| Winner: | Rendezvous With Rama by Arthur C. Clarke [Galaxy Sep,Oct 1973; Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1973] |
| 2 | Time Enough for Love by Robert A. Heinlein [Putnam, 1973] |
| 3 | Protector by Larry Niven [Ballantine, 1973] |
| Runners-up: | |
| The People of the Wind by Poul Anderson [Analog Feb,Mar,Apr 1973; Signet, 1973] | |
| The Man Who Folded Himself by David Gerrold [Random House, 1973] |
| Winner: | "The Girl Who Was Plugged In" by James Tiptree, Jr. [New Dimensions #3, 1973] |
| 2 | "The Death of Doctor Island" by Gene Wolfe [Universe 3, 1973] |
| 3 | "Death and Designation Among the Asadi" by Michael Bishop [If Feb 1973] |
| Runners-up: | |
| "The White Otters of Childhood" by Michael Bishop [F&SF Jul 1973] | |
| "Chains of the Sea" by Gardner Dozois [Chains of the Sea, 1973] |
| Winner: | "The Deathbird" by Harlan Ellison [F&SF Mar 1973] |
| 2 | "Of Mist, and Grass, and Sand" by Vonda N. McIntyre [Analog Oct 1973] |
| 3 | "Love Is the Plan the Plan Is Death" by James Tiptree, Jr. [The Alien Condition, 1973] |
| Runners-up: | |
| "The City on the Sand" by George Alec Effinger [F&SF Apr 1973] | |
| "He Fell into a Dark Hole" by Jerry Pournelle [Analog Mar 1973] |
| Winner: | "The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas" by Ursula K. Le Guin [New Dimensions #3, 1973] |
| 2 | "With Morning Comes Mistfall" by George R. R. Martin [Analog May 1973] |
| 3 | "Construction Shack" by Clifford D. Simak [If Feb 1973] |
| Runners-up: | |
| "Wings" by Vonda N. McIntyre [The Alien Condition, 1973] |
| Winner: | Sleeper (1973) [Rollins-Joffe/MGM/UA] Written by Woody Allen and Marshall Brickman; Directed by Woody Allen |
| 2 | Genesis II (1973) [Norway/Warner Brothers] Written by Gene Roddenberry; Directed by John Llewellyn Moxey |
| 3 | Soylent Green (1973) [MGM] Screenplay by Stanley R. Greenberg; Directed by Richard Fleischer; based on the novel Make Room! Make Room! by Harry Harrison |
| Runners-up: | |
| The Six Million Dollar Man (1973) [Universal] Screenplay by Tom Greene and Howard Rodman; Directed by Richard Irving; based on the novel Cyborg by Martin Caidin | |
| Westworld (1973) [MGM] Written and directed by Michael Crichton |
| Winner: | Ben Bova |
| 2 | Robert Silverberg |
| 3 | Ted White |
| Runners-up: | |
| Terry Carr | |
| Edward L. Ferman | |
| Withdrawn - Nomination Declined: | |
| Donald A. Wollheim | |
| Winner: | Frank Kelly Freas |
| 2 | Frank Frazetta |
| 3 | John Schoenherr |
| Runners-up: | |
| Vincent Di Fate | |
| Jack Gaughan |
| Winners(tie): | The Alien Critic ed. by Richard E. Geis |
| Algol ed. by Andrew I. Porter | |
| 3 | Locus ed. by Charles N. Brown and Dena Brown |
| Runners-up: | |
| Outworlds ed. by Bill Bowers and Joan Bowers |
| Winner: | Susan Wood |
| 2 | Richard E. Geis |
| 3 | No Award |
| Runners-up: | |
| Laura Basta | |
| Jacqueline Lichtenberg | |
| Sandra Miesel |
| Winner: | Tim Kirk |
| 2 | William Rotsler |
| 3 | Alicia Austin |
| Runners-up: | |
| Grant Canfield | |
| Arthur "ATom" Thomson |
| Chesley Bonestell - for his beautiful and scientifically accurate illustrations |
| Winners(tie): | Spider Robinson |
| Lisa Tuttle | |
| Runners-up: | |
| Jesse Miller | |
| Thomas F. Monteleone | |
| Guy Snyder |
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