Today, Fri. Feb. 15, is the deadline to nominate for the 2013 Nebula Awards.
The Nebulas are given by SFWA, the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, the authors’ organization in our field. You do need to be a member of SFWA in order to nominate. If you are a member, make sure to get your nominations in today.
All the stories that appeared in BCS in 2012 are eligible. The categories–short story, novelette, etc–are the same as for the Hugo Awards.
Here are some of the best-reviewed BCS stories from 2012 and what category they fit in. For a list of all eligible BCS stories, click “Show hidden text” at the bottom of this post.
Thanks very much for considering our stories!
Best Short Story:
“Bearslayer and the Black Knight,” by Tom Crosshill
“Shadows Under Hexmouth Street,” by Justin Howe
“The Three Feats of Agani,” by Christie Yant
“Worth of Crows,” by Seth Dickinson
Best Novelette:
“The Castle That Jack Built,” by Emily Gilman (selected for Year’s Best SF&F)
“Scry,” by Anne Ivy
“In the Palace of the Jade Lion,” by Richard Parks
“Unsilenced,” by Karalynn Lee
“The Telling,” by Gregory Norman Bossert
All Nebula-Eligible Stories from BCS
Here is the full list of all BCS stories that are eligible for the Nebula Awards.
Best Short Story:
“Calibrated Allies,” by Marissa Lingen
“The Lady of the Lake,” by E. Catherine Tobler
“The Last Gorgon,” by Rajan Khanna
“The Proof of Bravery,” by David Milstein
“A Place to Stand,” by Grace Seybold
“Shadows Under Hexmouth Street,” by Justin Howe
“The Mote-Dancer and the Firelife,” by Chris Willrich
“The Book of Locked Doors,” by Yoon Ha Lee
“Bearslayer and the Black Knight,” by Tom Crosshill
“The Ivy-Smothered Palisade,” by Mike Allen
“Pridecraft,” by Christian K. Martinez
“To Go Home to Leal,” by Susan Forest
“A Marble for the Drowning River,” by Ann Chatham
“Shades of Amber,” by Marie Croke
“The Magic of Dark and Hollow Places,” by Adam Callaway
“One Ear Back,” by Tina Connolly
“Lady Marmalade,” by E. Catherine Tobler
“How the Wicker Knight Would Not Move,” by Chris Willrich
“Fox Bones. Many Uses.,” by Alex Dally MacFarlane
“The Three Feats of Agani,” by Christie Yant
“Virtue’s Ghosts,” by Amanda M. Olson
“The Heart of the Rail,” by Mark Teppo
“The Tale of the Aggrieved Astrologer,” by Jack Nicholls
“The Angel Azrael Delivers Small Mercies,” by Peter Darbyshire
“Beyond the Shrinking World,” by Nathaniel Katz
“When Averly Fell from the Sky,” by Dean Wells
“Bandit and the Seventy Raccoon War,” by Don Allmon
“The Ascent of Unreason,” by Marie Brennan
“Worth of Crows,” by Seth Dickinson
“Three Little Foxes,” by Richard Parks
“Cursed Motives,” by Marissa Lingen
“Luck Fish,” by Peta Freestone
“A Song of Blackness,” by Nancy Fulda
“They Make of You a Monster,” by Damien Walters Grintalis
“Seeking The Great Raymundo,” by Jamie Lackey
“The Scorn of the Peregrinator,” by John E.O. Stevens
“The Storms in Arisbat,” by Therese Arkenberg
“Casualties,” by Alec Austin
“The Giants of Galtares,” by Sue Burke
Best Novelette:
“The Castle That Jack Built,” by Emily Gilman (selected for Year’s Best SF&F)
“The Empire of Nothingness,” by Geoffrey Maloney
“Scry,” by Anne Ivy
“Juggernaut,” by Megan Arkenberg
“Sinking Among Lilies,” by Cory Skerry
“The Governess and the Lobster,” Margaret Ronald (selected for Year’s Best SF&F)
“Serkers and Sleep,” by Kenneth Schneyer
“In the Palace of the Jade Lion,” by Richard Parks
“Ratcatcher,” by Garth Upshaw
“Unsilenced,” by Karalynn Lee
“Hold a Candle to The Devil,” by Nicole M. Taylor
“After Compline, Silence Falls,” by M. Bennardo
“Liaisons Galantes: A Scientific Romance,” by David D. Levine
“The Telling,” by Gregory Norman Bossert
“‘His Crowning Glory’: a new tale of the Antique Lands,” by Noreen Doyle
Best Novella:
“Death and the Thunderbird,” by Michael J. DeLuca
Thanks very much for considering our stories!