THE 2011 NEBULA AWARDS: Michael Swanwick
Last Updated on Friday, 08 July 2011 03:33 Written by Sean O'Leary Thursday, 30 June 2011 00:00
The 2011 Nebula Awards banquet was held on Saturday evening, May 21st at the massive Washington Hilton in Washington, D.C. The Nebula Award is one of Science Fiction's "big two" awards (along with the venerable Hugo). Awarded since 1965 by The SFWA (Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers of America), the Nebulas showed an impressive ballot this year and writer Michael Swanwick served as this year's toastmaster, providing the requisite dignity, class, and humor for the evening's events. A Nebula Award winner himself, for his 1991 novel Stations of the Tide, Mr. Swanwick said he was nervous about hosting, for who can hope to follow Isaac Asimov, even 46 years later, but we think he did a splendid job. We had a chance to talk to Mr. Swanwick just after the ceremony, which we present here with some clips from the Nebula Awards ceremony. 2011 Nebula Award winners listed below.
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The 2011 Nebula Award Winners
Best Novel: Blackout/All Clear by Connie Willis (Spectra)
Also Nominated:
The Native Star by M.K. Hobson (Spectra)
The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms by N.K. Jemisin (Orbit UK; Orbit US)
Shades of Milk and Honey by Mary Robinette Kowal (Tor)
Echo by Jack McDevitt (Ace)
Who Fears Death by Nnedi Okorafor (DAW)
Best Novella:
The Lady Who Plucked Red Flowers Beneath the Queen’s Window by Rachel Swirsky
(Subterranean Summer ’10)
Also Nominated:
The Alchemist by Paolo Bacigalupi (Audible; Subterranean)
Iron Shoes by J. Kathleen Cheney (Alembical 2)
The Lifecycle of Software Objects by Ted Chiang (Subterranean)
The Sultan of the Clouds by Geoffrey A. Landis (Asimov’s 9/10)
Ghosts Doing the Orange Dance by Paul Park (F&SF 1-2/10)
Best Novelette:
That Leviathan Whom Thou Hast Made by Eric James Stone (Analog 9/10)
Also Nominated:
Map of Seventeen by Christopher Barzak (The Beastly Bride)
The Jaguar House by in Shadow by Aliette de Bodard (Asimov’s 7/10)
The Fortuitous Meeting of Gerard van Oost and Oludara by Christopher Kastensmidt (Realms of Fantasy 4/10)
Plus or Minus by James Patrick Kelly (Asimov’s 12/10)
Pishaach by Shweta Narayan (The Beastly Bride)
Stone Wall Truth by Caroline M. Yoachim (Asimov’s 2/10)
Best Short Story (tie):
Ponies by Kij Johnson (Tor.com 1/17/10)
How Interesting: A Tiny Man by Harlan Ellison (Realms of Fantasy 2/10)
Also Nominated:
Arvies by Adam-Troy Castro (Lightspeed 8/10)
I’m Alive, I Love You, I’ll See You in Reno by Vylar Kaftan (Lightspeed 6/10)
The Green Book by Amal El-Mohtar (Apex 11/1/10)
Ghosts of New York by Jennifer Pelland (Dark Faith)
Conditional Love by Felicity Shoulders (Asimov’s 1/10)
The Ray Bradbury Award for Best Dramatic Presentation: Inception
Also Nominated:
Despicable Me
Doctor Who: Vincent and the Doctor
How to Train Your Dragon
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
Toy Story 3
The Andre Norton Award for Best Young Adult Science Fiction and Fantasy:
I Shall Wear Midnight by Terry Pratchett (Doubleday; Harper)
Also Nominated:
Ship Breaker by Paolo Bacigalupi (Little, Brown)
White Cat by Holly Black (McElderry)
Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins (Scholastic Press; Scholastic UK)
Hereville: How Mirka Got Her Sword by Barry Deutsch (Amulet)
The Boy from Ilysies by Pearl North (Tor Teen)
A Conspiracy of Kings by Megan Whalen Turner (Greenwillow)
Behemoth by Scott Westerfeld (Simon Pulse; Simon & Schuster UK)
The Nebula Awards are voted on and presented by the Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers of America. www.sfwa.org
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