Best Novelette: “Of Mist, and Grass, and Sand” by Vonda N. McIntyre
Best Short Story: “Love Is the Plan, the Plan Is Death” by James Tiptree, Jr.
Best Dramatic Presentation: Soylent Green
Stanley R. Greenberg for Screenplay (based on the novel Make Room! Make Room!), Harry Harrison for Make Room! Make Room!
1974
Best Novel: The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le Guin
Best Novella: “Born with the Dead” by Robert Silverberg
Best Novelette: “If the Stars Are Gods” by Gordon Eklund and Gregory Benford
Best Short Story: “The Day Before the Revolution” by Ursula K. Le Guin
Best Dramatic Presentation: Sleeper by Woody Allen
Other Awards & Honors: Grand Master: Robert A. Heinlein
1975
Best Novel: The Forever War by Joe Haldeman
Best Novella: “Home Is the Hangman” by Roger Zelazny
Best Novelette: “San Diego Lightfoot Sue” by Tom Reamy
Best Short Story: “Catch that Zeppelin!” by Fritz Leiber
Best Dramatic Writing: Mel Brooks and Gene Wilder for Young Frankenstein
Other Awards & Honors: Grand Master: Jack Williamson
1976
Best Novel: Man Plus by Frederik Pohl
Best Novella: “Houston, Houston, Do You Read?” by James Tiptree, Jr.
Best Novelette: “The Bicentennial Man” by Isaac Asimov
Best Short Story: “A Crowd of Shadows” by Charles L. Grant
Other Awards & Honors: Grand Master: Clifford D. Simak
1977
Best Novel: Gateway by Frederik Pohl
Best Novella: “Stardance” by Spider and Jeanne Robinson
Best Novelette: “The Screwfly Solution” by Raccoona Sheldon
Best Short Story: “Jeffty Is Five” by Harlan Ellison
Other Awards & Honors: Special Award: Star Wars
1978
Best Novel: Dreamsnake by Vonda N. McIntyre
Best Novella: “The Persistence of Vision” by John Varley
Best Novelette: “A Glow of Candles, a Unicorn’s Eye” by Charles L. Grant
Best Short Story: “Stone” by Edward Bryant
Other Awards & Honors: Grand Master: L. Sprague de Camp
1979
Best Novel: The Fountains of Paradise by Arthur C. Clarke
Best Novella: “Enemy Mine” by Barry Longyear
Best Novelette: “Sandkings” by George R. R. Martin
Best Short Story: “giANTS” by Edward Bryant
1980
Best Novel: Timescape by Gregory Benford
Best Novella: “The Unicorn Tapestry” by Suzy McKee Charnas
Best Novelette: “The Ugly Chickens” by Howard Waldrop
Best Short Story: “Grotto of the Dancing Deer” by Clifford D. Simak
Other Awards & Honors: Grand Master: Fritz Leiber
1981
Best Novel: The Claw of the Conciliator by Gene Wolfe
Best Novella: “The Saturn Game” by Poul Anderson
Best Novelette: “The Quickening” by Michael Bishop
Best Short Story: “The Bone Flute” by Lisa Tuttle (This Nebula Award was declined by the author.)
1982
Best Novel: No Enemy but Time by Michael Bishop
Best Novella: “Another Orphan” by John Kessel
Best Novelette: “Fire Watch” by Connie Willis
Best Short Story: “A Letter from the Clearys” by Connie Willis
1983
Best Novel: Startide Rising by David Brin
Best Novella: “Hardfought” by Greg Bear
Best Novelette: “Blood Music” by Greg Bear
Best Short Story: “The Peacemaker” by Gardner Dozois
Other Awards & Honors: Grand Master: Andre Norton
1984
Best Novel: Neuromancer by William Gibson
Best Novella: “PRESS ENTER□” by John Varley
Best Novelette: “Bloodchild” by Octavia E. Butler
Best Short Story: “Morning Child” by Gardner Dozois
1985
Best Novel: Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card
Best Novella: “Sailing to Byzantium” by Robert Silverberg
Best Novelette: “Portraits of His Children” by George R. R. Martin
Best Short Story: “Out of All Them Bright Stars” by Nancy Kress
Other Awards & Honors: Grand Master: Arthur C. Clarke
1986
Best Novel: Speaker for the Dead by Orson Scott Card
Best Novella: “R & R” by Lucius Shepard
Best Novelette: “The Girl Who Fell into the Sky” by Kate Wilhelm
Best Short Story: “Tangents” by Greg Bear
Other Awards & Honors: Grand Master: Isaac Asimov
1987
Best Novel: The Falling Woman by Pat Murphy
Best Novella: “The Blind Geometer” by Kim Stanley Robinson
Best Novelette: “Rachel in Love” by Pat Murphy
Best Short Story: “Forever Yours, Anna” by Kate Wilhelm
Other Awards & Honors: Grand Master: Alfred Bester
1988
Best Novel: Falling Free by Lois McMaster Bujold
Best Novella: “The Last of the Winnebagos” by Connie Willis
Best Novelette: “Schrodinger’s Kitten” by George Alec Effinger
Best Short Story: “Bible Stories for Adults, No. 17: The Deluge” by James Morrow
Other Awards & Honors: Grand Master: Ray Bradbury
1989
Best Novel: The Healer’s War by Elizabeth Ann Scarborough
Best Novella: “The Mountains of Mourning” by Lois McMaster Bujold
Best Novelette: “At the Rialto” by Connie Willis
Best Short Story: “Ripples in the Dirac Sea” by Geoffrey A. Landis
1990
Best Novel: Tehanu:The Last Book of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin
Best Novella: “The Hemingway Hoax” by Joe Haldeman
Best Novelette: “Tower of Babylon” by Ted Chiang
Best Short Story: “Bears Discover Fire” by Terry Bisson
Other Awards & Honors: Grand Master: Lester del Rey
1991
Best Novel: Stations of the Tide by Michael Swanwick
Best Novella: “Beggars in Spain” by Nancy Kress
Best Novelette: “Guide Dog” by Mike Conner
Best Short Story: “Ma Qui” by Alan Brennert
1992
Best Novel: Doomsday Book by Connie Willis
Best Novella: “City of Truth” by James Morrow
Best Novelette: “Danny Goes to Mars” by Pamela Sargent
Best Short Story: “Even the Queen” by Connie Willis
Other Awards & Honors: Grand Master: Frederik Pohl
1993
Best Novella: “The Night We Buried Road Dog” by Jack Cady
Best Novelette: “Georgia on My Mind” by Charles Sheffield
Best Short Story: “Graves” by Joe Haldeman
1994
Best Novel: Moving Mars by Greg Bear
Best Novella: “Seven Views of Olduvai Gorge” by Mike Resnick
Best Novelette: “The Martian Child” by David Gerrold
Best Short Story: “A Defense of the Social Contracts” by Martha Soukup
Other Awards & Honors: Grand Master: Damon Knight
Author Emeritus: Emil Petaja
1995
Best Novel: The Terminal Experiment by Robert J. Sawyer
Best Novella: “Last Summer at Mars Hill” by Elizabeth Hand
Best Novelette: “Solitude” by Ursula K. Le Guin
Best Short Story: “Death and the Librarian” by Esther Friesner
Other Awards & Honors: Grand Master: A. E. van Vogt
Author Emeritus: Wilson “Bob” Tucker
1996
Best Novel: Slo
w River by Nicola Griffith
Best Novella: “Da Vinci Rising” by Jack Dann
Best Novelette: “Lifeboat on a Burning Sea” by Bruce Holland Rogers
Best Short Story: “A Birthday” by Esther M. Friesner
Other Awards & Honors: Grand Master: Jack Vance
Author Emeritus: Judith Merril
1997
Best Novel: The Moon and the Sun by Vonda N. McIntyre
Best Novella: “Abandon in Place” by Jerry Oltion
Best Novelette: “The Flowers of Aulit Prison” by Nancy Kress
Best Short Story: “Sister Emily’s Lightship” by Jane Yolen
Other Awards & Honors: Grand Master: Poul Anderson
Author Emeritus: Nelson Slade Bond
1998
Best Novel: Forever Peace by Joe Haldeman
Best Novella: “Reading the Bones” by Sheila Finch
Best Novelette: “Lost Girls” by Jane Yolen
Best Short Story: “Thirteen Ways to Water” by Bruce Holland Rogers
Other Awards & Honors: Grand Master: Hal Clement (Harry Stubbs)
Bradbury Award: J. Michael Straczynski
Author Emeritus: William Tenn (Philip Klass)
1999
Best Novel: Parable of the Talents by Octavia E. Butler
Best Novella: “Story of Your Life” by Ted Chiang
Best Novelette: “Mars is No Place for Children” by Mary A. Turzillo
Best Short Story: “The Cost of Doing Business” by Leslie What
Best Script: The Sixth Sense by M. Night Shayamalan
Other Awards & Honors: Grand Master: Brian W. Aldiss
Author Emeritus: Daniel Keyes
2000
Best Novel: Darwin’s Radio by Greg Bear
Best Novella: “Goddesses” by Linda Nagata
Best Novelette: “Daddy’s World” by Walter Jon Williams
Best Short Story: “macs” by Terry Bisson
Best Script: Galaxy Quest by Robert Gordon and David Howard
Other Awards & Honors: Grand Master: Philip José Farmer
Bradbury Award: Yuri Rasovsky and Harlan Ellison
Author Emeritus: Robert Sheckley
Best Novel: The Quantum Rose by Catherine Asaro,
Best Novella: “The Ultimate Earth” by Jack Williamson
Best Novelette: “Louise’s Ghost” by Kelly Link
Best Short Story: “The Cure for Everything” by Severna Park
Best Script: Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon by James Schamus, Kuo Jung Tsai, and Hui-Ling Wang; from the book by Du Lu Wang
Other Awards & Honors: President’s Award: Betty Ballantine
2002
Best Novel: American Gods by Neil Gaiman
Best Novella: “Bronte’s Egg” by Richard Chwedyk
Best Novelette: “Hell is the Absence of God” by Ted Chiang
Best Short Story: “Creature” by Carol Emshwiller
Best Script: The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring by Fran Walsh and Philippa Boyens and Peter Jackson; based on The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien
Other Awards & Honors: Grand Master: Ursula K. Le Guin
Author Emeritus: Katherine MacLean
2003
Best Novel: The Speed of Dark by Elizabeth Moon
Best Novella: “Coraline” by Neil Gaiman
Best Novelette: “The Empire of Ice Cream” by Jeffrey Ford
Best Short Story: “What I Didn’t See” by Karen Joy Fowler
Best Script: The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers by Fran Walsh and Philippa Boyens and Stephen Sinclair and Peter Jackson; based on The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien
Other Awards & Honors: Grand Master: Robert Silverberg
Author Emeritus: Charles L. Harness
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