Clare L. Deming

The Nebula Awards for 2023 were announced this past weekend. Here are the winners (paid links)!

Best Novel

The Saint of Bright Doors by Vajra Chandrasekera (Tordotcom)

Best Novella

Linghun by Ai Jiang (Dark Matter Ink)

Best Novelette

The Year Without Sunshine by Naomi Kritzer (Uncanny 11-12/23)

Best Short Story

Tantie Merle and the Farmhand 4200 by R.S.A. Garcia (Uncanny 7-8/23)

Best Game Writing

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)

The Ray Bradbury Nebula Award for Outstanding Dramatic Presentation

Barbie – Greta Gerwig, Noah Baumbach (Warner Bros., Heyday Films, LuckyChap Entertainment)

The Andre Norton Nebula Award for Middle Grade and Young Adult Fiction

To Shape a Dragon’s Breath by Moniquill Blackgoose (Del Rey)

Some additional awards and honors were also presented:

The SFWA Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master Award – Susan Mary Cooper

The SFWA Infinity Award – Tanith Lee

The Kate Wilhelm Solstice Award – Jennell Jaquays

The Kevin O’Donnell, Jr. Service to SFWA Award – James Hosek

For more information on the Nebulas and other awards in fantasy and science fiction, you can read my recent post here.

Have you read any of the books and stories that won? I’m still working through Baldur’s Gate 3 and loved the Barbie movie. Share your thoughts in the comments (above).