| Winner: | The Fountains of Paradise by Arthur C. Clarke [Gollancz, 1979; Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1979] |
| 2 | Titan by John Varley [Analog Jan,Feb,Mar,Apr 1979; Berkley Putnam, 1979] |
| 3 | Jem by Frederik Pohl [St. Martin's Press, 1979] |
| 4 | Harpist in the Wind by Patricia A. McKillip [Atheneum, 1979] |
| 5 | On Wings of Song by Thomas M. Disch [F&SF Feb,Mar,Apr 1979; St. Martin's Press, 1979] |
| Winner: | "Enemy Mine" by Barry B. Longyear [Asimov's Sep 1979] |
| 2 | "Songhouse" by Orson Scott Card [Analog Sep 1979] |
| 3 | "The Moon Goddess and the Son" by Donald Kingsbury [Analog Dec 1979] |
| 4 | "Ker-Plop" by Ted Reynolds [Asimov's Jan 1979] |
| 5 | "The Battle of the Abaco Reefs" by Hilbert Schenck [F&SF Jun 1979] |
| Winner: | "Sandkings" by George R. R. Martin [Omni Aug 1979] |
| 2 | "Homecoming" by Barry B. Longyear [Asimov's Oct 1979] |
| 3 | "The Locusts" by Larry Niven and Steven Barnes [Analog Jun 1979] |
| 4 | "Fireflood" by Vonda N. McIntyre [F&SF Nov 1979] |
| 5 | "Options" by John Varley [Universe 9, 1979] |
| 6 | "Palely Loitering" by Christopher Priest [F&SF Jan 1979] |
| Winner: | "The Way of Cross and Dragon" by George R. R. Martin [Omni Jun 1979] |
| 2 | "Unaccompanied Sonata" by Orson Scott Card [Omni Mar 1979] |
| 3 | "Can These Bones Live?" by Ted Reynolds [Analog Mar 1979] |
| 4 | "giANTS" by Edward Bryant [Analog Aug 1979] |
| 5 | "Daisy, in the Sun" by Connie Willis [Galileo Nov 1979] |
| Winner: | The Science Fiction Encyclopedia by Peter Nicholls [Doubleday, 1979] |
| 2 | In Memory Yet Green by Isaac Asimov [Doubleday, 1979] |
| 3 | Barlowe's Guide to Extraterrestrials by Wayne Barlowe and Ian Summers [Workman, 1979] |
| 4 | Wonderworks by Michael Whelan [Donning, 1979] |
| 5 | The Language of the Night by Ursula K. Le Guin and Susan Wood [Putnam, 1979] |
| Winner: | Alien (1979) [20th Century Fox] Directed by Ridley Scott; Screenplay by Dan O'Bannon; Story by Dan O'Bannon and Ronald Shusett |
| 2 | Time After Time (1979) [Warner Brothers] Directed by Nicholas Meyer; Screenplay by Nicholas Meyer; Story by Karl Alexander & Steve Hayes |
| 3 | Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979) [Century/Paramount] Directed by Robert Wise; Screenplay by Harold Livingston; Story by Alan Dean Foster and Gene Roddenberry |
| 4 | The Muppet Movie (1979) [Henson/ITC] Directed by James Frawley; Written by Jack Burns and Jerry Juhl |
| 5 | No Award |
| 6 | The Black Hole (1979) [Disney] Directed by Gary Nelson; Screenplay by Jeb Rosebrook and Gerry Day; Story by Jeb Rosebrook and Bob Barbash & Richard H. Landau |
| Winner: | George H. Scithers |
| 2 | Edward L. Ferman |
| 3 | Ben Bova |
| 4 | Stanley Schmidt |
| 5 | James P. Baen |
| Winner: | Michael Whelan |
| 2 | Vincent Di Fate |
| 3 | Stephen Fabian |
| 4 | Boris Vallejo |
| 5 | Paul Lehr |
| Winner: | Locus ed. by Charles N. Brown |
| 2 | Science Fiction Review ed. by Richard E. Geis |
| 3 | File 770 ed. by Mike Glyer |
| 4 | Janus ed. by Janice Bogstad and Jeanne Gomoll |
| 5 | Thrust ed. by D. Douglas Fratz |
| Winner: | Bob Shaw |
| 2 | Richard E. Geis |
| 3 | Mike Glyer |
| 4 | Dave Langford |
| 5 | Arthur D. Hlavaty |
| Winner: | Alexis Gilliland |
| 2 | William Rotsler |
| 3 | Joan Hanke-Woods |
| 4 | Victoria Poyser |
| 5 | Stu Shiffman |
| 6 | Jeanne Gomoll |
| Winner: | Barry B. Longyear |
| 2 | Somtow Sucharitkul |
| 3 | Diane Duane |
| 4 | Lynn Abbey |
| 5 | Karen G. Jollie |
| 6 | Alan Ryan |
| Withdrawn - Ineligible: | |
| Connie Willis | |
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