Novel
- Winner: Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury (Ballantine)
- The Caves of Steel, Isaac Asimov (Galaxy Oct,Nov,Dec 1953)
- Childhood's End, Arthur C. Clarke (Ballantine)
- “Mission of Gravity”, Hal Clement (Astounding Apr,May,Jun,Jul 1953)
- More Than Human, Theodore Sturgeon (Farrar, Straus and Young; Ballantine)
Dramatic Presentation, Short Form
- Winner: The War of the Worlds (Paramount Pictures; directed by Byron Haskin; screenplay by Barr� Lyndon; based on the novel by H.G. Wells)
- The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms (Mutual Pictures/Warner Brothers; directed by Eug�ne Louri�; screenplay by Louis Morheim and Fred Freiberger; based on the story by Ray Bradbury)
- Duck Dodgers in the 24 1/2 th Century (Warner Brothers; directed by Chuck Jones; written by Michael Maltese)
- Invaders from Mars (National Pictures/20th Century Fox; directed by William Cameron Menzies; screenplay by Richard Blake; story by John Tucker Battle)
- It Came from Outer Space (Universal; directed by Jack Arnold; screenplay by Harry Essex; story by Ray Bradbury)
Fanzine
- Winner: Slant, ed. Walter Willis, art editor James White
- Hyphen, Chuck Harris & Walter Willis, eds.
- Quandry, Lee Hoffman, ed.
- Science Fiction Newsletter, Bob Tucker, ed.
- Skyhook, Redd Boggs, ed.