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THE COMPLETE WINNERS LIST

Every Nebula Award winner in science fiction (1966–2025)

The complete list of science fiction novels and novellas that won the Nebula Award, from 2025 back to 1966: 99 winners in all. Open any book for its full award history, or pick a year to see the finalists too.

The Nebulas are selected by eligible members of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Association. Award records here retain SFADB ceremony years, which can differ from eligibility years on the official Nebula site. The library focuses on science fiction novels and novellas. Winners that are fantasy without a science fiction premise are not listed.

YearAwardWinning bookAuthor
2025Nebula Award for Best NovellaThe Dragonfly GambitA. D. Sui
2022Nebula Award for Best NovelA Master of DjinnP. Djèlí Clark
2022Nebula Award for Best NovellaAnd What Can We Offer You TonightPremee Mohamed
2021Nebula Award for Best NovelNetwork EffectMartha Wells
2020Nebula Award for Best NovelA Song for a New DaySarah Pinsker
2020Nebula Award for Best NovellaThis Is How You Lose the Time WarAmal El-Mohtar & Max Gladstone
2019Nebula Award for Best NovelThe Calculating StarsMary Robinette Kowal
2019Nebula Award for Best NovellaThe Tea Master and the DetectiveAliette de Bodard
2018Nebula Award for Best NovelThe Stone SkyN. K. Jemisin
2018Nebula Award for Best NovellaAll Systems RedMartha Wells
2017Nebula Award for Best NovelAll the Birds in the SkyCharlie Jane Anders
2016Nebula Award for Best NovellaBintiNnedi Okorafor
2015Nebula Award for Best NovelAnnihilationJeff VanderMeer
2015Nebula Award for Best NovellaYesterday's KinNancy Kress
2014Nebula Award for Best NovelAncillary JusticeAnn Leckie
2014Nebula Award for Best NovellaThe Weight of the SunriseVylar Kaftan
2013Nebula Award for Best Novel2312Kim Stanley Robinson
2013Nebula Award for Best NovellaAfter the Fall, Before the Fall, During the FallNancy Kress
2012Nebula Award for Best NovellaThe Man Who Bridged the MistKij Johnson
2011Nebula Award for Best NovelBlackout/All ClearConnie Willis
2010Nebula Award for Best NovelThe Windup GirlPaolo Bacigalupi
2010Nebula Award for Best NovellaThe Women of Nell Gwynne'sKage Baker
2009Nebula Award for Best NovellaThe Spacetime PoolCatherine Asaro
2008Nebula Award for Best NovelThe Yiddish Policemen's UnionMichael Chabon
2008Nebula Award for Best NovellaThe Fountain of AgeNancy Kress
2007Nebula Award for Best NovelSeekerJack McDevitt
2007Nebula Award for Best NovellaBurnJames Patrick Kelly
2006Nebula Award for Best NovelCamouflageJoe Haldeman
2005Nebula Award for Best NovellaThe Green Leopard PlagueWalter Jon Williams
2004Nebula Award for Best NovelThe Speed of DarkElizabeth Moon
2003Nebula Award for Best NovellaBrontë's EggRichard Chwedyk
2002Nebula Award for Best NovelThe Quantum RoseCatherine Asaro
2002Nebula Award for Best NovellaThe Ultimate EarthJack Williamson
2001Nebula Award for Best NovelDarwin's RadioGreg Bear
2001Nebula Award for Best NovellaGoddessesLinda Nagata
2000Nebula Award for Best NovelParable of the TalentsOctavia E. Butler
2000Nebula Award for Best NovellaStory of Your LifeTed Chiang
1999Nebula Award for Best NovelForever PeaceJoe Haldeman
1999Nebula Award for Best NovellaReading the BonesSheila Finch
1998Nebula Award for Best NovellaAbandon in PlaceJerry Oltion
1997Nebula Award for Best NovelSlow RiverNicola Griffith
1997Nebula Award for Best NovellaDa Vinci RisingJack Dann
1996Nebula Award for Best NovelThe Terminal ExperimentRobert J. Sawyer
1995Nebula Award for Best NovelMoving MarsGreg Bear
1995Nebula Award for Best NovellaSeven Views of Olduvai GorgeMike Resnick
1994Nebula Award for Best NovelRed MarsKim Stanley Robinson
1993Nebula Award for Best NovelDoomsday BookConnie Willis
1993Nebula Award for Best NovellaCity of TruthJames Morrow
1992Nebula Award for Best NovelStations of the TideMichael Swanwick
1992Nebula Award for Best NovellaBeggars in SpainNancy Kress
1991Nebula Award for Best NovellaThe Hemingway HoaxJoe Haldeman
1990Nebula Award for Best NovellaThe Mountains of MourningLois McMaster Bujold
1989Nebula Award for Best NovelFalling FreeLois McMaster Bujold
1989Nebula Award for Best NovellaThe Last of the WinnebagosConnie Willis
1988Nebula Award for Best NovellaThe Blind GeometerKim Stanley Robinson
1987Nebula Award for Best NovelSpeaker for the DeadOrson Scott Card
1987Nebula Award for Best NovellaR&RLucius Shepard
1986Nebula Award for Best NovelEnder's GameOrson Scott Card
1986Nebula Award for Best NovellaSailing to ByzantiumRobert Silverberg
1985Nebula Award for Best NovelNeuromancerWilliam Gibson
1985Nebula Award for Best NovellaPRESS ENTER[]John Varley
1984Nebula Award for Best NovelStartide RisingDavid Brin
1984Nebula Award for Best NovellaHardfoughtGreg Bear
1983Nebula Award for Best NovelNo Enemy But TimeMichael Bishop
1982Nebula Award for Best NovelThe Claw of the ConciliatorGene Wolfe
1982Nebula Award for Best NovellaThe Saturn GamePoul Anderson
1981Nebula Award for Best NovelTimescapeGregory Benford
1981Nebula Award for Best NovellaUnicorn TapestrySuzy McKee Charnas
1980Nebula Award for Best NovelThe Fountains of ParadiseArthur C. Clarke
1980Nebula Award for Best NovellaEnemy MineBarry B. Longyear
1979Nebula Award for Best NovelDreamsnakeVonda N. McIntyre
1979Nebula Award for Best NovellaThe Persistence of VisionJohn Varley
1978Nebula Award for Best NovelGatewayFrederik Pohl
1978Nebula Award for Best NovellaStardanceJeanne Robinson & Spider Robinson
1977Nebula Award for Best NovelMan PlusFrederik Pohl
1977Nebula Award for Best NovellaHouston, Houston, Do You Read?James Tiptree Jr.
1976Nebula Award for Best NovelThe Forever WarJoe Haldeman
1976Nebula Award for Best NovellaHome Is the HangmanRoger Zelazny
1975Nebula Award for Best NovelThe DispossessedUrsula K. Le Guin
1975Nebula Award for Best NovellaBorn with the DeadRobert Silverberg
1974Nebula Award for Best NovelRendezvous with RamaArthur C. Clarke
1974Nebula Award for Best NovellaThe Death of Doctor IslandGene Wolfe
1973Nebula Award for Best NovelThe Gods ThemselvesIsaac Asimov
1973Nebula Award for Best NovellaA Meeting with MedusaArthur C. Clarke
1972Nebula Award for Best NovelA Time of ChangesRobert Silverberg
1972Nebula Award for Best NovellaThe Missing ManKatherine MacLean
1971Nebula Award for Best NovelRingworldLarry Niven
1970Nebula Award for Best NovelThe Left Hand of DarknessUrsula K. Le Guin
1970Nebula Award for Best NovellaA Boy and His DogHarlan Ellison
1969Nebula Award for Best NovelRite of PassageAlexei Panshin
1969Nebula Award for Best NovellaDragonriderAnne McCaffrey
1968Nebula Award for Best NovelThe Einstein IntersectionSamuel R. Delany
1968Nebula Award for Best NovellaBehold the ManMichael Moorcock
1967Nebula Award for Best NovelBabel-17Samuel R. Delany
1967Nebula Award for Best NovelFlowers for AlgernonDaniel Keyes
1967Nebula Award for Best NovellaThe Last CastleJack Vance
1966Nebula Award for Best NovelDuneFrank Herbert
1966Nebula Award for Best NovellaHe Who ShapesRoger Zelazny
1966Nebula Award for Best NovellaThe Saliva TreeBrian W. Aldiss

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