Hugo Awards 1981
science fiction awards database
Where and When:
Denvention Two,
Denver CO :
September 3, 1981
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September 7, 1981
Eligibility Year: 1980
Associated Awards: John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer, Worldcon Special Convention Award (also listed below)
Eligibility Year: 1980
Associated Awards: John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer, Worldcon Special Convention Award (also listed below)
Novel
- Winner: The Snow Queen, Joan D. Vinge (The Dial Press/Quantum)
- Beyond the Blue Event Horizon, Frederik Pohl (Ballantine Del Rey)
- Lord Valentine's Castle, Robert Silverberg (F&SF Nov,Dec 1979, Jan,Feb 1980; Harper & Row)
- The Ringworld Engineers, Larry Niven (Galileo Jul,Sep,Nov 1979, Jan 1980; Phantasia; Holt, Rinehart & Winston)
- Wizard, John Varley (Berkley/Putnam)
Novella
- Winner: “Lost Dorsai”, Gordon R. Dickson (Destinies Vol. 2, No. 1, Feb.-Mar. 1980)
- “All the Lies that Are My Life”, Harlan Ellison (F&SF Nov 1980; Underwood-Miller)
- “The Brave Little Toaster”, Thomas M. Disch (F&SF Aug 1980)
- “Nightflyers”, George R. R. Martin (Analog Apr 1980)
- “One-Wing”, Lisa Tuttle & George R. R. Martin (Analog Jan,Feb 1980)
Novelette
- Winner: “The Cloak and the Staff”, Gordon R. Dickson (Analog Aug 1980)
- “The Autopsy”, Michael Shea (F&SF Dec 1980)
- “Beatnik Bayou”, John Varley (New Voices III)
- “The Lordly Ones”, Keith Roberts (F&SF Mar 1980)
- “Savage Planet”, Barry B. Longyear (Analog Feb 1980)
- “The Ugly Chickens”, Howard Waldrop (Universe 10)
Short Story
- Winner: “Grotto of the Dancing Deer”, Clifford D. Simak (Analog Apr 1980)
- “Cold Hands”, Jeff Duntemann (Asimov's Jun 1980)
- “Guardian”, Jeff Duntemann (Asimov's Sep 1980)
- “Our Lady of the Sauropods”, Robert Silverberg (Omni Sep 1980)
- “Spidersong”, Susan C. Petrey (F&SF Sep 1980)
Nonfiction Book
- Winner: Cosmos, Carl Sagan (Random House)
- Di Fate's Catalog of Science Fiction Hardware, Vincent Di Fate & Ian Summers (Workman)
- Dream Makers, Charles Platt (Berkley)
- In Joy Still Felt: The Autobiography of Isaac Asimov, 1954-1978, Isaac Asimov (Doubleday)
- Warhoon 28, Walter A. Willis, edited by Richard Bergeron (Richard Bergeron)
Dramatic Presentation
- Winner: The Empire Strikes Back
- Cosmos (TV series)
- Flash Gordon
- “The Lathe of Heaven”
- The Martian Chronicles (TV series)
Professional Editor
Professional Artist
Fanzine
- Winner: Locus, Charles N. Brown, ed.
- File 770, Mike Glyer, ed.
- Science Fiction Chronicle, Andrew Porter, ed.
- Science Fiction Review, Richard E. Geis, ed.
- Starship, Andrew Porter, ed.
Fan Writer
Fan Artist
— Associated Awards —
Winner
Special Award
- Winner: Edward L. Ferman, for his effort to expand and improve the field
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