The SFWA announced the candidates for the Nebula Awards, ceremony to be held April 24-26 at UCLA (alongside the Festival of Books). This first round of nominees will be shortened before the actual ceremony, and when it is whittled down further, we'll add the books to the list. For now, the candidates for nomination are:

Abraham, Daniel: A Betrayal in Winter (Tor, July 2007)
Barzak, Chris: One for Sorrow (Bantam, September 2007)
Bull, Emma: Territory (Tor, July 2007)
Doctorow, Cory: Little Brother (Tor, April 08)
Goonan, Kathleen Ann: In War Times (Tor, May 07)
Le Guin, Ursula K.: Powers (Harcourt Children's Books, September 2007)
McDevitt, Jack: Cauldron (Ace, November 2007)
McDonald, Ian: Brasyl (Pyr, May 2007)
Pratchett, Terry: Making Money (Harper/Collins, Septempber 2007)
Rothfuss, Patrick: The Name of the Wind (DAW, April 2007)