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An image of Earth from space with the title “This week on…” followed by the Planetside magazine logo. Featured article: “Reclaiming Your Focus with a Writer Deck” by James Stegall Teaser: Use a writer deck to escape digital noise and stay in flow while drafting. Series name: Writing by Other Means
An image of Earth from space with the title “This week on…” followed by the Planetside magazine logo. Featured article: “Reclaiming Your Focus with a Writer Deck” by James Stegall Teaser: Here’s how writer decks support focused writing and accessibility in a noisy digital world. Series name: Writing by Other Means
An image of Earth from space with the title “This week on…” followed by the Planetside magazine logo. Featured article: “Writing Tips and Tricks for Time-Poor Parents” by Julie Le Blanc Teaser: Here’s how you can restart your creativity during the chaos of early parenthood. Series name: Writing by Other Means
An image of Earth from space with the title “This week on…” followed by the Planetside magazine logo. Featured article: “Writing Tips and Tricks for Time-Poor Parents” by Julie Le Blanc Teaser: A toolkit of flexible habits that can help new parents keep their creative spark alive. Series name: Writing by Other Means
An image of Earth from space with the title “This week on…” followed by the Planetside magazine logo. Featured article: “How to Fact-Check Your Science and Gain Inspiration Along the Way” by Marlee Baldridge Teaser: For specific questions, it’s often best to go straight to the source: the scientists. Series name: Writing from Science
An image of Earth from space with the title “This week on…” followed by the Planetside magazine logo. Featured article: “How to Fact-Check Your Science and Gain Inspiration Along the Way” by Marlee Baldridge Teaser: Many scientists enjoy helping authors. Here’s how to work with them. Series name: Writing from Science
The Givers Fund: Grant-Writing For All - Unlocking Funding Pathways Sunday, July 19 - 1 p.m. PT
The Givers Fund Kickoff Event Saturday, July 18 11 AM Pacific sfwa.org/grants/fundraising
An image of Earth from space with the title “This week on…” followed by the Planetside magazine logo. Featured article: “An Abridged History of Mathematical Metaphor in Speculative Fiction” by Sam Macdonald Teaser: Here’s how SFF uses math whenever it wants to push reality into unfamiliar territory. Series name: The History Files
An image of Earth from space with the title “This week on…” followed by the Planetside magazine logo. Featured article: “An Abridged History of Mathematical Metaphor in Speculative Fiction” by Sam Macdonald Teaser: Discover how speculative fiction has relied on math to shape its strangest ideas. Series name: The History Files
An image of Earth from space with the title “This week on…” followed by the Planetside magazine logo. Featured article: “Searching the Medical Literature for Yourself” by Randall Hayes, PhD Teaser: Why exploring medical studies can open new creative paths for building believable fictional worlds. Series name: Writing from Science
An image of Earth from space with the title “This week on…” followed by the Planetside magazine logo. Featured article: “Searching the Medical Literature for Yourself” by Randall Hayes, PhD Teaser: Here’s how to strengthen your fiction with insights drawn from real scientific work. Series name: Writing from Science
Planetside: The Online Magazine of SFWA For professional and professionalizing writers of science fiction and fantasy. Offering weekly articles on industry tools and topics to sharpen your creative process throughout your SFF career. sfwa.org/planetside
An image of Earth from space with the title “This week on…” followed by the Planetside magazine logo. Featured article: “How Neuroscience Reveals the Alien Mind” by C. L. Kagmi Teaser: Find inspiration in the biology of senses and emotions, and learn how to craft compelling nonhuman viewpoints. Series name: Writing from Science
An image of Earth from space with the title “This week on…” followed by the Planetside magazine logo. Featured article: “How Neuroscience Reveals the Alien Mind” by C. L. Kagmi Teaser: Use neuroscience insight to design alien characters with coherent and distinctive inner lives. Series name: Writing from Science
An image of Earth from space with the title “This week on…” followed by the Planetside magazine logo. Featured article: “Photostories Past and Present” by Emmalia Harrington Teaser: Ever tried telling a story with photos and a few lines of text? Here’s how to get started. Series name: Writing by Other Means
An image of Earth from space with the title “This week on…” followed by the Planetside magazine logo. Featured article: “Photostories Past and Present” by Emmalia Harrington Teaser: A fresh angle on storytelling using a long‑standing image‑and‑text format that sparks creativity and invites experimentation. Series name: Writing by Other Means
An image of Earth from space with the title “This week on…” followed by the Planetside magazine logo. Featured article: “Silent Movies Jump from Screen to Page in Movie Tie-In Novels” by Rosemary Jones Teaser: Trace the evolution of action serials, sci‑fi classics, and iconic movie‑inspired novels (with rare photos). Series name: The History Files
An image of Earth from space with the title “This week on…” followed by the Planetside magazine logo. Featured article: “Silent Movies Jump from Screen to Page in Movie Tie-In Novels” by Rosemary Jones Teaser: A look at how silent era adventures and sci fi films inspired early novelizations and photoplay books (with rare photos). Series name: The History Files
Worldbuilding and Worldbreaking was our thematic focus this weekend at the Nebulas.
This was so much fun, we can't wait to do it again... in Seattle! sfwa.org/nebula-conference
Enjoy all of this year's Nebula Finalists for Short Story, Novelette, and Poem in Nebula Awards Showcase 61!
Toastmaster Tananarive Due, a tremendously accomplished speculative horror writer and film-maker.
And the Nebula Award for Novel goes to... The Buffalo Hunter Hunter, by Stephen Graham Jones (Saga; Titan UK)
The Nebula Award for Novel When We Were Real, by Daryl Gregory (Saga) ★ The Buffalo Hunter Hunter, by Stephen Graham Jones (Saga; Titan UK) ★ Katabasis, by R.F. Kuang (Harper Voyager US; Harper Voyager UK) Death of the Author, by Nnedi Okorafor (Morrow; Gollancz) The Incandescent, by Emily Tesh (Tor; Orbit UK) Sour Cherry, by Natalia Theodoridou (Tin House; Wildfire) Wearing the Lion, by John Wiswell (DAW; Arcadia)
Our latest Infinity Award Recipient Roger Zelazny
And the Andre Norton Nebula Award for Middle Grade and Young Adult Fiction goes to... 👀 🌟 Into the Wild Magic, by Michelle Knudsen (Candlewick) 🌟
The Andre Norton Nebula Award for Middle Grade and Young Adult Fiction The Tower, by David Anaxagoras (Recorded Books) Gemini Rising, by Jonathan Brazee (Semper Fi Press) Wishing Well, Wishing Well, by Jubilee Cho (Atthis Arts) Sunrise on the Reaping, by Suzanne Collins (Scholastic) ★ Into the Wild Magic, by Michelle Knudsen (Candlewick) ★ Goblin Girl, by K.A. Mielke (self-published)
And the Nebula Award for Novella goes to... The River Has Roots, Amal El-Mohtar (Tordotcom; Arcadia)
The Nebula Award for Novella Disgraced Return of the Kap’s Needle, by Renan Bernardo (Dark Matter INK) ★ The River Has Roots, by Amal El-Mohtar (Tordotcom; Arcadia) ★ The Death of Mountains, by Jordan Kurella (Lethe) Automatic Noodle, by Annalee Newitz (Tordotcom) But Not Too Bold, by Hache Pueyo (Tordotcom) “Descent”, by Wole Talabi (Clarkesworld 5/25)
And the latest Nebula Award for Novelette goes to... 👀 “Uncertain Sons”, by Thomas Ha (Uncertain Sons and Other Stories, Undertow Publications) 🎉
The Nebula Award for Novelette “Our Echoes Drifting Through the Marsh”, by Marie Croke (Beneath Ceaseless Skies 1/9/25) ★ “Uncertain Sons”, by Thomas Ha (Uncertain Sons and Other Stories, Undertow Publications) ★ “We Begin Where Infinity Ends”, by Somto Ihezue (Clarkesworld 2/25) The Name Ziya, by Wen-Yi Lee (Reactor; Tor Books) “Never Eaten Vegetables”, by H.H. Pak (Clarkesworld 1/25) “The Life and Times of Alavira the Great as Written by Titos Pavlou and Reviewed by Two Lifelong Friends”, by Eugenia Triantafyllou (Uncanny 3-4/25)
And the Nebula Award for Short Story goes to... "Laser Eyes Ain't Everything" Effie Seiberg Diabolical Plots 5/25
The Nebula Award for Short Story “Through the Machine”, by P.A. Cornell (Lightspeed 5/25) “Six People to Revise You”, by J.R. Dawson (Uncanny 1-2/25) “In My Country”, by Thomas Ha (Clarkesworld 4/25) “The Tawlish Island Songbook of the Dead”, by E.M. Linden (PodCastle 2/18/25) “Because I Held His Name Like a Key”, by Aimee Ogden (Strange Horizons 6/16/25) ★ “Laser Eyes Ain’t Everything”, by Effie Seiberg (Diabolical Plots 5/25) ★
And the winner of the first-ever Nebula Award for Poem is... 👀 “The World To Come”, by Jennifer Hudak (Strange Horizons 12/22/25) 🎉
The Nebula Award for Poem “Though You Always Are”, by Linda D. Addison & Jamal Hodge (Everything Endless, Raw Dog Screaming Press) “They Said Robots Are”, by Casey Aimer (Penumbric 6/25) ★ “The World To Come”, by Jennifer Hudak (Strange Horizons 12/22/25) ★ “The Mourning Robot”, by Angela Liu (Uncanny 9-10/25) “Care for Lightning”, by Mari Ness (Uncanny 1-2/25) “To Be the Change”, by Nico Martinez Nocito (Strange Horizons 3/10/25)
Our latest Kevin O'Donnell, Jr. Service to SFWA Award Recipient
Our latest Kate Wilhelm Solstice Award Recipient, David Langford
And the first-ever Nebula Award for writing in the field of Comic goes to... Mary Shelley's School for Monsters: The Killing Stone Jessica Maison, Wicked Tree
The Nebula Award for Comic Second Shift, by Kit Anderson (Avery Hill) Carmilla Volume 3: The Eternal, by Amy Chu (Berger) Helen of Wyndhorn, by Bilquis Evely and Tom King (Dark Horse) Fishflies, by Jeff Lemire (Image) Mary Shelley’s School for Monsters: The Killing Stone, by Jessica Maison (Wicked Tree) Strange Bedfellows, by Ariel Slamet Ries (HarperAlley) The Flip Side, by Jason Walz (Rocky Pond) The Stoneshore Register, by G. Willow Wilson (Berger)
And the Nebula Award for Game Writing goes to... Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, by Guillaume Broche & Jennifer Svedberg-Yen (Kepler Interactive), Developer: Sandfall Interactive, Sandfall S.A.S.
The Nebula Award for Game Writing Spire, Surge, and Sea, by Stewart C. Baker (Choice of Games) ★ Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, by Guillaume Broche & Jennifer Svedberg-Yen (Kepler Interactive), Developer: Sandfall Interactive, Sandfall S.A.S. ★ Hollow Knight: Silksong, by Ari Gibson & William Pellen (Team Cherry)* Dispatch, by Mayanna Berrin, Ashley Jeffalone, Suzee Matson, Chris Rebbert, Chad Rhiness, & Pierre Shorette (AdHoc Studio) Hades II, by Greg Kasavin (Supergiant Games) Blue Prince, by Tonda Ros (Raw Fury, Developer: Dogubomb)
And the Ray Bradbury Nebula Award for Outstanding Dramatic Presentation goes to... Murderbot: Season One, by Paul Weitz and Chris Weitz (Apple TV+)
Our Nebula Finalists for the Ray Bradbury Award for Outstanding Dramatic Presentation KPop Demon Hunters, by Danya Jimenez, Maggie Kang, & Hannah McMechan (Netflix)* Sinners, by Ryan Coogler (Warner Bros Pictures)* Severance: “Chikhai Bardo”, by Dan Erickson & Mark Friedman (Apple TV+)* Pluribus: Season One, by Vince Gilligan (Apple TV+)* Superman, by James Gunn (Warner Bros Pictures)* ★ Murderbot: Season One, by Paul Weitz and Chris Weitz (Apple TV+) ★
Our 42nd Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master N. K. Jemisin
Welcome to our 61st Annual Nebula Awards Ceremony, with Toastmaster Tananarive Due
We are so honored by this year's Nebula Award Finalists. In-person and online, your contributions to genre make our community a better place!
Christine Taylor Butler, from SFWA's Board of Directors, celebrates with panelist Alex Jennings.
sfwa.org/sfwa-events-theater: our new events landing page with all virtual events in queue for Nebula attendees, SFWA Members, and more.
An image of Earth from space with the title “This week on…” followed by the Planetside magazine logo. Featured article: “A 23-Button Stenography Keyboard: All Gain, Zero Pain” by J.D. Henning Teaser: A look at why the QWERTY keyboard endures despite ergonomic issues and how stenography offers a smarter alternative. Series name: Writing by Other Means
An image of Earth from space with the title “This week on…” followed by the Planetside magazine logo. Featured article: “A 23-Button Stenography Keyboard: All Gain, Zero Pain” by J.D. Henning Teaser: Learn how the hidden flaws of QWERTY keyboards led one writer to adopt a more ergonomic typing method. Series name: Writing by Other Means
An image of Earth from space with the title “This week on…” followed by the Planetside magazine logo. Featured article: “Managing Your Story Portfolio” by Laurence Raphael Brothers Teaser: Essential strategies for protecting manuscripts, tracking submissions, and keeping your writing portfolio organized across multiple markets. Series name: Back to Basics
LAST CALL. 61st Annual Nebula Awards Conference tickets - in person, virtual, and Banquet - close today at 11:59 pm PDT. Join us this June in Chicago or online for a rich line-up of professional events for SFF writers across literary forms. store.sfwa.org to buy your tickets today!
An image of Earth from space with the title “This week on…” followed by the Planetside magazine logo. Featured article: “Managing Your Story Portfolio” by Laurence Raphael Brothers Teaser: A writer’s portfolio benefits from a system for managing rights, submissions, and opportunities. Here’s what you need to know. Series name: Back to Basics
Our events program starts on June 4 in Chicago. We can't wait to see you out - in person or virtually. Ticket sales end MAY 26, so get yours in soon.
An image of Earth from space with the title “This week on…” followed by the Planetside magazine logo. Featured article: “Walking and Dictating: A New Strategy to Mix Up Your Writing Routine” by Corrine Kumar Teaser: Walking dictation might be what your creative process has been missing. Here’s how to begin and what to consider. Series name: Writing by Other Means
An image of Earth from space with the title “This week on…” followed by the Planetside magazine logo. Featured article: “Walking and Dictating: A New Strategy to Mix Up Your Writing Routine” by Corrine Kumar Teaser: Dictation while walking encourages freer expression and steadier focus in your drafting process. Why not give it a try? Series name: Writing by Other Means
An image of Earth from space with the title “This week on…” followed by the Planetside magazine logo. Featured article: “A Brief History of SFWA: The Nebula Awards Report” by Michael Capobianco Teaser: A look at how the NAR shaped early SFWA award voting before digital systems existed. Series name: The History Files