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. 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.
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. Beginning with the 2009 awards, the rules were changed to the current format. Previously, 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.
During the 21 nomination years, 103 authors have had works nominated, of which 20 have won. Fran Wilde is the only author to win twice, out of two nominations. Holly Black, Jenn Reese, and Scott Westerfeld have had the most nominations at four—with Black winning once and Reese and Westerfeld yet to win—followed by Sarah Beth Durst and Greg van Eekhout 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 SFWA currently identifies the awards by the year of publication, that is, the year prior to the year in which the award is given. Entries with a yellow background and an asterisk (*) next to the writer's name have won the award; the other entries are the other nominees on the shortlist.
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+ YearAuthorTitlePublisherRef. 2005 * Valiant: A Modern Tale of Faerie Simon & Schuster Clarion Books Siberia Wendy Lamb Books Stormwitch Bloomsbury Publishing 2006 * Magic or Madness Razorbill Devilish Razorbill Greenwillow Books Midnighters 2: Touching Darkness Eos Peeps Razorbill Life as We Knew It Harcourt 2007 * Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Arthur A. Levine Books Vintage: A Ghost Story Haworth Press Into the Wild Razorbill Jump at the Sun Hyperion Books Flora Segunda Harcourt Viking Juvenile 2008 * Flora's Dare Harcourt Graceling Harcourt Monster Blood Tattoo: Lamplighter G. P. Putnam's Sons Savvy Walden Media Henry Holt and Company 2009 * catherynnemvalente.com Hotel Under the Sand Tachyon Publications Ice Margaret K. McElderry Ash Little, Brown and Company Eyes Like Stars Feiwel & Friends Zoe's Tale Tor Books When You Reach Me Wendy Lamb Books Leviathan Simon Pulse 2010 * I Shall Wear Midnight Victor Gollancz Ltd Ship Breaker Little, Brown and Company White Cat Margaret K. McElderry Mockingjay Scholastic Press Hereville: How Mirka Got Her Sword Amulet Books Tor Teen Greenwillow Books Behemoth Simon Pulse 2011 * Big Mouth House Akata Witch Viking Juvenile Chime Dial Press Daughter of Smoke and Bone Little, Brown Books for Young Readers Everybody Sees the Ants Little, Brown Books for Young Readers Bloomsbury Children's Books Greenwillow Books Ultraviolet Orchard Books 2012 * Fair Coin Pyr Iron Hearted Violet Little, Brown and Company Black Heart Victor Gollancz Ltd Above Arthur A. Levine Books Little, Brown and Company Vessel Margaret K. McElderry Seraphina Random House Enchanted Harcourt Every Day Alice A. Knopf Books for Young Readers Summer of the Mariposas Tu Books Railsea Del Rey Books Above World Candlewick Press 2013 * Sister Mine Grand Central Publishing Little, Brown and Company When We Wake Little, Brown and Company Arthur A. Levine Books Hero Harcourt September Girls Harper Teen Arthur A. Levine Books 2014 * Love Is the Drug Arthur A. Levine Books Unmade Random House Salvage Greenwillow Books Glory O'Brien's History of the Future Little, Brown and Company Dirty Wings St. Martin's Griffin Greenglass House Clarion Books Candlewick Press 2015 * Updraft Tor Books Archivist Wasp Big Mouth House Bone Gap Balzer + Bray Court of Fives Little, Brown and Company Cuckoo Song Macmillan Publishers, Amulet Nimona Harper Teen Seriously Wicked Tor Teen Shadowshaper Arthur A. Levine Books Zeroboxer Flux 2016 * Arabella of Mars Tor Books Algonquin Young Readers St. Martin's Press Macmillan Publishers, Abrams Books Railhead Oxford University Press, Switch Press Rocks Fall, Everyone Dies Kathy Dawson Books Candlewick Press 2017 * HarperCollins Exo Scholastic Books Weave a Circle Round Tor Books Want Simon Pulse 2018 * Children of Blood and Bone Henry Holt and Company Aru Shah and the End of Time Rick Riordan Presents Dread Nation Balzer + Bray BDL Press Peasprout Chen, Future Legend of Skate and Sword Henry Holt and Company Tess of the Road Random House 2019 * Riverland Amulet Paperbacks Sal and Gabi Break the Universe Rick Riordan Presents Catfishing on CatNet Tor Teen Dragon Pearl Rick Riordan Presents Peasprout Chen: Battle of Champions Henry Holt and Company Cog Harper 2020 (as T. Kingfisher)* Argyll Productions Raybearer Amulet Books Elatsoe Levine Querido Henry Holt and Company Star Daughter HarperTeen 2021 * Levine Querido Iron Widow Penguin Teen/Rock the Boat Redemptor Amulet Books/Hot Key Books Root Magic Walden Pond Press Thornwood Delacorte Press Victories Greater Than Death Tor Teen/Titan Books 2022 * Ruby Finley vs. the Interstellar Invasion Farrar, Straus and Giroux Erewhon Books Atheneum Books Astra Young Readers Every Bird a Prince Henry Holt and Company 2023 * To Shape a Dragon's Breath Del Rey Books Android Press Liberty's Daughter Fairwood Press HarperCollins 2024 * (self-published) Benny Ramírez and the Nearly Departed Alice A. Knopf Books for Young Readers Braided Delacorte Press Daydreamer Labyrinth Road Moonstorm Delacorte Press/Solaris Books Puzzleheart Henry Holt and Company 2025 * Into the Wild Magic Candlewick Press Recorded Books Gemini Rising Semper Fi Press Wishing Well, Wishing Well Atthis Arts Sunrise on the Reaping Scholastic Goblin Girl (self-published)
See also Lodestar Award
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