2025 Nebula Awards
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psocopteraThe 2025 Infinity seems to have gone to Frank Herbert a month ago (here) and I didn't hear about it. Herbert seems like a timely choice with the Dune movies happening; elysdir had once listed him as a possibility so I had him on my potentials list, although I will continue to be surprised every year it isn't DWJ, and I'm a little surprised they picked a white man at this time of official erasure of women and people of color. (Although in fact I think my whole potentials list is white, doh.)
Nice speech from Nicola Griffith.
Huh, they're adding a graphic novel Nebula next year! Fascinating! I wonder how this might shift who nominates for/votes for the graphic Hugo. And poetry! Neat!
Cut for the whole list of winners with my comments:
Ray Bradbury Nebula Award for Outstanding Dramatic Presentation
KAOS written by Charlie Covell and Georgia Christou (Netflix)
Doctor Who: “Dot and Bubble” written by Russell T. Davies (BBC)
Wicked written by Winnie Holzman and Dana Fox (Universal Pictures)
Star Trek: Lower Decks Season 5 written by Mike McMahan (Paramount+)
I Saw the TV Glow written by Jane Schoenbrun (A24 Films)
Dune: Part Two written by Jon Spaights and Denis Villeneuve (Warner Brothers)
Sure. Haven't seen any of these, don't want to, don't care.
Best Game Writing
A Death in Hyperspace by Stewart C Baker, Phoebe Barton, James Beamon, Kate Heartfield, Isabel J. Kim, Sara S. Messenger, Naca Rat, Natalia Theodoridou, and Merc Fenn Wolfmoor by Infomancy.net
Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree by Hidetaka Miyazaki
The Ghost and the Golem by Benjamin Rosenbaum
Pacific Drive by Karrie Shao and Alexander Dracott
1000xRESIST by Remy Siu, Pinki Li, and Conor Wylie
Restore, Reflect, Retry by Natalia Theodoridou
Slay the Princess — The Pristine Cut, Tony Howard-Arias, Abby Howard (Black Tabby Games)
Yazeba’s Bed & Breakfast, Jay Dragon, M Veselak, Mercedes Acosta, Lillie J. Harris (Possum Creek Games)
Weirdly, I didn't have a couple of these on my nominees list - some kind of cut and paste error I guess. I would have really liked to see this go to Ghost and the Golem but Death in Hyperspace, which seems to be some kind of interactive fiction/collaborative storytelling project, certainly has quite a team there.
Memoriams - in which I learned that Francine Pascal had died, and LJ Smith. Maybe I had heard about Smith? Sweet Valley and Night of the Solstice were both important and memorable parts of my young reading. (I never read any of the vampire stuff Smith is better known for.)
Best Short Story
“The Witch Trap” by Jennifer Hudak
“Five Views of the Planet Tartarus” by Rachael K. Jones
“Why Don’t We Just Kill the Kid in the Omelas Hole” by Isabel J. Kim
“Evan: A Remainder” by Jordan Kurella
“The V*mpire” by PH Lee
“We Will Teach You How to Read | We Will Teach You How to Read” by Caroline M. Yoachim
I guess I like this outcome better than Tartarus or V*mpire, so, enh.
Best Novelette
“The Brotherhood of Montague St. Video” by Thomas Ha
“Katya Vasilievna and the Second Drowning of Baba Rechka” by Christine Hanolsy
“Another Girl Under the Iron Bell” by Angela Liu
“What Any Dead Thing Wants” by Aimee Ogden
“Negative Scholarship on the Fifth State of Being” by A. W. Prihandita
“Joanna’s Bodies” by Eugenia Triantafyllou
“Loneliness Universe” by Eugenia Triantafyllou
Oh, *excellent*, I'm really pleased and excited about this outcome. Great story and it's great to see a new author get recognized.
Best Novella
“The Butcher and the Forest” by Premee Mohamed
“The Tusks of Extinction” by Ray Nayler
“Lost Ark Dreaming” by Suyi Davies Okungbowa
“Countess” by Suzan Palumbo
“The Practice, the Horizon, and the Chain” by Sofia Samatar
“The Dragonfly Gambit” by A. D. Sui
Interesting; not one I've read.
Andre Norton Nebula Award for Middle Grade and Young Adult Fiction
Daydreamer by Rob Cameron
Braided by Leah Cypess
Benny Ramírez and the Nearly Departed by José Pablo Iriarte
Puzzleheart by Jenn Reese
Moonstorm by Yoon Ha Lee
The Young Necromancer’s Guide to Ghosts by Vanessa Ricci-Thode
I know nothing about this but she's not there in person because she's Canadian and won't cross the border, which, FAIR, but I wish for her sake that was not our shitty reality. Also I guess she's self-pubbed which seems like an interesting factoid - I wonder how many previous self-pubbed winners there have been?
Best Novel
Sleeping Worlds Have No Memory by Yaroslav Barsukov, published by CaezikSF & Fantasy
Rakesfall by Vajra Chandrasekera
Asunder by Kerstin Hall
A Sorceress Comes to Call by T. Kingfisher
The Book of Love by Kelly Link
Someone You Can Build a Nest In by John Wiswell
Well, I guess this resonated with SFWA more than it did with me. On to the Hugos I guess.
elysdir had once listed him as a possibility so I had him on my potentials list, although I will continue to be surprised every year it isn't DWJ, and I'm a little surprised they picked a white man at this time of official erasure of women and people of color. (Although in fact I think my whole potentials list is white, doh.)Nice speech from Nicola Griffith.
Huh, they're adding a graphic novel Nebula next year! Fascinating! I wonder how this might shift who nominates for/votes for the graphic Hugo. And poetry! Neat!
Cut for the whole list of winners with my comments:
Ray Bradbury Nebula Award for Outstanding Dramatic Presentation
KAOS written by Charlie Covell and Georgia Christou (Netflix)
Doctor Who: “Dot and Bubble” written by Russell T. Davies (BBC)
Wicked written by Winnie Holzman and Dana Fox (Universal Pictures)
Star Trek: Lower Decks Season 5 written by Mike McMahan (Paramount+)
I Saw the TV Glow written by Jane Schoenbrun (A24 Films)
Dune: Part Two written by Jon Spaights and Denis Villeneuve (Warner Brothers)
Sure. Haven't seen any of these, don't want to, don't care.
Best Game Writing
A Death in Hyperspace by Stewart C Baker, Phoebe Barton, James Beamon, Kate Heartfield, Isabel J. Kim, Sara S. Messenger, Naca Rat, Natalia Theodoridou, and Merc Fenn Wolfmoor by Infomancy.net
Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree by Hidetaka Miyazaki
The Ghost and the Golem by Benjamin Rosenbaum
Pacific Drive by Karrie Shao and Alexander Dracott
1000xRESIST by Remy Siu, Pinki Li, and Conor Wylie
Restore, Reflect, Retry by Natalia Theodoridou
Slay the Princess — The Pristine Cut, Tony Howard-Arias, Abby Howard (Black Tabby Games)
Yazeba’s Bed & Breakfast, Jay Dragon, M Veselak, Mercedes Acosta, Lillie J. Harris (Possum Creek Games)
Weirdly, I didn't have a couple of these on my nominees list - some kind of cut and paste error I guess. I would have really liked to see this go to Ghost and the Golem but Death in Hyperspace, which seems to be some kind of interactive fiction/collaborative storytelling project, certainly has quite a team there.
Memoriams - in which I learned that Francine Pascal had died, and LJ Smith. Maybe I had heard about Smith? Sweet Valley and Night of the Solstice were both important and memorable parts of my young reading. (I never read any of the vampire stuff Smith is better known for.)
Best Short Story
“The Witch Trap” by Jennifer Hudak
“Five Views of the Planet Tartarus” by Rachael K. Jones
“Why Don’t We Just Kill the Kid in the Omelas Hole” by Isabel J. Kim
“Evan: A Remainder” by Jordan Kurella
“The V*mpire” by PH Lee
“We Will Teach You How to Read | We Will Teach You How to Read” by Caroline M. Yoachim
I guess I like this outcome better than Tartarus or V*mpire, so, enh.
Best Novelette
“The Brotherhood of Montague St. Video” by Thomas Ha
“Katya Vasilievna and the Second Drowning of Baba Rechka” by Christine Hanolsy
“Another Girl Under the Iron Bell” by Angela Liu
“What Any Dead Thing Wants” by Aimee Ogden
“Negative Scholarship on the Fifth State of Being” by A. W. Prihandita
“Joanna’s Bodies” by Eugenia Triantafyllou
“Loneliness Universe” by Eugenia Triantafyllou
Oh, *excellent*, I'm really pleased and excited about this outcome. Great story and it's great to see a new author get recognized.
Best Novella
“The Butcher and the Forest” by Premee Mohamed
“The Tusks of Extinction” by Ray Nayler
“Lost Ark Dreaming” by Suyi Davies Okungbowa
“Countess” by Suzan Palumbo
“The Practice, the Horizon, and the Chain” by Sofia Samatar
“The Dragonfly Gambit” by A. D. Sui
Interesting; not one I've read.
Andre Norton Nebula Award for Middle Grade and Young Adult Fiction
Daydreamer by Rob Cameron
Braided by Leah Cypess
Benny Ramírez and the Nearly Departed by José Pablo Iriarte
Puzzleheart by Jenn Reese
Moonstorm by Yoon Ha Lee
The Young Necromancer’s Guide to Ghosts by Vanessa Ricci-Thode
I know nothing about this but she's not there in person because she's Canadian and won't cross the border, which, FAIR, but I wish for her sake that was not our shitty reality. Also I guess she's self-pubbed which seems like an interesting factoid - I wonder how many previous self-pubbed winners there have been?
Best Novel
Sleeping Worlds Have No Memory by Yaroslav Barsukov, published by CaezikSF & Fantasy
Rakesfall by Vajra Chandrasekera
Asunder by Kerstin Hall
A Sorceress Comes to Call by T. Kingfisher
The Book of Love by Kelly Link
Someone You Can Build a Nest In by John Wiswell
Well, I guess this resonated with SFWA more than it did with me. On to the Hugos I guess.
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Date: 2025-06-08 08:47 pm (UTC)There were a lot of people who didn't go in person this year, who almost definitely would've gone in a Harris administration. And it was a comparatively Canadian-heavy ballot.
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Date: 2025-06-08 11:54 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2025-06-10 06:22 am (UTC)A couple thoughts:
* I have seen at least parts of all of these dramatic presentations; liked some of them, but didn’t love any of them. I might have voted for Dune if I’d been voting.
* I’m pleased to see Yazeba’s Bed & Breakfast on the game ballot. Like you, I would’ve voted for Ghost/Golem. But I know almost nothing about Death in Hyperspace, and I haven’t played 1000xRESIST yet but have heard good things about it.