Andre Norton Nebula Award for Middle Grade and Young Adult Fiction
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Logo of the Andre Norton Award
Awarded forThe best middle grade or young adult science fiction or fantasy novel published in the prior calendar year
Presented byScience Fiction and Fantasy Writers Association
First awarded2006
Currently held byK. Tempest Bradford (Ruby Finley vs. the Interstellar Invasion)
Websitenebulas.sfwa.org/

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. Prior to then, 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 18 nomination years, 93 authors have had works nominated, of which 17 have won. Fran Wilde is the only author to win twice, out of two nominations. Holly Black and Scott Westerfeld have had the most nominations at four—with Black winning once and Westerfeld yet to win—followed by Sarah Beth Durst and Jenn Reese 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

In the following table, the years correspond to the date of the ceremony, rather than when the novel was first published. Each year links to the corresponding "year in literature". Entries with a blue background and an asterisk (*) next to the writer's name have won the award; those with a white background are the other nominees on the shortlist.

  *   Winners

Winners and nominees
Year Author Title Publisher Ref.
2006 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]
2007 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]
2008 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]
2009 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]
2010 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]
2011 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]
2012 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]
2013 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]
2014 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]
2015 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]
2016 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]
2017 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]
2018 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]
2019 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]
2020 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]
2021 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]
2022 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]
2023 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]

See also

References

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