Presented at: Noreascon 3, Boston, Massachusetts, August 31 – September 4 1989
Toastmaster: Frederik Pohl
Base design:
Awards Administration:
Best Novel
- Cyteen by C. J. Cherryh [Warner, 1988]
- Red Prophet by Orson Scott Card [Tor, 1988]
- Falling Free by Lois McMaster Bujold [Analog Dec,mid-Dec 1987,Jan,Feb 1988; Baen, 1988]
- Islands in the Net by Bruce Sterling [Morrow/Arbor House, 1988]
- Mona Lisa Overdrive by William Gibson [Gollancz, 1988; Bantam Spectra, 1988]
Best Novella
- “The Last of the Winnebagos” by Connie Willis [Asimov's Jul 1988]
- “The Scalehunter’s Beautiful Daughter” by Lucius Shepard [Ziesing, 1988; Asimov's Sep 1988]
- “Journals of the Plague Years” by Norman Spinrad [Full Spectrum (Doubleday), 1988]
- “The Calvin Coolidge Home for Dead Comedians” by Bradley Denton [F&SF Jun 1988]
- “Surfacing” by Walter Jon Williams [Asimov's Apr 1988]
Best Novelette
- “Schrödinger’s Kitten” by George Alec Effinger [Omni Sep 1988]
- “Peaches for Mad Molly” by Steven Gould [Analog Feb 1988]
- “Do Ya, Do Ya, Wanna Dance” by Howard Waldrop [Asimov's Aug 1988]
- “The Function of Dream Sleep” by Harlan Ellison [Midnight Graffiti Jun 1988; Asimov's mid-Dec 1988]
- “Ginny Sweethips’ Flying Circus” by Neal Barrett, Jr. [Asimov's Feb 1988]
Best Short Story
- “Kirinyaga” by Mike Resnick [F&SF Nov 1988]
- “The Giving Plague” by David Brin [Interzone #23 Spr 1988; Full Spectrum #2 (Doubleday), 1988]
- “Ripples in the Dirac Sea” by Geoffrey A. Landis [Asimov's Oct 1988]
- “Our Neural Chernobyl” by Bruce Sterling [F&SF Jun 1988]
- “Stable Strategies for Middle Management” by Eileen Gunn [Asimov's Jun 1988]
- “The Fort Moxie Branch” by Jack McDevitt [Full Spectrum (Doubleday), 1988]
Best Related Non-Fiction Book
- The Motion of Light in Water: Sex and Science Fiction Writing in the East Village 1957&endash;1965 by Samuel R. Delany [Morrow/Arbor House, 1988]
- First Maitz by Don Maitz [Ursus, 1988]
- The New Encyclopedia of Science Fiction by James E. Gunn [Viking Press, 1988]
- A Biographical Dictionary of Science Fiction and Fantasy Artists by Robert Weinberg [Greenwood, 1988]
- Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror: 1987 by Charles N. Brown and William G. Contento [Locus Press, 1988]
Best Dramatic Presentation
- Who Framed Roger Rabbit? (1988) [Amblin/Touchstone] Directed by Robert Zemeckis; Screenplay by Jeffrey Price & Peter S. Seaman; based on the novel Who Censored Roger Rabbit? by Gary K. Wolf
- Beetlejuice (1988) [Geffen/Warner Brothers] Directed by Tim Burton; Screenplay by Michael McDowell and Warren Skaaren; Story by Tim Burton, Michael McDowell and Larry Wilson
- Big (1988) [20th Century Fox] Directed by Penny Marshall; Written by Gary Ross & Anne Spielberg
- Willow (1988) [Imagine/Lucasfilm/MGM] Directed by Ron Howard; Screenplay by Bob Dolman; Story by George Lucas
- Alien Nation (1988) [20th Century Fox] Directed by Graham Baker; Written by Rockne S. O’Bannon
Best Professional Editor
- Gardner Dozois
- David G. Hartwell
- Edward L. Ferman
- Stanley Schmidt
- Charles C. Ryan
Best Professional Artist
- Michael Whelan
- Don Maitz
- David A. Cherry
- Bob Eggleton
- Thomas Canty
Best Semiprozine
- Locus ed. by Charles N. Brown
- Science Fiction Chronicle ed. by Andrew I. Porter
- The New York Review of Science Fiction ed. by David G. Hartwell, Patrick Nielsen Hayden, Teresa Nielsen Hayden, Susan Palwick and Kathryn Cramer
- Interzone ed. by David Pringle
- Thrust ed. by D. Douglas Fratz
Best Fanzine
- File 770 ed. by Mike Glyer
- Lan’s Lantern ed. by George “Lan” Laskowski
- Niekas ed. by Edmund R. Meskys
- FOSFAX ed. by Timothy Lane
- Other Realms ed. by Chuq Von Rospach
Best Fan Writer
- Dave Langford
- Mike Glyer
- Arthur D. Hlavaty
- Avedon Carol
- Chuq Von Rospach
- No Award
- Guy H. Lillian III
Best Fan Artist
- Brad W. Foster
- Diana Gallagher Wu
- Stu Shiffman
- Teddy Harvia
- Taral Wayne
- Merle Insinga