Here are the winners of the 61st Annual Nebula Awards.
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The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America announced the winners of the 61st annual Nebula Awards, honoring the year's most outstanding speculative fiction works. The Nebulas rank among science fiction and fantasy's most prestigious honors, recognizing excellence across novels, novellas, novelettes, and short stories. The awards celebrate the genre's most celebrated voices and emerging talent, with selections made by SFWA members voting on works released in 2025. The announcement highlights the diversity and vitality of contemporary speculative fiction publishing.
The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of American (SFWA) has announced the winners of the 61st annual Nebula Awards, one of SFF’s most prestigious honors, “given to the writers of the most outstanding speculative fiction works released in 2025.” This year marks the first-ever Nebula given for poetry, a welcome sign of the increasing breadth of talent in the speculative space.
Here are this year’s winners:
BEST NOVEL
Stephen Graham Jones, The Buffalo Hunter Hunter
BEST NOVELLA
Amal El-Mohtar, The River Has Roots
BEST NOVELETTE
Thomas Ha, “Uncertain Sons”
BEST SHORT STORY
Effie Seiberg, “Laser Eyes Ain’t Everything”
THE ANDRE NORTON NEBULA AWARD FOR MIDDLE GRADE AND YOUNG ADULT FICTION
Michelle Knudsen, Into the Wild Magic
BEST COMIC
Jessica Maison, Mary Shelley’s School for Monsters: The Killing Stone
BEST POEM
Jennifer Hudak, “The World to Come”
THE RAY BRADBURY NEBULA AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING DRAMATIC PRESENTATION
Paul Weitz and Chris Weitz, Murderbot: Season One
NEBULA AWARD FOR GAME WRITING
Guillaume Broche, & Jennifer Svedberg-Yen, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
DAMON KNIGHT GRAND MASTER AWARD
N.K. Jemisin
INFINITY AWARD
Roger Zelazny
A hearty congratulations to all of the nominees this year and a round of applause to the winners! See the full list of winners here.