Best Novel

• The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood, published by Houghton Mifflin
• Winner: Speaker for the Dead by Orson Scott Card, published by Tor
• Count Zero by William Gibson, published by Asimov’s Magazine and Arbor House
• This Is the Way the World Ends by James Morrow, published by Henry Holt
• The Journal of Nicholas the American by Leigh Kennedy, published by Atlantic Monthly Press
• Free Live Free by Gene Wolfe, published by Tor and Mark V. Ziesing

Best Novella

• “Newton Sleep” by Gregory Benford, published by The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction
• “Escape from Kathmandu” by Kim Stanley Robinson, published by Asimov’s Magazine
• Winner: “R&R” by Lucius Shepard, published by Asimov’s Magazine
• “Gilgamesh in the Outback” by Robert Silverberg, published by Asimov’s Magazine
• “Dydeetown Girl” by F. Paul Wilson

Best Novelette

• “Hatrack River” by Orson Scott Card, published by Asimov’s Magazine
• “Listening to Brahms” by Suzy McKee Charnas, published by Omni
• “The Winter Market” by William Gibson, published by Interzone and Stardate
• “Surviving” by Judith Moffett, published by The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction
• “Aymara” by Lucius Shepard, published by Asimov’s Magazine
• Winner: “The Girl Who Fell into the Sky” by Kate Wilhelm, published by Asimov’s Magazine
• “Permafrost” by Roger Zelazny, published by Omni

Best Short Story

• “Robot Dreams” by Isaac Asimov, published by Asimov’s Magazine
• Winner: “Tangents” by Greg Bear, published by Omni
• “Pretty Boy Crossover” by Pat Cadigan, published by Asimov’s Magazine
• “Rat” by James Patrick Kelly, published by The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction
• “The Boy Who Plaited Manes” by Nancy Springer, published by The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction
• “The Lions Are Asleep This Night” by Howard Waldrop, published by Omni