The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA) announced the final ballot for this year’s Nebula Awards. The ballot is made up of the top vote-getters from the preliminary ballot (which in turn was a list of all the stories garnering at least 10 recommendations from active members by the end of last year). The final ballot is currently being sent to all active members, who will vote for the winners. The winners will be announced at the Nebula Awards weekend, this year being held in New York City 11-13 May. More information is available on SFWA’s web site.
The entries on the final ballot are:
Novels:
* From the Files of the Time Rangers by Richard Bowes (published by Golden Gryphon)
* The Girl in the Glass by Jeffrey Ford (Dark Alley)
* The Privilege of the Sword by Ellen Kushner (published by Bantam Spectra)
* To Crush the Moon by Wil McCarthy (Bantam Spectra)
* Seeker by Jack McDevitt (Ace)
* Farthing by Jo Walton (Tor)
Novellas [only four novellas appeared on the preliminary ballot]:
* “Sanctuary” by Michael A. Burstein (published in Analog Science Fiction and Fact, September 2005)
* Burn by James Patrick Kelly (Tachyon Publications)
* “The Walls of the Universe” by Paul Melko (Asimov’s Science Fiction, April/May 2006)
* “Inclination” by William Shunn (Asimov’s, April/May 2006)
Novelettes:
* “The Language of Moths” by Chris Barzak (Realms of Fantasy, April 2005)
* “Two Hearts” by Peter S. Beagle (The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, October/November 2005)
* “Little Faces” by Vonda N. McIntyre (SciFiction, 23 February 2005)
* “Journey into the Kingdom” by M. Rickert (F&SF, May 2006)
* “Walpurgis Afternoon” by Delia Sherman (F&SF, December 2005)
Short Stories:
* “Helen Remembers the Stork Club” by Esther M. Friesner (F&SF, November 2005)
* “Pip and the Fairies” by Theodora Goss (Strange Horizons, 3 October 2005)
* “Echo” by Elizabeth Hand (F&SF, October/November 2005)
* “Henry James, This One’s For You” by Jack McDevitt (Subterranean #2, November 2005)
* “The Woman in Schrodinger’s Wave Equations” by Eugene Mirabelli (F&SF, August 2005)
* “An End To All Things” by Karina Sumner-Smith (Children of Magic, DAW)
Scripts:
* Howl’s Moving Castle by Hayao Miyazaki, Cindy Davis Hewitt, and Donald H. Hewitt (Studio Ghibli and Walt Disney Pictures; based on the novel by Diana Wynne Jones)
* “The Girl in the Fireplace” by Steven Moffat (Doctor Who, BBC/The Sci-Fi Channel, October 2006
* Batman Begins by Christopher Nolan and David S. Goyer (Warner Bros.)
* “Unfinished Business” by Michael Taylor (Battlestar Galactica, December 2006)
Andre Norton Award for Young Adult Science Fiction and Fantasy [the nominated stories are placed on the ballot by a jury; the members vote for the award from among these]:
* Devilish by Maureen Johnson (Penguin Razorbill)
* Magic or Madness by Justine Larbalestier (Penguin Razorbill)
* Life As We Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer (Harcourt)
* The King of Attolia by Megan Whalen Turner (HarperCollins/Greenwillow Books)
* Midnighters #2: Touching Darkness by Scott Westerfeld (Eos)
* Peeps by Scott Westerfeld (Penguin Razorbill)