Since Kathryn is handling all the Hugo Awards news, I thought I’d post the Nebula finalists! Here’s the press release we just received today, including all the nominees, the partnership with Podium Audio, and how the Awards will be presented online:
May 27, 2020 – SFWA’s 2020 Nebula Awards will be one of the highlights of the SFWA Nebula Conference. This year’s conference is transforming into an entirely virtual conference. It will be presented live and in interactive form from May 29th-31st. The innovative program will convey the essence of the in-person Nebula Conference, albeit in an all-online format due to the COVID-19 pandemic. “The Nebula Awards Ceremony will be seen live online by people around the globe,” said Mary Robinette Kowal, SFWA President. “While the circumstances are difficult, we’re excited that the conference is more accessible than when in a physical location.”
As part of the celebration of the Nebula Award winners, SFWA has partnered with audio-first entertainment studio Podium Audio to adapt, produce and distribute its 55th Nebula Awards Showcase Anthology, edited by Cat Valente, in audio format. A top publisher of science-fiction and fantasy audiobooks, Podium Audio is on the forefront of discovering new authors and voice artists from the U.S. and around the world.
“Since the first publication of the Nebula Anthology in 1966, the yearly collection has only been available in print. Expanding into the world of audiobooks offers new opportunities for expression and outreach,” says Kowal. “We’re delighted to partner with the innovative and experienced team at Podium Audio.”
There are multiple writing categories and their respective finalists for the 2020 Nebula Awards listed below and, of course, the Nebula Awards ceremony itself will stream live at 8 pm Eastern on May 30th.
Please visit https://nebulas.sfwa.org for the latest details.
2020 Nebula Awards Categories and Finalists:
Best Novel
“Marque of Caine” by Charles E. Gannon,
“The Ten Thousand Doors of January” by Alix E. Harrow
“A Memory Called Empire” by Arkady Martine
“Gods of Jade and Shadow” by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
“Gideon the Ninth” by Tamsyn Muir
“A Song for a New Day” by Sarah Pinsker
Best Novella
“Anxiety Is the Dizziness of Freedom” by Ted Chiang
“The Haunting of Tram Car 015” by P. Djèlí Clark
“This Is How You Lose the Time War” by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone
“Her Silhouette, Drawn in Water” by Vylar Kaftan
“The Deep” by Rivers Solomon, Daveed Diggs, William Hutson, and Jonathan Snipes
“Catfish Lullaby” by A C Wise
Best Novelette
“A Strange Uncertain Light” by G. V. Anderson
“For He Can Creep” by Siobhan Carroll
“His Footsteps, Through Darkness and Light” by Mimi Mondal
“The Blur in the Corner of Your Eye” by Sarah Pinsker
“Carpe Glitter” by Cat Rambo
“The Archronology of Love” by Caroline M. Yoachim
Best Short Story
“Give the Family My Love” by A. T. Greenblatt
“The Dead, In Their Uncontrollable Power” by Karen Osborne
“And Now His Lordship Is Laughing” by Shiv Ramdas
“Ten Excerpts from an Annotated Bibliography on the Cannibal Women of Ratnabar Island” by Nibedita Sen
“A Catalog of Storms” by Fran Wilde
“How the Trick Is Done” by A C Wise
Ray Bradbury Nebula Award for Outstanding Dramatic Presentation
Captain Marvel written by Anna Boden, Ryan Fleck, and Geneva Robertson-Dworet (Marvel Studios)
The Mandalorian: “The Child”, Jon Favreau (Disney+) written by Jon Favreau (Disney+)
Good Omens: “Hard Times” written by Neil Gaiman (Amazon Studios and BBC Studios)
Watchmen: “A God Walks into Abar” written by Jeff Jensen and Damon Lindelof (HBO)
Avengers: Endgame written by Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely (Marvel Studios)
Russian Doll: “The Way Out” written by Allison Silverman and Leslye Headland (Netflix)
Andre Norton Nebula Award for Middle Grade and Young Adult Fiction
“Cog” by Greg van Eekhout, published by HarperCollins
“Sal and Gabi Break the Universe” by Carlos Hernandez
“Catfishing on CatNet” by Naomi Kritzer
“Dragon Pearl” by Yoon Ha Lee
“Peasprout Chen: Battle of Champions” by Henry Lien
“Riverland” by Fran Wilde
Best Game Writing
Outer Wilds by Kelsey Beachum, published by Mobius Digital
The Outer Worlds by Leonard Boyarsky, Kate Dollarhyde, Paul Kirsch, Chris L’Etoile, Daniel McPhee, Carrie Patel, Nitai Poddar, Marc Soskin, and Megan Starks
The Magician’s Workshop by Kate Heartfield
Disco Elysium by Robert Kurvitz
Fate Accessibility Toolkit by Elsa Sjunneson-Henry, Jess Banks, Laurel Bell, C.D. “Casey” Casas, Lillian Cohen-Moore, Brian Engard, Philippe-Antoine Ménard, Clark Valentine, Mysty Vander, and Zeph Wibby