Winners of the 12th Chinese Nebula (Xingyun) Awards for Chinese SF in 2020 were announced on October 23 at a ceremony held in Chongqing, China.

BEST NOVEL

Winner (Golden Award):

• Across the Rings of Saturn, by Xie Yunning

Other finalists (Silver Award)

• The End of the Silver Age, by Qi Yue
• Chongqing Labyrinths: Strange Events in the Mist, by Earl E
• Seven States of Galaxy Saga: The Phantom of Haojing, by Bao Shu & A Que
• The Little Mushroom Man, by Yishisi Zhou

BEST NOVELLA

Winner (Golden Award):

• “The Persons who are Trapped in Time”, by Cheng Jingbo

Other finalists (Silver Award)

• “The Curse of Einstein”, by Hui Hu
• “The Colorless Green”, by Lu Qiucha
• “The Years of Our Invisibility Shield”, by Teng Ye
• “A Mountain of Dust”, by Wanxiang Fengnian

BEST SHORT STORY

Winner (Golden Award):

• “Preface to the Reprint Edition of ‘Overture 2181’”, by Gu Shi

Other finalists (Silver Award)

• “Synecdoche, Chongqing”, by Duan Ziqi
• “Operation Spring Dawn”, by Mo Xiong
• “My Lover is not Human”, by Chen Qian
• “The New Year Gifts”, by Han Song

BEST TRANSLATED WORK

Winner (Golden Award):

• Alternate Worlds: The Illustrated History of Science Fiction, James Gunn, translated by Jiang Qian

Other finalists (Silver Award)

• The Search for Philip K.Dick, Anne R Dick. Translated by Jin Xueni
• Steel Beach, John Varley. Translated by Qiu Chunhui
• A Scanner Darkly, Philip K. Dick. Translated by Yu Juanjuan
• Astounding: John W.Campbell, Isaac Asimov, Robert A.Heinlein, L.Ron Hubbard, and the Golden Age of Science Fiction,  Alec Nevala-Lee. Translated by Sun Yanan

BEST NON-FICTION

Winner (Golden Award):

No Award

Other finalists (Silver Award)

• “Science Fiction and High Concept Films”, by Zheng Jun
• “The Settings and the Network of Settings in Science Fiction Writing”, by Liu Yang
• “What do ‘The Wandering Earth’ and ‘The Man from Earth’ have in common other than Earth, or What on Earth is Science Fiction?”, by Xi Xia
• “Marxism and Science Fiction”, by Fu Changyi
• “Science Fiction between 1949-1966: The Speed of China, from Fantasy to Reality”, by Xiao Han

BEST REVIEW

Winner (Golden Award):

• “Anyone can Imagine an Airplane, but Only a Science Fiction Writer Can Imagine the Flight Mileage Cards: Review of ‘Store of the Worlds’”, by Jiang Zhenyu

Other finalists (Silver Award)

• “‘The Snow of Jinyang’: Silkpunk and Retro-futurism”, by Lyu Guangzhao
• “The Engineer’s Mind in Science Fiction Writing: Review of ‘The Möbius Space’”, by Sanfeng
• “The Force of Science Fiction: Preface to the Chinese Edition of ‘Alternate Worlds: The Illustrated History of Science Fiction’”, by Liu Cixin
• “In the Land of Wandering Ghosts: Rereading Han Song’s ‘The Hospital’”, by Zhong Tianyi

BEST NEW WRITER (2018-2020)

Winner (Golden Award):

• Duan Ziqi

Other finalists (Silver Award)

• Bai Bi
• Fenxing Chengzi
• Su Wanwen
• Zhao Lei

[Thanks to Feng Zhang for the press release.]