Tuesday 11 February 2003

Awards

The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA) has released the final ballot for this year's Nebula Awards. Winners will be announced at the Nebula Award banquet in Philadelphia, April 18–20, 2003.

NOVEL

American Gods, Neil Gaiman (Morrow)

Bones of the Earth, Michael Swanwick (Eos)

The Other Wind, Ursula K. Le Guin (Harcourt Brace)

Perdido Street Station, China Miéville (Del Rey)

Picoverse, Robert A. Metzger (Ace)

Solitaire, Kelley Eskridge (Eos)

NOVELLA

"Bronte's Egg", Richard Chwedyk (F&SF Aug 2002)

"The Chief Designer", Andy Duncan (Asimov's Jun 2001)

"Magic's Price", Bud Sparhawk (Analog Mar 2001)

"The Political Officer", Charles Coleman Finlay (F&SF Apr 2002)

"Sunday Night Yams at Minnie and Earl's", Adam-Troy Castro (Analog Jun 2001)

NOVELETTE

"The Days Between", Allen Steele (Asimov's Mar 2001)

"The Ferryman's Wife", Richard Bowes (F&SF May 2001)

"Hell is the Absence of God", Ted Chiang (Starlight 3, Patrick Nielsen Hayden, ed., Tor)

"Lobsters", Charles Stross (Asimov's Jun 2001)

"Madonna of the Maquiladora", Gregory Frost (Asimov's May 2002)

"The Pagodas of Ciboure", M. Shayne Bell (The Green Man: Tales From the Mythic Forest, Datlow/Windling, eds; Viking)

SHORT STORY

"Creation", Jeffrey Ford (F&SF May 2002)

"Creature", Carol Emshwiller (F&SF Oct/Nov 2001)

"Cut", Megan Lindholm (Asimov's May 2001)

"The Dog Said Bow-Wow", Michael Swanwick (Asimov's Oct/Nov 2001)

"Little Gods", Tim Pratt (Strange Horizons 4 Feb 2002)

"Nothing Ever Happens in Rock City", Jack McDevitt (Artemis Summer 2001)

SCRIPT

Buffy the Vampire Slayer: "Once More with Feeling", Joss Whedon

The Dead Zone: "Unreasonable Doubt", Michael Taylor (created for TV by Michael Piller and Shawn Piller, based on characters from the Stephen King novel)

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens & Peter Jackson (New Line Cinema)

Shrek, Ted Elliott, Terry Rossio, Joe Stillman, & Roger S.H. Schulman (DreamWorks)

SFWA's final ballot listing includes links to online text and audio excerpts.

This year's ballot marks the first final-ballot Nebula nominations for China Miéville, Robert A. Metzger, Richard Chwedyk, Charles Coleman Finlay, Richard Bowes, Charles Stross, Gregory Frost, M. Shayne Bell, Carol Emshwiller, Tim Pratt, and all of the script nominees except for Joss Whedon.

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