2015 Nebula Awards Nominees Announced

The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America are pleased to announce the nominees for the 2015 Nebula Awards (presented 2016), nominees for the Ray Bradbury Award for Outstanding Dramatic Presentation, and nominees for the Andre Norton Award for Young Adult Science Fiction and Fantasy

Novel

Raising Caine, Charles E. Gannon (Baen)

The Fifth Season, N.K. Jemisin (Orbit US; Orbit UK)

Ancillary Mercy, Ann Leckie (Orbit US; Orbit UK)

The Grace of Kings, Ken Liu (Saga)

Uprooted, Naomi Novik (Del Rey)

Barsk: The Elephants’ Graveyard, Lawrence M. Schoen (Tor)

Updraft, Fran Wilde (Tor)

Novella

Wings of Sorrow and Bone, Beth Cato (Harper Voyager Impulse)

“The Bone Swans of Amandale,” C.S.E. Cooney (Bone Swans)

“The New Mother,” Eugene Fischer (Asimov’s 4-5/15)

“The Pauper Prince and the Eucalyptus Jinn,” Usman T. Malik (Tor.com 4/22/15)

Binti, Nnedi Okorafor (Tor.com)

“Waters of Versailles,” Kelly Robson (Tor.com 6/10/15)

Novelette

“Rattlesnakes and Men,” Michael Bishop (Asimov’s 2/15)

“And You Shall Know Her by the Trail of Dead,” Brooke Bolander (Lightspeed 2/15)

“Grandmother-nai-Leylit’s Cloth of Winds,” Rose Lemberg (Beneath Ceaseless Skies 6/11/15)

“The Ladies’ Aquatic Gardening Society,” Henry Lien (Asimov’s 6/15)

“The Deepwater Bride,” Tamsyn Muir (F&SF 7-8/15)

“Our Lady of the Open Road,” Sarah Pinsker (Asimov’s 6/15)

Short Story

“Madeleine,” Amal El-Mohtar (Lightspeed 6/15)

“Cat Pictures Please,” Naomi Kritzer (Clarkesworld 1/15)

“Damage,” David D. Levine (Tor.com 1/21/15)

“When Your Child Strays From God,” Sam J. Miller (Clarkesworld 7/15)

“Today I Am Paul,” Martin L. Shoemaker (Clarkesworld 8/15)

“Hungry Daughters of Starving Mothers,” Alyssa Wong (Nightmare 10/15)

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Ray Bradbury Award for Outstanding Dramatic Presentation

Ex Machina, Written by Alex Garland

Inside Out, Screenplay by Pete Docter, Meg LeFauve, Josh Cooley; Original Story by Pete Docter, Ronnie del Carmen

Jessica Jones: AKA Smile, Teleplay by Scott Reynolds & Melissa Rosenberg; Story by Jamie King & Scott Reynolds

Mad Max: Fury Road, Written by George Miller, Brendan McCarthy, Nick Lathouris

The Martian, Screenplay by Drew Goddard

Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Written by Lawrence Kasdan & J.J. Abrams and Michael Arndt

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Andre Norton Award for Young Adult Science Fiction and Fantasy

Seriously Wicked, Tina Connolly (Tor Teen)

Court of Fives, Kate Elliott (Little, Brown)

Cuckoo Song, Frances Hardinge (Macmillan UK 5/14; Amulet)

Archivist Wasp, Nicole Kornher-Stace (Big Mouth House)

Zeroboxer, Fonda Lee (Flux)

Shadowshaper, Daniel José Older (Levine)

Bone Gap, Laura Ruby (Balzer + Bray)

Nimona, Noelle Stevenson (HarperTeen)

Updraft, Fran Wilde (Tor)