Nebulas 2024: Someone You Can Build a Nest In takes Best Novel

The Nebula Awards recognize outstanding science fiction and fantasy chosen by SFWA members. Here are the 2024 winners across the major fiction categories with quick notes.

Winners by category (2024):

• Best Novel — Someone You Can Build a Nest In by John Wiswell. A tender, monstrous romance that flips creature-feature expectations.
• Best Novella — The Dragonfly Gambit by A. D. Sui. High-stakes maneuvering and sharp character work in a compact frame.
• Best Novelette — Negative Scholarship on the Fifth State of Being by A. W. Prihandita. Inventive, metafictional play with scholarship and the speculative.
• Best Short Story — Why Don’t We Just Kill the Kid in the Omelas Hole by Isabel J. Kim. Moral fable meets internet-age irony, unsettling and unforgettable.
• Best Young Adult — The Young Necromancer’s Guide to Ghosts by Vanessa Ricci-Thode. Playful necromancy with heart and humor.

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