May 192012
Hot off the presses from the Science Fiction Writers of America’s Nebula Awards banquet at the Hyatt Regency Crystal City, Arlington, Virginia.
| Grand master: | Connie Willis |
| Service to SFWA Award: | Bud Webster |
| Solstice Award for individuals who have had “a significant impact on the science fiction or fantasy landscape, and is particularly intended for those who have consistently made a major, positive difference within the speculative fiction field.” | Cynthia Felice accepts the award on behalf of the late Octavia E. Butler |
| Joe Haldeman accepts on behalf of John Clute | |
| The Ray Bradbury Award for Outstanding Dramatic Presentation: | Doctor Who: “The Doctor’s Wife,” Neil Gaiman (writer), Richard Clark (director) (BBC Wales) |
| The Andre Norton Award for Young Adult Science Fiction and Fantasy Book: | The Freedom Maze, Delia Sherman (Big Mouth House) |
| Short story: | “The Paper Menagerie” by Ken Liu (The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, March/April 2011) |
| Novelette: | “What We Found” by Geoff Ryman (The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, September/October 2011) |
| Novella: | “The Man Who Bridged the Mist” by Kij Johnson (Asimov’s Science Fiction, October/November 2011) |
| Novel: | Among Others by Jo Walton (Tor) |
The Nebula Award is given each year by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA), for the best science fiction/fantasy fiction published in the United States during the previous year. There is no cash prize associated with the award, instead the award itself being a transparent block with an embedded glitter spiral nebula with gemstones cut to resemble planets. The first Nebulas were given for 1965. Frank Herbert’s Dune won as Best Novel.
