Nebulas add comics and poems
The Nebula Awards ballot just expanded — the SFWA announced two new categories: Best Poem and Best Comic, and the 2025 finalists were released ahead of the winners ceremony at the Nebula Conference in Chicago on June 6 full ballot posted first comic nominees coverage.
SFWA posted)) the final ballot on March 15, 2026 and opened voting at 7:00 p.m. PDT that day, with member voting scheduled to close at 11:59 p.m. PDT on April 15. (sfwa.org) The poetry shortlist contains six entries: “Though You Always Are” (Linda D. Addison & Jamal Hodge), “They Said Robots Are” (Casey Aimer), “The World To Come” (Jennifer Hudak), “The Mourning Robot” (Angela Liu), “Care for Lightning” (Mari Ness), and “To Be the Change” (Nico Martinez Nocito). (locusmag.com) The comics shortlist lists eight works: Second Shift (Kit Anderson), Carmilla Volume 3: The Eternal (Amy Chu), Helen of Wyndhorn (Tom King), Fishflies (Jeff Lemire), Mary Shelley’s School for Monsters: The Killing Stone (Jessica Maison), Strange Bedfellows (Ariel Slamet Ries), The Flip Side (Jason Walz), and The Stoneshore Register (G. Willow Wilson). (locusmag.com) SFWA had set eligibility for these categories to begin in January 2025, with the organization explaining)) the change and its committees’ rationale in a February 18, 2025 blog post featuring Comics Committee lead Jessica Maison and Poetry Committee members Holly Lyn Walrath and Wendy Van Camp. (sfwa.org) Coverage noted immediate pushback over crediting: ComicsBeat reported that SFWA’s announcement lists only writers and publishers in the comics press release and quoted nominee Amy Chu pointing out that artists on her Carmilla series (Soo Lee, Sal Cipriano, Andrea DiVito) did substantial creative work. (comicsbeat.com) SFWA’s press release framed the new awards as writer-focused in line with existing honors like the Ray Bradbury Award and Game Writing Award, saying the prizes “celebrate the writers at the heart of productions that also involve editors, artists, publishers, producers, and a wealth of other team members.” (sfwa.org)
