Celebrating Excellence in the 2025 Publishing Year
This June, SFWA will be journeying to Chicago to celebrate the achievements of many writers in person and online. Every year, there is a touch of confusion about whether these awards are “for” 2026 or 2025, and media outlets have a fun time with the names and numbers of our special prizes. We have many Damon Knight Memorial Award Grand Masters, for instance, but not nearly as many Grand Masters as Nebula Awards Ceremonies! N. K. Jemisin is our 42nd Grand Master.
This year will be our 61st Anniversary Nebula Awards Ceremony, which celebrates writers in the present for work in the past that sometimes speaks to far-flung futures.
The following writers are being recognized in 2026 for achievements in 2025. They are the best of 2025, as voted on this year by SFWA Members in good standing. You may see them celebrate themselves as 2026 or 2025 finalists; both are correct in context!
Nebula Finalists for Best Novel (Writers)
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Nebula Finalists for Best Novel (Works)
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Nebula Finalists for Best Novella (Writers)
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Nebula Finalists for Best Novella (Works)
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Nebula Finalists for Best Novelette (Writers)
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Nebula Finalists for Best Novelette (Works)
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Nebula Finalists for Best Short Story (Writers)
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Nebula Finalists for Best Short Story (Works)
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Nebula Finalists for Best Comic (Writing, Writers)
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Nebula Finalists for Best Comic (Writing, Works)
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Nebula Finalists for Best Game Writing (Writers)
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Nebula Finalists for Best Game Writing (Works)
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The Andre Norton Nebula Award for Middle Grade and Young Adult Fiction (Writers)
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The Andre Norton Nebula Award for Middle Grade and Young Adult Fiction (Works)
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Finalists for the Ray Bradbury Nebula Award for Outstanding Dramatic Presentation (Writers)
*Not including finalists who have not yet fully accepted the nomination / answered the LLM question.
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Finalists for the Ray Bradbury Nebula Award for Outstanding Dramatic Presentation (Writers)
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The Nebula Award for Best Poem (Writers)
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The Nebula Award for Best Poem (Works)
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