Science fiction and fantasy literary award
The Andre Norton Nebula Award for Middle Grade and Young Adult Fiction (formerly the Andre Norton Award for Young Adult Science Fiction and Fantasy ) is an annual award presented by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Association (SFWA) to the author of the best young adult or middle grade science fiction or fantasy book published in the United States in the preceding year. It is named to honor prolific science fiction and fantasy author Andre Norton (1912–2005), and it was established by then SFWA president Catherine Asaro and the SFWA Young Adult Fiction committee and announced on February 20, 2005.[ 1] [ 2] Any published young adult or middle grade science fiction or fantasy novel is eligible for the prize, including graphic novels . There is no limit on word count. The award was originally not a Nebula Award , despite being presented along with them and following the same rules for nominations and voting, but in 2019 SFWA announced that the award was considered a Nebula category.[ 3] [ 4] [ 5]
Andre Norton Award nominees and winners are chosen by members of SFWA, though the authors of the nominees do not need to be members. Works are nominated each year by members in a period around December 15 through January 31, and the six works that receive the most nominations then form the final ballot, with additional nominees possible in the case of ties. Soon after, members are given a month to vote on the ballot, and the final results are presented at the Nebula Awards ceremony 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.[ 4] Beginning with the 2009 awards, the rules were changed to the current format. Previously, the eligibility period for nominations was defined as one year after the publication date of the work, which allowed works to be nominated in the calendar year after their publication and then be awarded in the calendar year after that. Works were added to a preliminary list for the year if they had ten or more nominations, which were then voted on to create a final ballot, to which the SFWA organizing panel was also allowed to add an additional work.[ 6]
During the 21 nomination years, 103 authors have had works nominated, of which 19 have won. Fran Wilde is the only author to win twice, out of two nominations. Holly Black , Jenn Reese, and Scott Westerfeld have had the most nominations at four—with Black winning once and Reese and Westerfeld yet to win—followed by Sarah Beth Durst and Greg van Eekhout with three nominations each without winning. Black, Alaya Dawn Johnson , Delia Sherman , and Ysabeau S. Wilce are the only authors besides Wilde nominated multiple times to have won the award, with one win apiece out of four, two, two, and two nominations, respectively.
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.
* Winners
Winners and nominees
Year
Author
Title
Publisher
Ref.
2005
Holly Black *
Valiant: A Modern Tale of Faerie
Simon & Schuster
[ 7]
Louise Spiegler
The Amethyst Road
Clarion Books
[ 7]
Ann Halam
Siberia
Wendy Lamb Books
[ 7]
Susan Vaught
Stormwitch
Bloomsbury Publishing
[ 7]
2006
Justine Larbalestier *
Magic or Madness
Razorbill
[ 8]
Maureen Johnson
Devilish
Razorbill
[ 8]
Megan Whalen Turner
The King of Attolia
Greenwillow Books
[ 8]
Scott Westerfeld
Midnighters 2: Touching Darkness
Eos
[ 8]
Scott Westerfeld
Peeps
Razorbill
[ 8]
Susan Beth Pfeffer
Life as We Knew It
Harcourt
[ 8]
2007
J. K. Rowling *
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
Arthur A. Levine Books
[ 9]
Steve Berman
Vintage: A Ghost Story
Haworth Press
[ 9]
Sarah Beth Durst
Into the Wild
Razorbill
[ 9]
Nnedi Okorafor-Mbachu
The Shadow Speaker
Jump at the Sun
[ 9]
Adam Rex
The True Meaning of Smekday
Hyperion Books
[ 9]
Ysabeau S. Wilce
Flora Segunda
Harcourt
[ 9]
Elizabeth Wein
The Lion Hunter
Viking Juvenile
[ 9]
2008
Ysabeau S. Wilce *
Flora’s Dare
Harcourt
[ 10]
Kristin Cashore
Graceling
Harcourt
[ 10]
D. M. Cornish
Monster Blood Tattoo: Lamplighter
G. P. Putnam’s Sons
[ 10]
Ingrid Law
Savvy
Walden Media
[ 10]
Mary E. Pearson
The Adoration of Jenna Fox
Henry Holt and Company
[ 10]
2009
Catherynne M. Valente *
The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making
catherynnemvalente.com
[ 11]
Kage Baker
Hotel Under the Sand
Tachyon Publications
[ 11]
Sarah Beth Durst
Ice
Margaret K. McElderry
[ 11]
Malinda Lo
Ash
Little, Brown and Company
[ 11]
Lisa Mantchev
Eyes Like Stars
Feiwel & Friends
[ 11]
John Scalzi
Zoe’s Tale
Tor Books
[ 11]
Rebecca Stead
When You Reach Me
Wendy Lamb Books
[ 11]
Scott Westerfeld
Leviathan
Simon Pulse
[ 11]
2010
Terry Pratchett *
I Shall Wear Midnight
Victor Gollancz Ltd
[ 12]
Paolo Bacigalupi
Ship Breaker
Little, Brown and Company
[ 12]
Holly Black
White Cat
Margaret K. McElderry
[ 12]
Suzanne Collins
Mockingjay
Scholastic Press
[ 12]
Barry Deutsch
Hereville: How Mirka Got Her Sword
Amulet Books
[ 12]
Pearl North
The Boy from Ilysies
Tor Teen
[ 12]
Megan Whalen Turner
A Conspiracy of Kings
Greenwillow Books
[ 12]
Scott Westerfeld
Behemoth
Simon Pulse
[ 12]
2011
Delia Sherman *
The Freedom Maze
Big Mouth House
[ 13]
Nnedi Okorafor
Akata Witch
Viking Juvenile
[ 13]
Franny Billingsley
Chime
Dial Press
[ 13]
Laini Taylor
Daughter of Smoke and Bone
Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
[ 13]
A. S. King
Everybody Sees the Ants
Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
[ 13]
Greg van Eekhout
The Boy at the End of the World
Bloomsbury Children’s Books
[ 13]
Rae Carson
The Girl of Fire and Thorns
Greenwillow Books
[ 13]
R. J. Anderson
Ultraviolet
Orchard Books
[ 13]
2012
E. C. Myers *
Fair Coin
Pyr
[ 14]
Kelly Barnhill
Iron Hearted Violet
Little, Brown and Company
[ 14]
Holly Black
Black Heart
Victor Gollancz Ltd
[ 14]
Leah Bobet
Above
Arthur A. Levine Books
[ 14]
Libba Bray
The Diviners
Little, Brown and Company
[ 14]
Sarah Beth Durst
Vessel
Margaret K. McElderry
[ 14]
Rachel Hartman
Seraphina
Random House
[ 14]
Alethea Kontis
Enchanted
Harcourt
[ 14]
David Levithan
Every Day
Alice A. Knopf Books for Young Readers
[ 14]
Guadalupe Garcia McCall
Summer of the Mariposas
Tu Books
[ 14]
China Miéville
Railsea
Del Rey Books
[ 14]
Jenn Reese
Above World
Candlewick Press
[ 14]
2013
Nalo Hopkinson *
Sister Mine
Grand Central Publishing
[ 15]
Holly Black
The Coldest Girl in Coldtown
Little, Brown and Company
[ 15]
Karen Healey
When We Wake
Little, Brown and Company
[ 15]
Alaya Dawn Johnson
The Summer Prince
Arthur A. Levine Books
[ 15]
Alethea Kontis
Hero
Harcourt
[ 15]
Bennett Madison
September Girls
Harper Teen
[ 15]
Jaclyn Moriarty
A Corner of White
Arthur A. Levine Books
[ 15]
2014
Alaya Dawn Johnson *
Love Is the Drug
Arthur A. Levine Books
[ 16]
Sarah Rees Brennan
Unmade
Random House
[ 16]
Alexandra Duncan
Salvage
Greenwillow Books
[ 16]
A. S. King
Glory O’Brien’s History of the Future
Little, Brown and Company
[ 16]
Sarah McCarry
Dirty Wings
St. Martin’s Griffin
[ 16]
Kate Milford
Greenglass House
Clarion Books
[ 16]
Leslye Walton
The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavender
Candlewick Press
[ 16]
2015
Fran Wilde *
Updraft
Tor Books
[ 17]
Nicole Kornher-Stace
Archivist Wasp
Big Mouth House
[ 17]
Laura Ruby
Bone Gap
Balzer + Bray
[ 17]
Kate Elliott
Court of Fives
Little, Brown and Company
[ 17]
Frances Hardinge
Cuckoo Song
Macmillan Publishers , Amulet
[ 17]
ND Stevenson
Nimona
Harper Teen
[ 17]
Tina Connolly
Seriously Wicked
Tor Teen
[ 17]
Daniel José Older
Shadowshaper
Arthur A. Levine Books
[ 17]
Fonda Lee
Zeroboxer
Flux
[ 17]
2016
David D. Levine *
Arabella of Mars
Tor Books
[ 18]
Kelly Barnhill
The Girl Who Drank the Moon
Algonquin Young Readers
[ 18]
Roshani Chokshi
The Star-Touched Queen
St. Martin’s Press
[ 18]
Frances Hardinge
The Lie Tree
Macmillan Publishers , Abrams Books
[ 18]
Philip Reeve
Railhead
Oxford University Press , Switch Press
[ 18]
Lindsay Ribar
Rocks Fall, Everyone Dies
Kathy Dawson Books
[ 18]
Delia Sherman
The Evil Wizard Smallbone
Candlewick Press
[ 18]
2017
Sam J. Miller *
The Art of Starving
HarperCollins
[ 19]
Fonda Lee
Exo
Scholastic Books
[ 19]
Kari Maaren
Weave a Circle Round
Tor Books
[ 19]
Cindy Pon
Want
Simon Pulse
[ 19]
2018
Tomi Adeyemi *
Children of Blood and Bone
Henry Holt and Company
[ 20]
Roshani Chokshi
Aru Shah and the End of Time
Rick Riordan Presents
[ 20]
Justina Ireland
Dread Nation
Balzer + Bray
[ 20]
A. K. DuBoff
A Light in the Dark
BDL Press
[ 20]
Henry Lien
Peasprout Chen, Future Legend of Skate and Sword
Henry Holt and Company
[ 20]
Rachel Hartman
Tess of the Road
Random House
[ 20]
2019
Fran Wilde *
Riverland
Amulet Paperbacks
[ 21]
Carlos Hernandez
Sal and Gabi Break the Universe
Rick Riordan Presents
[ 21]
Naomi Kritzer
Catfishing on CatNet
Tor Teen
[ 21]
Yoon Ha Lee
Dragon Pearl
Rick Riordan Presents
[ 21]
Henry Lien
Peasprout Chen: Battle of Champions
Henry Holt and Company
[ 21]
Greg van Eekhout
Cog
Harper
[ 21]
2020
Ursula Vernon (as T. Kingfisher)*
A Wizard’s Guide to Defensive Baking
Argyll Productions
[ 22]
Jordan Ifueko
Raybearer
Amulet Books
[ 22]
Darcie Little Badger
Elatsoe
Levine Querido
[ 22]
Jenn Reese
A Game of Fox & Squirrels
Henry Holt and Company
[ 22]
Shveta Thakrar
Star Daughter
HarperTeen
[ 22]
2021
Darcie Little Badger *
A Snake Falls to Earth
Levine Querido
[ 23]
Xiran Jay Zhao
Iron Widow
Penguin Teen /Rock the Boat
[ 23]
Jordan Ifueko
Redemptor
Amulet Books /Hot Key Books
[ 23]
Eden Royce
Root Magic
Walden Pond Press
[ 23]
Leah Cypess
Thornwood
Delacorte Press
[ 23]
Charlie Jane Anders
Victories Greater Than Death
Tor Teen /Titan Books
[ 23]
2022
K. Tempest Bradford *
Ruby Finley vs. the Interstellar Invasion
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
[ 24]
H. A. Clarke
The Scratch Daughters
Erewhon Books
[ 24]
Deva Fagan
The Mirrorwood
Atheneum Books
[ 24]
Maya MacGregor
The Many Half-Lived Lives of Sam Sylvester
Astra Young Readers
[ 24]
Jenn Reese
Every Bird a Prince
Henry Holt and Company
[ 24]
2023
Moniquill Blackgoose *
To Shape a Dragon’s Breath
Del Rey Books
[ 25]
J. Dianne Dotson
The Inn at the Amethyst Lantern
Android Press
[ 25]
Naomi Kritzer
Liberty’s Daughter
Fairwood Press
[ 25]
Greg van Eekhout
The Ghost Job
HarperCollins
[ 25]
2024
Vanessa Ricci-Thode *
The Young Necromancer’s Guide to Ghosts
(self-published)
[ 26]
José Pablo Iriarte
Benny Ramírez and the Nearly Departed
Alice A. Knopf Books for Young Readers
[ 26]
Leah Cypess
Braided
Delacorte Press
[ 26]
Rob Cameron
Daydreamer
Labyrinth Road
[ 26]
Yoon Ha Lee
Moonstorm
Delacorte Press /Solaris Books
[ 26]
Jenn Reese
Puzzleheart
Henry Holt and Company
[ 26]
2025
David Anaxagoras
The Tower
Recorded Books
[ 27]
Jonathan Brazee
Gemini Rising
Semper Fi Press
[ 27]
Jubilee Cho
Wishing Well, Wishing Well
Atthis Arts
[ 27]
Suzanne Collins
Sunrise on the Reaping
Scholastic
[ 27]
Michelle Knudsen
Into the Wild Magic
Candlewick Press
[ 27]
K. A. Mielke
Goblin Girl
(self-published)
[ 27]
See also
References
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^ Sherman, Josepha (March 6, 2007). Resnick, Mike (ed.). Nebula Awards Showcase 2007 . Roc Trade . p. 7 . ISBN 978-0451461346 . However, the idea of an award did take hold, especially one that would honor both the best science fiction or fantasy young adult novel and the memory of Andre Norton.
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