2016 Nebula Award winners announced May 20, 2017

The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America announced the 2016 Nebula Award winners on May 20, 2017. Charlie Jane Anders won for best novel with her book titled “All the Birds in the Sky;” and the best short story prize went to Amal El-Mohtar’s “Seasons of Glass and Iron.”  Winners are listed next to the trophy, with all the nominees for each category listed under the winners. The field was strong this year and Offworlders congratulations both the winners and all nominees. Stupendous job everyone.

Without further ado, here are the winners and all nominees:

Novel

  • All the Birds in the Sky, Charlie Jane Anders (Tor; Titan)

Borderline, Mishell Baker (Saga)
The Obelisk Gate, N.K. Jemisin (Orbit US; Orbit UK)
Ninefox Gambit, Yoon Ha Lee (Solaris US; Solaris UK)
Everfair, Nisi Shawl (Tor)

Novella

  • Every Heart a Doorway, Seanan McGuire (Tor.com Publishing)

Runtime, S.B. Divya (Tor.com Publishing)
The Dream-Quest of Vellitt Boe, Kij Johnson (Tor.com Publishing)
The Ballad of Black Tom, Victor LaValle (Tor.com Publishing)
“The Liar,” John P. Murphy (F&SF)
A Taste of Honey, Kai Ashante Wilson (Tor.com Publishing)

Novelette

  • “The Long Fall Up,” William Ledbetter (F&SF)

“Sooner or Later Everything Falls Into the Sea,” Sarah Pinsker (Lightspeed)
“The Orangery,” Bonnie Jo Stufflebeam (Beneath Ceaseless Skies)
“Blood Grains Speak Through Memories,” Jason Sanford (Beneath Ceaseless Skies)
The Jewel and Her Lapidary, Fran Wilde (Tor.com Publishing)
“You’ll Surely Drown Here If You Stay,” Alyssa Wong (Uncanny)

Short Story

  • “Seasons of Glass and Iron,” Amal El-Mohtar (The Starlit Wood)]

“Our Talons Can Crush Galaxies,” Brooke Bolander (Uncanny)
“Sabbath Wine,” Barbara Krasnoff (Clockwork Phoenix 5)
“Things With Beards,” Sam J. Miller (Clarkesworld)
“This Is Not a Wardrobe Door,” A. Merc Rustad (Fireside Magazine)
“A Fist of Permutations in Lightning and Wildflowers,” Alyssa Wong (Tor.com)
“Welcome to the Medical Clinic at the Interplanetary Relay Station│Hours Since the Last Patient Death: 0,” Caroline M. Yoachim (Lightspeed)

Ray Bradbury Award For Outstanding Dramatic Presentation

  • Arrival, directed by Denis Villeneuve, screenplay by Eric Heisserer, 21 Laps Entertainment / FilmNation Entertainment / Lava Bear Films / Xenolinguistics

Doctor Strange, directed by Scott Derrickson, screenplay by Scott Derrickson & C. Robert Cargill, Marvel Studios / Walt Disney Studio Motion Pictures
Kubo and the Two Strings, directed by Travis Knight, screenplay by Mark Haimes & Chris Butler; Laika Entertainment
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, directed by Gareth Edwards, written by Chris Weitz & Tony Gilroy; Lucasfilm / Walt Disney Studio Motion Pictures
Westworld: ‘‘The Bicameral Mind’,’ directed by Jonathan Nolan, written by Lisa Joy & Jonathan Nolan; HBO
Zootopia, directed by Byron Howard, Rich Moore, & Jared Bush, screenplay by Jared Bush & Phil Johnston; Walt Disney Pictures / Walt Disney Animation Studios

Andre Norton Award For Young Adult Science Fiction And Fantasy

  • Arabella of Mars, David D. Levine (Tor)

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)
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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