The Nebula Award is administered, voted and presented by active members of The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA). The date of the award reflects the year of publication.
2003
NOVEL: The Speed of Dark by Elizabeth Moon
NOVELLA: Coraline by Neil Gaiman (HarperCollins, July 2002)
NOVELETTE: "The Empire of Ice Cream" by Jeffrey Ford
SHORT STORY: "What I Didn't See" by Karen Joy Fowler
SCRIPT: The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers by Fran Walsh & Philippa Boyens & Stephen Sinclair & Peter Jackson, based on the novel by J.R.R. Tolkien
GRAND MASTER: Robert Silverberg
AUTHOR OF DISTINCTION: Charles Harness
SERVICE TO SFWA: Michael Capobianco and Ann Crispin
2002
NOVEL: American Gods by Neil Gaiman
NOVELLA: "Bronte's Egg" by Richard Chwedyk
NOVELETTE: "Hell Is the Absence of God" by Ted Chiang
SHORT STORY: "Creature" by Carol Emshwiller
SCRIPT: "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring by Frances Walsh, Philippa Boyens, and Peter Jackson, based on the novel by J.R.R. Tolkien
GRAND MASTER: Ursula K. Le Guin
AUTHOR EMERITUS: Katherine MacLean
2001
NOVEL: The Quantum Rose by Catherine Asaro
NOVELLA: "The Ultimate Earth" by Jack Williamson
NOVELETTE: "Louise's Ghost" by Kelly Link
SHORT STORY: "The Cure for Everything" by Severna Park
SCRIPT: Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
2000
NOVEL: Darwin's Radio by Greg Bear
NOVELLA: Goddesses" by Linda Nagata
NOVELETTE: "Daddy's World" by Walter Jon Williams
SHORT STORY: "macs" by Terry Bisson
SCRIPT: Galaxy Quest by David Howard and Robert Gordon
GRAND MASTER: Philip Jose Farmer
1999
NOVEL: Parable of the Talents by Octavia Butler
NOVELLA:
NOVELETTE: "How to Make Unicorn Pie" by Esther M. Freisner
SHORT STORY: "The Dead Boy at Your Window" by Bruce Holland Rogers
SCRIPT:
GRAND MASTER: Brian W. Aldiss
1998
NOVEL: Forever Peace by Joe Haldeman
NOVELLA: "Reading the Bones" by Sheila Finch
NOVELETTE: "Lost Girls" by Jane Yolen
SHORT STORY: "Thirteen Ways to Water" by Bruce Holland Rogers
GRAND MASTER: Hal Clement (Harry Stubbs)
AUTHOR EMERITUS: William Tenn (Phil Klass)
BRADBURY AWARD: J. Michael Straczynski
1997
NOVEL: The Moon and the Sun by Vonda N. McIntyre
NOVELLA:
NOVELETTE:
SHORT STORY:
1996
NOVEL: Slow River by Nicola Griffith
1995
NOVEL: Hobson's Choice/The Terminal Experiment by Robert J. Sawyer
NOVELLA: "Last Summer At Mars Hill" by Elizabeth Hand
NOVELETTE: "Solitude" by Ursula K. Le Guin
SHORT STORY: "Death and the Librarian" by Esther M. Friesner
GRAND MASTER: A. E. Van Vogt
1994
NOVEL: Moving Mars by Greg Bear
NOVELLA: "Seven Views of Olduvai Gorge" by Mike Resnick
NOVELETTE: "The Martian Child" by David Gerrold
SHORT STORY: "A Defense of the Social Contracts" by Martha Soukup
GRAND MASTER: Damon Knight
1993
NOVEL: Red Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson
NOVELLA: "The Night We Buried Road Dog" by Jack Cady
NOVELETTE: "Georgia on My Mind" by Charles Sheffield
SHORT STORY: "Graves" by Joe Haldeman
1992
NOVEL: Doomsday Book by Connie Willis
NOVELLA: "City Of Truth" by James Morrow
NOVELETTE: "Danny Goes to Mars" by Pamela Sargent
SHORT STORY: "Even the Queen" by Connie Willis
GRAND MASTER: Frederik Pohl
1991
NOVEL: Stations of the Tide by Michael Swanwick
NOVELLA: "Beggars in Spain" by Nancy Kress
NOVELETTE: "Guide Dog" by Mike Conner
SHORT STORY: "Ma Qui" by Alan Brennert
1990
NOVEL: Tehanu: The Last Book of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin
NOVELLA: "The Hemingway Hoax" by Joe Haldeman
NOVELETTE: "Tower of Babylon" by Ted Chiang
SHORT STORY: "Bears Discover Fire" by Terry Bisson
GRAND MASTER: Lester Del Rey
1989
NOVEL: The Healer's War by Elizabeth Ann Scarborough
NOVELLA: "The Mountains of Mourning" by Lois McMaster Bujold
NOVELETTE: "At the Rialto" by Connie Willis
SHORT STORY: "Ripples in the Dirac Sea" by Geoffrey A. Landis
1988
NOVEL: Falling Free by Lois McMaster Bujold
NOVELLA: "The Last of the Winnebagos" by Connie Willis
NOVELETTE: "Schrodinger's Kitten" by George Alec Effinger
SHORT STORY: "Bible Stories for Adults, No. 17: The Deluge" by James Morrow
GRAND MASTER: Ray Bradbury
1987
NOVEL: The Falling Woman by Pat Murphy
NOVELLA: "The Blind Geometer" by Kim Stanley Robinson
NOVELETTE: "Rachel in Love" by Pat Murphy
SHORT STORY: "Forever Yours, Anna" by Kate Wilhelm
GRAND MASTER: Alfred Bester
1986
NOVEL: Speaker for the Dead by Orson Scott Card
NOVELLA: "R&R" by Lucius Shepard
NOVELETTE: "The Girl Who Fell Into the Sky" by Kate Wilhelm
SHORT STORY: "Tangents" by Greg Bear
GRAND MASTER: Isaac Asimov
1985
NOVEL: Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card
NOVELLA: "Sailing to Byzantium" by Robert Silverberg
NOVELETTE: "Portraits of His Children" by George R. R. Martin
SHORT STORY: "Out of All Them Bright Stars" by Nancy Kress
GRAND MASTER: Arthur C. Clarke
1984
NOVEL: Neuromancer by William Gibson
NOVELLA: "Press Enter []" by John Varley
NOVELETTE: "Blood Child" by Octavia Butler
SHORT STORY: "Morning Child" by Gardner Dozois
1983
NOVEL: Startide Rising by David Brin
NOVELLA: "Hardfought" by Greg Bear
NOVELETTE: "Blood Music" by Greg Bear
SHORT STORY: "The Peacemaker" by Gardner Dozois
GRAND MASTER: Andre Norton
1982
NOVEL: No Enemy But Time by Michael Bishop
NOVELLA: "Another Orphan" by John Kessel
NOVELETTE: "Fire Watch" by Connie Willis
SHORT STORY: "A Letter From the Clearys" by Connie Willis
1981
NOVEL: The Claw of the Conciliator by Gene Wolfe
NOVELLA: "The Saturn Game" by Poul Anderson
NOVELETTE: "The Quickening" by Michael Bishop
SHORT STORY: "The Bone Flute" by Lisa Tuttle [declined by author]
GRAND MASTER: Fritz Leiber
1980
NOVEL: Timescape by Gregory Benford
NOVELLA: "Unicorn Tapestry" by Suzy McKee Charnas
NOVELETTE: "The Ugly Chickens" by Howard Waldrop
SHORT STORY: "Grotto of the Dancing Deer" by Clifford D. Simak
1979
NOVEL: The Fountains of Paradise by Arthur C. Clarke
NOVELLA: "Enemy Mine" by Barry B. Longyear
NOVELETTE: "Sandkings" by George R. R. Martin
SHORT STORY: "GiANTS" by Edward Bryant
1978
NOVEL: Dreamsnake by Vonda McIntyre
NOVELLA: "The Persistence of Vision" by John Varley
NOVELETTE: "A Glow of Candles, A Unicorn's Eye" by C. L. Grant
SHORT STORY: "Stone" by Edward Bryant
GRAND MASTER: L. Sprague de Camp
1977
NOVEL: Gateway by Frederik Pohl
NOVELLA: "Stardance" by Spider & Jeanne Robinson
NOVELETTE: "The Screwfly Solution" by Racoona Sheldon
SHORT STORY: "Jeffty is Five" by Harlan Ellison
1976
NOVEL: Man Plus by Frederik Pohl
NOVELLA: "Houston, Houston, Do You Read?" by James Tiptree, Jr.
NOVELETTE: "The Bicentennial Man" by Isaac Asimov
SHORT STORY: "A Crowd of Shadows" by C. L. Grant
GRAND MASTER: Clifford D. Simak
1975
NOVEL: The Forever War by Joe Haldeman
NOVELLA: "Home Is the Hangman" by Roger Zelazny
NOVELETTE: "San Diego Lightfoot Sue" by Tom Reamy
SHORT STORY: "Catch That Zeppelin" by Fritz Leiber
DRAMATIC PRESENTATION: Young Frankenstein by Mel Brooks & Gene Wilder
SPECIAL PLAQUE: George Pal, for his film work
GRAND MASTER: Jack Williamson
1974
NOVEL: The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le Guin
NOVELLA: "Born With the Dead" by Robert Silverberg
NOVELETTE: "If the Stars Are Gods" by Gordon Eklund & Gregory Benford
SHORT STORY: "The Day Before the Revolution" by Ursula K. Le Guin
DRAMATIC PRESENTATION: Sleeper by Woody Allen
GRAND MASTER: Robert A. Heinlein
1973
NOVEL: Rendezvous With Rama by Arthur C. Clarke
NOVELLA: "The Death of Doctor Island" by Gene Wolfe
NOVELETTE: "Of Mist, and Grass, and Sand" by Vonda McIntyre
SHORT STORY: "Love Is the Plan, the Plan is Death" by James Tiptree, Jr.
DRAMATIC PRESENTATION: Soylent Green
1972
NOVEL: The Gods Themselves by Isaac Asimov
NOVELLA: "A Meeting With Medusa" by Arthur C. Clarke
NOVELETTE: "Goat Song" by Poul Anderson
SHORT STORY: "When It Changed" by Joanna Russ
1971
NOVEL: A Time of Changes by Robert Silverberg
NOVELLA: "The Missing Man" by Katherine MacLean
NOVELETTE: "The Queen of Air and Darkness" by Poul Anderson
SHORT STORY: "Good News from the Vatican" by Robert Silverberg
1970
NOVEL: Ringworld by Larry Niven
NOVELLA: "Ill Met in Lankhmar" by Fritz Leiber
NOVELETTE: "Slow Sculpture" by Theodore Sturgeon
SHORT STORY: No Award
1969
NOVEL: The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin
NOVELLA: "A Boy and His Dog" by Harlan Ellison
NOVELETTE: "Time Considered as a Helix of Semi-Precious Stones" by Samuel R. Delany
SHORT STORY: "Passengers" by Robert Silverberg
1968
NOVEL: Rite of Passage by Alexei Panshin
NOVELLA: "Dragonrider" by Anne McCaffrey
NOVELETTE: "Mother to the World" by Richard Wilson
SHORT STORY: "The Planners" by Kate Wilhelm
1967
NOVEL: The Einstein Intersection by Samuel R. Delany
NOVELLA: "Behold the Man" by Michael Moorcock
NOVELETTE: "Gonna Roll the Bones" by Fritz Leiber
SHORT STORY: "Aye, and Gomorrah" by Samuel R. Delany
1966
NOVEL (tie): Babel-17 by Samuel R. Delany; Flowers For Algernon by Daniel Keyes)
NOVELLA: "The Last Castle" by Jack Vance
NOVELETTE: "Call Him Lord" by Gordon R. Dickson
SHORT STORY: "The Secret Place" by Richard McKenna
1965
NOVEL: Dune by Frank Herbert
NOVELLA (tie): "He Who Shapes" by Roger Zelazny; "The Saliva Tree" by Brian Aldiss
NOVELETTE: "The Doors of His Face, the Lamps of His Mouth" by Roger Zelazny
SHORT STORY: "'Repent, Harlequin!', Said the Ticktockman" by Harlan Ellison