N.B. Christchurch City Libraries lists literary prize winners and links to catalogue searches, but we may not hold copies of all titles mentioned.
The Nebula Awards® are annual awards voted on and presented by Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America to celebrate excellence in science fiction and fantasy writing in works published during the previous calendar year. An anthology including the winning pieces of short fiction and several runners-up is also published every year.
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2023
- “Tantie Merle and the Farmhand 4200” by R. S. A. Garcia, published by Uncanny Winner
- “Once Upon a Time at The Oakmont” by P. A. Cornell, published by Fantasy.
- “Window Boy” by Thomas Ha, published by Clarkesworld.
- “The Sound of Children Screaming” by Rachael K. Jones, published by Nightmare.
- “Better Living Through Algorithms” by Naomi Kritzer, published by Clarkesworld.
- “Bad Doors” by John Wiswell, published by Uncanny.
2022
- “Rabbit Test“, Samantha Mills (Uncanny 11–12/22) Winner
- “Destiny Delayed“, Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki (Asimov’s 5–6/22)
- “Give Me English“, Ai Jiang (F&SF 5–6/22)
- “Douen“, Suzan Palumbo (The Dark 3/22)
- “Dick Pig“, Ian Muneshwar (Nightmare 1/22)
- “D.I.Y“, John Wiswell (Tor.com 8/24/22)
2021
- “Where Oaken Hearts Do Gather” by Sarah Pinsker, published by Uncanny Winner
- “Mr. Death” by Alix E. Harrow, published by Apex
- “Proof by Induction” by José Pablo Iriarte, published by Uncanny
- “Let All the Children Boogie” by Sam J. Miller, published by Tor.com
- “Laughter Among the Trees” by Suzan Palumbo, published by The Dark
- “For Lack of a Bed” by John Wiswell, published by Diabolical Plots
2020
- “Open House on Haunted Hill”, John Wiswell (Diabolical Plots 6/15/20) Winner
- “Badass Moms in the Zombie Apocalypse”, Rae Carson (Uncanny 1-2/20)
- “Advanced Word Problems in Portal Math”, Aimee Picchi (Daily Science Fiction 1/3/20)
- “A Guide for Working Breeds”, Vina Jie-Min Prasad (Made to Order: Robots and Revolution, Solaris)
- “The Eight-Thousanders”, Jason Sanford (Asimov’s 9-10/20)
- “My Country Is a Ghost”, Eugenia Triantafyllou (Uncanny 1-2/20)
2019
- “Give the Family My Love” A.T. Greenblatt Winner
- “The Dead, In Their Uncontrollable Power” Karen Osborne
- “And Now His Lordship Is Laughing” Shiv Ramdas
- “Ten Excerpts from an Annotated Bibliography on the Cannibal Women of Ratnabar Island” Nibedita Sen
- “A Catalog of Storms” Fran Wilde
- “How the Trick Is Done” A.C. Wise
2018
- “The Secret Lives of the Nine Negro Teeth of George Washington” by P. Djèlí Clark, published by Fireside Magazine Winner
- “Interview for the End of the World” Rhett C. Bruno
- “Going Dark” Richard Fox
- “And Yet” A. T. Greenblatt, published by Uncanny
- “A Witch’s Guide to Escape: A Practical Compendium of Portal Fantasies” Alix E. Harrow, published by Apex Magazine
- “The Court Magician” by Sarah Pinsker, published by Lightspeed Magazine
2017
- “Welcome to Your Authentic Indian ExperienceTM”, Rebecca Roanhorse (Apex 8/17) Winner
- “Fandom for Robots” Vina Jie-Min Prasad (Uncanny 9-10/17)
- “Utopia, LOL?” Jamie Wahls (Strange Horizons 6/5/17)
- “Clearly Lettered in a Mostly Steady Hand” Fran Wilde (Uncanny 9-10/17)
- “The Last Novelist (or A Dead Lizard in the Yard)” Matthew Kressel (Tor.com 3/15/17)
- “Carnival Nine” Caroline M. Yoachim (Beneath Ceaseless Skies 5/11/17)
2016
- “Seasons of Glass and Iron”, Amal El-Mohtar (The Starlit Wood) Winner
- "Our Talons Can Crush Galaxies”, Brooke Bolander (Uncanny)
- “Sabbath Wine”, Barbara Krasnoff (Clockwork Phoenix 5)
- “Things With Beards”, Sam J. Miller (Clarkesworld)
- “This Is Not a Wardrobe Door”, A. Merc Rustad (Fireside Magazine)
- “A Fist of Permutations in Lightning and Wildflowers”, Alyssa Wong (Tor.com)
- “Welcome to the Medical Clinic at the Interplanetary Relay Station│Hours Since the Last Patient Death: 0”, Caroline M. Yoachim (Lightspeed)
2015
- “Hungry Daughters of Starving Mothers,” Alyssa Wong (Nightmare 10/15) Winner
- “Madeleine,” Amal El-Mohtar (Lightspeed 6/15)
- “Cat Pictures Please,” Naomi Kritzer (Clarkesworld 1/15)
- “Damage,” David D. Levine (Tor.com 1/21/15)
- “When Your Child Strays From God,” Sam J. Miller (Clarkesworld 7/15)
- “Today I Am Paul,” Martin L. Shoemaker Clarkesworld 8/15)
2014
- “Jackalope Wives,” Ursula Vernon (Apex 1/7/14) winner
- “The Breath of War,” Aliette de Bodard (Beneath Ceaseless Skies 3/6/14)
- “When It Ends, He Catches Her,” Eugie Foster (Daily Science Fiction 9/26/14)
- “The Meeker and the All-Seeing Eye,” Matthew Kressel (Clarkesworld 5/14)
- “The Vaporization Enthalpy of a Peculiar Pakistani Family,” Usman T. Malik (Qualia Nous)
- “A Stretch of Highway Two Lanes Wide,” Sarah Pinsker (F&SF 3-4/14)
- “The Fisher Queen,” Alyssa Wong (F&SF 5/14)
2013
- If You Were a Dinosaur, My Love, Rachel Swirsky (Apex 3/13)
2012
- Immersion, Aliette de Bodard (Clarkesworld 6/12)
2011
- The Paper Menagerie, Ken Liu (The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, March/April 2011)
2010
- How Interesting: A Tiny Man by Harlan Ellison (Realms of Fantasy 2/10), and
- Ponies by Kij Johnson (Tor.com 1/17/10)
2009
- Spar, Kij Johnson (Clarkesworld, Oct. 2009)
2008
- Trophy Wives by Nina Kiriki Hoffman
2007
- Always by Karen Joy Fowler
2006
- Echo, Elizabeth Hand (F&SF, Oct/Nov05)
2005
- I Live with You, Carol Emshwiller (The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, March 2005)
2004
- Coming to Terms, Eileen Gunn (Stable Strategies and Others, Sep 2004)
2003
- What I Didn't See, Karen Joy Fowler (SCI FICTION, Jul 10, 02)
2002
- Creature Carol Emshwiller (F&SF, Oct/Nov 2001) Report to the Men's Club and Other Stories
