Nebula Award Nominees Announced

Today the Science Fiction Writers Association announced the finalists for the Nebula Awards, honoring the best writing efforts of 2007. The Nebula Awards Weekend takes place April 25-27 in Austin, TX.  J.K. Rowling of Harry Potter fame is up for the Andre Norton Award honoring sci-fi and fantasy written for young adults. A full list of nominees follows after the split.

Novels

Ragamuffin, by Tobias Buckell
(Tor, Jun07)

The Yiddish Policeman’s Union, by Michael Chabon
(HarperCollins, May07)

The Accidental Time Machine, by Joe Haldeman
(Ace, Aug07)

The New Moon’s Arms, by Nalo Hopkinson
(Warner Books, Feb07)

Odyssey by Jack McDevitt
(Ace, Nov06)

Novellas

“Awakening,” by Judith Berman
(Black Gate 10, Spr07)

“The Helper and His Hero,” by Matt Hughes
(F&SF, Mar07 (Feb07 & Mar07))

“Fountain of Age,” by Nancy Kress
(Asimov’s, Jul07)

“Stars Seen Through Stone” by Lucius Shepard
(F&SF, Jul07)

“Kiosk,” by Bruce Sterling
(F&SF, Jan07)

“Memorare,” by Gene Wolfe
(F&SF, Apr07)

Novelettes

“The Children’s Crusade,” by Robin Wayne Bailey
(Heroes in Training, Martin H. Greenberg and Jim C. Hines, Ed., DAW, Sep07)

“Child, Maiden, Woman, Crone,” by Terry Bramlett
(Jim Baen’s Universe 7, June 2007)

“The Merchant and the Alchemist’s Gate,” by Ted Chiang
(F&SF, Sep07)

“The Evolution of Trickster Stories Among the Dogs Of North Park After the Change,” by Kij Johnson  (Coyote Road, Trickster Tales, Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling, Ed., Viking Juvenile, Jul07)

“Safeguard,” by Nancy Kress
(Asimov’s, Jan07)

“Pol Pot’s Beautiful Daughter,” by Geoff Ryman
(F&SF, Nov06)

“The Fiddler of Bayou Teche,” by Delia Sherman (Coyote Road, Trickster Tales, Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling, Ed., Viking Juvenile, Jul07)

Short Stories

“Unique Chicken Goes In Reverse,” by Andy Duncan (Eclipse 1: New Science Fiction And Fantasy, Jonathan Strahan, Ed., Night Shade Books, Oct07)

“Always,” by Karen Joy Fowler
(Asimov’s, May07 (Apr/May07 issue))

“Titanium Mike Saves the Day,” by David D. Levine
(F&SF, Apr07)

“The Story of Love,” by Vera Nazarian
(Salt of the Air, Prime Books, Sep06)

“Captive Girl,” by Jennifer Pelland
(Helix: A Speculative Fiction Quarterly, WS & LWE, Ed., Oct06 (Fall06 issue — #2))

“Pride,” by Mary Turzillo
(Fast Forward 1, Pyr, Feb07)

Scripts

Children of Men, by Alfonso Cuaron, Timothy J. Sexton, David Arata, Mark Fergus, and Hawk Ostby
(Universal Studios, Dec06)

Pan’s Labyrinth, by Guillermo del Toro
(Time/Warner, Jan07)

Blink, by Steven Moffat (Doctor Who, BBC/The Sci-Fi Channel, Sep07 (Aired on SciFi Channel 14 Sep07))

The Prestige, by Christopher Nolan and Jonathan Nolan
(Newmarket Films, Oct06 (Oct 20, 2006 — based on the novel by Christopher Priest))

V for Vendetta, by Larry Wachowski and Andy Wachowski
(Warner Films, Mar06 (released 3/17/2006 — Written by the Wachowski Brothers, based on the graphic novel illustrated by David Lloyd and published by Vertigo/DC Comics))

World Enough and Time, by Marc Scott Zicree and Michael Reaves (Star Trek: New Voyages, http://www.startreknewvoyages.com, Aug07 (Aired 8/23/07))

Andre Norton Award

Vintage: A Ghost Story, by Steve Berman
(Haworth Positronic Press, Mar07)

Into the Wild, by Sarah Beth Durst
(Penguin Razorbill, Jun07)

The Shadow Speaker, by Nnedi Okorafor-Mbachu
(Jump At The Sun, Sep07)

The True Meaning of Smek Day, by Adam Rex
(Hyperion, Oct07)

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, by J.K. Rowling
(Scholastic Press, Jul07)

Flora Segunda: Being the Magickal Mishaps of a Girl of Spirit, Her Glass-Gazing Sidekick, Two Ominous Butlers (One Blue), a House with Eleven Thousand Rooms, and a Red Dog, by Ysabeau S. Wilce
(Harcourt, Jan07)

The Lion Hunter, by Elizabeth Wein
(Viking Juvenile, Jun07 (The Mark of Solomon, Book 1))