Here are the 2023 Nebula Award finalists

The finalists for the 2023 Nebula Awards have been revealed.

The winners will be announced June 8, during the 2024 Nebula Conference.

Here are the finalists for best novel and outstanding YA novel; you can see the other nominees in such categories as novella, novelette, short story, and game writing on the SFWA website.

Novel

• The Saint of Bright Doors by Vajra Chandrasekera 

• The Water Outlaws by S. L. Huang

• Translation State by Ann Leckie 

• The Terraformers by Annalee Newitz 

• Shigidi and the Brass Head of Obalufon by Wole Talabi 

• Witch King by Martha Wells 

Outstanding Young Adult Science Fiction or Fantasy Book

• To Shape a Dragon’s Breath by Moniquill Blackgoose 

• The Inn at the Amethyst Lantern by J. Dianne Dotson 

• Liberty’s Daughter by Naomi Kritzer

• The Ghost Job by Greg van Eekhout