Nebula winners announced

[james_davis_nicoll]

Best Novel: Someone You Can Build a Nest In, John Wiswell (DAW; Arcadia UK)

Best Novella: The Dragonfly Gambit, A.D. Sui (Neon Hemlock)

Best Novelette: Negative Scholarship on the Fifth State of Being, A.W. Prihandita (Clarkesworld 11/24)

Short Story: Why Don’t We Just Kill the Kid in the Omelas Hole, Isabel J. Kim (Clarkesworld 2/24)

Andre Norton Award for Middle Grade and Young Adult Fiction: The Young Necromancer’s Guide to Ghosts, Vanessa Ricci-Thode (self-published)

Best 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 (Infomancy.net)

Ray Bradbury Award for Outstanding Dramatic Presentation: Dune: Part Two by Jon Spaihts, Denis Villeneuve (Warner Bros)

Kevin O'Donnell, Jr Special Service Award: C.J. Lavigne

Comments

[oh6]

Well, I've at least heard of Villeneuve!

[philrm]

I'm delighted to see Kim's story getting the recognition it deserves.

[thewayne]

I did not know the history of Omelas. I was telling my wife of that story after reading it in the Hugo packet, she told me of the origin.

[elysdir]

In case that story makes you interested in more, here are some other responses to Omelas: https://www.kith.org/jed/hodgepodge/nonfiction/some-responses-to-omelas/

[thewayne]

TY!