Fantasy, Bradbury Award for best dramatic presentation, Solstice Award for significance to the SF field, and honors senior writers as Authors Emeriti. The awards will be announced on May 15.

Novel

• The Windup Girl, Paolo Bacigalupi
• The Love We Share Without Knowing, Christopher Barzak
• Flesh and Fire, Laura Anne Gilman
• The City & The City, China Miéville
• Boneshaker, Cherie Priest
• Finch, Jeff VanderMeer

The Ray Bradbury Award for Outstanding Dramatic Presentation

• Star Trek, JJ Abrams, Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman
• District 9, Neill Blomkamp and Terri Tatchell
• Avatar, James Cameron
• Moon, Duncan Jones and Nathan Parker
• Up, Bob Peterson and Pete Docter
• Coraline, Henry Selick

Andre Norton Award for Young Adult Science Fiction and Fantasy

• Hotel Under the Sand, Kage Baker
• Ice, Sarah Beth Durst
• Ash, Malinda Lo
• Eyes Like Stars, Lisa Mantchev
• Zoe’s Tale, John Scalzi
• When You Reach Me, Rebecca Stead  
• The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland In A Ship Of Her Own Making, Catherynne M. Valente
• Leviathan, Scott Westerfeld (Simon, Oct09)