Nebula Award for Best Short Story
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The Nebula Award for Best Short Story is a prestigious annual science fiction and fantasy honor presented by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Association for outstanding short-form speculative fiction.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Nebula Award for Best Short Story canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6202305 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Nebula Award for Best Short Story Context triple: [Connie Willis, awardReceived, Nebula Award for Best Short Story]
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A.
Nebula Award for Best Novella
The Nebula Award for Best Novella is a prestigious annual science fiction and fantasy writing prize presented by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Association for outstanding novellas.
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B.
Hugo Award for Best Short Story
The Hugo Award for Best Short Story is a prestigious annual science fiction and fantasy literary prize honoring the year’s outstanding short work in the genre.
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C.
Nebula Award for Best Novelette
The Nebula Award for Best Novelette is a prestigious annual science fiction and fantasy writing honor presented by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Association for outstanding novelette-length works.
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D.
Hugo Award for Best Novelette
The Hugo Award for Best Novelette is a prestigious science fiction and fantasy literary prize presented annually for outstanding works of medium-length fiction.
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E.
Hugo Award for Best Novella
The Hugo Award for Best Novella is a prestigious science fiction and fantasy literary prize presented annually for outstanding works of fiction between short story and novel length.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Nebula Award for Best Short Story Target entity description: The Nebula Award for Best Short Story is a prestigious annual science fiction and fantasy honor presented by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Association for outstanding short-form speculative fiction.
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A.
Nebula Award for Best Novella
The Nebula Award for Best Novella is a prestigious annual science fiction and fantasy writing prize presented by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Association for outstanding novellas.
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B.
Hugo Award for Best Short Story
The Hugo Award for Best Short Story is a prestigious annual science fiction and fantasy literary prize honoring the year’s outstanding short work in the genre.
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C.
Nebula Award for Best Novelette
The Nebula Award for Best Novelette is a prestigious annual science fiction and fantasy writing honor presented by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Association for outstanding novelette-length works.
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D.
Hugo Award for Best Novelette
The Hugo Award for Best Novelette is a prestigious science fiction and fantasy literary prize presented annually for outstanding works of medium-length fiction.
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E.
Hugo Award for Best Novella
The Hugo Award for Best Novella is a prestigious science fiction and fantasy literary prize presented annually for outstanding works of fiction between short story and novel length.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (32)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | literary award ⓘ |
| administeredBy | Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Association NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Nebula for Best Short Story NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awardFor |
best short story
ⓘ
outstanding short-form speculative fiction ⓘ |
| categoryOf | short fiction ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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| eligibility |
short stories
ⓘ
works of less than 7,500 words ⓘ |
| field |
fantasy literature
ⓘ
literature ⓘ science fiction literature ⓘ |
| firstAwarded | 1966 ⓘ |
| frequency | annual ⓘ |
| genre |
fantasy
ⓘ
science fiction ⓘ speculative fiction ⓘ |
| hasMedium | prose ⓘ |
| inception | 1966 ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| notableRecipient |
Connie Willis
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Harlan Ellison NERFINISHED ⓘ Ken Liu NERFINISHED ⓘ Ted Chiang NERFINISHED ⓘ Ursula K. Le Guin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Nebula Awards NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| presentedBy |
SFWA
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Association NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| selectionCriteria |
artistic merit
ⓘ
original publication within eligibility year ⓘ |
| selectionMethod | vote of SFWA members ⓘ |
| status | active ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Nebula Award for Best Short Story Description of subject: The Nebula Award for Best Short Story is a prestigious annual science fiction and fantasy honor presented by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Association for outstanding short-form speculative fiction.
Referenced by (3)
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