The results are in from the Nebula Awards ceremony held last weekend in Chicago. Here are the winners:
- Best Novel: Paladin of Souls, by Lois McMaster Bujold (Eos, Oct03)
- Best Novella: “The Green Leopard Plague” by Walter Jon Williams (Asimov’s, Oct/Nov 2003)
- Best Novelette: “Basement Magic” by Ellen Klages (F&SF, May03)
- Best Short Story: “Coming to Terms” by Eileen Gunn (Stable Strategies and Others, Tachyon Publications, Sep 2004)
- Best Script: The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King by Fran Walsh & Philippa Boyens & Peter Jackson (New Line Cinema)
- Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master Award for lifetime achievement in the field: Anne McCaffrey
Congratulations to all the winners, and all the nominees!
More info at: http://www.sfwa.org/news/05nebwin.htm
Photos at the MidAmerican Fan Photo Archive http://www.midamericon.org/photoarchive/05neb01.htm
Young Adult Award Coming
Next year, for the first time, the Science Fiction Writers of America will be presenting an award for outstanding young adult science fiction/fantasy, with the first annual Andre Norton Award—to be awarded concurrently with the Nebulas.
Tim
okay what’s novella?
tsmacro
Well my guess it’s shorter than a novel but longer than a novelette? *L*(didn’t those used to be called short stories?)
Tim
perhaps an established writer can clue us in to the differences in the categories