Full details of all nominees can be found on the SFWA 1996 Nebula Awards page.
Harry Turtledove Must and Shall
Dean Wesley Smith In the Shade of the Slowboat Man
Jack Dann Da Vinci Rising
Winner Best Novella
Esther M. Friesner A Birthday
Winner Best Short Story
Paul Levinson The Chronology Protection Case
Nicola Griffith Yaguara
Jonathan Lethem Five Fucks
Bruce Holland Rogers Lifeboat on a Burning Sea
Winner Best Novelette
