Nebula Awards, 1965-1994

1994 winners and a new Grand Master award winner added 4/23/95

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The Nebula Awards are administered, voted and presented by the Science Fiction Writers of America (SFWA) to acknowledge excellence in science fiction writing.

This list comes from Locus Magazine "A History of the Hugo, Nebula and International Fantasy Awards," by Donald Franson and Howard DeVore, from Chuq von Rospach, Nebula Awards administrator, and from the Internet.

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Click here for a list of the Grand Master Award winners.

You can access the Nebula Lists by selecting a decade to display, or by scrolling down the year list and selecting a specific year.

Nebula Awards Listed by the Decade

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Nebula Awards from the 1960s

Nebula Awards from the 1970s

Nebula Awards from the 1980s

Nebula Awards from the 1990s

Nebula Awards from the 1960s

1965 Nebula Winners

Novel: Dune by Frank Herbert
Novella: "He Who Shapes" by Roger Zelazny and "The Saliva Tree" by Brian Aldiss (tie)
Novelette: "The Doors of His Face, the Lamps of His Mouth" by Roger Zelazny
Short Story: "'Repent, Harlequin!', Said the Ticktockman" by Harlan Ellison

To the 1965 Nebula Nominees.


1966 Nebula Winners

Novel: Babel-17 by Samuel R. Delany and Flowers For Algernon by Daniel Keyes (tie)
Novella: "The Last Castle" by Jack Vance
Novelette: "Call Him Lord" by Gordon R. Dickson
Short Story: "The Secret Place" by Richard McKenna

To the 1966 Nebula Nominees.


1967 Nebula Winners

Novel: The Einstein Intersection by Samuel R. Delany
Novella: "Behold the Man" by Michael Moorcock
Novelette: "Gonna Roll the Bones" by Fritz Leiber
Short Story: "Aye, and Gomorrah" by Samuel R. Delany

To the 1967 Nebula Nominees.


1968 Nebula Winners

Novel: Rite of Passage by Alexei Panshin
Novella: "Dragonrider" by Anne McCaffrey
Novelette: "Mother to the World" by Richard Wilson
Short Story: "The Planners" by Kate Wilhelm

To the 1968 Nebula Nominees.


1969 Nebula Winners

Novel: The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin
Novella: "A Boy and His Dog" by Harlan Ellison
Novelette: "Time Considered as a Helix of Semi-Precious Stones" by Samuel R. Delany
Short Story: "Passengers" by Robert Silverberg

To the 1969 Nebula Nominees.


Nebula Awards from the 1970s

1970 Nebula Winners

Novel: Ringworld by Larry Niven
Novella: "Ill Met in Lankhmar" by Fritz Leiber
Novelette: "Slow Sculpture" by Theodore Sturgeon
Short Story: No Award

To the 1970 Nebula Nominees.


1971 Nebula Winners

Novel: A Time of Changes by Robert Silverberg
Novella: "The Missing Man" by Katherine MacLean
Novelette: "The Queen of Air and Darkness" by Poul Anderson
Short Story: "Good News from the Vatican" by Robert Silverberg

To the 1971 Nebula Nominees.


1972 Nebula Winners

Novel: The Gods Themselves by Isaac Asimov
Novella: "A Meeting With Medusa" by Arthur C. Clarke
Novelette: "Goat Song" by Poul Anderson
Short Story: "When It Changed" by Joanna Russ

To the 1972 Nebula Nominees.


1973 Nebula Winners

Novel: Rendezvous With Rama by Arthur C. Clarke
Novella: "The Death of Doctor Island" by Gene Wolfe
Novelette: "Of Mist, and Grass, and Sand" by Vonda McIntyre
Short Story: "Love Is the Plan, the Plan is Death" by James Tiptree, Jr.
Dramatic Presentation: Soylent Green

To the 1973 Nebula Nominees.


1974 Nebula Winners

Novel: The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le Guin
Novella: "Born With the Dead" by Robert Silverberg
Novelette: "If the Stars Are Gods" by Gordon Eklund & Gregory Benford
Short Story: "The Day Before the Revolution" by Ursula K. Le Guin
Dramatic Presentation: Sleeper by Woody Allen

To the 1974 Nebula Nominees.


1975 Nebula Winners

Novel: The Forever War by Joe Haldeman
Novella: "Home Is the Hangman" by Roger Zelazny
Novelette: "San Diego Lightfoot Sue" by Tom Reamy
Short Story: "Catch That Zeppelin" by Fritz Leiber
Dramatic Presentation: Young Frankenstein by Mel Brooks & Gene Wilder
Special Plaque: George Pal, for his film work

To the 1975 Nebula Nominees.


1976 Nebula Winners

Novel: Man Plus by Frederik Pohl
Novella: "Houston, Houston, Do You Read?" by James Tiptree, Jr.
Novelette: "The Bicentennial Man" by Isaac Asimov
Short Story: "A Crowd of Shadows" by C. L. Grant

To the 1976 Nebula Nominees.


1977 Nebula Winners

Novel: Gateway by Frederik Pohl
Novella: "Stardance" by Spider & Jeanne Robinson
Novelette: "The Screwfly Solution" by Racoona Sheldon
Short Story: "Jeffty is Five" by Harlan Ellison

To the 1977 Nebula Nominees.


1978 Nebula Winners

Novel: Dreamsnake by Vonda McIntyre
Novella: "The Persistence of Vision" by John Varley
Novelette: "A Glow of Candles, A Unicorn's Eye" by C. L. Grant
Short Story: "Stone" by Edward Bryant

To the 1978 Nebula Nominees.


1979 Nebula Winners

Novel: The Fountains of Paradise by Arthur C. Clarke
Novella: "Enemy Mine" by Barry B. Longyear
Novelette: "Sandkings" by George R. R. Martin
Short Story: "GiANTS" by Edward Bryant

To the 1979 Nebula Nominees.


Nebula Awards from the 1980s

1980 Nebula Winners

Novel: Timescape by Gregory Benford
Novella: "Unicorn Tapestry" by Suzy McKee Charnas
Novelette: "The Ugly Chickens" by Howard Waldrop
Short Story: "Grotto of the Dancing Deer" by Clifford D. Simak

To the 1980 Nebula Nominees.


1981 Nebula Winners

Novel: The Claw of the Conciliator by Gene Wolfe
Novella: "The Saturn Game" by Poul Anderson
Novelette: "The Quickening" by Michael Bishop
Short Story: "The Bone Flute" by Lisa Tuttle [declined by author]

To the 1981 Nebula Nominees.


1982 Nebula Winners

Novel: No Enemy But Time by Michael Bishop
Novella: "Another Orphan" by John Kessel
Novelette: "Fire Watch" by Connie Willis
Short Story: "A Letter From the Clearys" by Connie Willis

To the 1982 Nebula Nominees.


1983 Nebula Winners

Novel: Startide Rising by David Brin
Novella: "Hardfought" by Greg Bear
Novelette: "Blood Music" by Greg Bear
Short Story: "The Peacemaker" by Gardner Dozois

To the 1983 Nebula Nominees.


1984 Nebula Winners

Novel: Neuromancer by William Gibson
Novella: "Press Enter []" by John Varley
Novelette: "Blood Child" by Octavia Butler
Short Story: "Morning Child" by Gardner Dozois

To the 1984 Nebula Nominees.


1985 Nebula Winners

Novel: Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card
Novella: "Sailing to Byzantium" by Robert Silverberg
Novelette: "Portraits of His Children" by George R. R. Martin
Short Story: "Out of All Them Bright Stars" by Nancy Kress

To the 1985 Nebula Nominees.


1986 Nebula Winners

Novel: Speaker for the Dead by Orson Scott Card
Novella: "R&R" by Lucius Shepard
Novelette: "The Girl Who Fell Into the Sky" by Kate Wilhelm
Short Story: "Tangents" by Greg Bear

To the 1986 Nebula Nominees.


1987 Nebula Winners

Novel: The Falling Woman by Pat Murphy
Novella: "The Blind Geometer" by Kim Stanley Robinson
Novelette: "Rachel in Love" by Pat Murphy
Short Story: "Forever Yours, Anna" by Kate Wilhelm

To the 1987 Nebula Nominees.


1988 Nebula Winners

Novel: Falling Free by Lois McMaster Bujold
Novella: "The Last of the Winnebagos" by Connie Willis
Novelette: "Schrodinger's Kitten" by George Alec Effinger
Short Story: "Bible Stories for Adults, No. 17: The Deluge" by James Morrow

To the 1988 Nebula Nominees.


1989 Nebula Winners

Novel: The Healer's War by Elizabeth Ann Scarborough
Novella: "The Mountains of Mourning" by Lois McMaster Bujold
Novelette: "At the Rialto" by Connie Willis
Short Story: "Ripples in the Dirac Sea" by Geoffrey A. Landis

To the 1989 Nebula Nominees.


Nebula Awards from the 1990s

1990 Nebula Winners

Novel: Tehanu: The Last Book of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin
Novella: "The Hemingway Hoax" by Joe Haldeman
Novelette: "Tower of Babylon" by Ted Chiang
Short Story: "Bears Discover Fire" by Terry Bisson

To the 1990 Nebula Nominees.


1991 Nebula Winners

Novel: Stations of the Tide by Michael Swanwick
Novella: "Beggars in Spain" by Nancy Kress
Novelette: "Guide Dog" by Mike Conner
Short Story: "Ma Qui" by Alan Brennert

To the 1991 Nebula Nominees.


1992 Nebula Winners

Novel: Doomsday Book by Connie Willis
Novella: "City Of Truth," by James Morrow
Novelette: "Danny Goes to Mars," by Pamela Sargent
Short Story: "Even the Queen," by Connie Willis

To the 1992 Nebula Nominees.


1993 Nebula Winners

Novel: Red Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson
Novella: "The Night We Buried Road Dog" by Jack Cady
Novelette: "Georgia on My Mind" by Charles Sheffield
Short Story: "Graves" by Joe Haldeman

To the 1993 Nebula Nominees.


1994 Nebula Winners

The 1994 Nebulas were awarded at a ceremony in New York City on April 22, 1995.

Best Novel: Moving Mars by Greg Bear (Tor)
Best Novella: "Seven Views of Olduvai Gorge" by Mike Resnick (F&SF)
Best Novelette: "The Martian Child" by David Gerrold (F&SF)
Best Short Story: "A Defense of the Social Contracts" by Martha Soukup

To the 1994 Nebula Nominees.


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