The 49th Annual Nebula Award Winners Announced

The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America have announced the winners for this year’s Nebula Awards, along with the Ray Bradbury and Andre Norton Awards.

Each year, the organization’s members vote on which stories they consider to be the best novel, novella, novelette, short story and Young Adult story in the genre, as well as the best outstanding dramatic presentation. The 49th Annual Nebula Awards Weekend were held May 15-18, 2014, in San Jose at the San Jose Marriott.

The winners are...

Best Novel
'Ancillary Justice', Ann Leckie (Orbit US; Orbit UK)

Best Novella
'The Weight of the Sunrise', Vylar Kaftan (Asimov's 2/13)

Best Novelette
'The Waiting Stars', Aliette de Bodard (The Other Half of the Sky)

Best Short Story
'If You Were a Dinosaur, My Love', Rachel Swirsky (Apex 3/13)

Ray Bradbury Award for Outstanding Dramatic Presentation
'Gravity' (Alfonso Cuarón, director; Alfonso Cuarón & Jonás Cuarón, writers) (Warner Bros.)

Andre Norton Award for Young Adult Science Fiction and Fantasy
'Sister Mine', Nalo Hopkinson (Grand Central)

Damon Knight Grand Master Award

Samuel R. Delany

Kevin O’Donnell Jr Service to SFWA Award

Michael Armstrong