Works published in 1975 • Awards given in 1976 except as indicated

The Female Man, Joanna Russ

• Nebula • Tiptree Winner (retrospective Tiptree) [1996] • Locus • Gaylactic Spectrum Winner (hall of fame) [2002]

Dhalgren, Samuel R. Delany

• Nebula • Locus • Gaylactic Spectrum Winner (hall of fame) [2002]

Norstrilia, Cordwainer Smith

• Locus • Seiun Winner (foreign novel) [1988] • Jupiter [1975]

Imperial Earth, Arthur C. Clarke

• Locus • Locus [1977] • Gaylactic Spectrum Winner (hall of fame) [2001]

The Stochastic Man, Robert Silverberg

• Hugo • Nebula • Campbell Memorial (second place) • Locus

The Computer Connection, Alfred Bester

• Hugo • Nebula • Locus

"Inferno", Larry Niven & Jerry Pournelle

• Hugo • Locus • Ditmar (international sf)

Orbitsville, Bob Shaw

• Campbell Memorial (third place) • British SF Winner

A Funeral for the Eyes of Fire, Michael Bishop

• Nebula • Locus

The Heritage of Hastur, Marion Zimmer Bradley

• Nebula • Locus

The Shockwave Rider, John Brunner

• Locus • Ditmar (international sf)

The Big Black Mark, A. Bertram Chandler

• Ditmar Winner (Australian sf)

'Salem's Lot, Stephen King

• World Fantasy

The Birthgrave, Tanith Lee

• Nebula • Locus

Missing Man, Katherine MacLean

• Nebula • Locus

Bid Time Return, Richard Matheson

• World Fantasy Winner

The Exile Waiting, Vonda N. McIntyre

• Nebula • Locus

The Company of Glory, Edgar Pangborn

• Locus [1975] • Jupiter [1975]

The Hollow Lands, Michael Moorcock

• British Fantasy Winner (August Derleth Award (novel))

The Illuminatus Trilogy, Robert Shea & Robert Anton Wilson

• Prometheus Winner (hall of fame) [1986]

The Jonah Kit, Ian Watson

• British SF Winner [1978]