| Hugo |
Startide Rising, David Brin |
| Nebula |
Startide Rising, David Brin |
| World Fantasy |
The Dragon Waiting, John M. Ford |
Campbell Memorial (winner) |
The Citadel of the Autarch, Gene Wolfe |
Philip K. Dick (winner) |
The Anubis Gates, Tim Powers |
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Locus (sf novel) |
Startide Rising, David Brin |
Locus (fantasy novel) |
The Mists of Avalon, Marion Zimmer Bradley |
Locus (first novel) |
Tea with the Black Dragon, R. A. MacAvoy |
Apollo (none) |
Les Semeurs d'Abîme, Serge Brussolo |
British Fantasy (August Derleth Award (novel)) |
Floating Dragon, Peter Straub |
| British SF |
Tik-Tok, John Sladek |
Ditmar (Australian long sf or fantasy) |
Yesterday's Men, George Turner |
Ditmar (international fiction) |
no award |
Kurd Laßwitz (foreign novel) |
Helliconia Spring (Helliconia Frühling), Brian W. Aldiss [1982] |
Seiun (foreign novel) |
The Garments of Caean, Barrington J. Bayley [1978] |
| Balrog |
The Armageddon Rag, George R. R. Martin |
Mythopoeic (fantasy) |
When Voiha Wakes, Joy Chant |
| Prometheus |
The Rainbow Cadenza, J. Neil Schulman |
Prometheus (hall of fame) |
Nineteen Eighty-Four, George Orwell [1949] |
Prometheus (hall of fame) |
Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury [1953] |
Crook (none) |
The War for Eternity, Christopher B. Rowley |
| SF Chronicle |
The Anubis Gates, Tim Powers |