El Premio Nebula al mejor relato corto (Nebula Award for Best Short Story) es un premio literario otorgado anualmente desde 1965 por la Asociación de escritores de ciencia ficción y fantasía de Estados Unidos (SFWA) a obras de ciencia ficción o de fantasía de menos de 7500 palabras de extensión.
En los 50 años de entrega del premio, 204 autores fueron nominados y 37 ganaron, incluyendo coautores. Uno de estos, Lisa Tuttle, rechazó el premio. En 1970, si bien hubo nominados, el premio no se entregó. Harlan Ellison ganó tres veces de las ocho que fue nominado, siendo así el autor con más premios y más nominaciones. Diez autores ganaron dos veces, y siguen a Ellison en cantidad de nominaciones Karen Joy Fowler (7) y Gardner Dozois (6). Michael Swanwick tiene el récord de mayor cantidad de nominaciones sin ganar, con 6.
Ganadores y nominados En la siguiente tabla, el año corresponde al año en que los relatos fueron publicados, y no en que se realizó la ceremonia. Las obras marcadas en azul son las ganadoras.
AñoTítuloAutor(es)Editorial o publicaciónRef1965¡Arrepiéntete, Arlequín!, dijo el señor Tic-tac Harlan Ellison Galaxy Science Fiction [Alrededor de 30 nominados] 1966The Secret Place Richard McKenna Orbit 1 Light of Other Days Bob Shaw Analog Man In His Time Brian W. Aldiss Who Can Replace a Man? 1967 Aye, and Gomorrah Samuel R. Delany Dangerous Visions Answering Service Fritz Leiber If Baby, You Were Great Kate Wilhelm Orbit 2The Doctor Ted Thomas Orbit 2Driftglass Samuel R. Delany IfEarthwoman || Reginald Bretnor || F&SF
|- style="background:#B0C4DE;" ! align="center" rowspan="6" |1968 |The Planners || Kate Wilhelm || Orbit 3 || align="center" | |- |The Dance of the Changer and the Three || Terry Carr || The Farthest Reaches || align="center" rowspan="5" | |- |Idiot's Mate || Robert Taylor || Amazing Stories |- |Kyrie Poul Anderson The Farthest ReachesMasks || Damon Knight || Playboy |- |Sword Game H. H. Hollis Galaxy 1969Passengers Robert Silverberg Orbit 4 The Last Flight of Dr. Ain || James Tiptree, Jr || Galaxy || align="center" rowspan="4"| |- |The Man Who Learned Loving ||Theodore Sturgeon ||F&SF |- |Not Long Before the End Larry Niven F&SF Shattered Like a Glass Goblin || Harlan Ellison || Orbit 4 |- |- style="background:#B0C4DE;" ! align="center" rowspan="8" |1970 |colspan="4" align="center"|Sin premio |- |By the Falls Harry Harrison If A Cold Dark Night with Snow Kate Wilhelm Orbit 6The Creation of Bennie Good James Sallis Orbit 6A Dream at Noonday || Gardner Dozois || Orbit 7 |- |Entire and Perfect Chrysolite R. A. Lafferty Orbit 6In the Queue Keith Laumer Orbit 7The Island of Doctor Death and Other Stories Gene Wolfe Orbit 71971Good News from the Vatican Robert Silverberg Universe 1 Heathen God || George Zebrowski || F&SF || align="center" rowspan="3" | |- |Horse of Air || Gardner Dozois ||Orbit 8 |- |The Last Ghost || Stephen Goldin ||Protostars |- |- style="background:#B0C4DE;" ! align="center" rowspan="6" |1972 |When It Changed || Joanna Russ ||Again, Dangerous Visions ||align="center" | |- |Against the Lafayette Escadrille || Gene Wolfe || Again, Dangerous Visions || align="center" rowspan="5"| |- |And I Awoke and Found Me Here on the Cold Hill's Side James Tiptree, Jr. F&SF On the Downhill Side Harlan Ellison Universe 2Shaffery Among the Immortals || Frederik Pohl || F&SF |- |When We Went to See the End of the World ||Robert Silverberg || Universe 2 |- |- style="background:#B0C4DE;" ! align="center" rowspan="6" |1973 |Love Is the Plan the Plan Is Death James Tiptree, Jr. The Alien Condition How I Lost the Second World War and Helped Turn Back the German Invasion || Gene Wolfe || Analog || align="center" rowspan="5" | |- |Shark Edward Bryant Orbit 12A Thing of Beauty || Norman Spinrad || Analog |- |Wings Vonda N. McIntyre The Alien ConditionWith Morning Comes Mistfall || George R. R. Martin ||Analog |- |- style="background:#B0C4DE;" ! align="center" rowspan="3" |1974 |The Day Before the Revolution Ursula K. Le Guin Galaxy After King Kong Fell || Philip José Farmer || Omega || align="center" rowspan="2" | |- |The Engine at Heartspring's Center Roger Zelazny Analog 1975Catch That Zeppelin! Fritz Leiber F&SF Attachment || Phyllis Eisenstein || Amazing Stories || align="center" rowspan="12" | |- |Child of All Ages P. J. Plauger Analog Doing Lennon Gregory Benford AnalogFind the Lady || Nicholas Fisk || New Dimensions 5 |- |Growing Up in Edge City Frederik Pohl EpochSail the Tide of Mourning Richard Lupoff New Dimensions 5A Scraping at the Bones || Algis Budrys || Analog |- |Shatterday Harlan Ellison Gallery Time Deer || Craig Strete || If |- |Utopía de un hombre que está cansado Jorge Luis Borges The New YorkerWhite Creatures || Gregory Benford ||New Dimensions 5 |- |White Wolf Calling Charles L. Grant F&SF 1976A Crowd of Shadows ||Charles L. Grant ||F&SF ||align="center"| |- |Back to the Stone Age Jake Saunders Lone Star Universe Breath's a Ware That Will Not Keep || Thomas F. Monteleone || Dystopian Visions |- |Mary Margaret Road-Grader Howard Waldrop Orbit 18Stone Circle || Lisa Tuttle || Amazing Stories |- |Tricentennial Joe Haldeman Analog1977Jeffty Is Five Harlan Ellison F&SF Air Raid || Herb Boehm || Asimov's Science Fiction || align="center" rowspan="4" | |- |Camera Obscura Thomas F. Monteleone Cosmos #2 The Hibakusha Gallery || Edward Bryant || Penthouse |- |Tin Woodman Dennis R. Bailey y Dave Bischoff Amazing Stories 1978Stone || Edward Bryant ||F&SF || align="center"| |- |Cassandra C. J. Cherryh F&SF A Quiet Revolution for Death ||Jack Dann || New Dimensions 8 |- |- style="background:#B0C4DE;" ! align="center" rowspan="6" |1979 |giANTS Edward Bryant Analog The Extraordinary Voyages of Amélie Bertrand Joanna Russ F&SF Red as Blood ||Tanith Lee ||F&SF |- |Unaccompanied Sonata Orson Scott Card Omni Vernalfest Morning || Michael Bishop || Chrysalis |- |La cruz y el dragón George R. R. Martin Omni 1980Grotto of the Dancing Deer Clifford D. Simak Analog Secrets of the Heart ||Charles L. Grant ||F&SF || align="center" rowspan="4"| |- |A Sunday Visit with Great-Grandfather Craig Strete New Dimensions 11War Beneath the Tree || Gene Wolfe || Omni |- |Window Bob Leman F&SF 1981The Bone Flute (rechazado) Lisa Tuttle F&SF Disciples || Gardner Dozois || Penthouse || align="center" rowspan="7"| |- |Going Under ||Jack Dann ||Omni |- |Johnny Mnemonic William Gibson OmniThe Pusher || John Varley || F&SF |- |The Quiet || George Florance-Guthridge || F&SF |- |Venice Drowned || Kim Stanley Robinson ||Universe 11 |- |Zeke Timothy R. Sullivan Twilight Zone 1982A Letter from the Clearys || Connie Willis || Asimov's Science Fiction || align="center"| |- |Corridors || Barry N. Malzberg || The Engines of the Night || align="center" rowspan="5"| |- |God's Hooks! Howard Waldrop Universe 12High Steel || Jack C. Haldeman II y Jack Dann || F&SF |- |Petra Greg Bear Omni The Pope of the Chimps || Robert Silverberg || Perpetual Light |- |- style="background:#B0C4DE;" ! align="center" rowspan="6" |1983 |The Peacemaker Gardner Dozois Asimov's Science Fiction Cryptic || Jack McDevitt || Asimov's Science Fiction || align="center" rowspan="5"| |- |The Geometry of Narrative Hilbert Schenck Analog Ghost Town || Chad Oliver ||Analog |- |Her Furry Face ||Leigh Kennedy || Asimov's Science Fiction |- |Wong's Lost and Found Emporium William F. Wu Amazing Stories 1984Morning Child || Gardner Dozois || Omni || align="center"| |- |The Aliens Who Knew, I Mean, Everything George Alec Effinger F&SF A Cabin on the Coast || Gene Wolfe || F&SF |- |The Eichmann Variations George Zebrowski Light Years and DarkSalvador || Lucius Shepard || F&SF |- |Sunken Gardens Bruce Sterling Omni 1985Out of All Them Bright Stars || Nancy Kress ||F&SF || align="center"| |- |Flying Saucer Rock & Roll Howard Waldrop Omni The Gods of Mars || Gardner Dozois, Jack Dann y Michael Swanwick || Omni |- |Heirs of the Perisphere Howard Waldrop Playboy Hong's Bluff || William F. Wu || Omni |- |More Than the Sum of His Parts Joe Haldeman Playboy Paper Dragons || James P. Blaylock || Imaginary Lands |- |Snow John Crowley Omni1986Tangents ||Greg Bear || Omni ||align="center"| |- |The Boy Who Plaited Manes Nancy Springer F&SF The Lions Are Asleep This Night ||Howard Waldrop || Omni |- |Pretty Boy Crossover Pat Cadigan Asimov's Science FictionRat || James Patrick Kelly || F&SF |- |Robot Dreams Isaac Asimov Asimov's Science Fiction 1987Forever Yours, Anna || Kate Wilhelm || Omni ||align="center"| |- |Angel Pat Cadigan Asimov's Science Fiction Cassandra's Photographs || Lisa Goldstein |- | The Faithful Companion at Forty Karen Joy FowlerWhy I Left Harry's All-Night Hamburgers ||Lawrence Watt-Evans |- |Kid Charlemagne Paul Di Filippo Amazing StoriesTemple to a Minor Goddess || Susan Shwartz |- |- style="background:#B0C4DE;" ! align="center" rowspan="6" |1988 |Bible Stories for Adults, No. 17: The Deluge James Morrow Full Spectrum The Color Winter || Steven Popkes || rowspan="2"| Asimov's Science Fiction ||align="center" rowspan="5"| |- |Mrs. Shummel Exits a Winner John Kessel Dead Men on TV || Pat Murphy || rowspan="3"|Full Spectrum |- |The Fort Moxie Branch Jack McDevittVoices of the Kill || Thomas M. Disch |- |- style="background:#B0C4DE;" ! align="center" rowspan="6" |1989 |Ripples in the Dirac Sea Geoffrey A. Landis Asimov's Science Fiction The Adinkra Cloth || Mary C. Aldridge || Marion Zimmer Bradley's Fantasy Magazine ||align="center" rowspan="5"| |- |Boobs Suzy McKee Charnas Asimov's Science FictionDori Bangs ||Bruce Sterling |- |Lost Boys Orson Scott Card F&sFThe Ommatidium Miniatures ||Michael Bishop ||The Microverse |- |- style="background:#B0C4DE;" ! align="center" rowspan="6" |1990 |Bears Discover Fire Terry Bisson Asimov's Science Fiction Before I Wake || Kim Stanley Robinson || Interzone / Asimov's Science Fiction ||align="center" rowspan="5"| |- |Lieserl Karen Joy Fowler Asimov's Science FictionLove and Sex Among the Invertebrates || Pat Murphy ||Alien Sex |- |The Power and the Passion Pat Cadigan Patterns / Omni Story Child || Kristine Kathryn Rusch ||Aboriginal SF |- |- style="background:#B0C4DE;" ! align="center" rowspan="6" |1991 |Ma Qui Alan Brennert F&sF Buffalo || John Kessel || rowspan="2"| F&sF ||align="center" rowspan="5"| |- |The Dark Karen Joy Fowlerthe button, and what you know ||W. Gregory Stewart || rowspan="2"|Amazing Stories |- |Dog's Life Martha SoukupThey're Made Out of Meat || Terry Bisson || Omni |- |- style="background:#B0C4DE;" ! align="center" rowspan="6" |1992 |Even the Queen Connie Willis Asimov's Science Fiction The Arbitrary Placement of Walls || Martha Soukup || rowspan="3" |Asimov's Science Fiction ||align="center" rowspan="5"| |- |The Mountain to Mohammed Nancy KressVinland the Dream || Kim Stanley Robinson |- |Lennon Spex Paul Di Filippo Amazing StoriesLife Regarded as a Jigsaw Puzzle of Highly Lustrous Cats||Michael Bishop || Imni |- |- style="background:#B0C4DE;" ! align="center" rowspan="6" |1993 |Graves Joe Haldeman F&SF Alfred || Lisa Goldstein || rowspan="3" |Asimov's Science Fiction ||align="center" rowspan="5"| |- |All Vows" Esther M. Friesner The Beggar in the Living Room || William John Watkins |- |The Good Pup Bridget McKenna F&SF The Man Who Rowed Christopher Columbus Ashore || Harlan Ellison || Omni |- |- style="background:#B0C4DE;" ! align="center" rowspan="6" |1994 |A Defense of the Social Contracts Martha Soukup Science Fiction Age I Know What You're Thinking || Kate Wilhelm || rowspan="2" |Asimov's Science Fiction ||align="center" rowspan="5"| |- |None So Blind Joe HaldemanInspiration || Ben Bova ||rowspan="2" |F&SF |- |Virtual Love Maureen F. McHughUnderstanding Entropy || Barry N. Malzberg ||Science Fiction Age |- |- style="background:#B0C4DE;" ! align="center" rowspan="7" |1995 |Death and the Librarian Esther M. Friesner Asimov's Science Fiction Alien Jane || Kelley Eskridge || Century #1 ||align="center" rowspan="6"| |-