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1975

Life Achievement: Robert Bloch

Best Novel: THE FORGOTTEN BEASTS OF ELD by Patricia McKillip

Best Short Fiction: "Pages from a Young Girl's Diary" by Robert Aickman

Best Anthology/Collection: WORSE THINGS WAITING by Manly Wade Wellman

Best Artist: Lee Brown Coye

Special Award - Professional: Betty and Ian Ballantine

Special Award - Non-Professional: Stuart David Schiff

1976

Life Achievement: Fritz Leiber

Best Novel: BID TIME RETURN by Richard Matheson

Best Short Fiction: "Belsen Express" by Fritz Leiber

Best Anthology/Collection: THE ENQUIRIES OF DR. ESTERHAZY by Avram Davidson

Best Artist: Frank Franzetta

Special Award - Professional: Donald Grant

Special Award - Non-Professional: Carcosa Press - K. E. Wagner, D. Drake, etc.

1977

Life Achievement: Ray Bradbury

Best Novel: DOCTOR RAT by William Kotzwinkle

Best Short Fiction: "There's a Long-Long Trail A-Winding" by Russell Kirk

Best Anthology/Collection: FREIGHTS by Kirby McCauley

Best Artist: Roger Dean

Special Award - Professional: Alternate World Recordings

Special Award - Non-Professional: Whispers - Stuart David Schiff

1978

Life Achievement: Frank Belknap Long

Best Novel: OUR LADY OF DARKNESS by Fritz Leiber

Best Short Fiction: "The Chimney" by Ramsey Campbell

Best Anthology/Collection: MURGUNSTRUMM AND OTHERS by Hugh B. Cave

Best Artist: Lee Brown Coye

Special Award - Professional: E. F. Bleiler

Special Award - Non-Professional: Robert Weinberg

Convention Award: Glenn Lord

1979

Life Achievement: Jorge Luis Borges

Best Novel: GLORIANA by Michael Moorcock

Best Short Fiction: "Naples" by Avram Davidson

Best Anthology/Collection: SHADOWS by Charles L. Grant, ed.

Best Artist: (tie) Alicia Austin, Dale Enzenbacher

Special Award - Professional: Edward L. Ferman

Special Award - Non-Professional: Donald H. Tuck

Convention Award: Kirby McCauley

1980

Life Achievement: Manly Wade Wellman

Best Novel: WATCHTOWER by Elizabeth A. Lynn

Best Short Fiction: (tie) "The Woman Who Loved the Moon" by Elizabeth A. Lynn,

"Mackintosh Willy" by Ramsey Campbell

Best Anthology/Collection: AMAZONS! by Jessica Amanda Salmonson

Best Artist: Don Maitz

Special Award - Professional: Donald M. Grant

Special Award - Non-Professional: Fantasy Newsletter - Paul Allen

Convention Award: Stephen King

1981

Life Achievement: C. L. Moore

Best Novel: THE SHADOW OF THE TORTURER by Gene Wolfe

Best Short Fiction: "The Ugly Chicken" by Howard Waldrop

Best Anthology/Collection: DARK FORCES by Kifby McCauley, ed.

Best Artist: Michael Whelan

Special Award - Professional: Donald A. Wollheim

Special Award - Non-Professional: Pat Cadigan and Arnold Fenner, Shayol

Convention Award: Gahan Wilson

1982

Life Achievement: Italo Calvino

Best Novel: LITTLE, BIG by John Crowley

Best Novella: "The Fire When it Comes" by Parke Godwin

Best Short Fiction: "The Dark Country" by Dennis Etchison

Best Anthology/Collection: ELSEWHERE by Terri Windling and Mark Arnold, eds.

Best Artist: Michael Whelan

Special Award - Professional: Edward L. Ferman

Special Award - Non-Professional: Fantasy Newsletter by Robert Collins

Convention Award: Joseph Payne Brennan and Roy Krenkel

1983

Life Achievement: Ronald Dahl

Best Novel: NIFFT THE LEAN by Michael Shea

Best Novella: (tie) "Confess the Seasons" by Charles L. Grant,

"Beyond All Measure" by Karl Edward Wagner

Best Short Fiction: "The Gorgon" by Tanith Lee

Best Anthology/Collection: NIGHTMARE SEASONS by Charles L. Grant

Best Artist: Michael Whelan

Special Award - Professional: Donald M. Grant

Special Award - Non-Professional: Stuart David Schiff, WHISPERS

Convention Award: Arkham House

1984

Life Achievement: (voted by the previous winners)

L. Sprague de Camp,

Richard Matheson,

E. Hoffman Price,

Jack Vance and

Donald Wandrei

Best Novel: THE DRAGON WAITING by John M. Ford

Best Novella: "Black Air" by Kim Stanley Robinson

Best Short Fiction: "Elle Est Troi (La Mort)" by Tanith Lee

Best Anthology/Collection: HIGH SPIRITS by Robertson Davies

Best Artist: Stephen Gervais

Special Award - Professional: Ian and Betty Ballantine,

Joy Chant and George Sharp - THE HIGH KINGS

Special Award - Non-Professional: Stephen Jones and Daivd A. Sutton, Fantasy

Tales

Convention Award: Donald M. Grant

1985

Life Achievement: Theodore Sturgeon

Best Novel: (tie) THE BRIDGE OF BIRDS by Barry Hughart,

MYTHAGO WOOD by Robert Holdstock

Best Novella: "The Unconquered Country" by Geoff Ryman

Best Short Fiction: "Still Life with Scorpion" by Scott Baker

Best Anthology/Collection: CLIVE BARKER'S BOOKS OF BLOOD, Vols. I-III by

Clive Barker

Best Artist: Edward Gorey

Special Award - Professional: Chris Van Allsburg, THE MYSTERIES OF HARRIS

BURDICK

Special Award - Non-Professional: Stuart David Schiff, WHISPERS

Convention Award: Evangeline Walton

1986

Life Achievement: Avram Davidson

Best Novel: SONG OF KALI by Dan Simmons

Best Novella: "Naldelman's God" by T. E. D. Klein

Best Short Fiction: "Paper Dragons" by James Blaylock

Best Anthology/Collection: IMAGINARY LANDS by Robin McKinley, ed.

Best Artist: (tie) Jeff Jones, Thomas Canty

Special Award - Professional: Pay LoBrutto, Doubleday

Special Award - Non-Professional: Douglas E. Winter

Convention Award: Donald A. Wollheim

1987

Life Achievement: Jack Finney

Best Novel: PERFUME by Patrick Suskind

Best Novella: "Hatrack River" by Orson Scott Card

Best Short Fiction: "Red Light" by David J. Schow

Best Anthology/Collection: TALES OF THE QUINTANA ROO by James Tiptree, Jr.

Best Artist: Robert Gould

Special Award - Professional: Jane Yolen, "Favorite Tales from Around the World"

Special Award - Non-Professional: (tie) Jeff Connor, Scream Press

W. Paul Ganley, Weirdbook

Convention Award: Andre Norton

1988

Life Achievement: Everett F. Bleiler

Best Novel: REPLAY by Ken Grimwood

Best Novella: "Buffalo Gals Won't You Come Out Tonight" by Ursula K. LeGuin

Best Short Fiction: "Friends' Best Man" by Jonathan Carroll

Best Anthology: (tie) THE ARCHITECTURE OF FEAR

by Kathryn Cramer and Peter D. Pautz, eds.,

DARK DESCENT by David G. Hartwell, ed.

Best Collection: THE JAGUAR HUNTER by Lucius Shepard

Best Artist: J. K. Potter

Special Award - Professional: David G. Hartwell, Arbor/Tor Anthologies

Special Award - Non-Professional: (tie) David B. Silva, The Horror Show

Robert and Nancy Garcia, American

Fantasy

1989

Life Achievement: Evangeline Walton

Best Novel: KOKO by Peter Straub

Best Novella: "the Skin Trade" by George R. R. Martin

Best Short Fiction: "Winter Solstice, Camelot Station" by John M. Ford

Best Anthology: THE YEAR'S BEST FANTASY: FIRST ANNUAL COLLECTION

by Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling, eds.

Best Collection: (tie) ANGRY CANDY by Harlan Ellison

STORIES FROM THE OLD HOTEL by Gen Wolfe

Best Artist: Edward Gorey

Special Award - Professional:

(tie) Robert Weinberg, "A Biographical Dictionary of Science Fiction &

Fantasy Artists"

Terri Windling

Special Award - Non-Professional: Kristine Kathryn Rusch and Dean Wesley

Smith, Pulphouse

1990

Best Novel: "Madouc", Jack Vance

Best Novella: "Great Work of Time", John Crowley

Best Short Fiction: "The Illusionist", Stephen Millhauser

Best Anthology: "The Year's Best Fantasy: Second Annual Collection", ed.

Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling

Best Collection: Richard Matheson: Collected Stories

Best Artis: Tom Canty

Lifetime Achievement Award: R. A. Lafferty

1991

Best Novel: "Only Begotten Daughter", James Morrow and

"Thomas the Rhymer", Ellen Kushner (Tie)

Best Novella: "Bones", Pat Murphy

Best Short Fiction: "A Midsummer Night's Dream",

Neil Gaiman and Charles Vess

Best Collection: "The Start of the End of it All and Other Stories",

ed. Carol Emshwiller

Best Anthology: "Best New Horror", ed. Stephen Jones and Ramsey Campbell

Best Artist: Dave McKean

Special Award/Professional: Arnie Fenner

Special Award/Non-Professional: "Cemetary Dance", Richard Chizmar

Life Achievement Award: Ray Russell

1992

Life Achievement Award: Edd Cartier

Best Novel: Boy's Life, Robert R. McCammon

Best Novella: "The Ragthorn", Robert Holdstock & Garry Kilworth

Best Short Story: "The Somewhere Doors", Fred Chappell

Best Collection: The Ends of the Earth, Lucius Shepard

Best Artist: Tim Hildebrandt

Best Anthology: The Year's Best Fantasy & Horror: Fourth Annual Collection,

Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling, eds.

Special Award/Professional: George Scithers & Darrell Schweitzer, WEIRD TALES

Special Award/Non-Professional: W. Paul Ganley, WEIRDBOOK

1993

Life Achievement Award: Harlan Ellison

Best Novel: Last Call by Tim Powers

Best Novella: "The Ghost Village" by Peter Straub

Best Short Story: "This Year's Class Picture" by Dan Simmons tied with

"Graves" by Joe Haldeman

Best Collection: "The Sons of Noah and Other Stories" by Jack Cady

Best Anthology: "Metahorror" by Dennis Etchison

Special Award/Professional: Jeanne Cavelos, Dell Abyss editor

Special Award/Non-Professional: Doug and Tomi Lewis, Roadkill Press

Best Artist: James Gurney

1994

Life Achievement Award: Jack Williamson

Best Novel: Glimpses by Lewis Shiner

Best Novella: "Under the Crust" by Terry Lamsley

Best Short Story: "The Lodger" by Fred Chappell

Best Collection: "Alone with the Horrors" by Ramsey Campbell

Best Anthology: "Full Spectrum 4" edited by Lou Aronica, Amy Stout, and

Betsy Mitchell

Special Award/Professional: Underwood-Miller, for publishing

Special Award/Non-Professional: Marc Michaud, for Necronomicon Press

Best Artist: (tie) Alan Clarke, J.K. Potter

1995

Best Novel: Towing Jehovah by James Morrow

Best Novella: "Last Summer at Mars Hills" by Elizabeth Hand

Best Short Story: "The Man in the Black Suit" by Stephen King

Best Collection: "The Calvin Coolidge Home for Dead Comedians and A Conflagration Artist" by Bradley Denton

Best Anthology: "Little Deaths" edited by Ellen Datlow

Special Award/Professional: Ellen Datlow for editing

Special Award/Non-Professional: Bryan Cholfin for Broken Mirrors Press

Best Artist: Jacek Yerka

1996

Best Novel: The Prestige by Christopher Priest

1997

Best Novel: Godmother Night by Rachael Pollock

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