The Nebula Awards ceremony is going on right now. Update this page for the latest (we’ll keep reposting the page as we hear more). When the ceremony is over, we’ll remove this introductory paragraph.
It is now 1:25AM EDT. Here are the winners. The awards have been handed out, the winners are being congratulated, and the losers are being consoled. SFScope bids you a good night.
The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA) announced the winners of their annual Nebula Awards tonight in Los Angeles, California. The ceremonies was toastmastered by Janis Ian. The winners are:
Best Novel (presented by Joe Haldeman): Powers by Ursula K. Le Guin (Harcourt, September 2007)
Best Novella (presented by Mary Robinette Kowal): “The Spacetime Pool” by Catherine Asaro (Analog Science Fiction and Fact, March 2008)
Best Novelette (presented by David Gerrold): “Pride and Prometheus” by John Kessel (The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, January 2008)
Best Short Story (presented by M.J. Engh): “Trophy Wives” by Nina Kiriki Hoffman (Fellowship Fantastic, edited by Martin H. Greenberg and Kerrie Hughes, DAW Books, January 2008)
Best Script (presented by Wil Wheaton): WALL-E by Andrew Stanton & Jim Reardon. Original story by Andrew Stanton & Pete Docter (Pixar, June 2008)
Andre Norton Award for Young Adult Science Fiction and Fantasy (presented by Karen Anderson): Flora’s Dare: How a Girl of Spirit Gambles All to Expand Her Vocabulary, Confront a Bouncing Boy Terror, and Try to Save Califa from a Shaky Doom (Despite Being Confined to Her Room) by Ysabeau S. Wilce (Harcourt, September 2008)
The final ballot, from which the winners were chosen, appeared in this article.
Other, non-Nebula awards, previously announced but awarded tonight, include:
Grand Master: Harry Harrison (see this article)
Author Emerita: M.J. Engh (see this article)
SFWA Service Award: Victoria Strauss (see this article)
Solstice Award: Algis J. Budrys, Martin H. Greenberg, and Kate Wilhelm (see this article)
Bradbury Award: Joss Whedon (see this article. His acceptance speech is on YouTube.)