The Nebula 2010 nominees

Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America has announcd the nominees for the 2010 Nebula Awards.

The Nebula Awards are voted on, and presented by, active members of SFWA. The awards will be announced at the Nebula Awards Banquet on Saturday evening, May 21, 2011 in the Washington Hilton, in Washington, D.C.. Other awards to be presented are the Andre Norton Award for Excellence in Science Fiction or Fantasy for Young Adults, the Ray Bradbury Award for Outstanding Dramatic Presentation and the Solstice Award for outstanding contribution to the field.

Short Story

• "Arvies, Adam-Troy Castro (Lightspeed Magazine)
• "How Interesting: A Tiny Man", Harlan Ellison (Realms of Fantasy)
• "Ponies", Kij Johnson (Tor.com)
• "I’m Alive, I Love You, I’ll See You in Reno", Vylar Kaftan (Lightspeed Magazine)
• "The Green Book", Amal El-Mohtar (Apex Magazine)
• "Ghosts of New York", Jennifer Pelland (Dark Faith)
• "Conditional Love", Felicity Shoulders (Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine)

Novelette

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

Novella

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

Novel

• "The Native Star", M.K. Hobson
• "The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms", N.K. Jemisin
• "Shades of Milk and Honey", Mary Robinette Kowal
• "Echo", Jack McDevitt
• "Who Fears Death", Nnedi Okorafor
• "Blackout/All Clear", Connie Willis

The Ray Bradbury Award for Outstanding Dramatic Presentation

• "Despicable Me", Pierre Coffin & Chris Renaud (directors), Ken Daurio & Cinco Paul (screenplay), Sergio Pablos (story)
• Doctor Who: "Vincent and the Doctor", Richard Curtis (writer), Jonny Campbell (director)
• "How to Train Your Dragon", Dean DeBlois & Chris Sanders (directors), William Davies, Dean DeBlois, & Chris Sanders (screenplay)
• Inception, Christopher Nolan (director), Christopher Nolan (screenplay)
• Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, Edgar Wright (director), Michael Bacall & Edgar Wright (screenplay)
• Toy Story 3, Lee Unkrich (director), Michael Arndt (screenplay), John Lasseter, Andrew Stanton, & Lee Unkrich (story)

Andre Norton Award for Young Adult Science Fiction and Fantasy

• Ship Breaker, Paolo Bacigalupi
• White Cat, Holly Black
• Mockingjay, Suzanne Collins
• Hereville: How Mirka Got Her Sword, Barry Deutsch
• The Boy from Ilysies, Pearl North
• I Shall Wear Midnight, Terry Pratchett
• A Conspiracy of Kings, Megan Whalen Turner
• Behemoth, Scott Westerfeld

The Nebula Awards Weekend will be held Thursday, May 19th to Sunday, May 22nd 2011 at the Washington Hilton hotel in Washington D.C.

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