Works published in 1980 except as indicated • Awards given in calendar year 1981

Hugo	The Snow Queen, Joan D. Vinge
Nebula	Timescape, Gregory Benford
World Fantasy	The Shadow of the Torturer, Gene Wolfe
Campbell Memorial	Timescape, Gregory Benford
Locus (sf novel)	The Snow Queen, Joan D. Vinge
Locus (fantasy novel)	Lord Valentine's Castle, Robert Silverberg
Locus (first novel)	Dragon's Egg, Robert L. Forward
British Fantasy (August Derleth Award (novel))	To Wake the Dead, Ramsey Campbell
British SF	Timescape, Gregory Benford
Ditmar (Australian novel)	The Dreaming Dragons, Damien Broderick
Ditmar (international fiction)	Timescape, Gregory Benford
Seiun (foreign novel)	Inherit the Stars, James P. Hogan [1977]
Apollo	Juniper Time, Kate Wilhelm [1979]
Balrog	The Wounded Land, Stephen R. Donaldson