> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://www.andrewliptak.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # Here are the winners of the 2026 Nebula Awards - URL: https://www.andrewliptak.com/nebula-award-winners-2026-sfwa-science-fiction-fantasy-books/ - Published: 2026-06-07T15:23:12.000Z - Updated: 2026-06-08T16:56:31.000Z - Description: Some of the best works of speculative literature from 2025 - Author: Andrew Liptak - Tags: News, Awards, Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror, Books The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Association (SFWA) held its annual Nebula Awards Conference this weekend in Chicago, and as part of the festivities, it's announced the winners of this year's Nebula Awards. The Nebulas are an annual award for excellence in the science fiction and fantasy genres published in the last year, voted on by members of the organization. As I noted [earlier this spring](https://www.andrewliptak.com/2026-nebula-award-finalists-sfwa-science-fiction-fantasy-awards/) in the initial finalists announcement, I thought that 2025 was a particularly strong year for SF/F books, and a bunch of the books [that I really liked](https://www.andrewliptak.com/science-fiction-fantasy-horror-best-books-2025/), like *Automatic Noodle, The Buffalo Hunter Hunter, Death of the Author,* and *Katabasis –* were on the finalist list, as well as a bunch of the TV shows and films. I was pretty happy to see that Stephen Graham Jones' *The Buffalo Hunter Hunters* ended up with Best novel – I think it was a spectacular, gripping read, and I'll have to check out the other winners when I get a free moment. ## Sign up for Transfer Orbit A newsletter about science fiction, reading, and the future Subscribe Email sent! Check your inbox to complete your signup. No spam. Unsubscribe anytime. Here are the winners from [2025](https://www.andrewliptak.com/nebula-awards-2025-sfwa-science-fiction-fantasy-books/), [2024](https://www.andrewliptak.com/nebula-award-sfwa-science-fiction-fantasy/), [2023](https://www.andrewliptak.com/2023-nebula-award-winners-babel-rf-kuang/), and [2022](https://www.andrewliptak.com/nebula-awards-2021/). Here are this year's winners and finalists (winners are marked in **bold**) ### Best Novel - *When We Were Real* by Daryl Gregory - ***The Buffalo Hunter Hunter* by Stephen Graham Jones** - *Katabasis* by R.F. Kuang - *Death of the Author* by Nnedi Okorafor - *The Incandescent* by Emily Tesh - *Sour Cherry* by Natalia Theodoridou - *Wearing the Lion* by John Wiswell ### Best Novella - *Disgraced Return of the Kap's Needle* by Renan Bernardo - ***The River Has Roots* by Amal El-Mohtar** - *The Death of Mountains* by Jordan Kurella - *Automatic Noodle* by Annalee Newitz - *But Not Too Bold* by Hache Pueyo - “[Descent](https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/talabi%5F05%5F25/?ref=andrewliptak.com)” by Wole Talabi (*Clarkesworld Magazine* 5/25) ### Best Novelette - “[Our Echoes Drifting Through the Marsh](https://www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/stories/our-echoes-drifting-through-the-marsh/?ref=andrewliptak.com)” by Marie Croke (*Beneath Ceaseless Skies* 1/9/25) - **“**[**Uncertain Sons**](https://undertowpublications.com/uncertain-sons?ref=andrewliptak.com)**” by Thomas Ha (*Uncertain Sons*)** - “[We Begin Where Infinity Ends](https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/ihezue%5F02%5F25/?ref=andrewliptak.com)” by Somto Ihezue (*Clarkesworld Magazine* 2/25) - [*The Name Ziya*](https://reactormag.com/the-name-ziya-wen-yi-lee/?ref=andrewliptak.com)by Wen-Yi Lee (Tor) - “[Never Eaten Vegetables](https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/pak%5F01%5F25/?ref=andrewliptak.com)” by H.H. Pak (*Clarkesworld Magazine* 1/25) - “[The Life and Times of Alavira the Great as Written by Titos Pavlou and Reviewed by Two Lifelong Friends](https://www.uncannymagazine.com/article/the-life-and-times-of-alavira-the-great-as-written-by-titos-pavlou-and-reviewed-by-two-lifelong-friends/?ref=andrewliptak.com)” by Eugenia Triantafyllou (*Uncanny Magazine* 3-4/25) ### Best Short Story - “[Through the Machine](https://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/through-the-machine/?ref=andrewliptak.com)” by P.A. Cornell (*Lightspeed Magazine,* 5/25) - “[Six People to Revise You](https://www.uncannymagazine.com/article/six-people-to-revise-you/?ref=andrewliptak.com)” by J.R. Dawson (*Uncanny Magazine,* 1-2/25) - “[In My Country](https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/ha%5F04%5F25/?ref=andrewliptak.com)” by Thomas Ha (*Clarkesworld Magazine* 4/25) - “[The Tawlish Island Songbook of the Dead](https://podcastle.org/2025/02/18/podcastle-879-the-tawlish-island-songbook-of-the-dead/?ref=andrewliptak.com)” by E.M. Linden (*PodCastle* 2/18/25) - “[Because I Held His Name Like a Key](https://strangehorizons.com/wordpress/fiction/because-i-held-his-name-like-a-key/?ref=andrewliptak.com)” by Aimee Ogden (*Strange Horizons* 6/16/25) - **“**[**Laser Eyes Ain't Everything**](https://www.diabolicalplots.com/dp-fiction-123b-laser-eyes-aint-everything-by-effie-seiberg/?ref=andrewliptak.com)**” by Effie Seiberg (*Diabolical Plots* 5/25)** ### Andre Norton Award for Best Middle Grade and Young Adult Fiction - *The Tower* by David Anaxagoras - *Gemini Rising* by Jonathan Brazee - *Wishing Well, Wishing Well* by Jubilee Cho - *Sunrise on the Reaping* by Suzanne Collins - ***Into the Wild Magic* by Michelle Knudsen** - *Goblin Girl* by K.A. Mielke ### Best Game Writing - *Spire, Surge, and Sea*, Stewart C. Baker (Choice of Games) - ***Clair Obscur: Expedition 33,* Guillaume Broche & Jennifer Svedberg-Yen (Kepler Interactive), Developer: Sandfall Interactive, Sandfall S.A.S.** - *Hollow Knight: Silksong*, Ari Gibson & William Pelen (Team Cherry)\* - *Dispatch*, Ashley Jeffalone, Suzee Matson, Chris Rebbert, Chad Rhiness, & Pierre Shorette (AdHoc Studios) - *Hades II*, Greg Kasavin (Supergiant Games) - *Blue Prince*, Tonda Ros (Raw Fury, Developer: Dogubomb) \*Provisional nomination; awaiting acceptance and response on LLM-use. ### Ray Bradbury Award for Outstanding Dramatic Presentation - *KPop Demon Hunters*, Danya Jimenez, Maggie Kang, & Hannah McMechan (Netflix) - *Sinners*, Ryan Coogler (Warner Bros Pictures) - *Severance,* "Chikhai Bardo", by Dan Erickson & Mark Friedman (Apple TV+) - *Pluribus*: Season One, Vince Gilligan (Apple TV+) - *Superman*, James Gunn (Warner Bros Pictures) - ***Murderbot*: Season One, Chris Weitz (Apple TV+)** ### Best Comic - *Second Shift* by Kit Anderson - *Carmilla Volume 3: The Eternal* by Amy Chu - *Helen of Wyndhorn* by Tom King - *Fishflies* by Jeff Lemire - ***Mary Shelley's School for Monsters: The Killing Stone* by Jessica Maison** - *Strange Bedfellows* by Ariel Slamet Ries - *The Flip Side* by Jason Walz - *The Stoneshore Register* by G. Willow Wilson ### Best Poem - “Though You Always Are” by Linda D. Addison & Jamal Hodge (*Everything Endless*) - “[They Said Robots Are](https://www.penumbric.com/archives/June2k25/aimerRobots.html?ref=andrewliptak.com)” by Casey Aimer (*Penumbric* 6/25) - **“**[**The World To Come**](https://strangehorizons.com/wordpress/poetry/the-world-to-come/?ref=andrewliptak.com)**” by Jennifer Hudak (*Strange Horizons* 12/22/25)** - “[The Mourning Robot](https://www.uncannymagazine.com/article/the-mourning-robot/?ref=andrewliptak.com)” by Angela Liu (*Uncanny Magazine* 9-10/25) - “[Care for Lightning](https://www.uncannymagazine.com/article/care-for-lightning/?ref=andrewliptak.com)” by Mari Ness (*Uncanny Magazine* 1-2/25) - “[To Be the Change](https://strangehorizons.com/wordpress/poetry/to-be-the-change/?ref=andrewliptak.com)” by Nico Martinez Nocito (*Strange Horizons* 3/10/25) --- What do you think about this year's slate of winners?