2023 Nebula Awards Ballot

Novel

• The Saint of Bright Doors, Vajra Chandrasekera (Tordotcom)
• The Water Outlaws, S.L. Huang (Tordotcom; Solaris UK)
• Translation State, Ann Leckie (Orbit US; Orbit UK)
• The Terraformers, Annalee Newitz (Tor; Orbit UK)
• Shigidi and the Brass Head of Obalufon, Wole Talabi (DAW; Gollancz)
• Witch King, Martha Wells (Tordotcom)

Novella

• The Crane Husband, Kelly Barnhill (Tordotcom)
• “Linghun”, Ai Jiang (Linghun)
• Thornhedge, T. Kingfisher (Tor; Titan UK)
• Untethered Sky, Fonda Lee (Tordotcom)
• The Mimicking of Known Successes, Malka Older (Tordotcom)
• Mammoths at the Gates, Nghi Vo (Tordotcom)

Novelette

• “A Short Biography of a Conscious Chair“, Renan Bernardo (Samovar 2/23)
• I AM AI, Ai Jiang (Shortwave)
• “The Year Without Sunshine“, Naomi Kritzer (Uncanny 11-12/23)
• “Imagine: Purple-Haired Girl Shooting Down the Moon“, Angela Liu (Clarkesworld 6/23)
• “Saturday’s Song“, Wole Talabi (Lightspeed 5/23)
• “Six Versions of My Brother Found Under the Bridge“, Eugenia Triantafyllou (Uncanny 9-10/23)

Short Story

• “Once Upon a Time at The Oakmont“, P.A. Cornell (Fantasy 10/23)
• “Tantie Merle and the Farmhand 4200“, R.S.A Garcia (Uncanny 7-8/23)
• “Window Boy“, Thomas Ha (Clarkesworld 8/23)
• “The Sound of Children Screaming“, Rachael K. Jones (Nightmare 10/23)
• “Better Living Through Algorithms“, Naomi Kritzer (Clarkesworld 5/23)
• “Bad Doors“, John Wiswell (Uncanny 1-2/23)

Andre Norton Award

• To Shape a Dragon’s Breath, Moniquill Blackgoose (Del Rey)
• The Inn at the Amethyst Lantern, J. Dianne Dotson (Android)
• Liberty’s Daughter, Naomi Kritzer (Fairwood)
• The Ghost Job, Greg van Eekhout (Harper)

Ray Bradbury Award

• Barbie
• The Boy and the Heron
• Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves
• The Last of Us: “Long, Long Time”
• Nimona
• Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

Game Writing

• Alan Wake II
• Baldur’s Gate 3
• The Bread Must Rise
• Chants of Sennaar
• Dredge
• Ninefox Gambit: Machineries of Empire Roleplaying Game

Winners will be announced at the 2024 Nebula Conference and Awards, to be held June 6-9, 2024 at the Westin Pasadena in Pasadena CA, and virtually online.

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