"Nebula Awards 32 Nebula Awards 32 is an anthology of science fiction short works edited by Jack Dann. It was first published in hardcover and trade paperback by Harcourt Brace in April 1998. The book collects pieces that won or were nominated for the Nebula Awards for novella, novelette and short story for the year 1997, a profile of 1997 Grand Master award winner Jack Vance with a representative early story by him, and various other nonfiction pieces related to the awards, together with the Rhysling Award-winning poems for 1996 and an introduction by the editor. Not all nominees for"
"The Hugo Awards are a set of awards given annually for the best science fiction or fantasy works and achievements. Organized and overseen by the World Science Fiction Society, the awards are given each year at the annual World Science Fiction Convention as the central focus of the event. They were first given in 1953, at the 11th World Science Fiction Convention. Kubrick was awarded three times. Kubrick received two awards from major film festivals: Best Director from the Locarno International Film Festival in 1959 for ""Killer's Kiss"", and Filmcritica ""Bastone Bianco"" Award at the Venice Film Festival in 1999"
"what they considered more traditional science fiction. Among the most respected awards for science fiction are the Hugo Award, presented by the World Science Fiction Society at Worldcon; the Nebula Award, presented by the SFWA and voted on by the community of authors; and the John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction Novel and Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award for short fiction. One notable award for science fiction films is the Saturn Award. It is presented annually by The Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror Films. There are national awards, like Canada's Prix Aurora Awards, regional awards, like"
"Society administers and presents the Hugo Awards, the oldest and most noteworthy award for science fiction. Selection of the recipients is by vote of the Worldcon members. Categories include novels and short fiction, artwork, dramatic presentations, and various professional and fandom activities. Other awards may be presented at Worldcon at the discretion of the individual convention committee. This has often included the national SF awards of the host country, including the Japanese Seiun Awards as part of Nippon 2007, and the Prix Aurora Awards as part of Anticipation in 2009. The John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer and"
"vote are broken, if possible, by the number of nominations the works received. The first Nebulas were given in 1966, for works published in 1965. The idea for such an award, funded by the sales of anthologies collecting the winning works, was proposed by SFWA secretary-treasurer Lloyd Biggle, Jr. in 1965. The idea was based on the Edgar Awards, presented by the Mystery Writers of America, and hosting a ceremony to present them at was prompted by the Edgar and Hugo Awards. The initial ceremony consisted of four literary awards, for Novels, Novellas, Novelettes, and Short Stories, which have been"
"won the Nebula Award for Best Novella for 2000. It was the first time that a piece of fiction originally published on a website won a Nebula. In 2002 Ellen Datlow won her first Hugo Award for Best Editor. In 2003 stories from the webzine won three awards, the Nebula Awards for Best Short Story (""What I Didn't See"" by Karen Joy Fowler) and Best Novelette (""The Empire of Ice Cream"" by Jeffrey Ford), and the Theodore Sturgeon Award for Lucius Shepard's novella ""Over Yonder"". In 2005, Datlow won her second Hugo Award for Best Editor and the website itself"
"awarded every year since 1955. Over the years that the award has been given, the categories presented have changed; currently Hugo Awards are given in more than a dozen categories, and include both written and dramatic works of various types. The Hugo Awards have been termed as ""among the highest honors bestowed in science fiction and fantasy writing"". Works that have won have been published in special collections, and the official logo of the Hugo Awards is often placed on the winning books' cover as a promotional tool. The 2018 Hugos were presented at the 76th Worldcon, ""Worldcon 76"", in"
"the Hugo ballot. The category filled with six nominations due to a tie for fifth place. The 2009 Hugo Award statue base was designed by Seattle-based artist Dave Howell. A number of notable science fiction and fantasy awards were presented at Anticipation. The Prix Aurora Awards are given out annually for the best Canadian science fiction and fantasy literary works, artworks, and fan activities from that year, and are awarded in both English and French. The Sidewise Award for Alternate History recognizes the best alternate history stories and novels of the year. The members of Anticipation selected Reno, Nevada, as"
"science fiction or fantasy, published or translated into English during the previous calendar year. Awards are also given out for works of fiction in the novel, novella, novelette, and short story categories. The award was originally titled the Hugo Award for Best Non-Fiction Book and was first awarded in 1980. In 1999 the Award was retitled to the Hugo Award for Best Related Book, and eligibility was officially expanded to fiction works that were primarily noteworthy for reasons besides their fictional aspects. In 2010, the title of the award was again changed, to the Hugo Award for Best Related Work."
"Hugo Award for Best Professional Magazine The Hugo Awards are given every year by the World Science Fiction Society for the best science fiction or fantasy works and achievements of the previous year. The award is named after Hugo Gernsback, the founder of the pioneering science fiction magazine ""Amazing Stories"", and was once officially known as the Science Fiction Achievement Award. The award has been described as ""a fine showcase for speculative fiction"" and ""the best known literary award for science fiction writing"". The Hugo Award for Best Professional Magazine was given each year for professionally edited magazines related to"
"Jr. Award for service to SFWA, and the Kate Wilhelm Solstice Award since 2009 for significant impact on speculative fiction. All four are discretionary but a Grand Master, selected by the officers and past presidents, has been named every year for more than a decade. The Solstice Award may be presented posthumously (where only living writers may be named Grand Master or Author Emeritus); in all, twelve have been awarded in five years to 2013. The Nebula Awards have been described as one of ""the most important of the American science fiction awards"" and ""the science-fiction and fantasy equivalent"" of"
"""The Left Hand of Darkness"". The 2014 awards saw over 1900 nomination submissions and over 3500 voters on the final ballot, while the 1964 awards received 274 votes. The 2015 awards saw 2122 nominating ballots and 5950 votes. The 2016 awards saw 4032 nominating ballots and 3130 votes. Brian Aldiss, in his book ""Trillion Year Spree: The History of Science Fiction"", claimed that the Hugo Award was a barometer of reader popularity, rather than artistic merit; he contrasted it with the panel-selected Nebula Award, which provided ""more literary judgment"", though he did note that the winners of the two awards"
"in the category. The 2014, 2016, and 2018 retro-awards were also dropped due to insufficient response. Hugo Award for Best Related Work The Hugo Awards are given every year by the World Science Fiction Society for the best science fiction or fantasy works and achievements of the previous year. The award is named after Hugo Gernsback, the founder of the pioneering science fiction magazine ""Amazing Stories"", and was once officially known as the Science Fiction Achievement Award. The award has been described as ""a fine showcase for speculative fiction"" and ""the best known literary award for science fiction writing"". The"
"Hugo Award for Best Fan Artist The Hugo Awards are presented every year by the World Science Fiction Society for the best science fiction or fantasy works and achievements of the previous year. The award is named after Hugo Gernsback, the founder of the pioneering science fiction magazine ""Amazing Stories"", and was once officially known as the Science Fiction Achievement Award. The award has been described as ""a fine showcase for speculative fiction"" and ""the best known literary award for science fiction writing"". The Hugo Award for Best Fan Artist is given each year for artists of works related to"
"Hugo Award for Best Related Work The Hugo Awards are given every year by the World Science Fiction Society for the best science fiction or fantasy works and achievements of the previous year. The award is named after Hugo Gernsback, the founder of the pioneering science fiction magazine ""Amazing Stories"", and was once officially known as the Science Fiction Achievement Award. The award has been described as ""a fine showcase for speculative fiction"" and ""the best known literary award for science fiction writing"". The Hugo Award for Best Related Work is given each year for primarily non-fiction works related to"
"both times he was nominated; Forrest J Ackerman, with two out of four Retro Hugos; and Ray Bradbury, who won both Retro Hugos he was nominated for. The writers with the most nominations without winning are Evelyn C. Leeper, who was nominated twelve times in a row from 1990 through 2001, and Steven H Silver, whose twelve nominations span 2000-2013. The Hugo Awards are presented every year by the World Science Fiction Society for the best science fiction or fantasy works and achievements of the previous year. The award is named after Hugo Gernsback, the founder of the pioneering science"
"Hugo Award for Best Fancast The Hugo Awards are given every year by the World Science Fiction Society for the best science fiction or fantasy works and achievements of the previous year. The award is named after Hugo Gernsback, the founder of the pioneering science fiction magazine ""Amazing Stories"", and was previously officially known as the Science Fiction Achievement Award. It has been described by ""The Guardian"" and ""Litro Magazine"" as ""a fine showcase for speculative fiction"" and ""the best known literary award for science fiction writing"". The Hugo Award for Best Fancast is awarded to the best non-professional audio"
"special categories for individuals to honor their general work in the field of fantasy. The awards have been described by book critics such as ""The Guardian"" as a ""prestigious fantasy prize"", and one of the three most prestigious speculative fiction awards, along with the Hugo and Nebula Awards (which cover both fantasy and science fiction). World Fantasy Award nominees and winners are decided by attendees of the convention and a panel of judges, typically made up of fantasy authors. Winners receive a small trophy; through the 2015 awards it was a bust of H. P. Lovecraft designed by cartoonist Gahan"
"or other works related to science fiction or fantasy. The award supplanted a previous award for professional magazine. The award was first presented in 1973, and was given annually through 2006. Beginning in 2007, the award was split into two categories, that of Best Editor (Short Form) and Best Editor (Long Form). The Short Form award is for editors of anthologies, collections or magazines, while the Long Form award is for editors of novels. In addition to the regular Hugo awards, beginning in 1996 Retrospective Hugo Awards, or ""Retro Hugos"", have been available to be awarded for years 50, 75,"
"date of the ceremony, rather than when the story was first published. Entries with a blue background have won the award; those with a white background are the other nominated works. * Winners and joint winners Hugo Award for Best Series The Hugo Awards are given every year by the World Science Fiction Society for the best science fiction or fantasy works and achievements of the previous year. The award is named after Hugo Gernsback, the founder of the pioneering science fiction magazine ""Amazing Stories"", and was once officially known as the Science Fiction Achievement Award. It has been described"
"the ceremony, rather than when the novella was first published. Each year links to the corresponding ""year in literature"". Entries with a blue background and an asterisk (*) next to the writer's name have won the award; those with a white background are the other nominees on the shortlist. * Winners and joint winners Nebula Award for Best Novella The Nebula Award for Best Novella is given each year by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA) for science fiction or fantasy novellas. A work of fiction is defined by the organization as a novella if it is"
"""After"", ""The Dark"", ""The Doll Collection"", etc. His fiction has been translated into over fifteen languages and published around the world. His stories and novels have been nominated multiple times for the World Fantasy Award, the Hugo Award, the Nebula Award, the Theodore Sturgeon Award, the International Horror Guild Award, the Fountain Award, Shirley Jackson Award, the Edgar Allan Poe Award, the Bram Stoker Award, the Locus Award, the Seiun Award, the Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire, the Nowa Fantastyka Award, and the Hayakawa Award. World Fantasy Award Winners Nebula Award for Best Novelette Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire for best translated"
"the Nebula Awards have changed several times during the awards' history, most recently in 2010. The SFWA Nebula Conference, at which the awards are announced and presented, is held each spring in the United States. Locations vary from year to year. The Nebula Awards are one of the best known and most prestigious science fiction and fantasy awards and have been called ""the most important of the American science fiction awards"". Winning works have been published in special collections, and winners and nominees are often noted as such on the books' cover. SFWA identifies the awards by the year of"
"(which cover both fantasy and science fiction). In 2010 multiple winner George R. R. Martin described winning the Hugo, Nebula, and ""the prestigious World Fantasy Award"" as the ""triple crown"". Others have also noted the award's prestige in the field, such as Tachyon Publications and 2014 Best Anthology winner Gardner Dozois. Stephen Jones of the ""Best New Horror"" series has said that winning the anthology award for their first volume in 1991 helped ""establish the series among readers and some publishers"" in multiple countries. Winners such as Nnedi Okorafor—Best Novel in 2011—have described the award as ""one of my greatest"
"married in 1987. They live in the San Francisco Bay Area. Before the age of 30, Silverberg was independently wealthy through his investments and once owned the former mansion of New York City Mayor Fiorello La Guardia. Hugo Award Locus Award Nebula Award Robert Silverberg Robert Silverberg (born January 15, 1935) is an American author and editor, best known for writing science fiction. He is a multiple winner of both Hugo and Nebula Awards, a member of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame, and a Grand Master of SF. He has attended every Hugo Awards ceremony since the"
"are also eligible provided they are released on either a website or in an electronic edition. The Nebula Award for Best Short Story has been awarded annually since 1966. The award has been described as one of ""the most important of the American science fiction awards"" and ""the science-fiction and fantasy equivalent"" of the Emmy Awards. Nebula Award nominees and winners are chosen by members of the SFWA, though the authors of the nominees do not need to be a member. Works are nominated each year between November 15 and February 15 by published authors who are members of the"
"Beside the Nebulas, several other awards and honors are presented at the Nebula Awards ceremony, though not necessarily every year. Two of them are annual literary awards voted by SFWA members on the Nebula ballot: the Andre Norton Award for Outstanding Young Adult Science Fiction or Fantasy Book, inaugurated 2006, and the Ray Bradbury Award for Outstanding Dramatic Presentation, which replaced the Best Script award in 2010. The others are the Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master Award since 1975 for ""lifetime achievement in science fiction and/or fantasy"", the Author Emeritus since 1995 for contributions to the field, the Kevin O'Donnell,"
"science fiction or fantasy released in the previous calendar year. The Professional Artist award has been given annually under several names since 1955, with the exception of 1957. The inaugural 1953 Hugo awards recognized ""Best Interior Illustrator"" and ""Best Cover Artist"" categories, awarded to Virgil Finlay and a tie between Hannes Bok and Ed Emshwiller, respectively. The Best Professional Artist award was simply named ""Best Artist"" in 1955 and 1956, was not awarded in 1957, and was named ""Outstanding Artist"" in 1958, finally changing to its current name the following year. Beginning in 1996 Retrospective Hugo Awards, or ""Retro Hugos"","
"has been awarded annually since 1955, except in 1957. The award was titled ""Best Short Fiction"" rather than ""Best Short Story"" in 1960–1966. During this time no Novelette category was awarded and the Novella category had not yet been established; the award was defined only as a work ""of less than novel length"" that was not published as a stand-alone book. In addition to the regular Hugo awards, beginning in 1996 Retrospective Hugo Awards, or ""Retro Hugos"", have been available to be awarded for 50, 75, or 100 years prior. Retro Hugos may only be awarded for years in which"
"Hugo Award for Best Graphic Story The Hugo Awards are given every year by the World Science Fiction Society for the best science fiction or fantasy works and achievements of the previous year. The award is named after Hugo Gernsback, the founder of the pioneering science fiction magazine ""Amazing Stories"", and was once officially known as the Science Fiction Achievement Award. It has been described as ""a fine showcase for speculative fiction"" and ""the best known literary award for science fiction writing"". The Hugo Award for Best Graphic Story is given each year for science fiction or fantasy stories told"
"Hugos have been awarded five times, for 1939, 1941, 1943, 1946, 1951, and 1954. The 1939, 1941, and 1943 Retro Hugos were awarded 75 years later, the other three were given 50 years later. In 1946, 1951, and 1954 the award was given for Best Professional Editor, as the category had not been split, while for the others it was given for Short Form only, as Long Form did not have enough responses to make a ballot. Hugo Award for Best Professional Editor The Hugo Awards are given every year by the World Science Fiction Society for the best science"
"have been available to be awarded for years 50, 75, or 100 years prior in which no awards were given. To date, Retro Hugo awards have been awarded for 1939, 1941, 1943, 1946, 1951, and 1954, and in each case an award for professional artist was given. Hugo Award nominees and winners are chosen by supporting or attending members of the annual World Science Fiction Convention, or Worldcon, and the presentation evening constitutes its central event. The selection process is defined in the World Science Fiction Society Constitution as instant-runoff voting with six nominees, except in the case of a"
"2007 Nebula Awards. Her fiction has also appeared in ""Talebones Magazine"", ""Strange Horizons"", and ""Apex Digest"", among other venues. Her debut novel ""Shades of Milk and Honey"" was nominated for the 2010 Nebula Award for Best Novel. Two of her short fiction works have been nominated for the Hugo Award for Best Short Story: ""Evil Robot Monkey"" in 2009 and ""For Want of a Nail,"" which won the award in 2011. Her novelette, ""The Lady Astronaut of Mars"" was ineligible for the 2013 Hugo Awards because it had only been released as part of an audiobook, but was later published"