2018 Nebula Award Winners Announced

A day before many fantasy fans took a break from reading to catch a beloved series end its epic reign on television, the Nebula Awards® were presented at the fifty-fourth Annual 2019 SFWA Nebula Conference in Woodland Hills, California. We are so pleased to see a smart, forward-thinking alternate history, penned by the very talented Mary Robinette Kowal, get the top prize! The Calculating Stars is the first title in the Lady Astronaut series, which posits a desperate race to colonize the solar system after an asteroid crashes into earth in 1952. Taking home the Andre Norton Award is Tomi Adeyemi’s best-selling debut, Children of Blood and Bone, which is the first installment in an increasingly popular and exciting YA series. We’re always excited to see fresh new perspectives and genre-enlivening series receive recognition. Congratulations to all this weekend’s winners! Titles are listed below, linked to their Booklist reviews when available.

Novel

The Calculating Stars, by Mary Robinette Kowal

The Andre Norton Award for Outstanding Young Adult Science Fiction or Fantasy Book

★ Children of Blood and Bone, by Tomi Adeyemi

Novella

The Tea Master and the Detective, by Aliette de Bodard

Novelette

“The Only Harmless Great Thing,” by Brooke Bolander

Short Story

“The Secret Lives of the Nine Negro Teeth of George Washington,” by P. Djèlí Clark

Game Writing

Black Mirror: Bandersnatch, by Charlie Brooker

Ray Bradbury Award for Outstanding Dramatic Presentation

Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, screenplay by Phil Lord and Rodney Rothman