Awarded annually by The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (www.sfwa.org), The Nebula Awards recognize the best and brightest of the newest generation of science fiction writers in the United States. Covering a host of several different categories, The Nebulas have been praised as one of the major earmarks for science fiction and fantasy writing since 1965. We have listed the winners of the Best Novel award for the last ten years.

2003
Novel: The Speed of Dark by Elizabeth Moon
Novella: Coraline by Neil Gaiman
Novelette: The Empire of Ice Cream by Jeffrey Ford
Short Story: What I Didn't See by Karen Joy Fowler
Script: The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers by Fran Walsh & Philippa Boyens & Stephen Sinclair & Peter Jackson; based on The Lord of the Rings, by J.R.R. Tolkien

2002
Novel: American Gods, Neil Gaimen
Novella: Bronte’s Egg, Richard Chwedyk
Novelette: Hell is the Absence of God, Ted Chiang
Short Story: Creature, Carol Emshwiller
Script: The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens and Peter Jackson. Based on The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien

2000 Darwin’s Radio, Greg Bear
1999 Parable of the Talents, Octavia E. Butler
1998 Forever Peace, Joe Haldeman
1997 The Moon and the Sun, Vonda N. McIntyre
1996 Slow River, Nicola Griffith
1995 The Terminal Experiment, Robert J. Sawyer
1994 Moving Mars, Greg Bear
1993 Red Mars, Kim Stanley Robinson
1992 Doomsday Book, Connie Willis
1991 Stations of the Tide, Michael Swanwick

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