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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. Entries with a gray background and a plus sign (+) mark a year when "no award" was selected as the winner. | |||
<span style="margin:0px; padding-bottom:1px; font-size:90%; display:block;"><span style="border:#aaa solid 1px; background-color:lightyellow;"> * </span> Winners and joint winners</span> | <span style="margin:0px; padding-bottom:1px; font-size:90%; display:block;"><span style="border:#aaa solid 1px; background-color:lightyellow;"> * </span> Winners and joint winners</span> | ||
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!scope="rowgroup" align="center" rowspan="4" style="font-weight:normal;"| | !scope="rowgroup" align="center" rowspan="4" style="font-weight:normal;"| 1973 | ||
| {{sortname|Stanley R.|Greenberg|nolink=1}} (script), [[Harry Harrison (writer)|Harry Harrison]] ([[Make Room! Make Room!|original novel]])* || ''[[Soylent Green]]'' || [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer]] | | {{sortname|Stanley R.|Greenberg|nolink=1}} (script), [[Harry Harrison (writer)|Harry Harrison]] ([[Make Room! Make Room!|original novel]])* || ''[[Soylent Green]]'' || [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer]] | ||
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!scope="rowgroup" align="center" rowspan="3" style="font-weight:normal;"| | !scope="rowgroup" align="center" rowspan="3" style="font-weight:normal;"| 1974 | ||
| {{sortname|Woody|Allen}}* || ''[[Sleeper (1973 film)|Sleeper]]'' || [[United Artists]] | | {{sortname|Woody|Allen}}* || ''[[Sleeper (1973 film)|Sleeper]]'' || [[United Artists]] | ||
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!scope="rowgroup" align="center" rowspan="4" style="font-weight:normal;"| | !scope="rowgroup" align="center" rowspan="4" style="font-weight:normal;"| 1975 | ||
| {{sortname|Mel|Brooks}} and [[Gene Wilder]] (script), [[Mary Shelley]] ([[Frankenstein|original novel]])* || ''[[Young Frankenstein]]'' || [[United Artists]] | | {{sortname|Mel|Brooks}} and [[Gene Wilder]] (script), [[Mary Shelley]] ([[Frankenstein|original novel]])* || ''[[Young Frankenstein]]'' || [[United Artists]] | ||
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!scope="rowgroup" align="center" rowspan="4" style="font-weight:normal;"| | !scope="rowgroup" align="center" rowspan="4" style="font-weight:normal;"| 1976 | ||
| (no award)+ || || | | (no award)+ || || | ||
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!scope="row" align="center" style="font-weight:normal;"| | !scope="row" align="center" style="font-weight:normal;"| 1977 | ||
| {{sortname|George|Lucas}}* || ''[[Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope]]''{{efn|''Star Wars'' was given a special Nebula Award | | {{sortname|George|Lucas}}* || ''[[Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope]]''{{efn|In 1978, ''Star Wars'' was given a special Nebula Award for the publication year 1977. No other works were nominated.}} || [[20th Century Fox]] | ||
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!scope="rowgroup" align="center" rowspan="5" style="font-weight:normal;"| | !scope="rowgroup" align="center" rowspan="5" style="font-weight:normal;"| 1999 | ||
| {{sortname|M. Night|Shyamalan}}* || ''{{sort|Sixth Sense|[[The Sixth Sense]]}}'' || [[Hollywood Pictures]] | | {{sortname|M. Night|Shyamalan}}* || ''{{sort|Sixth Sense|[[The Sixth Sense]]}}'' || [[Hollywood Pictures]] | ||
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!scope="rowgroup" align="center" rowspan="6" style="font-weight:normal;"| | !scope="rowgroup" align="center" rowspan="6" style="font-weight:normal;"| 2000 | ||
| {{sortname|David|Howard|nolink=1}} and [[Robert Gordon (screenwriter)|Robert Gordon]]* || ''[[Galaxy Quest]]'' || [[DreamWorks Pictures|DreamWorks]] | | {{sortname|David|Howard|nolink=1}} and [[Robert Gordon (screenwriter)|Robert Gordon]]* || ''[[Galaxy Quest]]'' || [[DreamWorks Pictures|DreamWorks]] | ||
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!scope="rowgroup" align="center" rowspan="4" style="font-weight:normal;"| | !scope="rowgroup" align="center" rowspan="4" style="font-weight:normal;"| 2001 | ||
| {{sortname|James|Schamus}}, Kuo Jung Tsai, and [[Hui-Ling Wang]] (script), [[Wang Dulu]] ([[Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (novel)|original novel]])* || ''[[Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon]]'' || [[Sony Pictures Classics]] | | {{sortname|James|Schamus}}, Kuo Jung Tsai, and [[Hui-Ling Wang]] (script), [[Wang Dulu]] ([[Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (novel)|original novel]])* || ''[[Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon]]'' || [[Sony Pictures Classics]] | ||
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!scope="rowgroup" align="center" rowspan="4" style="font-weight:normal;"| | !scope="rowgroup" align="center" rowspan="4" style="font-weight:normal;"| 2002 | ||
| {{sortname|Fran|Walsh}}, [[Philippa Boyens]], and [[Peter Jackson]] (script), [[J. R. R. Tolkien]] ([[The Lord of the Rings|original novel]])* || ''{{sort|Lord of the Rings 1|[[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring]]}}'' || [[New Line Cinema]] | | {{sortname|Fran|Walsh}}, [[Philippa Boyens]], and [[Peter Jackson]] (script), [[J. R. R. Tolkien]] ([[The Lord of the Rings|original novel]])* || ''{{sort|Lord of the Rings 1|[[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring]]}}'' || [[New Line Cinema]] | ||
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!scope="rowgroup" align="center" rowspan="5" style="font-weight:normal;"| | !scope="rowgroup" align="center" rowspan="5" style="font-weight:normal;"| 2003 | ||
| {{sortname|Fran|Walsh}}, [[Philippa Boyens]], [[Stephen Sinclair]], and [[Peter Jackson]] (script), [[J. R. R. Tolkien]] ([[The Lord of the Rings|original novel]])* || ''{{sort|Lord of the Rings 2|[[The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers]]}}'' || [[New Line Cinema]] | | {{sortname|Fran|Walsh}}, [[Philippa Boyens]], [[Stephen Sinclair]], and [[Peter Jackson]] (script), [[J. R. R. Tolkien]] ([[The Lord of the Rings|original novel]])* || ''{{sort|Lord of the Rings 2|[[The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers]]}}'' || [[New Line Cinema]] | ||
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| {{sortname|Fran|Walsh}}, [[Philippa Boyens]], and [[Peter Jackson]] (script), [[J. R. R. Tolkien]] ([[The Lord of the Rings|original novel]])* || ''{{sort|Lord of the Rings 3|[[The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King]]}}'' || [[New Line Cinema]] | | {{sortname|Fran|Walsh}}, [[Philippa Boyens]], and [[Peter Jackson]] (script), [[J. R. R. Tolkien]] ([[The Lord of the Rings|original novel]])* || ''{{sort|Lord of the Rings 3|[[The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King]]}}'' || [[New Line Cinema]] | ||
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| {{sortname|Joss|Whedon}}* || ''[[Serenity (2005 film)|Serenity]]'' || [[Universal Pictures|Universal Studios]]/[[Mutant Enemy Productions]] | | {{sortname|Joss|Whedon}}* || ''[[Serenity (2005 film)|Serenity]]'' || [[Universal Pictures|Universal Studios]]/[[Mutant Enemy Productions]] | ||
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| {{sortname|Hayao|Miyazaki}} (script), Cindy Davis Hewitt, and Donald H. Hewitt (English translation) || ''[[Howl's Moving Castle (film)|Howl's Moving Castle]]'' || [[Studio Ghibli]]/[[The Walt Disney Company]] | | {{sortname|Hayao|Miyazaki}} (script), Cindy Davis Hewitt, and Donald H. Hewitt (English translation) || ''[[Howl's Moving Castle (film)|Howl's Moving Castle]]'' || [[Studio Ghibli]]/[[The Walt Disney Company]] | ||
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| {{sortname|Guillermo|del Toro}}* || ''[[Pan's Labyrinth]]'' || [[Picturehouse (company)|Picturehouse]] | | {{sortname|Guillermo|del Toro}}* || ''[[Pan's Labyrinth]]'' || [[Picturehouse (company)|Picturehouse]] | ||
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| {{sortname|Andrew|Stanton}}, [[Jim Reardon]] and [[Pete Docter]]* || ''[[WALL-E]]'' || [[Pixar]]/[[The Walt Disney Company]] | | {{sortname|Andrew|Stanton}}, [[Jim Reardon]] and [[Pete Docter]]* || ''[[WALL-E]]'' || [[Pixar]]/[[The Walt Disney Company]] | ||
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Latest revision as of 23:30, 4 June 2025
Template:Infobox award The Nebula Award for Best Script was given each year by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Association (SFWA) for science fiction or fantasy scripts for movies or television episodes. Awards are also given out for published literary works in the novel, novella, novelette, and short story categories. The Nebula Award for Best Script was awarded annually from 1974 through 1978, and from 2000 through 2009. It was presented under several names; in 1974, 1975, and 1977 the award was for Best Dramatic Presentation, while in 1976 the award was for Best Dramatic Writing.[1] The award was discontinued in 2010 and replaced with Ray Bradbury Nebula Award for Outstanding Dramatic Presentation; this award was not originally a Nebula but was made one retroactively in 2019, and is presented at the Nebula Awards Ceremony and follows Nebula rules and procedures.[2] The Nebula Awards have been described as one of "the most important of the American science fiction awards" and "the science-fiction and fantasy equivalent" of the Emmy Awards.[3][4]
Selection process
Nebula Award nominees and winners are chosen by members of the SFWA, though the authors of the nominees do not need to be a member. 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, and ties in the final vote are broken, if possible, by the number of nominations the works received.[1] 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 the possibility for works to be nominated in the calendar year after their publication and then reach the final ballot in the calendar year after that. Works were added to a preliminary ballot 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.[5]
Award statistics
During the 15 nomination years, 14 awards for Best Script have been given, including the special award given to Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope in 1978 but not including 1977, since no nominee was given the award. No winner was declared that year as "no award" received the highest number of votes.[6] With three awards The Lord of the Rings film trilogy earned the most awards or nominations of any franchise. The Christopher Nolan Batman movies, Battlestar Galactica, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and Doctor Who franchises have each had two nominations, but no wins. Hayao Miyazaki, Christopher Nolan, Joss Whedon, and The Lord of the Rings screenwriters have had the most nominations, with three each.
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. Entries with a gray background and a plus sign (+) mark a year when "no award" was selected as the winner.
* Winners and joint winners + No winner selected
See also
Notes
References
External links
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