Presented at: Discon II, Washington DC, August 29 – September 2, 1974

Toastmaster: Andrew J. Offutt

Base design:

Awards Administration:

Best Novel

• Rendezvous With Rama by Arthur C. Clarke [Galaxy Sep,Oct 1973; Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1973]
• Time Enough for Love by Robert A. Heinlein [Putnam, 1973]
• Protector by Larry Niven [Ballantine, 1973]
• The People of the Wind by Poul Anderson [Analog Feb,Mar,Apr 1973; Signet, 1973]
• The Man Who Folded Himself by David Gerrold [Random House, 1973]

Best Novella

• “The Girl Who Was Plugged In” by James Tiptree, Jr. [New Dimensions #3, 1973]
• “The Death of Doctor Island” by Gene Wolfe [Universe 3, 1973]
• “Death and Designation Among the Asadi” by Michael Bishop [If Feb 1973]
• “The White Otters of Childhood” by Michael Bishop [F&SF Jul 1973]
• “Chains of the Sea” by Gardner Dozois [Chains of the Sea, 1973]

Best Novelette

• “The Deathbird” by Harlan Ellison [F&SF Mar 1973]
• “Of Mist, and Grass, and Sand” by Vonda N. McIntyre [Analog Oct 1973]
• “Love Is the Plan the Plan Is Death” by James Tiptree, Jr. [The Alien Condition, 1973]
• “The City on the Sand” by George Alec Effinger [F&SF Apr 1973]
• “He Fell into a Dark Hole” by Jerry Pournelle [Analog Mar 1973]

Best Short Story

• “The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas” by Ursula K. Le Guin [New Dimensions #3, 1973]
• “With Morning Comes Mistfall” by George R. R. Martin [Analog May 1973]
• “Construction Shack” by Clifford D. Simak [If Feb 1973]
• “Wings” by Vonda N. McIntyre [The Alien Condition, 1973]

Best Dramatic Presentation

• Sleeper (1973) [Rollins-Joffe/MGM/UA] Directed by Woody Allen; Written by Woody Allen and Marshall Brickman
• Genesis II (1973) [Norway/Warner Brothers] Directed by John Llewellyn Moxey; Written by Gene Roddenberry
• Soylent Green (1973) [MGM] Directed by Richard Fleischer; Screenplay by Stanley R. Greenberg; based on the novel Make Room! Make Room! by Harry Harrison
• The Six Million Dollar Man (1973) [Universal] Directed by Richard Irving; Screenplay by Tom Greene and Howard Rodman; based on the novel Cyborg by Martin Caidin
• Westworld (1973) [MGM] Written and directed by Michael Crichton

Best Professional Editor

• Ben Bova
• Robert Silverberg
• Ted White
• Terry Carr
• Edward L. Ferman

Best Professional Artist

• Frank Kelly Freas
• Frank Frazetta
• John Schoenherr
• Vincent Di Fate
• Jack Gaughan

Best Fanzine

• The Alien Critic ed. by Richard E. Geis
• Algol ed. by Andrew I. Porter
• Locus ed. by Charles N. Brown and Dena Brown
• Outworlds ed. by Bill Bowers and Joan Bowers

Best Fan Writer

• Susan Wood
• Richard E. Geis
• Laura Basta
• Jacqueline Lichtenberg
• Sandra Miesel

Best Fan Artist

• Tim Kirk
• William Rotsler
• Alicia Austin
• Grant Canfield
• Arthur “ATom” Thomson