2013 Nebula Award Nominees

Elf Witch said:

I don't agree that Dr Who will win just because its is the 50th anniversary. I know several members of the SFWA and they thought both Gravity and Her were fantastic movies.

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trappedslider said:

well, it will put in a better than normal showing when voting happens and wow i didn't know there's 1800 members of the SFWA

Works are nominated each year between November 15 and February 15 by published authors who are members of the organization, and the six works that receive the most nominations then form the final ballot, with additional nominees possible in the case of ties. Members may then vote on the ballot throughout March, and the final results are presented at the Nebula Awards ceremony in May. Authors are not permitted to nominate their own works, though they can decline nominations, and ties in the final vote are broken, if possible, by the number of nominations the works received


EDIT: who looks like Doctor Who has been up twice and didn't get it.

So there's some nice trivia for how it all works.

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Elf Witch said:

I don't agree that Dr Who will win just because its is the 50th anniversary. I know several members of the SFWA and they thought both Gravity and Her were fantastic movies.

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Umbran said:

Ah, but here's the thing - the Nebula award isn't actually for "best dramatic presentation". SFWA is a *writers* association. The award is technically for best script.

Gravity for example, may have been an awesome movie - but much of that is directorial and special effects, not scriptwriting. Same goes for Pacific Rim. Fun, fun movie, but best script? Nah.

Her, probably has a solid chance on writing. But Day of the Doctor does too.

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