Presented at: Chicon IV, Chicago, September 2-6, 1982

Toastmaster: Marta Randall

Base design:

Awards Administration: Bill Evans

Best Novel

• Downbelow Station by C. J. Cherryh [DAW, 1981]
• The Claw of the Conciliator by Gene Wolfe [Timescape, 1981]
• The Many-Colored Land by Julian May [Houghton Mifflin, 1981]
• Project Pope by Clifford D. Simak [Ballantine Del Rey, 1981]
• Little, Big by John Crowley [Bantam, 1981]

Best Novella

• “The Saturn Game” by Poul Anderson [Analog Feb 1981]
• “In the Western Tradition” by Phyllis Eisenstein [F&SF Mar 1981]
• “Blue Champagne” by John Varley [New Voices #4, 1981]
• “With Thimbles, with Forks, and Hope” by Kate Wilhelm [Asimov’s Nov 1981]
• “True Names” by Vernor Vinge [Binary Star #5, 1981]
• “Emergence” by David R. Palmer [Analog Jan 1981]

Best Novelette

• “Unicorn Variation” by Roger Zelazny [Asimov’s Apr 1981]
• “Guardians” by George R. R. Martin [Analog Oct 1981]
• “The Thermals of August” by Edward Bryant [F&SF May 1981]
• “The Fire When It Comes” by Parke Godwin [F&SF May 1981]
• “The Quickening” by Michael Bishop [Universe 11, 1981]

Best Short Story

• “The Pusher” by John Varley [F&SF Oct 1981]
• “The Woman the Unicorn Loved” by Gene Wolfe [Asimov’s Jun 1981]
• “Absent Thee from Felicity Awhile…” by Somtow Sucharitkul [Analog Sep 1981]
• “The Quiet” by George Florance-Guthridge [F&SF Jul 1981]

Best Related Non-Fiction Book

• Danse Macabre by Stephen King [Everest, 1981]
• The Art of Leo & Diane Dillon by Leo Dillon, Diane Dillon and Byron Preiss [Ballantine, 1981]
• The Grand Tour by Ron Miller and William K. Hartmann [Workman, 1981]
• After Man by Dougal Dixon [Macmillan, 1981]
• Anatomy of Wonder, Second Edition by Neil Barron [R.R. Bowker, 1981]

Best Dramatic Presentation

• Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) [Lucasfilm] Directed by Steven Spielberg; Screenplay by Lawrence Kasdan; Story by George Lucas and Philip Kaufman
• Time Bandits (1981) [Handmade Films] Directed by Terry Gilliam; Written by Michael Palin & Terry Gilliam
• Excalibur (1981) [Warner Brothers] Directed by John Boorman; Screenplay by Rospo Pallenberg and John Boorman; Adaptation by Rospo Pallenberg; based on the book Le Morte d’Arthur by Thomas Malory
• Dragonslayer (1981) [Paramount/Disney] Directed by Matthew Robbins; Written by Hal Barwood & Matthew Robbins
• Outland (1981) [Outland/The Ladd Company] Written and directed by Peter Hyams

Best Professional Editor

• Edward L. Ferman
• Terry Carr
• George H. Scithers
• Stanley Schmidt
• David G. Hartwell

Best Professional Artist

• Michael Whelan
• Vincent Di Fate
• Rowena Morrill
• Don Maitz
• Carl Lundgren

Best Fanzine

• Locus ed. by Charles N. Brown
• Science Fiction Review ed. by Richard E. Geis
• File 770 ed. by Mike Glyer
• Science Fiction Chronicle ed. by Andrew I. Porter

Best Fan Writer

• Richard E. Geis
• Mike Glyer
• Dave Langford
• Arthur D. Hlavaty

Best Fan Artist

• Victoria Poyser
• Joan Hanke-Woods
• Alexis Gilliland
• William Rotsler
• Stu Shiffman