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The New Nebula Award Finalists

The Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers Association has released its list of finalists for the new Nebula Awards. These are some of the best stories, movies, games and more from 2025, and a great way to boost your to be read list. If you’re an SFWA member you have until April 15th to vote on your favorites.

The list is available in lots of places but I’ll link to Andrew Liptak’s site because he has already done the work of finding links for the stories that are available online. Thanks, Andrew!

I’ll copy the short stories here, but click through to Andrew’s site for links to the novelettes and more. And do I love that many of the top short story markets are open access? I do!

Here are the finalists for the 2026 Nebula Awards

Best Short Story 

• “Through the Machine” by P.A. Cornell (Lightspeed Magazine, 5/25)
• “Six People to Revise You” by J.R. Dawson (Uncanny Magazine, 1-2/25)
• “In My Country” by Thomas Ha (Clarkesworld Magazine 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)

I’ve only read a couple of these stories so this promises to be a treat. Happy reading everyone!

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And guess whose book is featured in the #SFWA New Release Newsletter this month?

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https://drive.google.com/file/d/17DR2lH3J6PEvO3I09sEqBM18kIAsO6ZM/view

And guess whose book is featured in the #SFWA New Release Newsletter this month?

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https://drive.google.com/file/d/17DR2lH3J6PEvO3I09sEqBM18kIAsO6ZM/view

And guess whose book is featured in the #SFWA New Release Newsletter this month?

#AuthorsOfMastodon #WritersOfMastodon #WritersCommunity #WritingCommunity #Hopepunk #HardSF #SciFi #ScienceFiction #Books #Writer #Writing #AmWriting #ReadEveryDay #read #Reading #AlwaysReading #ReadMoreBooks #NewBook #BookLover #AmReading #AmReadingFiction #AmWriting #AmWritingFiction #AmReadingSciFi #AmWritingSciFi #Bookstodon #Environment #EcoFiction #EnvironmentalRacism

https://drive.google.com/file/d/17DR2lH3J6PEvO3I09sEqBM18kIAsO6ZM/view

And guess whose book is featured in the #SFWA New Release Newsletter this month?

#AuthorsOfMastodon #WritersOfMastodon #WritersCommunity #WritingCommunity #Hopepunk #HardSF #SciFi #ScienceFiction #Books #Writer #Writing #AmWriting #ReadEveryDay #read #Reading #AlwaysReading #ReadMoreBooks #NewBook #BookLover #AmReading #AmReadingFiction #AmWriting #AmWritingFiction #AmReadingSciFi #AmWritingSciFi #Bookstodon #Environment #EcoFiction #EnvironmentalRacism

https://drive.google.com/file/d/17DR2lH3J6PEvO3I09sEqBM18kIAsO6ZM/view

And guess whose book is featured in the #SFWA New Release Newsletter this month?

#AuthorsOfMastodon #WritersOfMastodon #WritersCommunity #WritingCommunity #Hopepunk #HardSF #SciFi #ScienceFiction #Books #Writer #Writing #AmWriting #ReadEveryDay #read #Reading #AlwaysReading #ReadMoreBooks #NewBook #BookLover #AmReading #AmReadingFiction #AmWriting #AmWritingFiction #AmReadingSciFi #AmWritingSciFi #Bookstodon #Environment #EcoFiction #EnvironmentalRacism

https://drive.google.com/file/d/17DR2lH3J6PEvO3I09sEqBM18kIAsO6ZM/view

Does anyone here have a report or thread on the Nebula Awards winners? They were announced on Saturday, but I don't see a list anywhere yet.

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If you're attending the SFWA Nebula Conference in Kansas City this week/weekend, come on by the Live Action Slush event on Saturday from 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM. Yours truly will be among the former or current slush readers sharing our totally subjective opinions on what does or doesn't hook us when we're first-reading fiction submissions!

Also I'm one of the authors in a networking reception from 8 PM - 11 PM on Friday. This one's open to the public, so swing by if you're in KC and want a signed book or a high five!

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It's out, today. The episode of the Shining Moon Science Fiction #Podcast where @brentclambert , Leigh Harlen and I talk with host @dldavitt about the six stories up for Nebula Awards this year in the novelette category. Great discussion, lots of fun to do. Enjoy!

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https://shiningmoon.buzzsprout.com/2222860/15009824-shining-moon-episode-41-reading-the-nebulas-ii

An #introduction!

Hi, I'm Kate! I'm a writer in #Ottawa. I'm a parent and I have a black cat named Minerva.

My latest novel is The Embroidered Book.
I'm writing an #AssassinsCreed trilogy. You can find my #InteractiveFiction through #ChoiceOfGames. Plus novellas, stories, some videogame writing.

I used to be a journalist and my undergrad was in #polisci. I teach journalism, and I do contract work related to the #InformalEconomy.

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