Nebula Awards 1966 - 1986

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Nebula Awards 1987 - Present

The first twenty years of the Nebula Awards served to acknowledge the genre's Golden Age of Science Fiction and introduce new writers, who would extend science fiction and fantasy even further.

Unique in that short-story and novella writers were also recognized, the early awards were made to the masters of the genre's universe like Samuel Delany (4 awards), Brian Alidss and Harlan Ellison (3 awards each), Anne McCaffey, Isaac Asimov and Robert Silverberg.

As the 1980s dawned, serial fantasy authors like Orson Scott Card and George R.R. Martin joined cyberpunk godfather William Gibson.

Year
Category
Title
Author
       
1986
Novel Ender's Game Orson Scott Card
Novella Sailing to Byzantium Robert Silverberg
Novellette Portraits of His Children George R.R. Martin
Short Story Out of All Them Bright Stars Nancy Kress
1985
Novel Neuromancer William Gibson
Novella Press Enter [] John Varley
Novellette Bloodchild Octavia Butler
Short Story Morning Child Gardner Dozois
1984
Novel Starside Rising David Brin
Novella Hardfought Greg Bear
Novellette Blood Music Greg Bear
Short Story The Peacemaker Gardner Dozois
1983
Novel No Enemy But Time Michael Bishop
Novella Another Orphan John Kessel
Novellette Fire Watch Connie Willis
Short Story A Letter from the Clearys Connie Willis
1982
Novel The Claw of the Concilitator Gene Wolfe
Novella The Saturn Game Poul Anderson
Novellette The Quickening Michael Bishop
Short Story The Bone Flute Lisa Tuttle
1981
Novel Timescape Gregory Benford
Novella Unicorn Tapestry Suzy Charnas
Novellette The Ugly Chickens Howard Waldrop
Short Story Grotto of the Dancing Deer Clifford Simak
1980
Novel The Fountains of Paradise Arthur C. Clarke
Novella Enemy Mine Barry Longyear
Novellette Sandkings George R.R. Martin
Short Story giANTS Edward Bryant
1979
Novel Dreamsnake Vonda McIntyre
Novella The Persistence of Vision John Varley
Novellette A Glow of Candles Charles Grant
Short Story Stone Edward Bryant
1978
Novel Gateway Frederik Pohl
Novella Stardance Spider Robinson
Novellette Jeffty is Five Harlan Ellison
Special Star Wars
1977
Novel Man Plus Frederik Pohl
Novella Houston, Houston James Tiptree Jr.
Novellette The Bicentennial Man Isaac Asimov
Short Story A Crowd of Shadows Charles Grant
1976
Novel The Forever War Joe Haldeman
Novella Home is the Hangman Roger Zelazny
Novellette San Diego Lightfoot Sue Tom Reamy
Short Story Catch that Zeppelin Fritz Leiber
Dramatic Young Frankenstein Mel Brooks
1975
Novel The Disposessessed Ursula K. Le Guin
Novella Born with the Dead Robert Silverberg
Novellette If the Stars Are God Gregory Benford
Short Story The Day Before the Revolution Ursula K. Le Guin
Dramatic Sleeper Woody Allen
1974
Novel Rendezvous with Rama Arthur C. Clarke
Novella The Death of Doctor Island Gene Wolfe
Novellette Of Mist, Of Grass and Sand Vonda McIntyre
Short Story Love is the Plan James Tiptree Jr.
Dramatic Soylent Green Stanley Greenberg
1973
Novel The Gods Themselves Isaac Asimov
Novella A Meeting with Medusa Arthur C. Clarke
Novellette Goat Song Poul Anderson
Short Story When It Changed
1972
Novel A Time of Changes Robert Silverberg
Novella The Missing Man Katherine MacLean
Novellette The Queen of Air and Darkness Poul Anderson
Short Story Good News from the Vatican Robert Silverberg
1971
Novel Ringworld Larry Niven
Novella Il Met in Lankhmar Fritz Leiber
Novellette Slow Sculpture Theodore Sturgeon
1970
Novel The Left Hand of Darkness Ursula K. Le Guin
Novella A Boy and His Dog Harlan Ellison
Novellette Time Considered Samuel Delany
Short Story Passengers Robert Silverberg
1969
Novel Rite of Passage Alexi Panshin
Novella Dragonrider Anne McCaffrey
Novellette Mother to the World Richard Wilson
Short Story The Planners Kate Wilhelm
1968
Novel The Einstein Intersection Samuel Delany
Novella Behold the Man Michael Moorcock
Novellette Gonna Roll The Bones Fritz Leiber
Short Story Aye and Gomorrah Samuel Delany
1967
Novel Babel-17 Samuel Delany
Novel Flowers for Algernon Daniel Keyes
Novella The Last Castle Jack Vance
Novellette Call Him Lord Gordon Dickson
Short Story The Secret Place Richard McKenna
1966
Novel Dune Frank Herbert
Novella The Saliva Tree Brian Aldiss
Novellette He Who Shapes Roger Zelazny
Short Story Repent, Harlequin… Harlan Ellison