Sarah Pinsker

Sarah Pinsker
Sarah Pinsker
Occupation	Writer
Language	English
Nationality	American
Genre	Science fiction, fantasy
Years active	2012–present
Website
	sarahpinsker.com

Sarah Pinsker is an American science fiction and fantasy author. She is a nine-time finalist for the Nebula Award, and her debut novel A Song for a New Day won the 2019 Nebula for Best Novel^[1]^[2] while her story "Our Lady of the Open Road won the 2016 Nebula Award for Best Novelette.^[3] Her novelette "Two Truths and a Lie" received both the Nebula Award and the Hugo Award. Her fiction has also won the Philip K. Dick Award, the Theodore Sturgeon Award and been a finalist for the Hugo, World Fantasy, and Tiptree Awards.

Life

Pinsker was born in New York and lived in several places of the United States including Illinois and Texas.^[4] When she was 14, her family settled in Toronto, Canada.^[4] She returned to the US to attend college.^[4] She currently lives in Baltimore, Maryland, where she has managed grants for a nonprofit.

In addition to writing fiction she is a singer-songwriter with the band Stalking Horses^[5] and has had multiple albums released through independent labels.^[6] She also volunteers as director at large for the Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA) and hosts the Baltimore Science Fiction Society's Dangerous Voices Variety Hour reading series.^[7]

Writing

Pinsker says her writing is heavily influenced by the science fiction and literary fiction which filled her parents' home,^[6] adding she is one of the rare authors who read "short stories as much as novels" when she was young.^[5] Among her early influences as an author were the works of Ursula K. Le Guin^[6] and Kate Wilhelm.^[7] Later influences on her fiction include Octavia Butler, Karen Joy Fowler, Kij Johnson, and Kelly Link.^[7]

Pinsker started out publishing her short fiction in magazines such as Asimov's Science Fiction, Fantasy & Science Fiction, Lightspeed, Strange Horizons, Daily Science Fiction, the Journal of Unlikely Cartography, and Fireside. Anthologies containing her stories include Long Hidden, How to Live on Other Planets, Queers Destroy Science Fiction,^[8] and Whose Future Is It?.^[9] Among the collections of the "year's best" stories which include her stories are The Best Science Fiction of the Year Volume 2, Year's Best Weird Fiction Vol 2, Year's Best Young Adult Speculative Fiction 2015, The Year's Best YA Speculative Fiction and The Year's Best Military and Adventure Fiction 2015.^[8]

In 2019, her debut novel A Song for a New Day was published. The novel follows the life of a musician in a future where pandemics and terrorism makes public events such as concerts illegal. In 2020, it won the Nebula Award for Best Novel of 2019.^[1]

Pinsker's fiction has been called "thoughtful, subtle",^[10] "creepy"^[11] and "dreamlike".^[12] Speaking of her fiction, Pinsker says "It is a good time to be someone who has something to say about a group or a personal experience that hasn't been touched on before. Science fiction looks at the world through a slightly different lens, so it's fun to put that lens onto new experiences."^[13]

Awards

Pinsker has been nominated for the Nebula Award eleven times, winning in the categories of Best Novel,^[1] Best Novelette (twice).^[3] and Best Short Story.^[14] For "Two Truths and a Lie" she was awarded the Hugo Award for Best Novelette in addition to the Nebula Award for the corresponding category, and she came in 2nd place at the Locus Awards. She has also won the Philip K. Dick Award and the Theodore Sturgeon Award along with being a seven-time finalist for the Hugo Award and a finalist for the World Fantasy Award and Otherwise Award.

Source:^[15]

Year	Nominated Work	Award	Category	Result	Ref
2014	"In Joy, Knowing the Abyss Behind"	Nebula Award	Novelette	Shortlisted
2014	"In Joy, Knowing the Abyss Behind"	Theodore Sturgeon Award	—	Won	^[16]
2015	"A Stretch of Highway Two Lanes Wide"	Locus Award	Short Story	Nominated–29th
2015	"A Stretch of Highway Two Lanes Wide"	Nebula Award	Short Story	Shortlisted
2016	"Our Lady of the Open Road"	Asimov's Reader Poll	Novelette	Nominated
		Nebula Award	Novelette	Won
		Theodore Sturgeon Award	—	Shortlisted
2017	"Sooner or Later Everything Falls into the Sea"	Nebula Award	Novelette	Shortlisted	^[17]^[18]
2018	"And Then There Were (N-One)"	Eugie Award	—	Shortlisted
		Hugo Award	Novella	Shortlisted	^[19]
		Locus Award	Novella	Nominated–7th
		Nebula Award	Novella	Shortlisted	^[20]
		Theodore Sturgeon Award	—	Shortlisted
	"Wind Will Rove"	Asimov's Reader Poll	Novelette	Nominated
		Hugo Award	Novelette	Shortlisted
		Nebula Award	Novelette	Shortlisted
		Locus Award	Novelette	Nominated–5th
2019	"The Court Magician"	Hugo Award	Short Story	Shortlisted
		Locus Award	Short Story	Nominated–9th
		Nebula Award	Short Story	Shortlisted
		World Fantasy Award	Short Fiction	Shortlisted	^[21]
2020	Sooner or Later Everything Falls into the Sea	Locus Award	Collection	Nominated–2nd
		Philip K. Dick Award	—	Won
		World Fantasy Award	Collection	Shortlisted
	"The Blur in the Corner of Your Eye"	Hugo Award	Novelette	Shortlisted
		Locus Award	Novelette	Nominated–8th
		Nebula Award	Novelette	Shortlisted
		World Fantasy Award	Short Fiction	Shortlisted
	A Song for a New Day	Compton Crook Award	—	Shortlisted
		Locus Award	First Novel	Nominated–5th
		Nebula Award	Novel	Won	^[22]
	"Two Truths and a Lie"	Bram Stoker Award	Long Fiction	Shortlisted
2021		Hugo Award	Novelette	Won	^[23]
		Locus Award	Novelette	Nominated–2nd
		Nebula Award	Novelette	Won	^[24]
2022	"Where Oaken Hearts Do Gather"	Eugie Award	—	Won
		Hugo Award	Short Story	Won
		Nebula Award	Short Story	Won	^[14]
		World Fantasy Award	Short Fiction	Shortlisted
		Locus Award	Short Story	Won
	We Are Satellites	Locus Award	Science Fiction Novel	Nominated–7th
2024	Lost Places	Locus Award	Collection	Nominated–3rd
	"One Man's Treasure"	Hugo Award	Novelette	Shortlisted
	"One Man's Treasure"	Locus Award	Novelette	Nominated–8th
	"Science Facts!"	Locus Award	Novelette	Nominated–13th
	"There's a Door to the Land of the Dead in the Land of the Dead"	Locus Award	Short Story	Nominated–8th

Additionally,

"No Lonely Seafarer" (short story in Lightspeed, Sept. 2014) selected as an honorable mention for the 2014 Otherwise Award.

Bibliography

Novels

Pinsker, Sarah (2019). A Song for a New Day. Berkley Books. ISBN 9781984802583.
—— (2021). We Are Satellites (paperback 1st ed.). Berkley Books. ISBN 9781984802606.

Chapbooks

Pinsker, Sarah (2020). Two Truths and a Lie (ebook ed.). Tor Books. ISBN 9781250759733.
—— (2021). A Better Way of Saying (ebook ed.). Tor Books. ISBN 9781250834652.

Collections

Pinsker, Sarah (2019). Sooner or Later Everything Falls into the Sea. Small Beer Press. ISBN 9781618731555.
—— (2023). Lost Places: Stories (paperback ed.). Small Beer Press. ISBN 9781618731999.

Short fiction^[a]

Year	Title	First published	Reprinted/collected	Notes
2012	Queen for a Day	Pinsker, Sarah (2012). "Queen for a Day". City Paper.
	Smashing Bottles	Pinsker, Sarah (2012). "Smashing Bottles". Emprise Review.
	Broken Stones	Sarah, Pinsker (March 2012). "Broken Stones". Every Day Fiction.
	Twenty Ways the Desert Could Kill You	Pinsker, Sarah (July 2012). "Twenty Ways the Desert Could Kill You". Daily Science Fiction: 20–22.
	The Ants Go Marching	Pinsker, Sarah (November 2012). "The Ants Go Marching". Stupefying Stories. 2 (1).
2013	A Beastly Game	Pinsker, Sarah (May 31, 2013). "A Beastly Game". Electric Spec. 8 (2).
	In Joy, Knowing the Abyss Behind	Pinsker, Sarah (July 1–8, 2013). "In Joy, Knowing the Abyss Behind". Strange Horizons.
	Join Our Team of Time Travel Professionals	Pinsker, Sarah (July 2013). "Join Our Team of Time Travel Professionals". Daily Science Fiction: 18.
	Excerpted Electronic Archives from the Founding of the Demon Pitted Track Roller Derby Association	Pinsker, Sarah (December 2013). "Excerpted Electronic Archives from the Founding of the Demon Pitted Track Roller Derby Association". Every Day Fiction.
2014	Monsters, Beneath the Bed and Otherwise	Pinsker, Sarah (January 2014). "Monsters, Beneath the Bed and Otherwise". Fierce Family: 153–165.
	The Transdimensional Horsemaster Rabbis of Mpumalanga Province	Pinsker, Sarah (February 2014). "The Transdimensional Horsemaster Rabbis of Mpumalanga Province". Asimov's Science Fiction. 38 (2): 68–79.
	They Sent Runners Out	Pinsker, Sarah (February 2014). "They Sent Runners Out". Fireside Magazine (10).
	A Stretch of Highway Two Lanes Wide	Pinsker, Sarah (March–April 2014). "A Stretch of Highway Two Lanes Wide". F&SF. 126 (3&4): 110–120.
	Headlong	Pinsker, Sarah (March 20, 2014). "Headlong". The Future Embodied: Evolution of the Human Body.
	There Will Be One Vacant Chair	Pinsker, Sarah (May 2014). "There Will Be One Vacant Chair". Long Hidden: Speculative Fiction from the Margins of History: 259–267.
	How a Map Works	Pinsker, Sarah (June 2014). "How a Map Works". The Journal of Unlikely Cartography (9): 5–13.
	The Sewell Home for the Temporally Displaced	Pinsker, Sarah (June 2014). "The Sewell Home for the Temporally Displaced". Lightspeed (49).
	The Low Hum of Her	Pinsker, Sarah (August 2014). "The low hum of her". Asimov's Science Fiction. 38 (8): 70–73.	Merriam, Joanne, ed. (2015). How to live on other planets : a handbook for aspiring aliens. Upper Rubber Boot Books.
	No Lonely Seafarer	Pinsker, Sarah (September 2014). "No Lonely Seafarer". Lightspeed (52).
	Notes to My Past and/or Alternate Selves	Pinsker, Sarah (November 2014). "Notes To My Past And/Or Alternate Selves". Unidentified Funny Objects 3.
2015	Beauty & the Baby Beast	Pinsker, Sarah (January 2015). "Beauty & the Baby Beast". Daily Science Fiction: 9–11.
	Songs in the Key of You	Pinsker, Sarah (January 2015). "Songs in the Key of You". Asimov's Science Fiction. 39 (1): 65–68.
	When the Circus Lights Down	Pinsker, Sarah (March–April 2015). "When the Circus Lights Down". Uncanny Magazine (3).
	Last Thursday at Supervillain Supply Depot	Pinsker, Sarah (April 2015). "Last Thursday at Supervillain Supply Depot". Daily Science Fiction: 10–12.
	Remembery Day	Pinsker, Sarah (May 2015). "Remembery Day". Apex (72).
	Today's Smarthouse in Love	Pinsker, Sarah (May–June 2015). "Today's Smarthouse in Love". F&SF. 128 (5&6): 49–54.
	Our Lady of the Open Road	Pinsker, Sarah (June 2015). "Our Lady of the Open Road". Asimov's Science Fiction. 39 (6): 84–105.		Novelette
	In the Dawns Between Hours	Pinsker, Sarah (June 2015). "In the Dawns Between Hours". Lightspeed (61).
	Pay Attention	Pinsker, Sarah (July 2015). "Pay Attention". Accessing the Future.
	And We Were Left Darkling	Pinsker, Sarah (August 2015). "And We Were Left Darkling". Lightspeed (63).
	What Wags the World	Pinsker, Sarah (November 2015). "What Wags the World". Daily Science Fiction: 16.
2016	Sooner or Later Everything Falls into the Sea	Pinsker, Sarah (February 2016). "Sooner or Later Everything Falls into the Sea". Lightspeed (69).
	The Mountains His Crown	Pinsker, Sarah (March 2016). "The Mountains His Crown". Beneath Ceaseless Skies (195).
	Left the Century to Sit Unmoved	Pinsker, Sarah (May 16, 2016). "Left the Century to Sit Unmoved". Strange Horizons.
	Clearance	Pinsker, Sarah (June 2016). "Clearance". Asimov's Science Fiction. 40 (6): 16–21.
	Down Beneath the Bridge Yet Unbuilt	Pinsker, Sarah (August 2018). "Down Beneath the Bridge Yet Unbuilt". Shattered Prism (2).
	Talking to Dead People	Pinsker, Sarah (September–October 2016). "Talking to Dead People". F&SF. 131 (3&4): 7–18.
	Under One Roof	Pinsker, Sarah (September–October 2016). "Under One Roof". Uncanny Magazine (12).
	A Song Transmuted	Pinsker, Sarah (November 2016). "A Song Transmuted". Cyber World. Hex Publishers.
2017	The Ones Who Know Where They Are Going	Pinsker, Sarah (March 2017). "The Ones Who Know Where They Are Going". Asimov's Science Fiction. 41 (3&4): 67–69.
	And Then There Were (N-One)	Pinsker, Sarah (March–April 2017). "And Then There Were (N-One)". Uncanny Magazine (15): 49–97.
	The Smoke Means It's Working	Pinsker, Sarah (May 2017). "The Smoke Means It's Working". Behind the Mask: An Anthology of Heroic Proportions. Meerkat Press.
	Wind Will Rove	Pinsker, Sarah (September–October 2017). "Wind will rove". Asimov's Science Fiction. 41 (9&10): 14–36.		Link
	Remember This for Me	Pinsker, Sarah (November 2017). "Remember This for Me". Catalysts, Explorers & Secret Keepers: Women of Science Fiction. Museum of Science Fiction.
2018	The Court Magician	Pinsker, Sarah (January 2018). "The Court Magician". Lightspeed.
	Do As I Do, Sing As I Sing	Pinsker, Sarah (March 2018). "Do As I Do, Sing As I Sing". Beneath Ceaseless Skies (246).
	I Frequently Hear Music in the Very Heart of Noise	Pinsker, Sarah (March–April 2018). "I Frequently Hear Music in the Very Heart of Noise". Uncanny Magazine (21).
	Escape from Caring Seasons	Pinsker, Sarah (May 2018). "Escape from Caring Seasons". Twelve Tomorrows: 157–180.
	Lost and Found	Pinsker, Sarah (December 2018). "Lost and Found". Whose Future Is It?.
2019	That Our Flag Was Still There	Pinsker, Sarah (March 2019). "That Our Flag Was Still There". If This Goes On. Parvus Press.
	The Narwhal	Pinsker, Sarah (March 2019). "The Narwhal". Sooner or Later Everything Falls into the Sea.
	Everything is Closed Today	Pinsker, Sarah (May 21, 2019). "Everything is Closed Today". Do Not Go Quietly.
	The Blur in the Corner of Your Eye	Pinsker, Sarah (July–August 2019). "The Blur in the Corner of Your Eye". Uncanny Magazine (29).
2020	La Mer Donne	Pinsker, Sarah (March 2020). "La Mer Donne". Avatars Inc.
	Bigger Fish	Pinsker, Sarah (March 2020). "Bigger Fish". Made to Order.
	Notice	Pinsker, Sarah (June 2020). "Notice". Us in Flux.
	Two Truths and a Lie	Pinsker, Sarah (June 17, 2020). "Two Truths and a Lie". Tor.com.
	Tru Luv	Pinsker, Sarah (December 2020). "Tru Love". Escape Pod (765).
2021	Where Oaken Hearts Do Gather	Pinsker, Sarah (March–April 2021). "Where Oaken Hearts Do Gather". Uncanny Magazine (39).
2021	A Better Way of Saying	Pinsker, Sarah (November 10, 2021). "A Better Way of Saying". Tor.com.

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Bibliography notes

^ Short stories unless otherwise noted.

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "2019 Nebula Awards Winners" Locus Magazine, May 30, 2020.
^ "Announcing the 2019 Nebula Awards Winners!". Tor.com. May 30, 2020.
^ ^a ^b "'People Want These Stories': Women Win Big At The Nebula Awards" by K. Tempest Bradford. NPR, May 16, 2016.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Sarah Pinsker: Personal Collisions". Locus Online. October 21, 2019. Retrieved November 5, 2019.
^ ^a ^b "Sarah Pinsker Interview – Award Winning Short Story Author" by Jean Marie Ward, Buzzy Mag, February 20, 2015.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Destroying Science Fiction: An Interview with Nebula Award Winning Writer, Sarah Pinsker Archived March 5, 2017, at the Wayback Machine" by Michael B. Tager, What Weekly, September 22, 2016.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Interview with Sarah Pinsker" by Andrea Johnson, Apex Magazine, May 5, 2015.
^ ^a ^b Summary Bibliography: Sarah Pinsker, ISFDB. Retrieved October 6, 2020.
^ "Sarah Pinsker" in Cellarius Stories, Volume 1. Cellarius, Ed., New York: 2018, ISBN 9781949688023. Retrieved December 17, 2018.
^ "2016 in Review" by Rachel Swirsky, Locus Magazine, February 2017, page 33.
^ "Interview: Sarah Pinsker" by Deborah Stanish, Uncanny Magazine, Sept./Oct. 2016
^ Gardnerspace: A Short Fiction Column" by Gardner Dozois, Locus Magazine, May 2016, page 12.
^ "Changing the face of diversity in Canadian comics and sci-fi" by Samia Madwar, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, August 30, 2016.
^ ^a ^b "SFWA Announces the Winners of the 57th Annual Nebula Awards" (Press release). Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America. May 21, 2022. Retrieved May 22, 2022.
^ "sfadb : Sarah Pinsker Awards". www.sfadb.com. Retrieved July 18, 2022.
^ "2014 Campbell and Sturgeon Award Winners" Locus Magazine, June 10, 2014.
^ Award summary for Sarah Pinsker, ISFDB. Retrieved March 4, 2017.
^ "SFWA Announces 2016 Nebula, Norton, and Bradbury Award Nominees! – The Nebula Awards". The Nebula Awards. February 20, 2017. Retrieved March 6, 2017.
^ 2018 Hugo Award Finalists Announced, at Tor.com; published March 31, 2018. Retrieved March 31, 2018
^ 2017 Nebula Award Finalists Announced!, at Science Fiction Writers of America; published February 20, 2018. Retrieved March 31, 2018
^ "World Fantasy Awards 2019 | World Fantasy Convention". Retrieved July 25, 2019.
^ "Announcing the 2019 Nebula Awards Winners!". TOR.COM. May 30, 2020.
^ "2021 Hugo Awards". Retrieved August 11, 2021.
^ "SFWA Announces 56th Annual Nebula Award Winners". The Nebula Awards. June 6, 2021. Retrieved June 6, 2021.

External links

[25] Short stories unless otherwise noted.

[Nebula2019-1] "2019 Nebula Awards Winners" Locus Magazine, May 30, 2020.

[2] "Announcing the 2019 Nebula Awards Winners!". Tor.com. May 30, 2020.

[Nebula2016-3] "'People Want These Stories': Women Win Big At The Nebula Awards" by K. Tempest Bradford. NPR, May 16, 2016.

[Locus_interview_2019-4] "Sarah Pinsker: Personal Collisions". Locus Online. October 21, 2019. Retrieved November 5, 2019.

[buzzymag.com-5] "Sarah Pinsker Interview – Award Winning Short Story Author" by Jean Marie Ward, Buzzy Mag, February 20, 2015.

[whatweekly.com-6] "Destroying Science Fiction: An Interview with Nebula Award Winning Writer, Sarah Pinsker Archived March 5, 2017, at the Wayback Machine" by Michael B. Tager, What Weekly, September 22, 2016.

[Interview_with_Sarah_Pinsker-7] "Interview with Sarah Pinsker" by Andrea Johnson, Apex Magazine, May 5, 2015.

[ISFDB-8] Summary Bibliography: Sarah Pinsker, ISFDB. Retrieved October 6, 2020.

[cellarius201812-9] "Sarah Pinsker" in Cellarius Stories, Volume 1. Cellarius, Ed., New York: 2018, ISBN 9781949688023. Retrieved December 17, 2018.

[10] "2016 in Review" by Rachel Swirsky, Locus Magazine, February 2017, page 33.

[11] "Interview: Sarah Pinsker" by Deborah Stanish, Uncanny Magazine, Sept./Oct. 2016

[12] Gardnerspace: A Short Fiction Column" by Gardner Dozois, Locus Magazine, May 2016, page 12.

[13] "Changing the face of diversity in Canadian comics and sci-fi" by Samia Madwar, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, August 30, 2016.

[:0-14] "SFWA Announces the Winners of the 57th Annual Nebula Awards" (Press release). Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America. May 21, 2022. Retrieved May 22, 2022.

[15] "sfadb : Sarah Pinsker Awards". www.sfadb.com. Retrieved July 18, 2022.

[16] "2014 Campbell and Sturgeon Award Winners" Locus Magazine, June 10, 2014.

[17] Award summary for Sarah Pinsker, ISFDB. Retrieved March 4, 2017.

[18] "SFWA Announces 2016 Nebula, Norton, and Bradbury Award Nominees! – The Nebula Awards". The Nebula Awards. February 20, 2017. Retrieved March 6, 2017.

[Hugo-19] 2018 Hugo Award Finalists Announced, at Tor.com; published March 31, 2018. Retrieved March 31, 2018

[Nebula-20] 2017 Nebula Award Finalists Announced!, at Science Fiction Writers of America; published February 20, 2018. Retrieved March 31, 2018

[21] "World Fantasy Awards 2019 | World Fantasy Convention". Retrieved July 25, 2019.

[22] "Announcing the 2019 Nebula Awards Winners!". TOR.COM. May 30, 2020.

[23] "2021 Hugo Awards". Retrieved August 11, 2021.

[24] "SFWA Announces 56th Annual Nebula Award Winners". The Nebula Awards. June 6, 2021. Retrieved June 6, 2021.

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v t e Hugo Award for Best Novelette
Retro Hugos	"Rule 18" by Clifford D. Simak (1939) "The Roads Must Roll" by Robert A. Heinlein (1941) "Foundation" by Isaac Asimov (1943) "Mimsy Were the Borogoves" by Lewis Padgett (1944) "First Contact" by Murray Leinster (1946) "The Little Black Bag" by Cyril M. Kornbluth (1951) "Earthman, Come Home" by James Blish (1954)
1955–1960	"The Darfsteller" by Walter M. Miller Jr. (1955) "Exploration Team" by Murray Leinster (1956) "The Big Time" by Fritz Leiber (1958) "The Big Front Yard" by Clifford D. Simak (1959)
1967–1980	"The Last Castle" by Jack Vance (1967) "Gonna Roll the Bones" by Fritz Leiber (1968) "The Sharing of Flesh" by Poul Anderson (1969) "Goat Song" by Poul Anderson (1973) "The Deathbird" by Harlan Ellison (1974) "Adrift Just Off the Islets of Langerhans: Latitude 38° 54' N, Longitude 77° 00' 13" W" by Harlan Ellison (1975) "The Borderland of Sol" by Larry Niven (1976) "The Bicentennial Man" by Isaac Asimov (1977) "Eyes of Amber" by Joan D. Vinge (1978) "Hunter's Moon" by Poul Anderson (1979) "Sandkings" by George R. R. Martin (1980)
1981–1990	"The Cloak and the Staff" by Gordon R. Dickson (1981) "Unicorn Variation" by Roger Zelazny (1982) "Fire Watch" by Connie Willis (1983) "Blood Music" by Greg Bear (1984) "Bloodchild" by Octavia E. Butler (1985) "Paladin of the Lost Hour" by Harlan Ellison (1986) "Permafrost" by Roger Zelazny (1987) "Buffalo Gals, Won't You Come Out Tonight" by Ursula K. Le Guin (1988) "Schrödinger's Kitten" by George Alec Effinger (1989) "Enter a Soldier. Later: Enter Another" by Robert Silverberg (1990)
1991–2000	"The Manamouki" by Mike Resnick (1991) "Gold" by Isaac Asimov (1992) "The Nutcracker Coup" by Janet Kagan (1993) "Georgia on My Mind" by Charles Sheffield (1994) "The Martian Child" by David Gerrold (1995) "Think Like a Dinosaur" by James Patrick Kelly (1996) "Bicycle Repairman" by Bruce Sterling (1997) "We Will Drink a Fish Together..." by Bill Johnson (1998) "Taklamakan" by Bruce Sterling (1999) "10¹⁶ to 1" by James Patrick Kelly (2000)
2001–2010	"Millennium Babies" by Kristine Kathryn Rusch (2001) "Hell Is the Absence of God" by Ted Chiang (2002) "Slow Life" by Michael Swanwick (2003) "Legions in Time" by Michael Swanwick (2004) "The Faery Handbag" by Kelly Link (2005) "Two Hearts" by Peter S. Beagle (2006) "The Djinn's Wife" by Ian McDonald (2007) "The Merchant and the Alchemist's Gate" by Ted Chiang (2008) "Shoggoths in Bloom" by Elizabeth Bear (2009) "The Island" by Peter Watts (2010)
2011–2020	"The Emperor of Mars" by Allen Steele (2011) "Six Months, Three Days" by Charlie Jane Anders (2012) "The Girl-Thing Who Went Out for Sushi" by Pat Cadigan (2013) "The Lady Astronaut of Mars", by Mary Robinette Kowal (2014) "The Day the World Turned Upside Down" by Thomas Olde Heuvelt, translated by Lia Belt (2015) "Folding Beijing" by Hao Jingfang (2016) "The Tomato Thief" by Ursula Vernon (2017) "The Secret Life of Bots" by Suzanne Palmer (2018) "If at First You Don't Succeed, Try, Try Again" by Zen Cho (2019) "Emergency Skin" by N. K. Jemisin (2020)
2021–present	"Two Truths and a Lie" by Sarah Pinsker (2021) "Bots of the Lost Ark" by Suzanne Palmer (2022) "The Space-Time Painter" by Hai Ya (2023) "The Year Without Sunshine" by Naomi Kritzer (2024)

v t e Locus Award for Best Short Story
1971–1980	"The Region Between" by Harlan Ellison (1971) "The Queen of Air and Darkness" by Poul Anderson (1972) "The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas" by Ursula K. Le Guin (1973) "The Deathbird" by Harlan Ellison (1974) "The Day Before the Revolution" by Ursula K. Le Guin (1975) "Croatoan" by Harlan Ellison (1976) "Tricentennial" by Joe Haldeman (1977) "Jeffty Is Five" by Harlan Ellison (1978) "Count the Clock that Tells the Time" by Harlan Ellison (1979) "The Way of Cross and Dragon" by George R. R. Martin (1980)
1981–2000	"Grotto of the Dancing Deer" by Clifford D. Simak (1981) "The Pusher" by John Varley (1982) "Sur" by Ursula K. Le Guin (1983) "Beyond the Dead Reef" by James Tiptree Jr. (1984) "Salvador" by Lucius Shepard (1985) "With Virgil Oddum at the East Pole" by Harlan Ellison (1986) "Robot Dreams" by Isaac Asimov (1987) "Angel" by Pat Cadigan (1988) "Eidolons" by Harlan Ellison (1989) "Lost Boys" by Orson Scott Card (1990) "Bears Discover Fire" by Terry Bisson (1991) "Buffalo" by John Kessel (1992) "Even the Queen" by Connie Willis (1993) "Close Encounter" by Connie Willis (1994) "None So Blind" by Joe Haldeman (1995) "The Lincoln Train" by Maureen F. McHugh (1996) "Gone" by John Crowley (1997) "Itsy Bitsy Spider" by James Patrick Kelly (1998) "Maneki Neko" by Bruce Sterling (1999) "macs" by Terry Bisson (2000)
2001–present	"The Missing Mass" by Larry Niven (2001) "The Bones of the Earth" by Ursula K. Le Guin (2002) "October in the Chair" by Neil Gaiman (2003) "Closing Time" by Neil Gaiman (2004) "Forbidden Brides of the Faceless Slaves in the Nameless House of the Night of Dread Desire" by Neil Gaiman (2005) "Sunbird" by Neil Gaiman (2006) "How to Talk to Girls at Parties" by Neil Gaiman (2007) "A Small Room in Koboldtown" by Michael Swanwick (2008) "Exhalation" by Ted Chiang (2009) "An Invocation of Incuriosity" by Neil Gaiman (2010) "The Thing About Cassandra" by Neil Gaiman (2011) "The Case of Death and Honey" by Neil Gaiman (2012) "Immersion" by Aliette de Bodard (2013) "The Road of Needles" by Caitlín R. Kiernan (2014) "The Truth About Owls" by Amal El-Mohtar (2015) "Cat Pictures Please" by Naomi Kritzer (2016) "Seasons of Glass and Iron" by Amal El-Mohtar (2017) "The Martian Obelisk" by Linda Nagata (2018) "The Secret Lives of the Nine Negro Teeth of George Washington" by P. Djèlí Clark (2019) "The Bookstore at the End of America" by Charlie Jane Anders (2020) "Little Free Library" by Naomi Kritzer (2021) "Where Oaken Hearts Do Gather" by Sarah Pinsker (2022) "Rabbit Test" by Samantha Mills (2023) "How to Raise a Kraken in Your Bathtub" by P. Djèlí Clark (2024)
Best Novel (1971–1981) Best SF Novel (1980–present) Best Fantasy Novel (1978–present) Best First Novel (1981–present) Best Horror Novel (1989–1997, 1999, 2017–present) Best Young Adult Book (2003–present) Best Novella (1973–present) Best Novelette (1975–present) Best Short Story (1971–present)

v t e Nebula Award for Best Novel
1966–1980	Dune by Frank Herbert (1966) Babel-17 by Samuel R. Delany and Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes (1967) The Einstein Intersection by Samuel R. Delany (1968) Rite of Passage by Alexei Panshin (1969) The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin (1970) Ringworld by Larry Niven (1971) A Time of Changes by Robert Silverberg (1972) The Gods Themselves by Isaac Asimov (1973) Rendezvous with Rama by Arthur C. Clarke (1974) The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le Guin (1975) The Forever War by Joe Haldeman (1976) Man Plus by Frederik Pohl (1977) Gateway by Frederik Pohl (1978) Dreamsnake by Vonda N. McIntyre (1979) The Fountains of Paradise by Arthur C. Clarke (1980)
1981–2000	Timescape by Gregory Benford (1981) The Claw of the Conciliator by Gene Wolfe (1982) No Enemy But Time by Michael Bishop (1983) Startide Rising by David Brin (1984) Neuromancer by William Gibson (1985) Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card (1986) Speaker for the Dead by Orson Scott Card (1987) The Falling Woman by Pat Murphy (1988) Falling Free by Lois McMaster Bujold (1989) The Healer's War by Elizabeth Ann Scarborough (1990) Tehanu: The Last Book of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin (1991) Stations of the Tide by Michael Swanwick (1992) Doomsday Book by Connie Willis (1993) Red Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson (1994) Moving Mars by Greg Bear (1995) The Terminal Experiment by Robert J. Sawyer (1996) Slow River by Nicola Griffith (1997) The Moon and the Sun by Vonda N. McIntyre (1998) Forever Peace by Joe Haldeman (1999) Parable of the Talents by Octavia E. Butler (2000)
2001–2020	Darwin's Radio by Greg Bear (2001) The Quantum Rose by Catherine Asaro (2002) American Gods by Neil Gaiman (2003) Speed of Dark by Elizabeth Moon (2004) Paladin of Souls by Lois McMaster Bujold (2005) Camouflage by Joe Haldeman (2006) Seeker by Jack McDevitt (2007) The Yiddish Policemen's Union by Michael Chabon (2008) Powers by Ursula K. Le Guin (2009) The Windup Girl by Paolo Bacigalupi (2010) Blackout/All Clear by Connie Willis (2011) Among Others by Jo Walton (2012) 2312 by Kim Stanley Robinson (2013) Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie (2014) Annihilation by Jeff VanderMeer (2015) Uprooted by Naomi Novik (2016) All the Birds in the Sky by Charlie Jane Anders (2017) The Stone Sky by N. K. Jemisin (2018) The Calculating Stars by Mary Robinette Kowal (2019) A Song for a New Day by Sarah Pinsker (2020)
2021–present	Network Effect by Martha Wells (2021) A Master of Djinn by P. Djèlí Clark (2022) Babel, or the Necessity of Violence by R. F. Kuang (2023) The Saint of Bright Doors by Vajra Chandrasekera (2024)

v t e Nebula Award for Best Novelette
1966–1980	"The Doors of His Face, the Lamps of His Mouth" by Roger Zelazny (1966) "Call Him Lord" by Gordon R. Dickson (1967) "Gonna Roll the Bones" by Fritz Leiber (1968) "Mother to the World" by Richard Wilson (1969) "Time Considered as a Helix of Semi-Precious Stones" by Samuel R. Delany (1970) "Slow Sculpture" by Theodore Sturgeon (1971) "The Queen of Air and Darkness" by Poul Anderson (1972) "Goat Song" by Poul Anderson (1973) "Of Mist, and Grass, and Sand" by Vonda N. McIntyre (1974) "If the Stars Are Gods", by Gordon Eklund and Gregory Benford (1975) "San Diego Lightfoot Sue" by Tom Reamy (1976) "The Bicentennial Man" by Isaac Asimov (1977) "The Screwfly Solution" by Raccoona Sheldon (1978) "A Glow of Candles, a Unicorn's Eye" by Charles L. Grant (1979) "Sandkings" by George R. R. Martin (1980)
1981–2000	"The Ugly Chickens" by Howard Waldrop (1981) "The Quickening" by Michael Bishop (1982) "Fire Watch" by Connie Willis (1983) "Blood Music" by Greg Bear (1984) "Bloodchild" by Octavia Butler (1985) "Portraits of His Children" by George R. R. Martin (1986) "The Girl who Fell into the Sky" by Kate Wilhelm (1987) "Rachel in Love" by Pat Murphy (1988) "Schrödinger's Kitten" by George Alec Effinger (1989) "At the Rialto" by Connie Willis (1990) "Tower of Babylon" by Ted Chiang (1991) "Guide Dog" by Michael Conner (1992) "Danny Goes to Mars" by Pamela Sargent (1993) "Georgia on My Mind" by Charles Sheffield (1994) "The Martian Child" by David Gerrold (1995) "Solitude" by Ursula K. Le Guin (1996) "Lifeboat on a Burning Sea" by Bruce Holland Rogers (1997) "The Flowers of Adult Prison" by Nancy Kress (1998) "Lost Girls" by Jane Yolen (1999) "'Mars is No Place for Children", by Mary Turzillo (2000)
2001–2020	"Daddy's World" by Walter Jon Williams (2001) "Louise's Ghost" by Kelly Link (2002) "Hell is the Absence of God" by Ted Chiang (2003) "The Empire of Ice Cream" by Jeffrey Ford (2004) "Basement Magic" by Ellen Klages (2005) "The Faery Handbag" by Kelly Link (2006) "Two Hearts" by Peter S. Beagle (2007) "The Merchant and the Alchemist's Gate" by Ted Chiang (2008) "Pride and Prometheus" by John Kessel (2009) "Sinner, Baker, Fabulist, Priest; Red Mask, Black Mask, Gentleman, Beast" by Eugie Foster (2010) "That Leviathan, Whom Thou Hast Made" by Eric James Stone (2011) "What We Found" by Geoff Ryman (2012) "Close Encounters" by Andy Duncan (2013) "The Waiting Stars" by Aliette de Bodard (2014) "A Guide to the Fruits of Hawai'i" by Alaya Dawn Johnson (2015) "Our Lady of the Open Road" by Sarah Pinsker (2016) "The Long Fall Up" by William Ledbetter (2017) "A Human Stain" by Kelly Robson (2018) "The Only Harmless Great Thing" by Brooke Bolander (2019) "Carpe Glitter" by Cat Rambo (2020)
2021–present	"Two Truths and a Lie" by Sarah Pinsker (2021) "O2 Arena" by Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki (2022) "If You Find Yourself Speaking to God, Address God with the Informal You" by John Chu (2023) "The Year Without Sunshine" by Naomi Kritzer (2024)

v t e Nebula Award for Best Short Story
1966–1980	""Repent, Harlequin!" Said the Ticktockman" by Harlan Ellison (1966) "The Secret Place" by Richard McKenna (1967) "Aye, and Gomorrah" by Samuel R. Delany (1968) "The Planners" by Kate Wilhelm (1969) "Passengers" by Robert Silverberg (1970) "Good News from the Vatican" by Robert Silverberg (1972) "When It Changed" by Joanna Russ (1973) "Love Is the Plan the Plan Is Death" by James Tiptree Jr. (1974) "The Day Before the Revolution" by Ursula K. Le Guin (1975) "Catch That Zeppelin!" by Fritz Leiber (1976) "A Crowd of Shadows" by Charles L. Grant (1977) "Jeffty Is Five" by Harlan Ellison (1978) "Stone" by Edward Bryant (1979) "giANTS" by Edward Bryant (1980)
1981–2000	"Grotto of the Dancing Deer" by Clifford D. Simak (1981) "The Bone Flute" by Lisa Tuttle (refused, 1982) "A Letter from the Clearys" by Connie Willis (1983) "The Peacemaker" by Gardner Dozois (1984) "Morning Child" by Gardner Dozois (1985) "Out of All Them Bright Stars" by Nancy Kress (1986) "Tangents" by Greg Bear (1987) "Forever Yours, Anna" by Kate Wilhelm (1988) "Bible Stories for Adults, No. 17: The Deluge" by James K. Morrow (1989) "Ripples in the Dirac Sea" by Geoffrey A. Landis (1990) "Bears Discover Fire" by Terry Bisson (1991) "Ma Qui" by Alan Brennert (1992) "Even the Queen" by Connie Willis (1993) "Graves" by Joe Haldeman (1994) "A Defense of the Social Contracts" by Martha Soukup (1995) "Death and the Librarian" by Esther Friesner (1996) "A Birthday" by Esther Friesner (1997) "Sister Emily's Lightship" by Jane Yolen (1998) "Thirteen Ways to Water" by Bruce Holland Rogers (1999) "The Cost of Doing Business" by Leslie What (2000)
2001–2020	"macs" by Terry Bisson (2001) "The Cure for Everything" by Severna Park (2002) "Creature" by Carol Emshwiller (2003) "What I Didn't See" by Karen Joy Fowler (2004) "Coming to Terms" by Eileen Gunn (2005) "I Live With You" by Carol Emshwiller (2006) "Echo" by Elizabeth Hand (2007) "Always" by Karen Joy Fowler (2008) "Trophy Wives" by Nina Kiriki Hoffman (2009) "Spar" by Kij Johnson (2010) "How Interesting: A Tiny Man" by Harlan Ellison / "Ponies" by Kij Johnson (2011) "The Paper Menagerie" by Ken Liu (2012) "Immersion" by Aliette de Bodard (2013) "If You Were a Dinosaur, My Love" by Rachel Swirsky (2014) "Jackalope Wives" by Ursula Vernon (2015) "Hungry Daughters of Starving Mothers" by Alyssa Wong (2016) "Seasons of Glass and Iron" by Amal El-Mohtar (2017) "Welcome to Your Authentic Indian Experience™" by Rebecca Roanhorse (2018) "The Secret Lives of the Nine Negro Teeth of George Washington" by P. Djèlí Clark (2019) "Give the Family My Love" by A. T. Greenblatt (2020)
2021–present	"Open House on Haunted Hill" by John Wiswell (2021) "Where Oaken Hearts Do Gather" by Sarah Pinsker (2022) "Rabbit Test" by Samantha Mills (2023) "Tantie Merle and the Farmhand 4200" by R. S. A. Garcia (2024)