Here, or below the cut with my comments!

It looks like they didn't name a Grandmaster or an Infinity yet - maybe they're saving those announcements for the ceremony this year?



Best Novel

Sleeping Worlds Have No Memory by Yaroslav Barsukov, published by CaezikSF & Fantasy
Rakesfall by Vajra Chandrasekera
Asunder by Kerstin Hall
A Sorceress Comes to Call by T. Kingfisher
The Book of Love by Kelly Link
Someone You Can Build a Nest In by John Wiswell

I've read two of these (Rakesfall and Sorceress), had never heard of two of them (Sleeping Worlds and Asunder, although I think I liked a Kerstin Hall novella a few years ago) and had heard of the other two but hadn't planned to read them (although I guess if they also show up on the Hugos ballot I will). Interesting ballot, anyways.

Best Novella

“The Butcher and the Forest” by Premee Mohamed
“The Tusks of Extinction” by Ray Nayler
“Lost Ark Dreaming” by Suyi Davies Okungbowa
“Countess” by Suzan Palumbo
“The Practice, the Horizon, and the Chain” by Sofia Samatar
“The Dragonfly Gambit” by A. D. Sui

I've read three of these (Mohamed, Nayler, Samatar). Not particularly intrigued by the others but I suppose if they showed up on the Hugo ballot it would be a more interesting ballot than "perfectly fine works by Kingfisher/Vo/Pinsker".

Best Novelette

“The Brotherhood of Montague St. Video” by Thomas Ha
“Katya Vasilievna and the Second Drowning of Baba Rechka” by Christine Hanolsy
“Another Girl Under the Iron Bell” by Angela Liu
“What Any Dead Thing Wants” by Aimee Ogden
“Negative Scholarship on the Fifth State of Being” by A. W. Prihandita
“Joanna’s Bodies” by Eugenia Triantafyllou
“Loneliness Universe” by Eugenia Triantafyllou

I'm excited to see "Negative Scholarship" on this list - a really strong story from a new (and Astounding-eligible) author. I wonder if the profile boost to the Ha story means I should consider swapping it back onto my Hugo nominations, since it might actually have momentum... but what would I kick off instead... hm.

Best Short Story

“The Witch Trap” by Jennifer Hudak
“Five Views of the Planet Tartarus” by Rachael K. Jones
“Why Don’t We Just Kill the Kid in the Omelas Hole” by Isabel J. Kim
“Evan: A Remainder” by Jordan Kurella
“The V*mpire” by PH Lee
“We Will Teach You How to Read | We Will Teach You How to Read” by Caroline M. Yoachim

Really not enthused by this ballot. Well, two of them I haven't read.

Andre Norton Nebula Award for Middle Grade and Young Adult Fiction

Daydreamer by Rob Cameron
Braided by Leah Cypess
Benny Ramírez and the Nearly Departed by José Pablo Iriarte
Puzzleheart by Jenn Reese
Moonstorm by Yoon Ha Lee
The Young Necromancer’s Guide to Ghosts by Vanessa Ricci-Thode

I've never even heard of any of these except Moonstorm.

Best Game Writing

A Death in Hyperspace by Stewart C Baker, Phoebe Barton, James Beamon, Kate Heartfield, Isabel J. Kim, Sara S. Messenger, Naca Rat, Natalia Theodoridou, and Merc Fenn
Wolfmoor by Infomancy.net
Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree by Hidetaka Miyazaki
The Ghost and the Golem by Benjamin Rosenbaum
Pacific Drive by Karrie Shao and Alexander Dracott
1000xRESIST by Remy Siu, Pinki Li, and Conor Wylie
Restore, Reflect, Retry by Natalia Theodoridou

Excited to see Ghost and the Golem here! (I have now played it two and a half times and hope to write something up tomorrow!)

Edited to add:

Ray Bradbury Nebula Award for Outstanding Dramatic Presentation

KAOS written by Charlie Covell and Georgia Christou (Netflix)
Doctor Who: “Dot and Bubble” written by Russell T. Davies (BBC)
Wicked written by Winnie Holzman and Dana Fox (Universal Pictures)
Star Trek: Lower Decks Season 5 written by Mike McMahan (Paramount+)
I Saw the TV Glow written by Jane Schoenbrun (A24 Films)
Dune: Part Two written by Jon Spaights and Denis Villeneuve (Warner Brothers)