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The Nebula Awards are presented annually for the best science fiction and fantasy works, as selected by members of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America.

Female Winners of Nebula Awards

Best Novel

  • 1969: Ursula K. Le Guin, The Left Hand of Darkness
  • 1974: Ursula K. Le Guin, The Dispossessed
  • 1978: Vonda McIntyre, Dreamsnake
  • 1987: Pat Murphy, The Falling Woman
  • 1988: Lois McMaster Bujold, Falling Free
  • 1989: Elizabeth Ann Scarborough, The Healer's War
  • 1990: Ursula K. Le Guin, Tehanu: The Last Book of Earthsea
  • 1992: Connie Willis, Doomsday Book
  • 1996: Nicola Griffith, Slow River
  • 1997: Vonda McIntyre, The Moon and the Sun
  • 1999: Octavia E. Butler, Parable of the Talents
  • 2001: Catherine Asaro, The Quantum Rose
  • 2003: Elizabeth Moon, The Speed of Dark
  • 2004: Lois McMaster Bujold, Paladin of Souls
  • 2008: Ursula K. Le Guin, Powers
  • 2010: Connie Willis, Blackout/All Clear
  • 2011: Jo Walton, Among Others
  • 2013: Ann Leckie, Ancillary Justice

Best Novella

  • 1968: Anne McCaffrey, Dragonrider
  • 1971: Katherine Maclean, The Missing Man
  • 1976: James Tiptree, Jr., Houston, Houston, Do You Read?
  • 1977: Jeanne Robinson, Stardance
  • 1980: Suzy McKee Charnas, Unicorn Tapestry
  • 1988: Connie Willis, The Last of the Winnebagos
  • 1989: Lois McMaster Bujold, The Mountains of Mourning
  • 1991: Nancy Kress, Beggars in Spain
  • 1995: Elizabeth Hand, Last Summer at Mars Hill
  • 1998: Sheila Finch, Reading the Bones
  • 2000: Linda Nagata, Goddessess
  • 2005: Kelly Link, Magic for Beginners
  • 2007: Nancy Kress, Fountain of Age
  • 2008: Catherine Asaro, The Spacetime Pool
  • 2009: Kage Baker, The Women of Nell Gwynne’s
  • 2010: Rachel Swirsky, The Lady Who Plucked Red Flowers Beneath the Queen’s Window
  • 2011: Kij Johnson, The Man Who Bridged the Mist
  • 2012: Nancy Kress, After the Fall, Before the Fall, During the Fall
  • 2013: Vylar Kaftan, The Weight of the Sunrise

Best Novellette

  • 2009: Eugie Foster, Sinner, Baker, Fabulist, Priest; Red Mask, Black Mask, Gentleman, Beast
  • 2013: Aliette de Bodard, The Waiting Stars

Best Short Story

  • 2009: Kij Johnson, Spar
  • 2012: Aliette de Bodard, Immersion
  • 2013: Rachel Swirsky, If You Were a Dinosaur, My Love

Andre Norton Award for Young Adult Science Fiction and Fantasy

  • 2011: Delia Sherman, The Freedom Maze
  • 2013: Nalo Hopkinson, Sister Mine

Ray Bradbury Award for Outstanding Dramatic Presentation

  • 2009: Terri Tatchell with Neill Blomkamp, District 9
  • 2012: Lucy Alibar (cowriter), Beasts of the Southern Wild