“Murderers,” Itin said, and the water ran down from his lowered head and streamed away into the darkness.
THE SFWA AUTHOR EMERITUS
SFWA inaugurated the Author Emeritus program in 1995 to recognize and appreciate senior writers in the genres of science fiction and fantasy who have made significant contributions to our field but who are no longer active or whose excellent work is no longer as well known as it once was. Fiction by the first five authors emeriti is collected in Architects of Dreams. The 2009 Author Emerita is M. J. Engh.
PAST NEBULA AWARD WINNERS
2008 NEBULA AWARDS
Best Novel: Powers by Ursula K. Le Guin
Best Novella: The Spacetime Pool by Catherine Asaro
Best Novelette: “Pride and Prometheus” by John Kessel
Best Short Story: “Trophy Wives” by Nina Kiriki Hoffman
Best Script: WALL-E Screenplay by Andrew Stanton, Jim Reardon, Original story by Andrew Stanton, Pete Docter
Andre Norton Award: Flora’s Dare: How a Girl of Spirit Gambles All to Expand Her Vocabulary, Confront a Bouncing Boy Terror, and Try to Save Califa from a Shaky Doom (Despite Being Confined to Her Room) by Ysabeau S. Wilce
Solstice Award: Kate Wilhelm, Algis Budrys, and Martin H. Greenberg
SFWA Service Award: Victoria Strauss
Bradbury Award: Joss Whedon
Grand Master Award: Harry Harrison
Author Emerita: M. J. Engh
2007 NEBULA AWARDS
Best Novel: The Yiddish Policeman’s Union by Michael Chabon
Best Novella: Fountain of Age by Nancy Kress
Best Novelette: “The Merchant and the Alchemist’s Gate” by Ted Chiang
Best Short Story: “Always” by Karen Joy Fowler
Best Script: Pan’s Labyrinth by Guillermo del Toro
Andre Norton Award: Harry Potter & the Deathly Hallows by J. K. Rowling
Grand Master: Michael Moorcock
Author Emeritus: Ardath Mayhar
SFWA Service Award: Melisa Michaels and Graham P. Collins
2006 NEBULA AWARDS
Best Novel: Seeker by Jack McDevitt
Best Novella: Burn by James Patrick Kelly
Best Novelette: “Two Hearts” by Peter S. Beagle
Best Short Story: “Echo” by Elizabeth Hand
Best Script: Howl’s Moving Castle by Hayao Miyazaki, Cindy Davis Hewitt, and Donald H. Hewitt
Andre Norton Award: Magic or Madness by Justine Larbalestier
Grand Master: James Gunn
Author Emeritus: D. G. Compton
SFWA Service Award: Brook West and Julia West jointly
2005 NEBULA AWARDS
Best Novel: Camouflage by Joe Haldeman
Best Novella: Magic for Beginners by Kelly Link
Best Novelette: “The Faery Handbag” by Kelly Link
Best Short Story: “I Live with You” by Carol Emshwiller
Best Script: Serenity by Joss Whedon
Andre Norton Award: Valiant: A Modern Tale of Faerie, by Holly Black
Grand Master: Harlan Ellison Author Emeritus: William F. Nolan
2004 NEBULA AWARDS
Best Novel: Paladin of Souls, by Lois McMaster Bujold
Best Novella: The Green Leopard Plague by Walter Jon Williams
Best Novelette: “Basement Magic” by Ellen Klages
Best Short Story: “Coming to Terms” by Eileen Gunn
Best Script: The Lord of the Rings—The Return of the King by Fran Walsh and Philippa Boyens and Peter Jackson; based on The Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien
Grand Master: Anne McCaffrey
Service to SFWA Award: Kevin O’Donnell Jr.
2003 NEBULA AWARDS
Best Novel: The Speed of Dark by Elizabeth Moon
Best Novella: Coraline by Neil Gaiman
Best Novelette: “The Empire of Ice Cream” by Jeffrey Ford
Best Short Story: “What I Didn’t See” by Karen Joy Fowler
Best Script: The Lord of the Rings—The Two Towers by Fran Walsh and Philippa Boyens and Stephen Sinclair and Peter Jackson; based on The Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien
Grand Master: Robert Silverberg
Author of Distinction: Charles Harness
Service to SFWA Award: Michael Capobianco and Ann Crispin jointly
2002 NEBULA AWARDS
Best Novel: American Gods: A Novel by Neil Gaiman
Best Novella: Bronte’s Egg by Richard Chwedyk
Best Novelette: “Hell Is the Absence of God” by Ted Chiang
Best Short Story: “Creature” by Carol Emshwiller
Best Script: The Lord of the Rings—The Fellowship of the Ring by Fran Walsh and Philippa Boyens and Peter Jackson; based on The Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien
Grand Master: Ursula K. Le Guin
Author Emeritus: Katherine MacLean
2001 NEBULA AWARDS
Best Novel: The Quantum Rose by Catherine Asaro
Best Novella: The Ultimate Earth by Jack Williamson
Best Novelette: “Louise’s Ghost” by Kelly Link
Best Short Story: “The Cure for Everything” by Severna Park
Best Script: Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon by James Schamus, Kuo Jung Tsai, and Hui-Ling Wang; from the book by Du Lu Wang
President’s Award: Betty Ballantine
2000 NEBULA AWARDS
Best Novel: Darwin’s Radio by Greg Bear
Best Novella: Goddesses by Linda Nagata
Best Novelette: “Daddy’s World” by Walter Jon Williams
Best Short Story: “macs” by Terry Bisson
Best Script: Galaxy Quest by Robert Gordon and David Howard
Grand Master: Philip José Farmer
Bradbury Award: Yuri Rasovsky and Harlan Ellison, 2000X—Tales of the Next Millennia
Author Emeritus: Robert Sheckley
1999 NEBULA AWARDS
Best Novel: Parable of the Talents by Octavia E. Butler
Best Novella: Story of Your Life by Ted Chiang
Best Novelette: “Mars Is No Place for Children” by Mary A. Turzillo
Best Short Story: “The Cost of Doing Business” by Leslie What
Best Script: The Sixth Sense by M. Night Shyamalan
Grand Master: Brian W. Aldiss
Author Emeritus: Daniel Keyes
Service to SFWA Award: George Zebrowski and Pamela Sargent jointly
1998 NEBULA AWARDS
Best Novel: Forever Peace by Joe Haldeman
Best Novella: Reading the Bones by Sheila Finch
Best Novelette: “Lost Girls” by Jane Yolen
Best Short Story: “Thirteen Ways to Water” by Bruce Holland Rogers
Grand Master: Hal Clement (Harry Stubbs)
Bradbury Award: J. Michael Straczynski, Babylon 5
Author Emeritus: William Tenn (Phil Klass)
1997 NEBULA AWARDS
Best Novel: The Moon and the Sun by Vonda N. McIntyre
Best Novella: Abandon in Place by Jerry Oltion
Best Novelette: “The Flowers of Aulit Prison” by Nancy Kress
Best Short Story: “Sister Emily’s Lightship” by Jane Yolen
Grand Master: Poul Anderson
Author Emeritus: Nelson Slade Bond
Service to SFWA Award: Robin Wayne Bailey
1996 NEBULA AWARDS
Best Novel: Slow River by Nicola Griffith
Best Novella: Da Vinci Rising by Jack Dann
Best Novelette: “Lifeboat on a Burning Sea” by Bruce Holland Rogers
Best Short Story: “A Birthday” by Esther M. Friesner
Grand Master: Jack Vance
Author Emeritus: Judith Merril
Service to SFWA Award: Sheila Finch
1995 NEBULA AWARDS
Best Novel: The Terminal Experiment by Robert J. Sawyer
Best Novella: Last Summer at Mars Hill by Elizabeth Hand
Best Novelette: “Solitude” by Ursula K. Le Guin
Best Shor
t Story: “Death and the Librarian” by Esther Friesner
Grand Master: A. E. van Vogt
Author Emeritus: Wilson “Bob” Tucker
Service to SFWA Award: Chuq Von Rospach
1994 NEBULA AWARDS
Best Novel: Moving Mars: A Novel by Greg Bear
Best Novella: Seven Views of Olduvai Gorge by Mike Resnick
Best Novelette: “The Martian Child” by David Gerrold
Best Short Story: “A Defense of the Social Contracts” by Martha Soukup
Grand Master: Damon Knight
Author Emeritus: Emil Petaja
1993 NEBULA AWARDS
Best Novel: Red Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson
Best Novella: The Night We Buried Road Dog by Jack Cady
Best Novelette: “Georgia on My Mind” by Charles Sheffield
Best Short Story: “Graves” by Joe Haldeman
1992 NEBULA AWARDS
Best Novel: Doomsday Book by Connie Willis
Best Novella: City of Truth by James Morrow
Best Novelette: “Danny Goes to Mars” by Pamela Sargent
Best Short Story: “Even the Queen” by Connie Willis
Grand Master: Frederik Pohl
1991 NEBULA AWARDS
Best Novel: Stations of the Tide by Michael Swanwick
Best Novella: Beggars in Spain by Nancy Kress
Best Novelette: “Guide Dog” by Mike Conner
Best Short Story: “Ma Qui” by Alan Brennert
Bradbury Award: James Cameron, Terminator 2—-Judgment Day
1990 NEBULA AWARDS
Best Novel: Tehanu: The Last Book of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin
Best Novella: The Hemingway Hoax by Joe Haldeman
Best Novelette: “Tower of Babylon” by Ted Chiang
Best Short Story: “Bears Discover Fire” by Terry Bisson
Grand Master: Lester del Rey
1989 NEBULA AWARDS
Best Novel: Healer’s War by Elizabeth Ann Scarborough
Best Novella: The Mountains of Mourning by Lois McMaster Bujold
Best Novelette: “At the Rialto” by Connie Willis
Best Short Story: “Ripples in the Dirac Sea” by Geoffrey Landis
1988 NEBULA AWARDS
Best Novel: Falling Free by Lois McMaster Bujold
Best Novella: The Last of the Winnebagos by Connie Willis
Best Novelette: “Schrodinger’s Kitten” by George Alec Effinger
Best Short Story: “Bible Stories for Adults, No. 17: The Deluge” by James Morrow
Grand Master: Ray Bradbury
1987 NEBULA AWARDS
Best Novel: The Falling Woman by Pat Murphy
Best Novella: The Blind Geometer by Kim Stanley Robinson
Best Novelette: “Rachel in Love” by Pat Murphy
Best Short Story: “Forever Yours, Anna” by Kate Wilhelm
Grand Master: Alfred Bester
1986 NEBULA AWARDS
Best Novel: Speaker for the Dead by Orson Scott Card
Best Novella: R&R by Lucius Shepard
Best Novelette: “The Girl Who Fell Into the Sky” by Kate Wilhelm
Best Short Story: “Tangents” by Greg Bear
Grand Master: Isaac Asimov
1985 NEBULA AWARDS
Best Novel: Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card
Best Novella: Sailing to Byzantium by Robert Silverberg
Best Novelette: “Portraits of His Children” by George R.R. Martin
Best Short Story: “Out of All Them Bright Stars” by Nancy Kress
Grand Master: Arthur C. Clarke
1984 NEBULA AWARDS
Best Novel: Neuromancer by William Gibson
Best Novella: Press Enter by John Varley
Best Novelette: “Bloodchild” by Octavia Butler
Best Short Story: “Morning Child” by Gardner Dozois
1983 NEBULA AWARDS
Best Novel: Startide Rising by David Brin
Best Novella: Hardfought by Greg Bear
Best Novelette: “Blood Music” by Greg Bear
Best Short Story: “The Peacemaker” by Gardner Dozois
Grand Master: Andre Norton
1982 NEBULA AWARDS
Best Novel: No Enemy But Time by Michael Bishop
Best Novella: Another Orphan by John Kessel
Best Novelette: “Fire Watch” by Connie Willis
Best Short Story: “A Letter from the Clearys” by Connie Willis
1981 NEBULA AWARDS
Best Novel: Claw of the Conciliator by Gene Wolfe
Best Novella: The Saturn Game by Poul Anderson
Best Novelette: “The Quickening” by Michael Bishop
Best Short Story: “The Bone Flute” by Lisa Tuttle (Ms. Tuttle declined the Award)
1980 NEBULA AWARDS
Best Novel: Timescape by Gregory Benford
Best Novella: The Unicorn Tapestry by Suzy McKee Charnas
Best Novelette: “The Ugly Chickens” by Howard Waldrop
Best Short Story: “Grotto of the Dancing Bear” by Clifford D. Simak
Grand Master: Fritz Leiber
1979 NEBULA AWARDS
Best Novel: The Fountains of Paradise by Arthur C. Clarke
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