Winners of the 12th Chinese Nebula (Xingyun) Awards for Chinese SF in 2020 were announced on October 23, 2021 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
Shaoyan Hu is a part-time translator for speculative fictions. He has worked together with other translators to render A Song of Ice and Fire series into Chinese language. His other translation works in Chinese language include Marooned in Realtime by Vernor Vinge, The Scar by China Miéville, and The City & the City by China Miéville. There are also a number of short stories, novelettes and novellas translated by Shaoyan that appeared in various SF&F magazines in China.
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