Presented at: ConStellation, Baltimore, September 1-5, 1983
Toastmaster: Jack L. Chalker
Base design:
Awards Administration: Bill Evans
Best Novel
- Foundation’s Edge by Isaac Asimov [Doubleday, 1982]
- The Pride of Chanur by C. J. Cherryh [DAW, 1982]
- 2010: Odyssey Two by Arthur C. Clarke [Ballantine Del Rey, 1982]
- Friday by Robert A. Heinlein [Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1982]
- Courtship Rite by Donald Kingsbury [Timescape, 1982]
- The Sword of the Lictor by Gene Wolfe [Timescape, 1982]
Best Novella
- “Souls” by Joanna Russ [F&SF Jan 1982]
- “The Postman” by David Brin [Asimov’s Nov 1982]
- “Unsound Variations” by George R. R. Martin [Amazing Jan 1982]
- “Brainchild” by Joseph H. Delaney [Analog Jun 1982]
- “To Leave a Mark” by Kim Stanley Robinson [F&SF Nov 1982]
- “Another Orphan” by John Kessel [F&SF Sep 1982]
Best Novelette
- “Fire Watch” by Connie Willis [Asimov’s Feb 1982]
- “Nightlife” by Phyllis Eisenstein [F&SF Feb 1982]
- “Pawn’s Gambit” by Timothy Zahn [Analog Mar 1982]
- “Aquila” by Somtow Sucharitkul [Asimov’s Jan 1982]
- “Swarm” by Bruce Sterling [F&SF Apr 1982]
Best Short Story
- “Melancholy Elephants” by Spider Robinson [Analog Jun 1982]
- “Sur” by Ursula K. Le Guin [The New Yorker Feb 1 1982; The Compass Rose, 1982]
- “The Boy Who Waterskied to Forever” by James Tiptree, Jr. [F&SF Oct 1982]
- “Spider Rose” by Bruce Sterling [F&SF Aug 1982]
- “Ike at the Mike” by Howard Waldrop [Omni Jun 1982]
Best Related Non-Fiction Book
- Isaac Asimov: The Foundations of Science Fiction by James E. Gunn [Oxford, 1982]
- The World of the Dark Crystal by Brian Froud and J. J. Llewellyn [Knopf, 1982]
- A Reader’s Guide to Fantasy by Baird Searles, Beth Meacham and Michael Franklin [Avon, 1982]
- The Engines of the Night by Barry N. Malzberg [Doubleday, 1982]
- Fear Itself: The Horror Fiction of Stephen King by Tim Underwood and Chuck Miller [Underwood-Miller, 1982]
Best Dramatic Presentation
- Blade Runner (1982) [Blade Runner Partnership] Directed by Ridley Scott; Screenplay by Hampton Fancher and David Peoples; based on the novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick
- Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982) [Paramount] Directed by Nicholas Meyer; Screenplay by Jack B. Sowards and Nicholas Meyer; Story by Harve Bennett and Jack B. Sowards and Samuel A. Peeples
- E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982) [Amblin/Universal] Directed by Steven Spielberg; Written by Melissa Mathison
- The Dark Crystal (1982) [Henson/ITC/Universl] Directed by Jim Henson, Frank Oz and Gary Kurtz; Screenplay by David Odell; Story by Jim Henson
- The Road Warrior (1982) (alt: Mad Max 2) [Kennedy Miller/Warner Brothers] Directed by George Miller; Written by Terry Hayes & George Miller & Brian Hannant
Best Professional Editor
- Edward L. Ferman
- Terry Carr
- Stanley Schmidt
- George H. Scithers
- David G. Hartwell
Best Professional Artist
- Michael Whelan
- Frank Kelly Freas
- Rowena Morrill
- Don Maitz
- Darrell K. Sweet
- Barclay Shaw
Best Fanzine
- Locus ed. by Charles N. Brown
- Science Fiction Chronicle ed. by Andrew I. Porter
- Science Fiction Review ed. by Richard E. Geis
- File 770 ed. by Mike Glyer
- Fantasy Newsletter ed. by Robert A. Collins
Best Fan Writer
- Richard E. Geis
- Mike Glyer
- Dave Langford
- Arthur D. Hlavaty
Best Fan Artist
- Alexis Gilliland
- William Rotsler
- Joan Hanke-Woods
- Stu Shiffman
- Dan Steffan