Sunday, April 26, 2009

The 2009 Nebula Winners

Locus Science Fiction & Fantasy News: Nebula Awards Announced: "The 2008 Nebula Awards were presented on Saturday, April 25 in a ceremony at the 2009 Nebula Awards Weekend held in Los Angeles, California. Janis Ian was Toastmistress, and Chuck Lorre gave the keynote address.

The Nebula Awards winners are:

Novel: Powers, Ursula K. Le Guin (Harcourt)
Novella: 'The Spacetime Pool', Catherine Asaro (Analog Mar '08)
Novelette: 'Pride and Prometheus', John Kessel (F&SF Jan '08)
Short Story: 'Trophy Wives', Nina Kiriki Hoffman (Fellowship Fantastic)
Script: WALL-E, Andrew Stanton & Jim Reardon. Original story by Andrew Stanton & Pete Docter (Pixar)
Andre Norton Award: Flora's Dare, Ysabeau S. Wilce (Harcourt)

Harry Harrison was honored as Damon Knight Grand Master; M.J. Engh was honored as Author Emerita; Kate Wilhelm, A.J. Budrys, and Martin Greenberg received the Solstice Award; and Joss Whedon received the Ray Bradbury Award. Victoria Strauss received the SFWA Service Award."

2 comments:

Richard R said...

What, exactly, is the difference between a novella and a novelette?

Unknown said...

Word count, but I don't know what the cut-off is.