Nebula Award for Best Comics
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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.[1] 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 Awards.[2][3]
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.[1] 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.[4]
Winners and nominees
[edit | edit source]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.
* Winners and joint winners
| Year | Author | Work | Publisher or publication | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Template:Sortname | Second Shift | Avery Hill | [5] |
| Template:Sortname | Carmilla Volume 3: The Eternal | Berger Books | [5] | |
| Template:Sortname | Helen of Wyndhorn | Dark Horse Comics | [5] | |
| Template:Sortname | Fishflies | Image Comics | [5] | |
| Template:Sortname | Mary Shelley’s School for Monsters: The Killing Stone | Wicked Tree | [5] | |
| Template:Sortname | Strange Bedfellows | HarperAlley | [5] | |
| Template:Sortname | Template:Sort | Rocky Pond | [5] | |
| Template:Sortname | Template:Sort | Berger Books | [5] |
See also
[edit | edit source]References
[edit | edit source]- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Nebula Rules". Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America. October 2011. Archived from the original on July 1, 2011. Retrieved December 12, 2011.
- ↑ Flood, Allison (April 28, 2009). "Ursula K Le Guin wins sixth Nebula award". The Guardian. Archived from the original on August 1, 2009. Retrieved December 12, 2011.
- ↑ Garmon, Jay (October 3, 2006). "Geek Trivia: Science-fiction double feature". TechRepublic. Archived from the original on February 14, 2012. Retrieved December 12, 2011.
- ↑ Chiu-Tabet, Christopher (March 16, 2026). "First Nebula Award for Best Comic nominees announced". The Beat. Retrieved March 17, 2026.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.6 5.7 "2025 Nebula Awards Ballot". Locus. March 15, 2026. Retrieved March 16, 2026.