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From: jdnicoll@panix.com (James Nicoll)
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Subject: Nebula Finalists Announced
Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2025 09:11:58 -0400 (EDT)
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The finalists are

2024 Nebula Awards®

Best Novel

    Sleeping Worlds Have No Memory by Yaroslav Barsukov, published by 
CaezikSF & Fantasy	
    Rakesfall by Vajra Chandrasekera, published by Tordotcom	
    Asunder by Kerstin Hall, published by Tordotcom	
    A Sorceress Comes to Call by T. Kingfisher, published by Tor and Titan UK	
    The Book of Love by Kelly Link, published by Random House and Ad Astra UK	
    Someone You Can Build a Nest In by John Wiswell, published by DAW and 
Arcadia UK	

Best Novella

    The Butcher of the Forest by Premee Mohamed, published by Tordotcom	
    The Tusks of Extinction by Ray Nayler, published by Tordotcom	
    Lost Ark Dreaming by Suyi Davies Okungbowa, published by Tordotcom	
    Countess by Suzan Palumbo, published by ECW	
    The Practice, the Horizon, and the Chain by Sofia Samatar, published by 
Tordotcom	
    The Dragonfly Gambit by A. D. Sui, published by Neon Hemlock	

Best Novelette

    The Brotherhood of Montague St. Video by Thomas Ha, published by 
Clarkesworld	
    Katya Vasilievna and the Second Drowning of Baba Rechka by Christine 
Hanolsy, published by Beneath Ceaseless Skies	
    Another Girl Under the Iron Bell by Angela Liu, published by Uncanny	
    What Any Dead Thing Wants by Aimee Ogden, published by Psychopomp	
    Negative Scholarship on the Fifth State of Being by A. W. Prihandita, 
published by Clarkesworld	
    Joanna's Bodies by Eugenia Triantafyllou, published by Psychopomp	
    Loneliness Universe by Eugenia Triantafyllou, published by Uncanny	

Best Short Story

    The Witch Trap by Jennifer Hudak, published by Lady Churchill's
Rosebud Wristlet	
    Five Views of the Planet Tartarus by Rachael K. Jones, published by 
Lightspeed Magazine	
    Why Don't We Just Kill the Kid in the Omelas Hole by Isabel J. Kim,
published by Clarkesworld	
    Evan: A Remainder by Jordan Kurella, published by Reactor	
    The V*mpire by PH Lee, published by Reactor	
    We Will Teach You How to Read | We Will Teach You How to Read 
by Caroline M. Yoachim, published by Lightspeed Magazine	

Ray Bradbury Nebula Award for Outstanding Dramatic Presentation

    KAOS written by Charlie Covell and Georgia Christou (Netflix)
    Doctor Who: Dot and Bubble written by Russell T. Davies (BBC)
    Wicked written by Winnie Holzman and Dana Fox (Universal Pictures)
    Star Trek: Lower Decks Season 5 written by Mike McMahan (Paramount+)
    I Saw the TV Glow written by Jane Schoenbrun (A24 Films)
    Dune: Part Two written by Jon Spaights and Denis Villeneuve (Warner 
Brothers)

Andre Norton Nebula Award for Middle Grade and Young Adult Fiction

    Daydreamer by Rob Cameron, published by Labyrinth Road	
    Braided by Leah Cypess, published by Delacorte	
    Benny Ramirez and the Nearly Departed by Jose Pablo Iriarte, 
published by Knopf	
    Puzzleheart by Jenn Reese, published by Henry Holt	
    Moonstorm by Yoon Ha Lee, published by Delacorte and Solaris UK	
    The Young Necromancer's Guide to Ghosts by Vanessa Ricci-Thode,
published by Self	

Best Game Writing

    A Death in Hyperspace by Stewart C Baker, Phoebe Barton, James Beamon,
Kate Heartfield, Isabel J. Kim, Sara S. Messenger, Naca Rat, Natalia 
Theodoridou, and Marc Fenn Wolfmoor, published by Infomancy.net	
    Yazeba's Bed & Breakfast by Jay Dragon, M Veselak, Mercedes Acosta, 
and Lillie J. Harris, published by Possum Creek Games	
    Slay the Princess -- The Pristine Cut by Tony Howard-Arias 
and Abby Howard, published by Black Tabby Games	
    Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree by Hidetaka Miyazaki, published 
by FromSoftware	
    The Ghost and the Golem by Benjamin Rosenbaum, published by 
Choice of Games	
    Pacific Drive by Karrie Shao and Paul Dean, published by Ironwood Studios	
    1000xRESIST by Remy Siu, Pinki Li, and Conor Wylie, published by 
Fellow Traveler Games	
    Restore, Reflect, Retry by Natalia Theodoridou, published by 
Choice of Games	

Other Awards
Kevin O'Donnell, Jr. Service to SFWA Award

    C. J. Lavigne


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