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]
Nebula Award for Best Script
Awarded for
The best science fiction or fantasy movie or television episode script released in the prior calendar year
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 statisticsedit
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 NolanBatman 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 nomineesedit
In the following table, the years correspond to the date of the ceremony, rather than when the work was first released. Entries with a blue background and an asterisk (*) next to the writer's name have won the award; those with a white background 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.
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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 Nebula Award for Best ScriptAwarded forThe best science fiction or fantasy movie or television episode script released in the prior calendar yearPresented byScience Fiction and Fantasy Writers AssociationFirst awarded1974Last awarded2009Websitesfwa org nebula awards Contents 1 Selection process 2 Award statistics 3 Winners and nominees 4 See also 5 Notes 6 References 7 External linksSelection process editNebula 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 editDuring 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 editIn the following table the years correspond to the date of the ceremony rather than when the work was first released Entries with a blue background and an asterisk next to the writer s name have won the award those with a white background 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 Winners and nominees Year Writer s Work Publisher Ref 1974 Stanley R Greenberg script Harry Harrison original novel Soylent Green Metro Goldwyn Mayer 7 Michael Crichton Westworld Metro Goldwyn Mayer 7 Bruce Jay Friedman Steambath PBS 7 Brian Moore script original novel Catholics ITV 7 1975 Woody Allen Sleeper United Artists 8 Christopher Isherwood and Don Bachardy script Mary Shelley original novel Frankenstein The True Story NBC 8 Rene Laloux and Roland Topor script Stefan Wul original novel Fantastic Planet Argos Films 8 1976 Mel Brooks and Gene Wilder script Mary Shelley original novel Young Frankenstein United Artists 9 John Carpenter and Dan O Bannon Dark Star Jack H Harris Enterprises 9 L Q Jones script Harlan Ellison original novella A Boy and His Dog LQ JAF 9 William Harrison script original story Rollerball United Artists 9 1977 no award 10 Harlan Ellison Harlan Harlan Ellison Reads Harlan Ellison Alternative World Recordings 10 David Zelag Goodman script William F Nolan and George Clayton Johnson original novel Logan s Run United Artists 10 Paul Mayersberg script Walter Tevis original novel The Man Who Fell to Earth Columbia Pictures 10 1978 George Lucas Star Wars Episode IV A New Hope a 20th Century Fox 11 2000 M Night Shyamalan The Sixth Sense Hollywood Pictures 12 Robert J Avrech script Jane Yolen original novel The Devil s Arithmetic Showtime Networks 12 Brad Bird and Tim McCanlies script Ted Hughes original novel The Iron Giant Warner Bros 12 John Millerman The Uranus Experiment Part 2 Private Black Label 12 Larry and Andy Wachowski The Matrix Warner Bros 12 2001 David Howard and Robert Gordon Galaxy Quest DreamWorks 13 Frank Darabont script Stephen King original novel The Green Mile Warner Bros 13 Hayao Miyazaki script and Neil Gaiman English translation Princess Mononoke Studio Ghibli Miramax Films 13 Charlie Kaufman Being John Malkovich Propaganda Films 13 M Night Shyamalan Unbreakable Touchstone Pictures 13 Kevin Smith Dogma View Askew Productions 13 2002 James Schamus Kuo Jung Tsai and Hui Ling Wang script Wang Dulu original novel Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon Sony Pictures Classics 14 Ethan and Joel Coen O Brother Where Art Thou Touchstone Pictures 14 Tom DeSanto and Bryan Singer story David Hayter screenplay X Men 20th Century Fox 14 Joss Whedon Buffy the Vampire Slayer The Body Fox Television Studios Mutant Enemy Productions 14 2003 Fran Walsh Philippa Boyens and Peter Jackson script J R R Tolkien original novel The Lord of the Rings The Fellowship of the Ring New Line Cinema 15 Ted Elliott and Terry Rossio Shrek DreamWorks 15 Michael Taylor script Stephen King original concept The Dead Zone Unreasonable Doubt DreamWorks 15 Joss Whedon Buffy the Vampire Slayer Once More With Feeling Warner Bros 15 2004 Fran Walsh Philippa Boyens Stephen Sinclair and Peter Jackson script J R R Tolkien original novel The Lord of the Rings The Two Towers New Line Cinema 16 Scott Frank and Jon Cohen script Philip K Dick original story Minority Report 20th Century Fox DreamWorks 16 David A Goodman Futurama Where No Fan Has Gone Before Fox Broadcasting Company 16 Hayao Miyazaki script Cindy Davis Hewitt and Donald H Hewitt English translation Spirited Away Studio Ghibli The Walt Disney Company 16 Andrew Stanton Bob Peterson and David Reynolds Finding Nemo Pixar The Walt Disney Company 16 2005 Fran Walsh Philippa Boyens and Peter Jackson script J R R Tolkien original novel The Lord of the Rings The Return of the King New Line Cinema 17 Brad Bird The Incredibles Pixar The Walt Disney Company 17 J Mackye Gruber and Eric Bress The Butterfly Effect New Line Cinema 17 Charlie Kaufman amp Michel Gondry Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind Focus Features 17 2006 Joss Whedon Serenity Universal Studios Mutant Enemy Productions 18 Carla Robinson Bradley Thompson and David Weddle Battlestar Galactica Act of Contrition You Can t Go Home Again Sci Fi Channel 18 2007 Hayao Miyazaki script Cindy Davis Hewitt and Donald H Hewitt English translation Howl s Moving Castle Studio Ghibli The Walt Disney Company 19 Christopher Nolan and David S Goyer Batman Begins Warner Bros 19 Michael Taylor Battlestar Galactica Unfinished Business Sci Fi Channel 19 Steven Moffat Doctor Who The Girl in the Fireplace BBC Cymru Wales BBC One 19 2008 Guillermo del Toro Pan s Labyrinth Picturehouse 20 Alfonso Cuaron Timothy J Sexton David Arata Mark Fergus and Hawk Ostby script P D James original novel Children of Men Universal Studios 20 Steven Moffat Doctor Who Blink BBC Cymru Wales BBC One 20 Christopher Nolan and Jonathan Nolan script Christopher Priest original novel The Prestige Touchstone Pictures 20 Larry and Andy Wachowski script David Lloyd original graphic novel V for Vendetta Warner Bros 20 Marc Scott Zicree and Michael Reaves Star Trek New Voyages World Enough and Time Cawley Entertainment Company The Magic Time Company 20 2009 Andrew Stanton Jim Reardon and Pete Docter WALL E Pixar The Walt Disney Company 21 Christopher Nolan Jonathan Nolan and David S Goyer The Dark Knight Warner Bros 21 Brad Wright Stargate Atlantis The Shrine Metro Goldwyn Mayer 21 See also editHugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation Ray Bradbury Award for Outstanding Dramatic PresentationNotes edit Star Wars was given a special Nebula Award in 1978 and no other works were nominated References edit a b Nebula Rules Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America October 2011 Archived from the original on 2011 07 01 Retrieved 2011 12 12 Ray Bradbury Award Science Fiction Awards Database Locus 2009 01 15 Archived from the original on 2011 06 05 Retrieved 2011 12 12 Flood Allison 2009 04 28 Ursula K Le Guin wins sixth Nebula award The Guardian Archived from the original on 2009 08 01 Retrieved 2011 12 12 Garmon Jay 2006 10 03 Geek Trivia Science fiction double feature TechRepublic Archived from the original on 2012 02 14 Retrieved 2011 12 12 The Locus Index to SF Awards About the Nebula Awards Science Fiction Awards Database Locus Archived from the original on 2011 07 13 Retrieved 2011 12 12 Franson Donald DeVore Howard 1978 A History of the Hugo Nebula and International Fantasy Awards Misfit Press pp 9 11 a b c d The Locus Index to SF Awards 1974 Nebula Awards Science Fiction Awards Database Locus Archived from the original on 2011 06 05 Retrieved 2011 12 06 a b c The Locus Index to SF Awards 1975 Nebula Awards Science Fiction Awards Database Locus Archived from the original on 2011 06 05 Retrieved 2011 12 06 a b c d The Locus Index to SF Awards 1976 Nebula Awards Science Fiction Awards Database Locus Archived from the original on 2011 06 05 Retrieved 2011 12 06 a b c d The Locus Index to SF Awards 1977 Nebula Awards Science Fiction Awards Database Locus Archived from the original on 2011 06 05 Retrieved 2011 12 06 The Locus Index to SF Awards 1978 Nebula Awards Science Fiction Awards Database Locus Archived from the original on 2011 06 05 Retrieved 2011 12 06 a b c d e The Locus Index to SF Awards 2000 Nebula Awards Science Fiction Awards Database Locus Archived from the original on 2011 06 05 Retrieved 2011 12 06 a b c d e f The Locus Index to SF Awards 2001 Nebula Awards Science Fiction Awards Database Locus Archived from the original on 2011 06 05 Retrieved 2011 12 06 a b c d The Locus Index to SF Awards 2002 Nebula Awards Science Fiction Awards Database Locus Archived from the original on 2011 06 05 Retrieved 2011 12 06 a b c d The Locus Index to SF Awards 2003 Nebula Awards Science Fiction Awards Database Locus Archived from the original on 2011 06 05 Retrieved 2011 12 06 a b c d e The Locus Index to SF Awards 2004 Nebula Awards Science Fiction Awards Database Locus Archived from the original on 2011 07 13 Retrieved 2011 12 06 a b c d The Locus Index to SF Awards 2005 Nebula Awards Science Fiction Awards Database Locus Archived from the original on 2011 06 05 Retrieved 2011 12 06 a b The Locus Index to SF Awards 2006 Nebula Awards Science Fiction Awards Database Locus Archived from the original on 2011 06 05 Retrieved 2011 12 06 a b c d The Locus Index to SF Awards 2007 Nebula Awards Science Fiction Awards Database Locus Archived from the original on 2011 06 05 Retrieved 2011 12 06 a b c d e f The Locus Index to SF Awards 2008 Nebula Awards Science Fiction Awards Database Locus Archived from the original on 2011 06 05 Retrieved 2011 12 06 a b c The Locus Index to SF Awards 2009 Nebula Awards Science Fiction Awards Database Locus Archived from the original on 2011 06 05 Retrieved 2011 12 06 External links editNebula Awards official site Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Nebula Award for Best Script amp oldid 1216735860, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
