Editing Nebula Award for Best Comics

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| website        = [https://nebulas.sfwa.org/ nebulas.sfwa.org]
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The '''Nebula Award for Best Comics''' is given each year by the [[Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Association]] (SFWA) for [[science fiction]] or [[fantasy]] comics. To be eligible for [[Nebula Award]] consideration, a comic must be published in English in the United States. Works published in English elsewhere in the world are also eligible, provided they are released on either a website or in an electronic edition.<ref name="NEBrules"/> The inaugural comics award, for works created in 2025, will be awarded in 2026. The Nebula Awards have been described as one of "the most important of the American science fiction awards" and "the science-fiction and fantasy equivalent" of the [[Emmy Award]]s.<ref name="Guardianquote"/><ref name="TechRepquote"/>

Nebula Award nominees and winners are selected by members of SFWA, although the authors of the nominees are not required to be members themselves. Each year, works are nominated by SFWA members during a period typically spanning from December 15 to January 31. The six works receiving the most nominations proceed to the final ballot, with additional nominees considered in the event of ties. Subsequently, members have about a month to vote on the final ballot, and the winners are announced at the Nebula Awards ceremony held in May. Authors are not permitted to nominate their own works, and ties in the final vote are broken, if possible, by the number of nominations the works received.<ref name="NEBrules"/> ''[[Comics Beat|The Beat]]'' commented that the decision to recognize only writers of comics "has garnered mixed reactions". In response to criticism, the SFWA stated that their "membership has historically been split as to whether the award is holistic in practice, or solely about writers" and encouraged the community to submit feedback.<ref name="TheBeatwriters"/>

== Winners and nominees ==
SFWA currently identifies the awards by the year of publication, that is, the year prior to the year in which the award is given. Entries with a yellow background and an asterisk (*) next to the writer's name have won the award; the other entries are the other nominees on the shortlist.

<span style="margin:0px; padding-bottom:1px; font-size:90%; display:block;"><span style="border:#aaa solid 1px; background-color:lightyellow;">&nbsp;&nbsp;*&nbsp;&nbsp;</span>&nbsp;Winners and joint winners</span>

{| class="wikitable sortable" width="85%" style="margin: 1em auto 1em auto"
|+ {{sronly|Winners and nominees}}
|-
! width="7%" scope="col"|Year
! width="28%" scope="col"|Author
! width="35%" scope="col"|Work
! width="26%" scope="col"|Publisher or publication
! width="4%" scope="col" class="unsortable"|Ref.
|-
! rowspan=8 | 2025
| {{sortname|Kit|Anderson|nolink=1}}
| ''Second Shift''
| Avery Hill
| <ref name=nebula2025nominees>{{cite web |url=https://locusmag.com/2026/03/2025-nebula-awards-ballot/ |title=2025 Nebula Awards Ballot |publisher=[[Locus (magazine)|Locus]] |date=15 Mar 2026 |accessdate=16 Mar 2026}}</ref>
|-
| {{sortname|Amy|Chu}}
| ''Carmilla Volume 3: The Eternal''
| [[Berger Books]]
| <ref name=nebula2025nominees/>
|-
| {{sortname|Tom|King|dab=writer}}
| ''Helen of Wyndhorn''
| [[Dark Horse Comics]]
| <ref name=nebula2025nominees/>
|-
| {{sortname|Jeff|Lemire}}
| ''Fishflies''
| [[Image Comics]]
| <ref name=nebula2025nominees/>
|-
| {{sortname|Jessica|Maison|nolink=1}}
| ''Mary Shelley’s School for Monsters: The Killing Stone''
| Wicked Tree
| <ref name=nebula2025nominees/>
|-
| {{sortname|Ariel Slamet|Ries|nolink=1}}
| ''Strange Bedfellows''
| [[HarperAlley]]
| <ref name=nebula2025nominees/>
|-
| {{sortname|Jason|Walz|nolink=1}}
| {{sort|Flip Side|''The Flip Side''}}
| Rocky Pond
| <ref name=nebula2025nominees/>
|-
| {{sortname|G. Willow|Wilson}}
| {{sort|Stoneshore Register|''The Stoneshore Register''}}
| [[Berger Books]]
| <ref name=nebula2025nominees/>
|}

==See also==
* [[Eisner Awards]]
* [[Hugo Award for Best Graphic Story or Comic]]

==References==

<references>
<ref name="NEBrules">{{cite web |title=Nebula Rules |url=http://www.sfwa.org/nebula-awards/rules/ |publisher=[[Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America]] |access-date=2011-12-12 |date=October 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110701111708/http://www.sfwa.org/nebula-awards/rules/ |archive-date=2011-07-01 |url-status=live}}</ref>
<ref name="Guardianquote">{{cite web |last=Flood |first=Allison |title=Ursula K Le Guin wins sixth Nebula award |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2009/apr/28/ursula-k-le-guin-nebula |work=[[The Guardian]] |access-date=2011-12-12 |date=2009-04-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090801031449/http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2009/apr/28/ursula-k-le-guin-nebula |archive-date=2009-08-01 |url-status=live}}</ref> 
<ref name="TechRepquote">{{cite web |last=Garmon |first=Jay |title=Geek Trivia: Science-fiction double feature |url=http://www.techrepublic.com/article/geek-trivia-science-fiction-double-feature/6122314 |publisher=[[TechRepublic]] |access-date=2011-12-12 |date=2006-10-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120214164526/http://www.techrepublic.com/article/geek-trivia-science-fiction-double-feature/6122314 |archive-date=2012-02-14 |url-status=live }}</ref>
<ref name="TheBeatwriters">{{Cite web |last=Chiu-Tabet |first=Christopher |date=March 16, 2026 |title=First Nebula Award for Best Comic nominees announced |url=https://www.comicsbeat.com/first-comic-nebula-nominees/ |access-date=March 17, 2026 |website=[[Comics Beat|The Beat]]}}</ref>
</references>

==External links==
* [http://nebulas.sfwa.org/ Nebula Awards official site]

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