The winners of 2025 Nebula Awards, sponsored by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Association, were announced on Saturday at the 60th annual Nebula Awards Ceremony, in Kansas City, Mo.:
Novel: Someone You Can Build a Nest In by John Wiswell (DAW)
Novella: The Dragonfly Gambit by A.D. Sui (Neon Hemlock)
Novelette: Negative Scholarship on the Fifth State of Being by A.W. Prihandita (Clarkesworld 11/24)
Short Story: "Why Don't We Just Kill the Kid in the Omelas Hole" by Isabel J. Kim (Clarkesworld 2/24)
Andre Norton Nebula Award for Middle Grade and Young Adult Fiction: The Young Necromancer's Guide to Ghosts by Vanessa Ricci-Thode (self-published)
Game Writing: A Death in Hyperspace by Stewart C Baker, Phoebe Barton, James Beamon, Kate Heartfield, Isabel J. Kim, Sara S. Messenger, Jingjing Xiao, Natalia Theodoridou, M. Darusha Wehm, Merc Fenn Wolfmoor (Infomancy.net)
Ray Bradbury Nebula Award for Outstanding Dramatic Presentation: Dune: Part Two by Jon Spaihts, Denis Villeneuve (Warner Bros.)
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Two books are sharing the Plutarch Award for the Best Biography of 2024, sponsored by Biographers International Organization. The winners will share the $3,000 prize.
The winning titles are Candy Darling: Dreamer, Icon, Superstar by Cynthia Carr (Farrar, Straus and Giroux) and Scapegoat: The Brilliant Brief Life of the Duke of Buckingham by Lucy Hughes-Hallett (Harper).
Award committee chair Ruth Franklin said, "As works of biography, these books are so different that they are almost impossible to compare. We thought it was worth acknowledging both: Scapegoat for its innovative structure and engaging, intelligent style; and Candy Darling for its emotional pull and sensitive handling of its subject."
BIO president Steve Paul added, "The pool of Plutarch finalists reflects what feels like a bountiful period for biography in general. I commend our panel of judges for breaking precedent and highlighting two wildly different but highly engaging life stories."