Nebula Award Finalisten für 2024

Ges­tern wur­den durch die SFWA, also die Sci­ence Fic­tion and Fan­ta­sy Wri­ters Asso­cia­ti­on, die Finalist°Innen für die Nebu­la Awards 2024 ver­kün­det, also für Wer­ke die im Jahr 2024 erschie­nen sind, oder erst­ma­lig gezeigt oder aus­ge­strahlt wur­den (letz­te­res im Fal­le der Media-Kate­go­rie »Ray Brad­bu­ry Award for Out­stan­ding Dra­ma­tic Pre­sen­ta­ti­on«).

Wer auf der Suche nach Lese­stoff (oder Fil­men, oder Seri­en, oder Games) aus den Berei­chen Sci­ence Fic­tion und Fan­ta­sy ist, soll­te auf jeden Fall mal einen Blick auf die­se Lis­te wer­fen.

Die Ver­lei­hung der Nebu­la Awards wird am 7. Juni 2025 im Rah­men der 60. Nebu­la Awards Con­fe­rence in Kan­sas City statt­fin­den.

NEBULA AWARD FOR NOVEL

• Slee­ping Worlds Have No Memo­ry, Yaros­lav Bar­sukov (Cae­zik SF & Fan­ta­sy)
• Rakes­fall, Vajra Chandra­se­kera (Tordot­com)
• Asun­der, Kers­tin Hall (Tordot­com)
• A Sorcer­ess Comes to Call, T. King­fi­sher (Tor; Titan UK)
• The Book of Love, Kel­ly Link (Ran­dom House; Ad Astra UK)
• Someone You Can Build a Nest In, John Wis­well (DAW; Arca­dia UK)

NEBULA AWARD FOR NOVELLA

• The But­cher of the Forest, Pre­mee Moha­med (Tordot­com)
• The Tusks of Extinc­tion, Ray Nay­ler (Tordot­com)
• Lost Ark Dre­a­ming, Suyi Davies Okung­bo­wa (Tordot­com)
• Count­ess, Suzan Pal­um­bo (ECW)
• The Prac­ti­ce, the Hori­zon, and the Chain, Sofia Samat­ar (Tordot­com)
• The Dra­gon­fly Gam­bit, A.D. Sui (Neon Hem­lock)

NEBULA AWARD FOR NOVELETTE

• The Brot­her­hood of Mon­ta­gue St. Video, Tho­mas Ha (Clar­kes­world 5/​24)
• Katya Vasi­liev­na and the Second Drow­ning of Baba Rech­ka, Chris­ti­ne Hanol­sy (Beneath Cea­se­l­ess Ski­es 4/​18/​24)
• Ano­ther Girl Under the Iron Bell, Ange­la Liu (Uncan­ny 9–10/24)
• What Any Dead Thing Wants, Aimee Ogden (Psy­cho­pomp 2/​24)
• Nega­ti­ve Scho­lar­ship on the Fifth Sta­te of Being, A.W. Pri­han­di­ta (Clar­kes­world 11/​24)
• Joanna’s Bodies, Euge­nia Tri­an­ta­f­yll­ou (Psy­cho­pomp 7/​1/​24)
• Loneli­ne­ss Uni­ver­se, Euge­nia Tri­an­ta­f­yll­ou (Uncan­ny 5–6/24)

NEBULA AWARD FOR SHORT STORY

• The Witch Trap, Jen­ni­fer Hudak (Lady Churchill’s Rose­bud Wrist­let 9/​24)
• Five Views of the Pla­net Tar­ta­rus, Racha­el K. Jones (Lightspeed 1/​24)
• Why Don’t We Just Kill the Kid in the Ome­las Hole, Isa­bel J. Kim (Clar­kes­world 2/​24)
• Evan: A Rema­in­der, Jor­dan Kurel­la (Reac­tor 1/​31/​24)
• The V*mpire, PH Lee (Reac­tor 10/​23/​24)
• We Will Teach You How to Read | We Will Teach You How to Read, Caro­li­ne M. Yoa­chim (Lightspeed 5/​24)

ANDRE NORTON NEBULA AWARD FOR MIDDLE GRADE AND YOUNG ADULT FICTION

• Day­d­rea­mer, Rob Came­ron (Laby­rinth Road)
• Brai­ded, Leah Cypess (Dela­cor­te)
• Ben­ny Ramí­rez and the Near­ly Depar­ted, José Pablo Iri­ar­te (Knopf)
• Moon­storm, Yoon Ha Lee (Dela­cor­te; Sola­ris UK)
• Puz­zle­he­art, Jenn Ree­se (Hen­ry Holt)
• The Young Necromancer’s Gui­de to Ghosts, Vanes­sa Ric­ci-Tho­de (self-published)

NEBULA AWARD FOR GAME WRITING

• A Death in Hyper­space, Ste­wart C Bak­er, Phoe­be Bar­ton, James Bea­m­on, Kate Heart­field, Isa­bel J. Kim, Sara S. Mes­sen­ger, Naca Rat, Nata­lia Theo­do­ri­dou, M. Dar­u­sha Wehm, Merc Fenn Wolf­moor (Info​man​cy​.net)
• Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erd­tree, Hide­ta­ka Miya­za­ki (From Soft­ware)
• The Ghost and the Golem, Ben­ja­min Rosen­baum (Choice of Games)
• 1000xRESIST, Remy Siu, Pin­ki Li, Conor Wylie (Fel­low Tra­vel­ler Games)
• Paci­fic Dri­ve, Kar­rie Shao, Alex­an­der Dra­cott (Iron­wood Stu­di­os)
• Res­to­re, Reflect, Retry, Nata­lia Theo­do­ri­dou (Choice of Games)
• 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)

RAY BRADBURY NEBULA AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING DRAMATIC PRESENTATION

• Doc­tor Who: “Dot and Bubble” by Rus­sell T. Davies (BBC)
• Dune: Part Two by Jon Spaihts, Denis Ville­neuve (War­ner Bros)
• I Saw the TV Glow by Jane Schoen­brun (A24 Films LLC)
• KAOS by Char­lie Covell, Geor­gia Chris­tou (Net­flix)
• Star Trek: Lower Decks Sea­son 5 by Mike McMa­han (Para­mount+)
• Wicked by Win­nie Holz­man, Dana Fox (Uni­ver­sal Pic­tures)