La Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Association (SFWA) ha annunciato i finalisti della 59a edizione dei NEBULA AWARDS
I vincitori saranno proclamati durante la cerimonia di sabato 8 giugno, che sarà trasmessa in diretta streaming e che si terrà in presenza a Pasadena, in California, nell'ambito della Nebula Conference Online 2024.
I vincitori di ogni categoria saranno determinati dal voto dei membri Full, Associate e Senior di SFWA.

Ecco l'elenco completo dei finalisti:

NEBULA AWARD FOR NOVEL

• - The Saint of Bright Doors, Vajra Chandrasekera (Tordotcom)
• - The Water Outlaws, S.L. Huang (Tordotcom; Solaris UK)
• - Translation State, Ann Leckie (Orbit US; Orbit UK)
• - The Terraformers, Annalee Newitz (Tor; Orbit UK)
• - Shigidi and the Brass Head of Obalufon, Wole Talabi (DAW, Gollancz)
• - Witch King, Martha Wells (Tordotcom)

NEBULA AWARD FOR NOVELLA

• - The Crane Husband, Kelly Barnhill (Tordotcom)
• - “Linghun”, Ai Jiang (Dark Matter Ink)
• - Thornhedge, T. Kingfisher (Tor; Titan UK)
• - Untethered Sky, Fonda Lee (Tordotcom)
• - The Mimicking of Known Successes, Malka Older (Tordotcom)
• - Mammoths at the Gates, Nghi Vo (Tordotcom)

NEBULA AWARD FOR NOVELETTE

• - “A Short Biography of a Conscious Chair”, Renan Bernardo (Samovar 2/23)
• - I Am AI, Ai Jiang (Shortwave)
• - “The Year Without Sunshine”, Naomi Kritzer (Uncanny 11-12/23)
• - “Imagine: Purple-Haired Girl Shooting Down The Moon”, Angela Liu (Clarkesworld 6/23)
• - “Saturday’s Song”, Wole Talabi (Lightspeed 5/23)
• - “Six Versions of My Brother Found Under the Bridge”, Eugenia Triantafyllou (Uncanny 9-10/23)

NEBULA AWARD FOR SHORT STORY

• - “Once Upon a Time at The Oakmont”, P.A. Cornell (Fantasy 10/23)
• - “Tantie Merle and the Farmhand 4200”, R.S.A Garcia (Uncanny 7-8/23)
• - “Window Boy”, Thomas Ha (Clarkesworld 8/23)
• - “The Sound of Children Screaming”, Rachael K. Jones (Nightmare 10/23)
• - “Better Living Through Algorithms”, Naomi Kritzer (Clarkesworld 5/23)
• - “Bad Doors”, John Wiswell (Uncanny 1-2/23)

ANDRE NORTON NEBULA AWARD FOR MIDDLE GRADE AND YOUNG ADULT FICTION

• - To Shape a Dragon’s Breath, Moniquill Blackgoose (Del Rey)
• - The Inn at the Amethyst Lantern, J. Dianne Dotson (Android)
• - Liberty’s Daughter, Naomi Kritzer (Fairwood)
• - The Ghost Job, Greg van Eekhout (Harper)

NEBULA AWARD FOR GAME WRITING

• - The Bread Must Rise, Stewart C Baker, James Beamon (Choice of Games)
• - Alan Wake II, Sam Lake, Clay Murphy, Tyler Burton Smith, Sinikka Annala (Remedy Entertainment, Epic Games Publishing)
• - Ninefox Gambit: Machineries of Empire Roleplaying Game, Yoon Ha Lee, Marie Brennan(Android)
• - Dredge, Joel Mason (Black Salt Games, Team 17)
• - Chants of Sennaar, Julien Moya, Thomas Panuel (Rundisc, Focus Entertainment)
• - Baldur’s Gate 3, Adam Smith, Adrienne Law, Baudelaire Welch, Chrystal Ding, Ella McConnell, Ine Van Hamme, Jan Van Dosselaer, John Corcoran, Kevin VanOrd, Lawrence Schick, Martin Docherty, Rachel Quirke, Ruairí Moore, Sarah Baylus, Stephen Rooney, Swen Vincke (Larian Studios)

RAY BRADBURY NEBULA AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING DRAMATIC PRESENTATION

• - Nimona, Robert L. Baird, Lloyd Taylor, Pamela Ribon, Marc Haimes, Nick Bruno, Troy Quane, Keith Bunin, Nate Stevenson (Annapurna Animation, Annapurna Pictures)
• - The Last of Us: “Long, Long Time”, Neil Druckmann and Craig Mazin (HBOMax)
• - Barbie, Greta Gerwig, Noah Baumbach (Warner Bros., Heyday Films, LuckyChap Entertainment)
• - Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves, Jonathan Goldstein, John Francis Daley, Michael Gilio, Chris McKay (Paramount Pictures, Entertainment One, Allspark Pictures)
• - Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, Phil Lord, Christopher Miller, Dave Callaham (Columbia Pictures, Marvel Entertainment, Avi Arad Productions)
• - The Boy and the Heron, Hayao Miyazaki (Studio Ghibli, Toho Company)

La scrittrice Martha Wells ha gentilmente rifiutato la nomination a finalista per questa edizione con il romanzo "System Collapse" pubblicato da Tordotcom.
Nel 2022, Wells respinse la candidatura per una novella, poiché riteneva che la serie Murderbot Diaries avesse già ricevuto straordinari elogi dai colleghi del settore e preferendo lasciare spazio ad altre opere meritevoli.