| Winner: | Barrayar by Lois McMaster Bujold [Analog Jul,Aug,Sep,Oct 1991; Baen, 1991] |
| 2 | Bone Dance by Emma Bull [Ace, 1991] |
| 3 | All the Weyrs of Pern by Anne McCaffrey [Ballantine Del Rey, 1991] |
| 4 | The Summer Queen by Joan D. Vinge [Warner Questar, 1991] |
| 5 | Xenocide by Orson Scott Card [Tor, 1991] |
| 6 | Stations of the Tide by Michael Swanwick [Asimov's mid-Dec 1990,Jan 1991; Morrow, 1991] |
| Winner: | "A Walk in the Sun" by Geoffrey A. Landis [Asimov's Oct 1991] |
| 2 | "One Perfect Morning, with Jackals" by Mike Resnick [Asimov's Mar 1991] |
| 3 | "In the Late Cretaceous" by Connie Willis [Asimov's mid-Dec 1991] |
| 4 | "Winter Solstice" by Mike Resnick [F&SF Oct/Nov 1991] |
| 5 | "Press Ann" by Terry Bisson [Asimov's Aug 1991] |
| 6 | "Buffalo" by John Kessel [Fires of the Past, 1991; F&SF Jan 1991] |
| 7 | "Dog's Life" by Martha Soukup [Amazing Mar 1991] |
| Winner: | The World of Charles Addams by Charles Addams [Knopf, 1991] |
| 2 | Science-Fiction: The Early Years by Everett F. Bleiler [Kent State University Press, 1991] |
| 3 | The Science-Fantasy Publishers: A Critical & Bibliographic History (3rd ed) by Jack L. Chalker and Mark Owings [Mirage Press, 1991] |
| 4 | The Bakery Men Don't See Cookbook by Jeanne Gomoll [SF3, 1991] |
| 5 | Clive Barker's Shadows in Eden by Stephen Jones [Underwood-Miller, 1991] |
| Ineligible: |
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| Pish, Posh, Said Hieronymus Bosch by Nancy Willard, Leo Dillon and Diane Dillon |
| Winner: | Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) [Carolco/Lightstorm/Pacific Western] Written by James Cameron and William Wisher, Jr.; Directed by James Cameron |
| 2 | Beauty and the Beast (1991) [Silver Screen/Disney] Screenplay by Linda Woolverton; Story by Roger Allers, Kelly Asbury, Brenda Chapman, Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont, Tom Ellery, Kevin Harkey, Robert Lence, Burny Mattinson, Brian Pimental, Joe Ranft, Chris Sanders and Bruce Woodside; Directed by Gary Trousdale and Kirk Wise |
| 3 | Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991) [Paramount] Screenplay by Nicholas Meyer & Denny Martin Flinn; Story by Leonard Nimoy and Lawrence Konner & Mark Rosenthal; Directed by Nicholas Meyer |
| 4 | The Addams Family (1991) [Orion Pictures/Paramount] Written by Caroline Thompson & Larry Wilson; Directed by Barry Sonnenfeld; based on characters created by Charles Addams |
| 5 | The Rocketeer (1991) [Gordon/Silver Screen/Touchstone/Disney] Screenplay by Danny Bilson & Paul De Meo; Story by Danny Bilson & Paul De Meo & William Dear; Directed by Joe Johnston; based on the graphic novel by Dave Stevens |
| Winner: | Cover (The Summer Queen by Joan D. Vinge) by Michael Whelan |
| 2 | Cover (Asimov's Jan 1991) [Stations of the Tide by Michael Swanwick] by Bob Eggleton [Asimov's Jan 1991] |
| 3 | Cover (The White Mists of Power by Kristine Kathryn Rusch) by Thomas Canty [Roc, 1991] |
| 4 | Cover (Heavy Time by C. J. Cherryh) by Don Maitz [Warner Questar, 1991] |
| 5 | Cover (Lunar Descent by Allen Steele) by Bob Eggleton [Ace, 1991] |
| Withdrawn - Nomination Declined: |
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| Cover (All the Weyrs of Pern by Anne McCaffrey) by Michael Whelan [Ballantine Del Rey, 1991] |
| Cover (The Initiate Brother by Sean Russell) by Michael Whelan |