Where and When: Westercon, Spokane WA : July 3, 1999
Eligibility Year: 1998
Sf Novel
- Winner:To Say Nothing of the Dog,Connie Willis (Bantam Spectra)
- Darwinia,Robert Charles Wilson (Tor)
- The Alien Years,Robert Silverberg (HarperCollins Voyager; HarperPrism)
- Distraction,Bruce Sterling (Bantam Spectra)
- The Golden Globe,John Varley (Ace)
- Cosm,Gregory Benford (Avon Eos)
- Children of God,Mary Doria Russell (Villard)
- Parable of the Talents,Octavia E. Butler (Seven Stories Press)
- Ports of Call,Jack Vance (Underwood Books; Tor)
- Starfarers,Poul Anderson (Tor)
- (tie):Dinosaur Summer,Greg Bear (Warner Aspect)
- (tie):Six Moon Dance,Sheri S. Tepper (Avon Eos)
- Maximum Light,Nancy Kress (Tor)
- Moonseed,Stephen Baxter (HarperCollins Voyager; HarperPrism)
- Komarr,Lois McMaster Bujold (Baen)
- Mission Child,Maureen F. McHugh (Avon Eos)
- Vast,Linda Nagata (Bantam Spectra)
- Child of the River,Paul J. McAuley (Gollancz; Avon Eos 1998)
- Deepdrive,Alexander Jablokov (Avon Eos)
- Girl in Landscape,Jonathan Lethem (Doubleday Anchor)
- Otherland: River of Blue Fire,Tad Williams (DAW)
- Earth Made of Glass,John Barnes (Tor)
- The Children Star,Joan Slonczewski (Tor)
- Bloom,Wil McCarthy (Ballantine Del Rey)
- Noir,K. W. Jeter (Bantam Spectra)
- Moonfall,Jack McDevitt (HarperPrism)
- Prisoner of Conscience,Susan R. Matthews (Avon Eos)
- Kirinya,Ian McDonald (Gollancz)
- The Cassini Division,Ken MacLeod (Orbit; Tor 1999)
- The Shapes of Their Hearts,Melissa Scott (Tor)
Fantasy Novel
- Winner:A Clash of Kings,George R. R. Martin (HarperCollins Voyager; Bantam Spectra)
- Stardust,Neil Gaiman (DC/Vertigo; Avon 1999)
- Mockingbird,Sean Stewart (Ace)
- Heartfire,Orson Scott Card (Tor)
- Fortress of Eagles,C. J. Cherryh (HarperPrism)
- Newton's Cannon,J. Gregory Keyes (Ballantine Del Rey)
- Song for the Basilisk,Patricia A. McKillip (Ace)
- (tie):Sailing to Sarantium,Guy Gavriel Kay (Earthlight UK; HarperPrism)
- (tie):Someplace to Be Flying,Charles de Lint (Tor)
- Dragon's Winter,Elizabeth A. Lynn (Ace)
- Prince of Dogs,Kate Elliott (DAW)
- Dark Lord of Derkholm,Diana Wynne Jones (Greenwillow)
- The One-Armed Queen,Jane Yolen (Tor)
- Changer,Jane Lindskold (Avon Eos)
- Juniper, Gentian, and Rosemary,Pamela Dean (Tor)
- The Gilded Chain,Dave Duncan (Avon Eos)
- The Innamorati,Midori Snyder (Tor)
- (tie):Bhagavati,Kara Dalkey (Tor)
- (tie):The Book of Knights,Yves Meynard (Tor)
- Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (US title:Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone),J. K. Rowling (Bloomsbury; Scholastic/Levine 1998)
Dark Fantasy/horror Novel
- Winner:Bag of Bones,Stephen King (Hodder & Stoughton; Scribner)
- Flanders,Patricia Anthony (Ace)
- The Tooth Fairy,Graham Joyce (Tor; Tor)
- Galilee,Clive Barker (HarperCollins)
- Darker Angels,S. P. Somtow (Gollancz; Tor)
- Homebody,Orson Scott Card (HarperCollins)
- Irrational Fears,William Browning Spencer (White Wolf)
- Faces Under Water,Tanith Lee (Overlook Press)
- Judgment of Tears: Anno Dracula 1959,Kim Newman (Carroll & Graf)
- Fog Heart,Thomas Tessier (Gollancz; St. Martin's)
- Santa Steps Out,Robert Devereaux (Dark Highways)
First Novel
- Winner:Brown Girl in the Ring,Nalo Hopkinson (Warner Aspect)
- Halfway Human,Carolyn Ives Gilman (Avon Eos)
- In the Garden of Iden,Kage Baker (Hodder & Stoughton; Harcourt Brace)
- Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (US title:Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone),J. K. Rowling (Bloomsbury; Scholastic/Levine 1998)
- Green Rider,Kristen Britain (DAW)
- Silk,Caitlín R. Kiernan (Roc)
- The Last Dragonlord,Joanne Bertin (Earthlight; Tor)
- The Iron Bridge,David Morse (Harcourt Brace)
- Dawn Song,Michael Marano (Tor)
- The High House,James Stoddard (Warner Aspect)
- Nameless Magery,Delia Marshall Turner (Ballantine Del Rey)
- A Scientific Romance,Ronald Wright (Knopf Canada; Picador USA)
- Daughter of the Blood,Anne Bishop (Roc)
- Anvil,Nicholas van Pallandt (Roc)
- The Wild Hunt: Vengeance Moon,Jocelin Foxe (Avon Eos)
- Dragonclaw: Book One of The Witches of Eileanan (US title:The Witches of Eileanan),Kate Forsyth (Random House Arrow Australia; Roc)
Novella
- Winner: “Oceanic”,Greg Egan (Asimov's Aug 1998)
- “Dragonfly”,Ursula K. Le Guin (Legends)
- “The Hedge Knight”,George R. R. Martin (Legends)
- The Boss in the Wall, A Treatise on the House Devil,Avram Davidson &Grania Davis (Tachyon Publications)
- “The Summer Isles”,Ian R. MacLeod (Asimov's Oct/Nov 1998)
- “Aurora in Four Voices”,Catherine Asaro (Analog Dec 1998)
- “Get Me to the Church on Time”,Terry Bisson (Asimov's May 1998)
- “A Second Chance at Eden”,Peter F. Hamilton (A Second Chance at Eden)
- “A Princess of Helium”,R. Garcia y Robertson (F&SF Sep 1998)
- (tie): “The Colonel in Autumn”,Robert Silverberg (Science Fiction Age Mar 1998)
- (tie): “Story of Your Life”,Ted Chiang (Starlight 2)
- “Ancestral Voices”,Gardner Dozois &Michael Swanwick (Asimov's Aug 1998)
- “Reading the Bones”,Sheila Finch (F&SF Jan 1998)
- “Mother Death”,Robert Reed (Asimov's Jan 1998)
- “Sea Change, with Monsters”,Paul J. McAuley (Asimov's Sep 1998)
- “Jumping Off the Planet”,David Gerrold (Science Fiction Age Jan 1998)
- “Coolhunting”,Kristine Kathryn Rusch (Science Fiction Age Jul 1998)
- “The Days of Solomon Gursky”,Ian McDonald (Asimov's Jun 1998)
- “The Bradshaw”,Judith Moffett (F&SF Oct/Nov 1998)
- “Grist”,Tony Daniel (Asimov's Dec 1998)
- “The Cuckoo's Boys”,Robert Reed (Science Fiction Age Sep 1998)
Novelette
- Winner (tie): “The Planck Dive”,Greg Egan (Asimov's Feb 1998)
- Winner (tie): “Taklamakan”,Bruce Sterling (Asimov's Oct/Nov 1998)
- “All the Birds of Hell”,Tanith Lee (F&SF Oct/Nov 1998)
- “Echea”,Kristine Kathryn Rusch (Asimov's Jul 1998)
- “Lovestory”,James Patrick Kelly (Asimov's Jun 1998)
- “Waiting for the End”,Robert Silverberg (Asimov's Oct/Nov 1998)
- “Divided by Infinity”,Robert Charles Wilson (Starlight 2)
- “Steamship Soldier on the Information Front”,Nancy Kress (future histories;Asimov's Apr 1998)
- “A Dance to Strange Musics”,Gregory Benford (Science Fiction Age Nov 1998)
- “Starfall”,R. Garcia y Robertson (Asimov's Jul 1998)
- “Lost Girls”,Jane Yolen (Twelve Impossible Things Before Breakfast;Realms of Fantasy Feb 1998)
- “Approaching Perimelasma”,Geoffrey A. Landis (Asimov's Jan 1998)
- “Zwarte Piet's Tale”,Allen Steele (Analog Dec 1998)
- “The Barrier”,Stephen Baxter (Interzone #133 Jul 1998)
- “Rules of Engagement”,Michael F. Flynn (Asimov's Mar 1998)
- “Brown Dust”,Esther M. Friesner (Starlight 2)
- “A Life on Mars”,G. David Nordley (Analog Jul/Aug 1998)
- “The Picture Business”,Walter Jon Williams (Asimov's Feb 1998)
- “The Flying Dutchman”,John Varley (Lord of the Fantastic: Stories in Honor of Roger Zelazny)
- “The Rainmaker”,Mary Rosenblum (F&SF Oct/Nov 1998)
- “The Eye of God”,Mary Rosenblum (Asimov's Mar 1998)
- “The Allies”,Mark S. Geston (F&SF May 1998)
- “The Gardens of Saturn”,Paul J. McAuley (Interzone #137 Nov 1998)
- “Down in the Dark”,William Barton (Asimov's Dec 1998)
- “Home Time”,Ian R. MacLeod (F&SF Feb 1998)
- “Getting to Know You”,David Marusek (future histories;Asimov's Mar 1998)
- “The Mercy Gate”,Mark J. McGarry (F&SF Mar 1998)
- “Transit”,Stephen Dedman (Asimov's Mar 1998)
- (tie): “The GUAC Bug”,Charles L. Harness (Analog Jun 1998)
- (tie): “Time Gypsy”,Ellen Klages (Bending the Landscape: Science Fiction)
Short Story
- Winner: “Maneki Neko”,Bruce Sterling (F&SF May 1998)
- “Radiant Doors”,Michael Swanwick (Asimov's Sep 1998)
- “Mr. Goober's Show”,Howard Waldrop (Omni Online Mar 1998;F&SF Sep 1998)
- “Moon-Calf”,Stephen Baxter (Analog Jul/Aug 1998)
- “Dante Dreams”,Stephen Baxter (Asimov's Aug 1998)
- “Wild Minds”,Michael Swanwick (Asimov's May 1998)
- “Every Angel Is Terrifying”,John Kessel (F&SF Oct/Nov 1998)
- “First Fire”,Terry Bisson (Science Fiction Age Sep 1998)
- “Whiptail”,Robert Reed (Asimov's Oct/Nov 1998)
- “17”,Paul J. McAuley (Asimov's Jun 1998)
- “The Very Pulse of the Machine”,Michael Swanwick (Asimov's Feb 1998)
- “The Year of the Mouse”,Norman Spinrad (Asimov's Apr 1998)
- “US”,Howard Waldrop (Event Horizon 14 Oct 1998)
- “Congenital Agenesis of Gender Ideation by K.N. Sirsi and Sandra Botkin”,Raphael Carter (Starlight 2)
- “Microcosmic Dog”,Michael Swanwick (Science Fiction Age Nov 1998)
- “Savior”,Robert Reed (Asimov's Aug 1998)
- “The Stubbornest Broad on Earth”,Janet Kagan (Asimov's Feb 1998)
- “The Wire Continuum”,Arthur C. Clarke &Stephen Baxter (Playboy Jan 1998)
- (tie): “Out of Space, Out of Time”,David Langford (Science Fiction Age Sep 1998)
- (tie): “Radio Praha”,Tony Daniel (Asimov's Mar 1998)
- “Tiger, Tiger”,Severna Park (Realms of Fantasy Apr 1998)
- (tie): “Options”,Hal Clement (Lamps on the Brow)
- (tie): “Wrapper”,Gene Wolfe (Lamps on the Brow)
- “While You Wait”,Kathy Oltion (Analog Sep 1998)
Collection
- Winner:The Avram Davidson Treasury,Avram Davidson, edited byRobert Silverberg &Grania Davis (Tor)
- Smoke and Mirrors,Neil Gaiman (Avon)
- Kirinyaga,Mike Resnick (Ballantine Del Rey)
- Luminous,Greg Egan (Orion/Millennium)
- Beaker's Dozen,Nancy Kress (Tor)
- First Contacts: The Essential Murray Leinster,Murray Leinster (NESFA Press)
- Last Summer at Mars Hill,Elizabeth Hand (HarperPrism)
- The Perfect Host: Volume V: The Complete Stories of Theodore Sturgeon,Theodore Sturgeon, edited byPaul Williams (North Atlantic Books)
- An Ornament to His Profession,Charles L. Harness (NESFA Press)
- Traces,Stephen Baxter (HarperCollins Voyager)
- One Day Closer to Death,Bradley Denton (St. Martin's)
- Black Glass,Karen Joy Fowler (Henry Holt)
- The Night We Buried Road Dog,Jack Cady (DreamHaven)
- The Invisible Country,Paul J. McAuley (Gollancz; Avon Eos)
- A Second Chance at Eden,Peter F. Hamilton (Macmillan UK; Warner)
- Collected Fictions,Jorge Luis Borges (Viking)
- The Moon Maid and Other Fantastic Adventures,R. Garcia y Robertson (Golden Gryphon Press)
- Lost Pages,Paul Di Filippo (Four Walls Eight Windows)
- Are You Loathsome Tonight?,Poppy Z. Brite (Gauntlet)
- Frankensteins and Foreign Devils,Walter Jon Williams (NESFA Press)
- Extremities,Kathe Koja (Four Walls Eight Windows)
- Black Butterflies: A Flock on the Dark Side,John Shirley (Mark V. Ziesing)
Anthology
- Winner:Legends,Robert Silverberg, ed. (Tor)
- The Year's Best Science Fiction: Fifteenth Annual Collection,Gardner Dozois, ed. (St. Martin's)
- Starlight 2,Patrick Nielsen Hayden, ed. (Tor)
- Year's Best SF 3,David G. Hartwell, ed. (HarperPrism)
- The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror: Eleventh Annual Collection,Ellen Datlow &Terri Windling, eds. (St. Martin's)
- The Good Old Stuff,Gardner Dozois, ed. (St. Martin's Griffin)
- Bending the Landscape: Science Fiction,Nicola Griffith &Stephen Pagel, eds. (Overlook Press)
- Lord of the Fantastic: Stories in Honor of Roger Zelazny,Martin H. Greenberg, ed. (Avon Eos)
- Nebula Awards 32,Jack Dann, ed. (Harcourt Brace)
- The Best of Crank!,Bryan Cholfin, ed. (Tor)
- The Fantasy Hall of Fame,Robert Silverberg, ed. (HarperPrism)
- The Playboy Book of Science Fiction,Alice K. Turner, ed. (HarperPrism)
- Nanotech,Jack Dann &Gardner Dozois, eds. (Ace)
- The Road to Science Fiction Volume 5: The British Way,James Gunn, ed. (White Wolf)
- Sirens and Other Daemon Lovers,Ellen Datlow &Terri Windling, eds. (HarperPrism)
- Dreaming Down-Under,Jack Dann &Janeen Webb, eds. (HarperCollins Voyager Australia)
- The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror: Volume Nine,Stephen Jones, ed. (Robinson; Carroll & Graf)
- Dark Terrors 4,Stephen Jones &David Sutton, eds. (Gollancz)
- The Road to Science Fiction Volume 6: Around the World,James Gunn, ed. (White Wolf)
- Tesseracts6,Robert J. Sawyer &Carolyn Clink, eds. (Tesseract Books)
Nonfiction
- Winner:The Dreams Our Stuff Is Made Of: How Science Fiction Conquered the World,Thomas M. Disch (The Free Press)
- Science-Fiction: The Gernsback Years,Everett F. Bleiler (Kent State University Press)
- The Hugo, Nebula and World Fantasy Awards,Howard DeVore (Advent:Publishers)
- Lovecraft Remembered,Peter Cannon, ed. (Arkham House)
- The Work of Jack Williamson: An Annotated Bibliography and Guide,Richard A. Hauptmann (NESFA Press)
- The Ultimate Encyclopedia of Fantasy: The Definitive Illustrated Guide,David Pringle, ed. (Carlton; Overlook 1999)
- (tie):Northern Dreamers: Interviews with Famous Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror Writers,Edo van Belkom (Quarry Press)
- (tie):St. James Guide to Horror, Ghost, and Gothic Writers,David Pringle, ed. (St. James Press)
- Windows of the Imagination,Darrell Schweitzer (Borgo Press)
- Alternative Alices,Carolyn Sigler, ed. (University of Kentucky Press)
Art Book
- Winner:Spectrum 5: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art,Cathy Fenner &Arnie Fenner, eds. (Underwood Books)
- Icon: A Retrospective by the Grand Master of Fantastic Art, Frank Frazetta,Frank Frazetta (Underwood Books)
- Pulp Culture: The Art of Fiction Magazines,Frank M. Robinson &Lawrence Davidson (Collectors Press)
- Stardust,Neil Gaiman &Charles Vess (DC/Vertigo)
- Barlowe's Inferno,Wayne Barlowe (Morpheus International)
- Good Faeries/Bad Faeries,Brian Froud (Simon & Schuster)
- Dustcovers: The Collected Sandman Covers,Dave McKean (DC/Vertigo)
- To Every Thing There Is a Season,Leo & Diane Dillon (Scholastic/Blue Sky)
- H.R. Giger's Retrospective 1964-1984,H. R. Giger (ABC Verlag; Morpheus International 1997)
- Imagination Fully Dilated,Alan M. Clark &Elizabeth Engstrom, eds. (Cemetery Dance Publications)
Magazine
- Winner:Asimov's
- F&SF
- Analog
- Science Fiction Age
- Interzone
- Realms of Fantasy
- The New York Review of Science Fiction
- Science Fiction Chronicle
Book Publisher/imprint
- Winner: Tor
- Bantam Spectra
- Avon Eos
- DAW
- HarperPrism
- Del Rey
- Baen
- Ace
- St. Martin's
- NESFA Press
- Roc
- Warner Aspect
- White Wolf
- Science Fiction Book Club