2018 Nebula Awards Ballot

Novel

• The Calculating Stars, Mary Robinette Kowal (Tor)
• The Poppy War, R.F. Kuang (Harper Voyager US; Harper Voyager UK)
• Blackfish City, Sam J. Miller (Ecco; Orbit UK)
• Spinning Silver, Naomi Novik (Del Rey; Macmillan)
• Witchmark, C.L. Polk (Tor.com Publishing)
• Trail of Lightning, Rebecca Roanhorse (Saga)

Novella

• Fire Ant, Jonathan P. Brazee (Semper Fi)
• The Black God’s Drums, P. Djèlí Clark (Tor.com Publishing)
• The Tea Master and the Detective, Aliette de Bodard (Subterranean)
• Alice Payne Arrives, Kate Heartfield (Tor.com Publishing)
• Gods, Monsters, and the Lucky Peach, Kelly Robson (Tor.com Publishing)
• Artificial Condition, Martha Wells (Tor.com Publishing)

Novelette

• The Only Harmless Great Thing, Brooke Bolander (Tor.com Publishing)
• “The Last Banquet of Temporal Confections”, Tina Connolly (Tor.com 7/11/18)
• “An Agent of Utopia”, Andy Duncan (An Agent of Utopia)
• “The Substance of My Lives, the Accidents of Our Births”, José Pablo Iriarte (Lightspeed 1/18)
• “The Rule of Three”, Lawrence M. Schoen (Future Science Fiction Digest 12/18)
• “Messenger”, Yudhanjaya Wijeratne & R.R. Virdi (Expanding Universe, Volume 4)

Short Story

• “Interview for the End of the World”, Rhett Bruno (Bridge Across the Stars)
• “The Secret Lives of the Nine Negro Teeth of George Washington”, Phenderson Djèlí Clark (Fireside 2/18)
• “Going Dark”, Richard Fox (Backblast Area Clear)
• “And Yet”, A.T. Greenblatt (Uncanny 3-4/18)
• “A Witch’s Guide to Escape: A Practical Compendium of Portal Fantasies”, Alix E. Harrow (Apex 2/6/18)
• “The Court Magician”, Sarah Pinsker (Lightspeed 1/18)

Game Writing

• Black Mirror: Bandersnatch, Charlie Brooker (House of Tomorrow & Netflix)
• God of War, Matt Sophos, Richard Zangrande Gaubert, Cory Barlog (Santa Monica Studio/Sony Interactive Entertainment)
• The Martian Job, M. Darusha Wehm (Choice of Games)
• Rent-A-Vice, Natalia Theodoridou (Choice of Games)
• The Road to Canterbury, Kate Heartfield  (Choice of Games)

Bradbury

• Black Panther
• Dirty Computer
• The Good Place: “Jeremy Bearimy”
• Sorry to Bother You
• Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
• A Quiet Place

Norton

• Children of Blood and Bone, Tomi Adeyemi (Henry Holt; Macmillan)
• Aru Shah and the End of Time, Roshani Chokshi (Rick Riordan Presents)
• A Light in the Dark, A.K. DuBoff  (BDL)
• Tess of the Road, Rachel Hartman (Random House)
• Dread Nation, Justina Ireland (Balzer + Bray)
• Peasprout Chen: Future Legend of Skate and Sword, Henry Lien (Henry Holt)