FINALISTS: 2009 Nebula Awards

[2/19 UPDATE: Added story links from Torque Control and Adventures in Reading]

[2/27 UPDATE: Added story links from Adventures in Reading]

[3/1 UPDATE: Added audio links to some stories, via Asimov’s]

The Science Fiction Writers of America announced the 2009 Nebula Awards Final Ballot:

Novel

• The Windup Girl, Paolo Bacigalupi (Nightshade, Sep09) [See SF Signal review]
• The Love We Share Without Knowing, Christopher Barzak (Bantam, Nov08) [See SF Signal review]
• Flesh and Fire, Laura Anne Gilman (Pocket, Oct09)
• The City & The City, China Miéville (Del Rey, May09)
• Boneshaker, Cherie Priest (Tor, Sep09) [See SF Signal review]
• Finch, Jeff VanderMeer (Underland Press, Oct09) [See SF Signal review]

Short Story

• “Hooves and the Hovel of Abdel Jameela,” Saladin Ahmed (Clockwork Phoenix 2, Norilana Press, Jul09)
• “I Remember the Future,” Michael A. Burstein (I Remember the Future, Apex Press, Nov08)
• “Non-Zero Probabilities,” N. K. Jemisin (Clarkesworld, Nov09, also in audio format)
• “Spar,” Kij Johnson (Clarkesworld, Oct09, also in audio format)
• “Going Deep,” James Patrick Kelly (Asimov’s Science Fiction, Jun09, Alternate link, plus audio)
• “Bridesicle,” Will McIntosh (Asimov’s Science Fiction, Jan09. Also an audio version)

Novelette

• “The Gambler,” Paolo Bacigalupi (Fast Forward 2, Pyr Books, Oct08) [See SF Signal review]
• “Vinegar Peace, or the Wrong-Way Used-Adult Orphanage,” Michael Bishop (Asimov’s Science Fiction, Jul08, also in audio)
• “I Needs Must Part, The Policeman Said,” Richard Bowes (The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, Dec09)
• “Sinner, Baker, Fabulist, Priest; Red Mask, Black Mask, Gentleman, Beast,” Eugie Foster (Interzone, Feb09) (audio version)
• “Divining Light,” Ted Kosmatka (Asimov’s Science Fiction, Aug08, also in audio)
• “A Memory of Wind,” Rachel Swirsky (Tor.com, Nov09)

Novella

• The Women of Nell Gwynne’s, Kage Baker (Subterranean Press, Jun09) [See SF Signal review]
• “Arkfall,” Carolyn Ives Gilman (The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, Sep09)
• “Act One,” Nancy Kress (Asimov’s Science Fiction, Mar09)
• Shambling Towards Hiroshima, James Morrow (Tachyon, Feb09) [See SF Signal review]
• “Sublimation Angels,” Jason Sanford (Interzone, Oct09) [See SF Signal review]
• The God Engines, John Scalzi ( Subterranean Press, Dec09)

Bradbury Award

• Star Trek, JJ Abrams (Paramount, May09)
• District 9, Neill Blomkamp and Terri Tatchell (Tri-Star, Aug09)
• Avatar, James Cameron (Fox, Dec 09) [See SF Signal review]
• Moon, Duncan Jones and Nathan Parker (Sony, Jun09)
• Up, Bob Peterson and Pete Docter (Disney/Pixar, May09)
• Coraline, Henry Selick (Laika/Focus Feb09)

Andre Norton Award for Young Adult Science Fiction and Fantasy

• Hotel Under the Sand, Kage Baker (Tachyon, Jul09) [See SF Signal review]
• Ice, Sarah Beth Durst (Simon and Schuster, Oct09)
• Ash, Malinda Lo (Little, Brown and Company, Sep09)
• Eyes Like Stars, Lisa Mantchev (Feiwel and Friends, Jul09)
• Zoe’s Tale, John Scalzi (Tor Aug08) [See SF Signal review]
• When You Reach Me, Rebecca Stead (Wendy Lamb Books, 2009)
• The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland In A Ship Of Her Own Making, Catherynne M. Valente (Catherynne M. Valente, Jun09)
• Leviathan, Scott Westerfeld (Simon, Oct09)

Congratulations to all the nominees!

See also: Past winners