FINALISTS: 2010 Nebula Awards [with Free Fiction Links!]

The Science Fiction Writers of America announced the 2010 Nebula Awards Final Ballot:

Novel

• The Native Star by M.K. Hobson (Spectra)
• The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms by N.K. Jemisin (Orbit UK; Orbit US) [See SF Signal review]
• Shades of Milk and Honey by Mary Robinette Kowal (Tor) [See SF Signal review]
• Echo by Jack McDevitt (Ace)
• Who Fears Death by Nnedi Okorafor (DAW) [See SF Signal review]
• Blackout/All Clear by Connie Willis (Spectra)

Short Story

• “Arvies” by Adam-Troy Castro (Lightspeed Magazine 8/10)
• “How Interesting: A Tiny Man” by Harlan Ellison (Realms of Fantasy 2/10)
• “Ponies” by Kij Johnson (Tor.com 1/17/10)
• “I’m Alive, I Love You, I’ll See You in Reno” by Vylar Kaftan (Lightspeed Magazine 6/10)
• “The Green Book” by Amal El-Mohtar (Apex Magazine 11/1/10)
• “Ghosts of New York” by Jennifer Pelland (Dark Faith) [See SF Signal review]
• “Conditional Love” by Felicity Shoulders (Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine 1/10, also in audio)

Novelette

• “Map of Seventeen” by Christopher Barzak (The Beastly Bride)
• “The Jaguar House, in Shadow” by Aliette de Bodard (Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine 7/10)
• “The Fortuitous Meeting of Gerard van Oost and Oludara” by Christopher Kastensmidt (Realms of Fantasy 4/10)
• “Plus or Minus” by James Patrick Kelly (Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine 12/10)
• “Pishaach” by Shweta Narayan (The Beastly Bride)
• “That Leviathan, Whom Thou Hast Made” by Eric James Stone (Analog Science Fiction and Fact 9/10)
• “Stone Wall Truth” by Caroline M. Yoachim (Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine 2/10)

Novella

• The Alchemist by Paolo Bacigalupi (Audible; Subterranean)
• “Iron Shoes” by J. Kathleen Cheney (Alembical 2)
• The Lifecycle of Software Objects by Ted Chiang (Subterranean)
• “The Sultan of the Clouds” by Geoffrey A. Landis (Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine 9/10)
• “Ghosts Doing the Orange Dance” by Paul Park (The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction 1-2/10)
• “The Lady Who Plucked Red Flowers beneath the Queen’s Window” by Rachel Swirsky (Subterranean Magazine Summer ’10)

The Ray Bradbury Award for Outstanding Dramatic Presentation

• Despicable Me, Pierre Coffin & Chris Renaud (directors), Ken Daurio & Cinco Paul (screenplay), Sergio Pablos (story) (Illumination Entertainment)
• Doctor Who: “Vincent and the Doctor” by Richard Curtis (writer), Jonny Campbell (director)
• How to Train Your Dragon, Dean DeBlois & Chris Sanders (directors), William Davies, Dean DeBlois, & Chris Sanders (screenplay) (DreamWorks Animation)
• Inception, Christopher Nolan (director), Christopher Nolan (screenplay) (Warner)
• Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, Edgar Wright (director), Michael Bacall & Edgar Wright (screenplay) (Universal) [See SF Signal review]
• Toy Story 3, Lee Unkrich (director), Michael Arndt (screenplay), John Lasseter, Andrew Stanton, & Lee Unkrich (story) (Pixar/Disney) [See SF Signal review]

Andre Norton Award for Young Adult Science Fiction and Fantasy

• Ship Breaker by Paolo Bacigalupi (Little, Brown) [See SF Signal review]
• White Cat by Holly Black (McElderry)
• Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins (Scholastic Press; Scholastic UK)
• Hereville: How Mirka Got Her Sword by Barry Deutsch (Amulet)
• The Boy from Ilysies by Pearl North (Tor Teen)
• I Shall Wear Midnight by Terry Pratchett (Gollancz; Harper)
• A Conspiracy of Kings by Megan Whalen Turner (Greenwillow)
• Behemoth by Scott Westerfeld (Simon Pulse; Simon & Schuster UK)

The awards will be announced at the Nebula Awards Banquet on Saturday evening, May 21, 2011 in the Washington Hilton, in Washington, D.C.

Congratulations to all the nominees!

See also: Past winners