Best Novella
1968 to 2026. Most wins: Connie Willis, 4
- 2026The River Has RootsAmal El-Mohtar
- 2025The Tusks of ExtinctionRay Nayler
- 2024ThornhedgeT. Kingfisher
- 2023Where the Drowned Girls GoSeanan McGuire
- 2022A Psalm for the Wild-BuiltBecky Chambers
- 2021
- 2020This Is How You Lose the Time WarAmal El-Mohtar, Max Gladstone
- 2019Artificial ConditionMartha Wells
- 2018All Systems RedMartha Wells
- 2017Every Heart a DoorwaySeanan McGuire
- 2016BintiNnedi Okorafor
- 2015No Award
- 2014EquoidCharles Stross
- 2013The Emperor's SoulBrandon Sanderson
- 2012The Man Who Bridged the MistKij Johnson
- 2011The Lifecycle of Software ObjectsTed Chiang
- 2010PalimpsestCharles Stross
- 2009The Erdmann NexusNancy Kress
- 2008All Seated on the GroundConnie Willis
- 2007A Billion EvesRobert Reed
- 2006Inside JobConnie Willis
- 2005The Concrete JungleCharles Stross
- 2004The Cookie MonsterVernor Vinge
- 2003CoralineNeil Gaiman
- 2002Fast Times at Fairmont HighVernor Vinge
- 2001The Ultimate EarthJack Williamson
- 2000The Winds of Marble ArchConnie Willis
- 1999OceanicGreg Egan
- 1998…Where Angels Fear to TreadAllen Steele
- 1997Blood of the DragonGeorge R. R. Martin
- 1996The Death of Captain FutureAllen Steele
- 1995Seven Views of Olduvai GorgeMike Resnick
- 1994Down in the BottomlandsHarry Turtledove
- 1993Barnacle Bill the SpacerLucius Shepard
- 1992Beggars in SpainNancy Kress
- 1991The Hemingway HoaxJoe Haldeman
- 1990The Mountains of MourningLois McMaster Bujold
- 1989The Last of the WinnebagosConnie Willis
- 1988Eye for EyeOrson Scott Card
- 1987Gilgamesh in the OutbackRobert Silverberg
- 198624 Views of Mt. Fuji, by HokusaiRoger Zelazny
- 1985Press Enter ■John Varley
- 1984Cascade PointTimothy Zahn
- 1983SoulsJoanna Russ
- 1982The Saturn GamePoul Anderson
- 1981Lost DorsaiGordon R. Dickson
- 1980Enemy MineBarry B. Longyear
- 1979The Persistence of VisionJohn Varley
- 1978StardanceSpider Robinson, Jeanne Robinson
- 1977By Any Other NameSpider RobinsonHouston, Houston, Do You Read?James Tiptree, Jr.
- 1976Home Is the HangmanRoger Zelazny
- 1975A Song for LyaGeorge R. R. Martin
- 1974The Girl Who Was Plugged InJames Tiptree, Jr.
- 1973The Word for World Is ForestUrsula K. Le Guin
- 1972The Queen of Air and DarknessPoul Anderson
- 1971Ill Met in LankhmarFritz Leiber
- 1970Ship of ShadowsFritz Leiber
- 1969NightwingsRobert Silverberg
- 1968Riders of the Purple WagePhilip José FarmerWeyr SearchAnne McCaffrey