Hugo and Nebula Short Fiction Awards Winners

This table accompanies the article by Rich Horton. Dates shown are years awards were given. Stories in color were first published in books (anthologies, single-author collections, or stand-alone); others were published in magazines or online publications.

 

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Hugo Winners	Nebula Winners
2005
Novella: "The Concrete Jungle" by Charles Stross, editor Charles Stross	Novella: "The Green Leopard Plague", by Walter Jon Williams, editor Gardner Dozois
Novelette: "The Faery Handbag" by Kelly Link, editors Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling	Novelette: "Basement Magic", by Ellen Klages, editor Gordon Van Gelder
Short Story: "Travels With My Cats" by Mike Resnick, editor Gardner Dozois	Short Story: "Coming to Terms", by Eileen Gunn, editor Eileen Gunn
2004
Novella: "The Cookie Monster" by Vernor Vinge, editor Stanley Schmidt	Novella: "Coraline", by Neil Gaimain, editor Neil Gaiman
Novelette: "Legions of Time" by Michael Swanwick, editor Gardner Dozois	Novelette: "The Empire of Ice Cream", by Jeffrey Ford, editor Ellen Datlow
Short Story: "A Study in Emerald" by Neil Gaiman, editors Michael Reaves and John Pelan	Short Story: "What I Didn't See", by Karen Joy Fowler, editor Ellen Datlow
2003
Novella: "Coraline" by Neil Gaiman, editor Neil Gaiman	Novella: "Bronte's Egg", Richard Chwedyk, editor Gordon Van Gelder
Novelette: "Slow Life" by Michael Swanwick, editor Stanley Schmidt	Novelette: "Hell is the Absence of God", by Ted Chiang, editor Patrick Nielsen Hayden
Short Story: "Falling Onto Mars" by Geoffrey Landis, editor Stanley Schmidt	Short Story: "Creature", by Carol Emshwiller, editor Gordon Van Gelder
2002
Novella: "Fast Times at Fairmont High" by Vernor Vinge, editor Vernor Vinge	Novella: "The Ultimate Earth", by Jack Williamson, editor Stanley Schmidt
Novelette: "Hell is the Absence of God" by Ted Chiang, editor Patrick Nielsen Hayden	Novelette: "Louise's Ghost", by Kelly Link, editor Kelly Link
Short Story: "The Dog Said Bow-Wow" by Michael Swanwick, editor Gardner Dozois	Short Story: "The Cure for Everything", by Severna Park, editor Ellen Datlow
2001
Novella: "The Ultimate Earth" by Jack Williamson, editor Stanley Schmidt	Novella: "Goddesses" by Linda Nagata, editor Ellen Datlow
Novelette: "Millennium Babies" by Kristine Kathryn Rusch, editor Gardner Dozois	Novelette: "Daddy's World" by Walter Jon Williams, editor Constance Ash
Short Story: "Different Kinds of Darkness" by David Langford, editor Gordon Van Gelder	Short Story: "macs" by Terry Bisson, editor Edward L. Ferman
2000
Novella: "The Winds of Marble Arch" by Connie Willis, editor Gardner Dozois	Novella: "Story of Your Life" by Ted Chiang, editor Patrick Nielsen Hayden
Novelette: "1016 to 1" by James Patrick Kelly, editor Gardner Dozois	Novelette: "Mars is No Place for Children" by Mary A. Turzillo, editor Scott Edelmann
Short Story: "Scherzo with Tyrannosaur" by Michael Swanwick, editor Gardner Dozois	Short Story: "The Cost of Doing Business" by Leslie What, editor Kim Mohan
1999
Novella: "Oceanic" by Greg Egan, editor Gardner Dozois	Novella: "Reading the Bones" by Sheila Finch, editor Gordon Van Gelder
Novelette: "Taklamakan" by Bruce Sterling, editor Gardner Dozois	Novelette: "Lost Girls" by Jane Yolen, editor Shawna McCarthy
Short Story: "The Very Pulse of the Machine" by Michael Swanwick, editor Gardner Dozois	Short Story: "Thirteen Ways to Water" by Bruce Holland Rogers, editors John Helfers and Martin H. Greenberg
1998
Novella: "...Where Angels Fear To Tread" by Allen Steele, editor Gardner Dozois	Novella: "Abandon in Place" by Jerry Oltion, editor Kristine Kathryn Rusch
Novelette: "We Will Drink A Fish Together" by Bill Johnson, editor Gardner Dozois	Novelette: "The Flowers of Aulit Prison" by Nancy Kress, editor Gardner Dozois
Short Story: "The 43 Antarean Dynasties" by Mike Resnick, editor Gardner Dozois	Short Story: "Sister Emily's Lightship" by Jane Yolen, editor Patrick Nielsen Hayden
1997
Novella: "Blood of The Dragon" by George R. R. Martin, editor Gardner Dozois	Novella: "Da Vinci Rising" by Jack Dann, editor Gardner Dozois
Novelette: "Bicycle Repairman" by Bruce Sterling, editor Gardner Dozois	Novelette: "Lifeboat on a Burning Sea" by Bruce Holland Rogers, editor Kristine Kathryn Rusch
Short Story: "The Soul Selects Her Own Society ..." by Connie Willis, editor Gardner Dozois	Short Story: "A Birthday" by Esther M. Friesner, editor Kristine Kathryn Rusch
1996
Novella: "The Death of Captain Future" by Allen Steele, editor Gardner Dozois	Novella: "Last Summer at Mars Hill" by Elizabeth Hand, editor Kristine Kathryn Rusch
Novelette: "Think Like a Dinosaur" by James Patrick Kelly, editor Gardner Dozois	Novelette: "Solitude" by Ursula K. Le Guin, editor Kristine Kathryn Rusch
Short Story: "The Lincoln Train" by Maureen F. McHugh, editor Kristine Kathryn Rusch	Short Story: "Death and the Librarian" by Esther Friesner, editor Gardner Dozois
1995
Novella: "Seven Views of Olduvai Gorge" by Mike Resnick, editor Kristine Kathryn Rusch	Novella: "Seven Views of Olduvai Gorge" by Mike Resnick, editor Kristine Kathryn Rusch
Novelette: "The Martian Child" by David Gerrold, editor Kristine Kathryn Rusch	Novelette: "The Martian Child" by David Gerrold, editor Kristine Kathryn Rusch
Short Story: "None So Blind" by Joe Haldeman, editor Gardner Dozois	Short Story: "A Defense of the Social Contracts" by Martha Soukup, editor Scott Edelmann
1994
Novella: "Down in the Bottomlands" by Harry Turtledove, editor Stanley Schmidt	Novella: "The Night We Buried Road Dog" by Jack Cady, editor Kristine Kathryn Rusch
Novelette: "Georgia on My Mind" by Charles Sheffield, editor Stanley Schmidt	Novelette: "Georgia on My Mind" by Charles Sheffield, editor Stanley Schmidt
Short Story: "Death on the Nile" by Connie Willis, editor Gardner Dozois	Short Story: "Graves" by Joe Haldeman, , editor Kristine Kathryn Rusch
1993
Novella: "Barnacle Bill the Spacer" by Lucius Shepard, editor Gardner Dozois	Novella: "City of Truth" by James Morrow, editor James Morrow
Novelette: "The Nutcracker Coup" by Janet Kagan, editor Gardner Dozois	Novelette: "Danny Goes to Mars" by Pamela Sargent, editor Gardner Dozois
Short Story: "Even the Queen" by Connie Willis, editor Gardner Dozois	Short Story: "Even the Queen" by Connie Willis, editor Gardner Dozois
1992
Novella: "Beggars in Spain" by Nancy Kress, editor Gardner Dozois	Novella: "Beggars in Spain" by Nancy Kress, editor Gardner Dozois
Novelette: "Gold" by Isaac Asimov, editor Stanley Schmidt	Novelette: "Guide Dog" by Mike Conner, editor Edward L. Ferman
Short Story: "A Walk in the Sun" by Geoffrey A. Landis, editor Gardner Dozois	Short Story: "Ma Qui" by Alan Brennert, editor Edward L. Ferman
1991
Novella: "The Hemingway Hoax" by Joe Haldeman, editor Gardner Dozois	Novella: "The Hemingway Hoax" by Joe Haldeman, editor Gardner Dozois
Novelette: "The Manamouki" by Mike Resnick, editor Gardner Dozois	Novelette: "Tower of Babylon" by Ted Chiang, editor Ellen Datlow
Short Story: "Bears Discover Fire" by Terry Bisson, editor Gardner Dozois	Short Story: "Bears Discover Fire" by Terry Bisson, editor Gardner Dozois
1990
Novella: "The Mountains of Mourning" by Lois McMaster Bujold, editor Stanley Schmidt	Novella: "The Mountains of Mourning" by Lois McMaster Bujold, editor Stanley Schmidt
Novelette: "Enter a Soldier. Later: Enter Another" by Robert Silverberg, editor Gardner Dozois	Novelette: "At the Rialto" by Connie Willis, editor Ellen Datlow
Short Story: "Boobs" by Suzy McKee Charnas, editor Gardner Dozois	Short Story: "Ripples in the Dirac Sea" by Geoffrey A. Landis, editor Gardner Dozois
1989
Novella: "The Last of the Winnebagos" by Connie Willis, editor Gardner Dozois	Novella: "The Last of the Winnebagos" by Connie Willis, editor Gardner Dozois
Novelette: "Schrödinger's Kitten" by George Alec Effinger, editor Ellen Datlow	Novelette: "Schrodinger's Kitten" by George Alec Effinger, editor Ellen Datlow
Short Story: "Kirinyaga" by Mike Resnick, editor Edward L. Ferman	Short Story: "Bible Stories for Adults, No. 17: The Deluge" by James Morrow, editors Shawna McCarthy and Lou Aronica
1988
Novella: "Eye for Eye" by Orson Scott Card, editor Gardner Dozois	Novella: "The Blind Geometer" by Kim Stanley Robinson, editor Gardner Dozois
Novelette: "Buffalo Gals, Won't You Come Out Tonight" by Ursula K. Le Guin, editor Edward L. Ferman	Novelette: "Rachel in Love" by Pat Murphy, editor Gardner Dozois
Short Story: "Why I Left Harry's All-Night Hamburgers" by Lawrence Watt-Evans, editor Gardner Dozois	Short Story: "Forever Yours, Anna" by Kate Wilhelm, editor Ellen Datlow
1987
Novella: "Gilgamesh in the Outback" by Robert Silverberg, editor Gardner Dozois	Novella: "R & R" by Lucius Shepard, editor Gardner Dozois
Novelette: "Permafrost" by Roger Zelazny, editor Ellen Datlow	Novelette: "The Girl Who Fell into the Sky" by Kate Wilhelm, editor Gardner Dozois
Short Story: "Tangents" by Greg Bear, editor Ellen Datlow	Short Story: "Tangents" by Greg Bear, editor Ellen Datlow
1986
Novella: "Twenty-four Views of Mount Fuji, by Hokusai" by Roger Zelazny, editor Shawna McCarthy	Novella: "Sailing to Byzantium" by Robert Silverberg, editor Shawna McCarthy
Novelette: "Paladin of the Lost Hour" by Harlan Ellison, editor Terry Carr	Novelette: "Portraits of His Children" by George R.R. Martin, editor Shawna McCarthy
Short Story: "Fermi and Frost" by Frederik Pohl, editor Shawna McCarthy	Short Story: "Out of All Them Bright Stars" by Nancy Kress, editor Edward L. Ferman
1985
Novella: " PRESS ENTER" by John Varley, editor Shawna McCarthy	Novella: "PRESS ENTER" by John Varley, editor Shawna McCarthy
Novelette: "Bloodchild" by Octavia Butler, editor Shawna McCarthy	Novelette: "Bloodchild" by Octavia E. Butler, editor Shawna McCarthy
Short Story: "The Crystal Spheres" by David Brin, editor Stanley Schmidt	Short Story: "Morning Child" by Gardner Dozois, editor Shawna McCarthy
1984
Novella: "Cascade Point" by Timothy Zahn, editor Stanley Schmidt	Novella: "Hardfought" by Greg Bear, editor Shawna McCarthy
Novelette: "Blood Music" by Greg Bear, editor Stanley Schmidt	Novelette: "Blood Music" by Greg Bear, editor Stanley Schmidt
Short Story: "Speech Sounds" by Octavia Butler, editor Shawna McCarthy	Short Story: "The Peacemaker" by Gardner Dozois, editor Shawna McCarthy
1983
Novella: "Souls" by Joanna Russ, editor Edward L. Ferman	Novella: "Another Orphan" by John Kessel, editor Edward L. Ferman
Novelette: "Fire Watch" by Connie Willis, editor George Scithers	Novelette: "Fire Watch" by Connie Willis, editor George Scithers
Short Story: "Melancholy Elephants" by Spider Robinson, editor Stanley Schmidt	Short Story: "A Letter from the Clearys" by Connie Willis, editor Kathleen Moloney
1982
Novella: "The Saturn Game" by Poul Anderson, editor Stanley Schmidt	Novella: "The Saturn Game" by Poul Anderson, editor Stanley Schmidt
Novelette: "Unicorn Variation" by Roger Zelazny, editor George Scithers	Novelette: "The Quickening" by Michael Bishop, editor Terry Carr
Short Story: "The Pusher" by John Varley, editor Edward L. Ferman	Short Story: "The Bone Flute" by Lisa Tuttle (award declined), editor Edward L. Ferman
1981
Novella: "Lost Dorsai" by Gordon R. Dickson, editor Stanley Schmidt	Novella: "Unicorn Tapestry" by Suzy McKee Charnas, editors Robert Silverberg & Marta Randall
Novelette: "The Cloak and the Staff" by Gordon R. Dickson, editor Stanley Schmidt	Novelette: "The Ugly Chickens" by Howard Waldrop, editor Terry Carr
Short Story: "Grotto of the Dancing Deer" by Clifford D. Simak, editor Stanley Schmidt	Short Story: "Grotto of the Dancing Deer" by Clifford D. Simak, editor Stanley Schmidt
1980
Novella: "Enemy Mine" by Barry B. Longyear, editor George Scithers	Novella: "Enemy Mine" by Barry Longyear, editor George Scithers
Novelette: "Sandkings" by George R. R. Martin, editor Ben Bova	Novelette: "Sandkings" by George R. R. Martin, editor Ben Bova
Short Story: "The Way of Cross and Dragon" by George R. R. Martin, editor Ben Bova	Short Story: "giANTS" by Edward Bryant, editor Stanley Schmidt
1979
Novella: "The Persistence of Vision" by John Varley, editor Edward L. Ferman	Novella: "The Persistence of Vision" by John Varley, editor Edward L. Ferman
Novelette: "Hunter's Moon" by Poul Anderson, editor Ben Bova	Novelette: "A Glow of Candles, a Unicorn's Eye" by Charles L. Grant, editors Edward L. Ferman and Barry N. Malzberg
Short Story: "Cassandra" by C. J. Cherryh, editor Edward L. Ferman	Short Story: "Stone" by Edward Bryant, editor Edward L. Ferman
1978
Novella: "Stardance" by Spider and Jeanne Robinson, editor Ben Bova	Novella: "Stardance" by Spider and Jeanne Robinson, editor Ben Bova
Novelette: "Eyes of Amber" by Joan D. Vinge, editor Ben Bova	Novelette: "The Screwfly Solution" by Raccoona Sheldon, editor Ben Bova
Short Story: "Jeffty Is Five" by Harlan Ellison, editor Edward L. Ferman	Short Story: "Jeffty Is Five" by Harlan Ellison, editor Edward L. Ferman
1977
Novella: (tie) "By Any Other Name" by Spider Robinson, editor Ben Bova	Novella: "Houston, Houston, Do You Read?" by James Tiptree, Jr., editors Vonda McIntyre and Susan Janice Anderson
"Houston, Houston, Do You Read?" by James Tiptree, Jr., editors Vonda McIntyre and Susan Janice Anderson	Novelette: "The Bicentennial Man" by Isaac Asimov, editor Judy-Lynn del Rey
Novelette: "The Bicentennial Man" by Isaac Asimov, editor Judy-Lynn del Rey	Short Story: "A Crowd of Shadows" by Charles L. Grant, editor Edward L. Ferman
Short Story: "Tricentennial" by Joe Haldeman, editor Ben Bova
1976
Novella: "Home Is the Hangman" by Roger Zelazny, editor Ben Bova	Novella: "Home Is the Hangman" by Roger Zelazny, editor Ben Bova
Novelette: "The Borderland of Sol" by Larry Niven, editor Ben Bova	Novelette: "San Diego Lightfoot Sue" by Tom Reamy, editor Edward L. Ferman
Short Story: "Catch That Zeppelin!" by Fritz Leiber, editor Edward L. Ferman	Short Story: "Catch that Zeppelin!" by Fritz Leiber, editor Edward L. Ferman
1975
Novella: "A Song for Lya" by George R. R. Martin, editor Ben Bova	Novella: "Born with the Dead" by Robert Silverberg, editor Edward L. Ferman
Novelette: "Adrift Just Off the Islets of Langerhans" by Harlan Ellison, editor Edward L. Ferman	Novelette: "If the Stars Are Gods" by Gordon Eklund and Gregory Benford , editor Edward L. Ferman
Short Story: "The Hole Man" by Larry Niven, editor Ben Bova	Short Story: "The Day Before the Revolution" by Ursula K. Le Guin, editor James Baen
1974
Novella: "The Girl Who Was Plugged In" by James Tiptree, Jr., editor Robert Silverberg	Novella: "The Death of Doctor Island" by Gene Wolfe, editor Damon Knight
Novelette: "The Deathbird" by Harlan Ellison, editor Edward L. Ferman	Novelette: "Of Mist, and Grass, and Sand" by Vonda N. Mcintyre, editor Ben Bova
Short Story: "The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas" by Ursula K. Le Guin, editor Robert Silverberg	Short Story: "Love Is the Plan, the Plan Is Death" by James Tiptree, Jr., editor Stephen Goldin
1973
Novella: "The Word for World Is Forest" by Ursula K. Le Guin, editor Harlan Ellison	Novella: "A Meeting with Medusa" by Arthur C. Clarke, editor Robie Macauley
Novelette: "Goat Song" by Poul Anderson, editor Edward L. Ferman	Novelette: "Goat Song" by Poul Anderson, editor Edward L. Ferman
Short Story: (tie) "Eurema's Dam" by R. A Lafferty, editor Robert Silverberg	Short Story: "When it Changed" by Joanna Russ, editor Harlan Ellison
"The Meeting" by Frederik Pohl and C. M. Kornbluth editor Edward L. Ferman
1972
Novella: "The Queen of Air and Darkness" by Poul Anderson, editor Edward L. Ferman	Novella: "The Missing Man" by Katherine MacLean, editor John W. Campbell, Jr.
Short Story: "Inconstant Moon" by Larry Niven, editor Larry Niven	Novelette: "The Queen of Air and Darkness" by Poul Anderson, editor Edward L. Ferman
	Short Story: "Good News from the Vatican" by Robert Silverberg, editor Terry Carr
1971
Novella: "Ill Met in Lankhmar" by Fritz Leiber, editor Edward L. Ferman	Novella: "Ill Met in Lankhmar" by Fritz Leiber, editor Edward L. Ferman
Short Story: "Slow Sculpture" by Theodore Sturgeon, editor Ejler Jakobson	Novelette: "Slow Sculpture" by Theodore Sturgeon, editor Ejler Jakobson
	Short Story: No Award
1970
Novella: "Ship of Shadows" by Fritz Leiber, editor Edward L. Ferman	Novella: "A Boy and His Dog" by Harlan Ellison, editor Michael Moorcock
Short Story: "Time Considered as a Helix of Semi-Precious Stones" by Samuel R. Delany, editor Michael Moorcock	Novelette: "Time Considered as a Helix of Semi-Precious Stones" by Samuel R. Delany, editor Michael Moorcock
	Short Story: "Passengers" by Robert Silverberg, editor Damon Knight
1969
Novella: "Nightwings" by Robert Silverberg, editor Frederik Pohl	Novella: "Dragonrider" by Anne McCaffrey, editor John W. Campbell, Jr.
Novelette: "The Sharing of Flesh" by Poul Anderson, editor Frederik Pohl	Novelette: "Mother to the World" by Richard Wilson, editor Damon Knight
Short Story: "The Beast That Shouted Love at the Heart of the World" by Harlan Ellison, editor Frederik Pohl	Short Story: "The Planners" by Kate Wilhelm, editor Damon Knight
1968
Novella: (tie) "Weyr Search" by Anne McCaffrey, editor John W. Campbell, Jr.	Novella: "Behold the Man" by Michael Moorcock, editor Michael Moorcock
"Riders of the Purple Wage" by Philip José Farmer, editor Harlan Ellison	Novelette: "Gonna Roll the Bones" by Fritz Leiber, editor Harlan Ellison
Novelette: "Gonna Roll Them Bones" by Fritz Leiber, editor Harlan Ellison	Short Story: "Aye, and Gomorrah" by Samuel R. Delany, editor Harlan Ellison
Short Story: "I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream" by Harlan Ellison, editor Frederik Pohl
1967
Novelette: "The Last Castle" by Jack Vance, editor Frederik Pohl	Novella: "The Last Castle" by Jack Vance, editor Frederik Pohl
Short Story: "Neutron Star" by Larry Niven, editor Frederik Pohl	Novelette: "Call Him Lord" by Gordon R. Dickson, editor John W. Campbell, Jr.
	Short Story: "The Secret Place" by Richard McKenna, editor Damon Knight
1966
Short Fiction: " 'Repent, Harlequin!' Said the Ticktockman" by Harlan Ellison, editor Frederik Pohl	Novella: (tie) "The Saliva Tree" by Brian W. Aldiss, editor Joseph W. Ferman
	"He Who Shapes" by Roger Zelazny, editor Cele Lalli
	Novelette: "The Doors of His Face, the Lamps of His Mouth" by Roger Zelazny, editor Joseph W. Ferman
	Short Story: "'Repent, Harlequin!' Said the Ticktockman" by Harlan Ellison, editor Frederik Pohl
1965
Short Story: "Soldier, Ask Not" by Gordon R. Dickson, editor Frederik Pohl
1964
Short Fiction: "No Truce with Kings" by Poul Anderson, editor Avram Davidson
1963
Short Fiction: "The Dragon Masters" by Jack Vance, editor Frederik Pohl
1962
Short Fiction: the "Hothouse" series by Brian W. Aldiss, editor Robert P. Mills
1961
Short Fiction: "The Longest Voyage" by Poul Anderson, editor John W. Campbell, Jr.
1960
Short Fiction: "Flowers for Algernon" by Daniel Keyes, editor Robert P. Mills
1959
Novelette: "The Big Front Yard" by Clifford D. Simak, editor John W. Campbell, Jr.
Short Story: "That Hell-Bound Train" by Robert Bloch, editor Robert P. Mills
1958
Short Story: "Or All the Seas With Oysters" by Avram Davidson, editor H. L. Gold
1956
Novelette: "Exploration Team" by Murray Leinster, editor John W. Campbell, Jr.
Short Story: "The Star" by Arthur C. Clarke, editor Larry Shaw
1955
Novelette: "The Darfsteller" by Walter M. Miller, Jr., editor John W. Campbell, Jr.
Short Story: "Allamagoosa" by Eric Frank Russell, editor John W. Campbell, Jr.