Nebula Award for Best Short Story

• 1965: "'Repent, Harlequin!' Said the Ticktockman" by Harlan Ellison
• 1966: "The Secret Place" by Richard McKenna
• 1967: "Aye, and Gomorrah" by Samuel R. Delany
• 1968: "The Planners" by Kate Wilhelm
• 1969: "Passengers" by Robert Silverberg
• 1970: (no award)
• 1971: "Good News from the Vatican" by Robert Silverberg
• 1972: "When it Changed" by Joanna Russ
• 1973: "Love is the Plan, the Plan is Death" by James Tiptree, Jr
• 1974: "The Day Before the Revolution" by Ursula K. Leguin
• 1975: "Catch that Zeppelin!" by Fritz Leiber
• 1976: "A Crowd of Shadows" by Charles L. Grant
• 1977: "Jeffty Is Five" by Harlan Ellison
• 1978: "Stone" by Edward Bryant
• 1979: "giANTS" by Edward Bryant
• 1980: "Grotto of the Dancing Deer" by Clifford D. Simak
• 1981: "The Bone Flute" by Lisa Tuttle (declined by the author)
• 1982: "A Letter from the Clearys" by Connie Willis
• 1983: "The Peacemaker" by Gardner Dozois
• 1984: "Morning Child" by Gardner Dozois
• 1985: "Out of All Them Bright Stars" by Nancy Kress
• 1986: "Tangents" by Greg Bear
• 1987: "Forever Yours, Anna" by Kate Wilhelm
• 1988: "Bible Stories for Adults, No. 17: The Deluge" by James Morrow
• 1989: "Ripples in the Dirac Sea" by Geoffrey A. Landis
• 1990: "Bears Discover Fire" by Terry Bisson
• 1991: "Ma Qui" by Alan Brennert
• 1992: "Even the Queen" by Connie Willis
• 1993: "Graves" by Jo Haldeman
• 1994: "A Defense of the Social Contracts" by Martha Soukup
• 1995: "Death and the Librarian" by Esther Friesner
• 1996: "A Birthday" by Esther Friesner
• 1997: "Sister Emily's Lightship" by Jane Yolen
• 1998: "Thirteen Ways to Water" by Bruce Holland Rogers
• 1999: "The Cost of Doing Business" by Leslie What
• 2000: "macs" by Terry Bisson
• 2001: "The Cure for Everything" by Severna Park
• 2002: "Creature" by Carol Emshwiller

• Nebula Award