| Winner: | Foundation's Edge by Isaac Asimov [Doubleday, 1982] |
| 2 | The Pride of Chanur by C. J. Cherryh [DAW, 1982] |
| 3 | 2010: Odyssey Two by Arthur C. Clarke [Ballantine Del Rey, 1982] |
| 4 | Friday by Robert A. Heinlein [Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1982] |
| 5 | Courtship Rite by Donald Kingsbury [Timescape, 1982] |
| 6 | The Sword of the Lictor by Gene Wolfe [Timescape, 1982] |
| Winner: | "Souls" by Joanna Russ [F&SF Jan 1982] |
| 2 | "The Postman" by David Brin [Asimov's Nov 1982] |
| 3 | "Unsound Variations" by George R. R. Martin [Amazing Jan 1982] |
| 4 | "Brainchild" by Joseph H. Delaney [Analog Jun 1982] |
| 5 | "To Leave a Mark" by Kim Stanley Robinson [F&SF Nov 1982] |
| 6 | "Another Orphan" by John Kessel [F&SF Sep 1982] |
| Winner: | "Fire Watch" by Connie Willis [Asimov's Feb 1982] |
| 2 | "Nightlife" by Phyllis Eisenstein [F&SF Feb 1982] |
| 3 | "Pawn's Gambit" by Timothy Zahn [Analog Mar 1982] |
| 4 | "Aquila" by Somtow Sucharitkul [Asimov's Jan 1982] |
| 5 | "Swarm" by Bruce Sterling [F&SF Apr 1982] |
| Winner: | "Melancholy Elephants" by Spider Robinson [Analog Jun 1982] |
| 2 | "Sur" by Ursula K. Le Guin [The New Yorker 1982-02-01; The Compass Rose, 1982] |
| 3 | "The Boy Who Waterskied to Forever" by James Tiptree, Jr. [F&SF Oct 1982] |
| 4 | "Spider Rose" by Bruce Sterling [F&SF Aug 1982] |
| 5 | "Ike at the Mike" by Howard Waldrop [Omni Jun 1982] |
| Winner: | Isaac Asimov: The Foundations of Science Fiction by James E. Gunn [Oxford, 1982] |
| 2 | The World of the Dark Crystal by Brian Froud and J. J. Llewellyn [Knopf, 1982] |
| 3 | A Reader's Guide to Fantasy by Baird Searles, Beth Meacham and Michael Franklin [Avon, 1982] |
| 4 | The Engines of the Night by Barry N. Malzberg [Doubleday, 1982] |
| 5 | Fear Itself: The Horror Fiction of Stephen King by Tim Underwood and Chuck Miller [Underwood-Miller, 1982] |
| Winner: | Blade Runner (1982) [Blade Runner Partnership] Directed by Ridley Scott; Screenplay by Hampton Fancher and David Peoples; based on the novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick |
| 2 | Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982) [Paramount] Directed by Nicholas Meyer; Screenplay by Jack B. Sowards and Nicholas Meyer; Story by Harve Bennett and Jack B. Sowards and Samuel A. Peeples |
| 3 | E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982) [Amblin/Universal] Directed by Steven Spielberg; Written by Melissa Mathison |
| 4 | The Dark Crystal (1982) [Henson/ITC/Universl] Directed by Jim Henson, Frank Oz and Gary Kurtz; Screenplay by David Odell; Story by Jim Henson |
| 5 | The Road Warrior (1982) (alt: Mad Max 2) [Kennedy Miller/Warner Brothers] Directed by George Miller; Written by Terry Hayes & George Miller & Brian Hannant |
| Winner: | Edward L. Ferman |
| 2 | Terry Carr |
| 3 | Stanley Schmidt |
| 4 | George H. Scithers |
| 5 | David G. Hartwell |
| Winner: | Michael Whelan |
| 2 | Frank Kelly Freas |
| 3 | Rowena Morrill |
| 4 | Don Maitz |
| 5 | Darrell K. Sweet |
| 6 | Barclay Shaw |
| Winner: | Locus ed. by Charles N. Brown |
| 2 | Science Fiction Chronicle ed. by Andrew I. Porter |
| 3 | Science Fiction Review ed. by Richard E. Geis |
| 4 | File 770 ed. by Mike Glyer |
| 5 | Fantasy Newsletter ed. by Robert A. Collins |
| Winner: | Richard E. Geis |
| 2 | Mike Glyer |
| 3 | Dave Langford |
| 4 | Arthur D. Hlavaty |
| Winner: | Alexis Gilliland |
| 2 | William Rotsler |
| 3 | Joan Hanke-Woods |
| 4 | Stu Shiffman |
| 5 | Dan Steffan |
| Winner: | Paul O. Williams |
| 2 | Lisa Goldstein |
| 2 | David R. Palmer |
| 4 | Joseph H. Delaney |
| 5 | Sandra Miesel |
| 6 | Warren Norwood |
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