Monday, February 20, 2012

2011 Nebula Award Nominees

Via SF Signal

The nominees for the 2011 Nebula Awards have been announced by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Association.

Novel
  • Among Others, Jo Walton (Tor)
  • Embassytown, China MiĆ©ville (Macmillan UK; Del Rey; Subterranean Press)
  • Firebird, Jack McDevitt (Ace Books)
  • God’s War, Kameron Hurley (Night Shade Books)
  • Mechanique: A Tale of the Circus Tresaulti, Genevieve Valentine (Prime Books)
  • The Kingdom of Gods, N.K. Jemisin (Orbit US; Orbit UK) 

Novella
  • Kiss Me Twice” by Mary Robinette Kowal (Asimov’s Science Fiction, June 2011)
  • Silently and Very Fast” by Catherynne M. Valente (WFSA Press; Clarkesworld Magazine, October 2011)
  • “The Ice Owl” by Carolyn Ives Gilman (The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, November/December 2011)
  • “The Man Who Bridged the Mist” by Kij Johnson (Asimov’s Science Fiction, October/November 2011)
  • The Man Who Ended History: A Documentary” by Ken Liu (Panverse Three, Panverse Publishing)
  • “With Unclean Hands” by Adam-Troy Castro (Analog Science Fiction and Fact, November 2011) 

Novelette
  • Fields of Gold” by Rachel Swirsky (Eclipse 4, Night Shade Books)
  • “Ray of Light” by Brad R. Torgersen (Analog Science Fiction and Fact, December 2011)
  • Sauerkraut Station” by Ferrett Steinmetz (Giganotosaurus, November 2011)
  • Six Months, Three Days” by Charlie Jane Anders (Tor.com, June 2011)
  • The Migratory Pattern of Dancers” by Katherine Sparrow (Giganotosaurus, July 2011)
  • The Old Equations” by Jake Kerr (Lightspeed Magazine, July 2011)
  • “What We Found” by Geoff Ryman (The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, September/October 2011) 

Short Story

Ray Bradbury Award for Outstanding Dramatic Presentation
  • Attack the Block, Joe Cornish (writer/director) (Optimum Releasing; Screen Gems)
  • Captain America: The First Avenger, Christopher Markus, Stephen McFeely (writers), Joe Johnston (director) (Paramount)
  • Doctor Who: “The Doctor’s Wife,” Neil Gaiman (writer), Richard Clark (director) (BBC Wales)
  • Hugo, John Logan (writer), Martin Scorsese (director) (Paramount)
  • Midnight in Paris, Woody Allen (writer/director) (Sony)
  • Source Code, Ben Ripley (writer), Duncan Jones (director) (Summit)
  • The Adjustment Bureau, George Nolfi (writer/director) (Universal) 

Andre Norton Award for Young Adult Science Fiction and Fantasy Book
  • Akata Witch, Nnedi Okorafor (Viking Juvenile)
  • Chime, Franny Billingsley (Dial Books; Bloomsbury)
  • Daughter of Smoke and Bone, Laini Taylor (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers; Hodder & Stoughton)
  • Everybody Sees the Ants, A.S. King (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers)
  • The Boy at the End of the World, Greg van Eekhout (Bloomsbury Children’s Books)
  • The Freedom Maze, Delia Sherman (Big Mouth House)
  • The Girl of Fire and Thorns, Rae Carson (Greenwillow Books)
  • Ultraviolet, R.J. Anderson (Orchard Books; Carolrhoda Books) 

Congratulations to all of the nominees,  but I would like to give extra attention to Mary Robinette Kowal, Rachel Swirsky, Genevieve Valentine, Ken Liu, Katherine Sparrow, E Lily Yu, Charlie Jane Anders, and Aliette de Bodard. 

1 comment:

Aliette de Bodard said...

Aw, thanks, Joe! And thank you so much for mentioning Harbinger of the Storm in your Best Of. I'm glad you liked it.