In 1987 Orson Scott Card became the first author to win the Nebula Award two years in a row. He won the Nebula Award in 1986 for Ender's Game and in 1987 for Speaker For the Dead.  The Nebula Awards were first awarded in 1965 when Damon Knight founded the Science Fiction Writers of America. The organization began with only 78 writers but now it has over a thousand members. Many of those members are the most successful science fiction and fantasy writers in the world. The organization is now called the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, Inc.

 

        A Nebula award is given each year for the best short story, novelette, novella, novel, and script. A short story has less than 7,500 words.  A novelette has at least 7,500 words but less than 17,500 words.  A novella has at least 17,500 words but less than 40,000 words.  A novel contains 40,000 or more words.  A script can be for radio, television, motion picture, multimedia or theatre.  The works must be either in the science fiction or in the fantasy genre. The active members of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America nominate and vote on their most favorite work eligible for that year's award.