2024 Nebula awards!

[psocoptera]

Nebulas!

Nebula Award for Novel

The Saint of Bright Doors, Vajra Chandrasekera
The Water Outlaws, S.L. Huang
Translation State, Ann Leckie
The Terraformers, Annalee Newitz
Shigidi and the Brass Head of Obalufon, Wole Talabi
Witch King, Martha Wells

This was an excellent book and definitely would have had my vote. (Does have my vote, over in the Hugos.)

Nebula Award for Novella

“Linghun”, Ai Jiang (Linghun)
The Crane Husband, Kelly Barnhill (Tordotcom)
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)

I haven't read this but it's interesting to see a non-tordotcom winner.

Nebula Award for Novelette

“The Year Without Sunshine“, Naomi Kritzer (Uncanny 11-12/23)
“A Short Biography of a Conscious Chair“, Renan Bernardo (Samovar 2/23)
I Am AI, Ai Jiang (Shortwave)
“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)

If this wasn't favored to win the Hugo before, it is now. I haven't read half of these but seems like a fine outcome to me and I liked Kritzer's speech.

Nebula Award for Short Story

“Tantie Merle and the Farmhand 4200“, R.S.A Garcia (Uncanny 7-8/23)
“Once Upon a Time at The Oakmont“, P.A. Cornell (Fantasy 10/23)
“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)

I have not read this story (nor half the others).

Andre Norton Nebula Award for Middle Grade and Young Adult Fiction

To Shape a Dragon’s Breath, Moniquill Blackgoose
The Inn at the Amethyst Lantern, J. Dianne Dotson
Liberty’s Daughter, Naomi Kritzer
The Ghost Job, Greg van Eekhout

Ooh, yay! This is the outcome I wanted, and I liked her speech.

Nebula Award for Game Writing

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

I don't go here. I like that the actual creators (or at least two major ones?) have shown up to accept it - seems like a good sign for doing game awards, that the recipients think they're worthwhile.

Ray Bradbury Nebula Award for Outstanding Dramatic Presentation

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

Yeah, I can see it. I'll be interested to see whether the Hugo goes the same way. (I haven't figured out what I'm doing there myself...)

Comments

[ursula]

Tantie Merle is really cute and sweet! Maybe a bit too sweet for my ideal but absolutely worth a read.

[glynhogen]

"Bad Doors" had my vote just because *gestures vaguely at the current hellscape* but I really like how Garcia touched lightly on so much heavy stuff in the course of a fundamentally sweet story. Just a really strong ballot in general.

Barbie was the only surprise, in that I am trained to think that anything vs Miyazaki is a long shot. But again, they're all really strong choices.

Comedies bubbling to the top maybe says something about the zeitgeist.

[psocoptera]

I finally read "Tante Merle" and liked it a lot! Good work Nebulas (and thanks to both of you for encouraging me to read it)!