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Women writers dominate Nebula awards

Written By Unknown on Monday, May 16, 2016 | 8:48 AM

Led by Naomi Novik’s Uprooted, best novel winner, all but one of the prizes at the science fiction and fantasy awards were for female authors

This weekend’s prestigious Nebula awards for science fiction and fantasy were dominated by female winners, with Naomi Novik’s story of a forest filled with a dark magic, Uprooted, taking the top award, for best novel.

Last month, a series of controversial shortlists for the Hugo awards were announced, with lineups packed with nominations from conservative lobby groups. The Nebulas, which are voted for not by fans but by the thousand-plus members of Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, announced their winners in Chicago this weekend.

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