Presented at: Seacon ’79, Brighton, England, August 23-26, 1979

Toastmaster: Bob Shaw

Base design:

Awards Administration: David Pringle

Best Novel

• Dreamsnake by Vonda N. McIntyre [Houghton Mifflin, 1978]
• The White Dragon by Anne McCaffrey [Ballantine Del Rey, 1978]
• The Faded Sun: Kesrith by C. J. Cherryh [Galaxy Feb,Mar,Apr,May 1978; DAW, 1978]
• Blind Voices by Tom Reamy [Berkley Putnam, 1978]
• Up to the Walls of the World by James Tiptree, Jr. (Withdrew after ballot finalized, per convention newsletter; see TSAR, page 24)

Best Novella

• “The Persistence of Vision” by John Varley [F&SF Mar 1978]
• “Fireship” by Joan D. Vinge [Analog Dec 1978]
• “The Watched” by Christopher Priest [F&SF Apr 1978]
• “Enemies of the System” by Brian W. Aldiss [F&SF Jun 1978]
• “Seven American Nights” by Gene Wolfe [Orbit #20, 1978]

Best Novelette

• “Hunter’s Moon” by Poul Anderson [Analog Nov 1978]
• “Mikal’s Songbird” by Orson Scott Card [Analog May 1978]
• “The Man Who Had No Idea” by Thomas M. Disch [F&SF Oct 1978]
• “Devil You Don’t Know” by Dean Ing [Analog Jan 1978]
• “The Barbie Murders” by John Varley [Asimov’s Jan/Feb 1978]

Best Short Story

• “Cassandra” by C. J. Cherryh [F&SF Oct 1978]
• “Count the Clock That Tells the Time” by Harlan Ellison [Omni Dec 1978]
• “View from a Height” by Joan D. Vinge [Analog Jun 1978; Sci Fiction, scifi.com 2004-10-06]
• “Stone” by Edward Bryant [F&SF Feb 1978]
• “The Very Slow Time Machine” by Ian Watson [Anticipations, 1978]

Best Dramatic Presentation

• Superman (1978) [Alexander Salkind] Directed by Richard Donner; Screenplay by Mario Puzo and David Newman and Leslie Newman & Robert Benton; Story by Mario Puzo; based on the character created by Jerry Siegel & Joe Shuster
• The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (radio) (1978) [BBC Radio 4] Written by Douglas Adams; Geoffrey Perkins, Producer
• Watership Down (1978) [Nepenthe] Directed by Martin Rosen; Screenplay by Martin Rosen; based on the novel by Richard Adams
• Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978) [Solofilm/UA] Directed by Philip Kaufmann; Screenplay by W. D. Richter; based on the novel by Jack Finney
• The Lord of the Rings (1978) [Fantasy] Directed by Ralph Bakshi; Screenplay by Peter S. Beagle and Chris Conkling; based on the first half of the trilogy by J. R. R. Tolkien

Best Professional Editor

• Ben Bova
• Edward L. Ferman
• George H. Scithers
• James P. Baen
• Terry Carr

Best Professional Artist

• Vincent Di Fate
• Michael Whelan
• Boris Vallejo
• Stephen Fabian
• David Hardy

Best Fanzine

• Science Fiction Review ed. by Richard E. Geis
• Maya ed. by Rob Jackson
• Janus ed. by Janice Bogstad and Jeanne Gomoll
• Mota ed. by Terry Hughes
• Twll-Ddu ed. by David Langford

Best Fan Writer

• Bob Shaw
• Richard E. Geis
• Leroy Kettle
• Dave Langford
• D. West

Best Fan Artist

• William Rotsler
• Jim Barker
• Alexis Gilliland
• Harry Bell
• Stu Shiffman