1982 Nebula Awards®
Presented at Statler Hilton, New York, New York on April 23, 1983
The event started with a cocktail hour on Friday night in the Presidential Suite. More publishing professionals attended the weekend events than did published authors. Because of a burst water pipe, the hotel had to find a new place to host the Nebulas. Following a sparsely attended Business Meeting, there were three panels, one on computers, one staffed by editors, and one on foreign rights. The only speaker at the banquet was Avon Editor-in-Chief Page Cuddy and Charles L. Grant served as Toastmaster.
Best Novel
- Helliconia Spring by Brian W. Aldiss, published by Atheneum
- Foundation’s Edge by Isaac Asimov, published by Doubleday
- Winner: No Enemy but Time by Michael Bishop, published by Timescape
- The Transmigration of Timothy Archer by Phillip K. Dick, published by Timescape
- Friday by Robert A. Heinlein, published by Holt, Rinehart & Winston
- The Sword of the Lictor by Gene Wolfe, published by Timescape
Best Novella
- “Souls” by Joanna Russ, published by The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction
- Winner: “Another Orphan” by John Kessel, published by The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction
- “Horrible Imaginings” by Fritz Leiber
- “Moon of Ice” by Brad Linaweaver, published by Amazing Stories
- “Unsound Variations” by George R.R. Martin, published by Amazing Stories
Best Novelette
- “Understanding Human Behavior” by Thomas M. Disch, published by The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction
- “Burning Chrome” by William Gibson, published by Omni
- “Myths of the Near Future” by J. G. Ballard, published by The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction
- “The Mystery of the Young Gentleman” by Joanna Russ
- “Swarm” by Bruce Sterling, published by The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction
- Winner: “Fire Watch” by Connie Willis, published by Asimov’s Magazine
Best Short Story
- “Petra” by Greg Bear, published by Omni
- “High Steel” by Jack C. Haldeman II and Jack Dann, published by The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction
- “Corridors” by Barry N. Malzberg
- “The Pope of the Chimps” by Robert Silverberg
- “God’s Hooks” by Howard Waldrop
- Winner: “A Letter from the Clearys” by Connie Willis, published by Asimov’s Magazine