Nebula season news
The SFWA announced the 2026 Nebula Award finalists and plans to present winners at the SFWA Nebula Conference in Chicago, June 3–7, 2026. Veteran writer David Langford will receive the Kate Wilhelm Solstice Award this year — a lifetime‑achievement nod from the community. (file770.com) (locusmag.com)
Voting on the final Nebula ballot ran from 7:00 p.m. PDT on March 15, 2026 through 11:59 p.m. PDT on April 15, 2026, with winners slated for announcement on Saturday, June 6, 2026. (sfwa.org)) SFWA added two inaugural award categories on this ballot cycle — Best Poem and Best Comic — expanding the Nebulas’ formal category list for works published in 2025. (sfwa.org)) The Best Novel finalists named by SFWA include When We Were Real (Daryl Gregory), The Buffalo Hunter Hunter (Stephen Graham Jones), Katabasis (R.F. Kuang), Death of the Author (Nnedi Okorafor), The Incandescent (Emily Tesh), Sour Cherry (Natalia Theodoridou), and Wearing the Lion (John Wiswell). (sfwa.org)) Best Novella finalists on the final ballot include Disgraced Return of the Kap’s Needle (Renan Bernardo), The River Has Roots (Amal El‑Mohtar), The Death of Mountains (Jordan Kurella), Automatic Noodle (Annalee Newitz), But Not Too Bold (Hache Pueyo), and “Descent” (Wole Talabi). (nebulas.sfwa.org)) The Kate Wilhelm Solstice Award — created in 2008 and granted at the discretion of the SFWA president with Board approval as a lifetime‑achievement/community contribution honor — remains a single‑recipient accolade decided outside the regular finalist/voting process. (locusmag.com)) David Langford’s career highlights cited by published sources include his long‑running fanzine/newsletter Ansible and an all‑time record 29 Hugo Awards, credentials frequently noted in coverage framing this year’s lifetime‑achievement recognition. (ansible.uk))
