| Winner: | The Gods Themselves by Isaac Asimov [Galaxy Mar/Apr,May/Jun 1972; If Mar/Apr 1972] |
| 2 | When Harlie Was One by David Gerrold [Ballantine, 1972] |
| 3 | There Will Be Time by Poul Anderson [Signet, 1972] |
| Runners-up: | |
| The Book of Skulls by Robert Silverberg [Scribner's, 1972] | |
| Dying Inside by Robert Silverberg [Galaxy Jul/Aug,Sep/Oct 1972; Scribner's, 1972] | |
| A Choice of Gods by Clifford D. Simak [Putnam, 1972] |
| Winner: | "The Word for World is Forest" by Ursula K. Le Guin [Again, Dangerous Visions, 1972] |
| 2 | "The Gold at the Starbow's End" by Frederik Pohl [Analog Mar 1972] |
| 3 | "The Fifth Head of Cerberus" by Gene Wolfe [Orbit #10, 1972] |
| Runners-up: | |
| "Hero" by Joe Haldeman [Analog Jun 1972] | |
| "The Mercenary" by Jerry Pournelle [Analog Jul 1972] |
| Winner: | "Goat Song" by Poul Anderson [F&SF Feb 1972] |
| 2 | "Patron of the Arts" by William Rotsler [Universe 2, 1972] |
| 3 | "Basilisk" by Harlan Ellison [F&SF Aug 1972] |
| Runners-up: | |
| "A Kingdom by the Sea" by Gardner R. Dozois [Orbit #10, 1972] | |
| "Painwise" by James Tiptree, Jr. [F&SF Feb 1972] |
| Winners(tie): | "Eurema's Dam" by R. A. Lafferty [New Dimensions #2, 1972] |
| "The Meeting" by Frederik Pohl and C. M. Kornbluth [F&SF Nov 1972] | |
| 3 | "When We Went to See the End of the World" by Robert Silverberg [Universe 2, 1972] |
| 4 | "And I Awoke and Found Me Here on the Cold Hill's Side" by James Tiptree, Jr. [F&SF Mar 1972] |
| Runners-up: | |
| "When It Changed" by Joanna Russ [Again, Dangerous Visions, 1972; Sci Fiction, scifi.com 2000-11-15] |
| Winner: | Slaughterhouse-Five (1972) [Universal] Directed by George Roy Hill; Screenplay by Stephen Geller; based on the novel by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. |
| 2 | The People (1972) [American Zoetrope/ABC] Directed by John Korty; Screenplay by James M. Miller; based on the stories by Zenna Henderson |
| 3 | Silent Running (1972) [Universal] Directed by Douglas Trumbull; Written by Deric Washburn and Michael Cimino & Steven Bochco |
| Runners-up: | |
| Between Time and Timbuktu (1972) [NET Playhouse/PBS] Directed by Fred Barzyk; Written by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. |
| Winner: | Ben Bova |
| 2 | Donald A. Wollheim |
| 3 | Ted White |
| Runners-up: | |
| Terry Carr | |
| Edward L. Ferman |
| Winner: | Frank Kelly Freas |
| 2 | Jack Gaughan |
| 3 | John Schoenherr |
| Runners-up: | |
| Vincent Di Fate | |
| Mike Hinge |
| Winner: | Energumen ed. by Michael Glicksohn and Susan Wood Glicksohn |
| 2 | Locus ed. by Charles N. Brown and Dena Brown |
| 3 | Algol ed. by Andrew I. Porter |
| Runners-up: | |
| Granfalloon ed. by Ron Bushyager and Linda Bushyager | |
| SF Commentary ed. by Bruce Gillespie |
| Winner: | Terry Carr |
| 2 | Susan Wood Glicksohn |
| 3 | Richard E. Geis |
| Runners-up: | |
| Charles N. Brown | |
| Sandra Miesel | |
| Rosemary Ullyot |
| Winner: | Tim Kirk |
| 2 | William Rotsler |
| 3 | Grant Canfield |
| Runners-up: | |
| James Shull | |
| Arthur "ATom" Thomson |
| Pierre Versins - Encyclopedia of Utopias, Extraordinary Voyages and Science Fiction |
| Winner: | Jerry Pournelle |
| 2 | George Alec Effinger |
| Runners-up: | |
| Ruth Berman | |
| George R. R. Martin | |
| Robert Thurston | |
| Lisa Tuttle |
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