The Nebula Awards® are voted on, and presented by, active members of Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, Inc. Founded as the Science Fiction Writers of America in 1965 by Damon Knight, the organization began with a charter membership of 78 writers; it now has over 1,500 members, among them many of the leading writers of science fiction and fantasy
Here are the 2018 winners:
Best Novel
- Winner: The Calculating Stars by Mary Robinette Kowal, published by Tor
- The Poppy War by R. F. Kuang, published by Harper Voyager
- Blackfish City by Sam J. Miller, published by Ecco
- Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik, published by Del Rey
- Witchmark by C. L. Polk, published by Tor.com
- Trail of Lightning by Rebecca Roanhorse, published by Saga Press
Best Novella
- Winner: “The Tea Master and the Detective” by Aliette de Bodard, published by Subterranean Press
- “Fire Ant” by Jonathan P. Brazee, published by Semper Fi Press
- “The Black God’s Drums” by P. Djèlí Clark, published by Tor.com
- “Alice Payne Arrives” by Kate Heartfield, published by Tor.com
- “Gods, Monsters, and the Lucky Peach” by Kelly Robson, published by Tor.com
- “Artificial Condition: The Murderbot Diaries” by Martha Wells, published by Tor.com
Best Novelette
- Winner: “The Only Harmless Great Thing” by Brooke Bolander, published by Tor.com
- “The Last Banquet of Temporal Confections” by Tina Connolly, published by Tor.com
- “An Agent of Utopia” by Andy Duncan, published by Small Beer Press
- “The Substance of My Lives, the Accidents of Our Births” by José Pablo Iriarte, published by Lightspeed Magazine
- “The Rule of Three” by Lawrence M. Schoen, published by Future Science Fiction Digest
- “Messenger” by Yudhanjaya Wijeratne and R.R. Virdi
Best Short Story
- “Interview for the End of the World” by Rhett C. Bruno
- Winner: “The Secret Lives of the Nine Negro Teeth of George Washington” by P. Djèlí Clark, published by Fireside Magazine
- “Going Dark” by Richard Fox
- “And Yet” by A. T. Greenblatt, published by Uncanny
- “A Witch’s Guide to Escape: A Practical Compendium of Portal Fantasies” by Alix E. Harrow, published by Apex Magazine
- “The Court Magician” by Sarah Pinsker, published by Lightspeed Magazine
Ray Bradbury Award for Outstanding Dramatic Presentation
- The Good Place: “Jeremy Bearimy” written by Megan Amram
- Black Panther written by Ryan Coogler and Joe Robert Cole
- A Quiet Place written by John Krasinski and Bryan Woods & Scott Beck
- Winner: Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse written by Phil Lord and Rodney Rothman
- Dirty Computer written by Janelle Monáe and Chuck Lightning
- Sorry to Bother You written by Boots Riley
Andre Norton Award for Young Adult Science Fiction and Fantasy
- Winner: Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi, published by Henry Holt and Macmillan UK
- Aru Shah and the End of Time by Roshani Chokshi, published by Rick Riordan Presents
- A Light in the Dark by A. K. DuBoff, published by BDL
- Dread Nation by Justina Ireland, published by Balzer + Bray
- Peasprout Chen: Future Legend of Skate and Sword by Henry Lien
- Tess of the Road by Rachel Hartman, published by Random House
Best Game Writing
- Winner: Black Mirror: Bandersnatch by Charlie Brooker, published by House of Tomorrow and Netflix
- The Road to Canterbury by Kate Heartfield, published by Choice of Games
- God of War by Matt Sophos, Richard Zangrande Gaubert, Cory Barlog, Orion Walker, and Adam Dolin, published by Santa Monica Studio/Sony/Interactive Entertainment
- Rent-A-Vice by Natalia Theodoridou, published by Choice of Games
- The Martian Job by M. Darusha Wehm, published by Choice of Games
