Novelette
- Winner: “The Island”, Peter Watts (The New Space Opera 2)
- “Eros, Philia, Agape”, Rachel Swirsky (Tor.com Mar 2009)
- “It Takes Two”, Nicola Griffith (Eclipse Three)
- “One of Our Bastards is Missing”, Paul Cornell (The Solaris Book of New Science Fiction, Volume Three)
- “Overtime”, Charles Stross (Tor.com Dec 2009)
- “Sinner, Baker, Fabulist, Priest; Red Mask, Black Mask, Gentleman, Beast”, Eugie Foster (Interzone Feb 2009)
Related Book
- Winner: This is Me, Jack Vance! (Or, More Properly, This is "I"), Jack Vance (Subterranean)
- Canary Fever: Reviews, John Clute (Beccon)
- Hope-In-the-Mist: The Extraordinary Career and Mysterious Life of Hope Mirrlees, Michael Swanwick (Temporary Culture)
- The Inter-Galactic Playground: A Critical Study of Children's and Teens' Science Fiction, Farah Mendlesohn (McFarland)
- On Joanna Russ, Farah Mendlesohn (Wesleyan)
- The Secret Feminist Cabal: A Cultural History of Science Fiction Feminisms, Helen Merrick (Aqueduct)
Graphic Story
- Winner: Girl Genius, Volume 9: Agatha Heterodyne and the Heirs of the Storm, written by Kaja Foglio & Phil Foglio, art by Phil Foglio, colours by Cheyenne Wright (Airship Entertainment)
- Batman: Whatever Happened to the Caped Crusader?, written by Neil Gaiman, penciled by Andy Kubert, inked by Scott Williams (DC Comics)
- Captain Britain And MI13. Volume 3: Vampire State, written by Paul Cornell, penciled by Leonard Kirk with Mike Collins, Adrian Alphona, and Ardian Syaf (Marvel Comics)
- Fables Vol 12: The Dark Ages, Bill Willingham (writer), Mark Buckingham (pencilled), Peter Gross (art), Andrew Pepoy (art), Michael Allred (art), David Hahn (art), Lee Loughridge (colour), Laura Allred (colour), Todd Klein (letters) (Vertigo Comics)
- Schlock Mercenary: The Longshoreman of the Apocalypse, Howard Tayler (SchlockMercenary.com)
Dramatic Presentation: Long Form
- Winner: Moon (screenplay by Nathan Parker; story by Duncan Jones; directed by Duncan Jones; Liberty Films)
- Avatar (screenplay and directed by James Cameron; Twentieth Century Fox)
- District 9 (screenplay by Neill Blomkamp & Terri Tatchell; directed by Neill Blomkamp; TriStar Pictures)
- Star Trek (screenplay by Robert Orci & Alex Kurtzman; directed by J.J. Abrams; Paramount)
- Up (screenplay by Bob Peterson & Pete Docter; story by Bob Peterson, Pete Docter, & Thomas McCarthy; directed by Bob Peterson & Pete Docter; Disney/Pixar)
Dramatic Presentation: Short Form
- Winner: Doctor Who: “The Waters of Mars” (written by Russell T Davies & Phil Ford; directed by Graeme Harper; BBC Wales)
- Doctor Who: “The Next Doctor” (written by Russell T Davies; directed by Andy Goddard; BBC Wales)
- Doctor Who: “Planet of the Dead” (written by Russell T Davies & Gareth Roberts; directed by James Strong; BBC Wales)
- Dollhouse: “Epitaph 1” (story by Joss Whedon; written by Maurissa Tancharoen & Jed Whedon; directed by David Solomon; Mutant Enemy)
- FlashForward: “No More Good Days” (written by Brannon Braga & David S. Goyer; directed by David S. Goyer; based on the novel by Robert J. Sawyer; ABC)
Semiprozine
- Winner: Clarkesworld Magazine, Neil Clarke, Sean Wallace & Cheryl Morgan, eds.
- Ansible, Dave Langford, ed.
- Interzone, Andy Cox, ed.
- Locus, Charles N. Brown, Kirsten Gong-Wong & Liza Groen Trombi, eds.
- Weird Tales, Ann VanderMeer & Stephen H. Segal, eds.
Fanzine
- Winner: StarShipSofa, Tony C. Smith, ed.
- Argentus, Steven H Silver, ed.
- Banana Wings, Claire Brialey & Mark Plummer, eds.
- Challenger, Guy H., Lillian III, ed.
- Drink Tank, Christopher J Garcia, ed., with guest editor James Bacon
- File 770, Mike Glyer, ed.
Associated Awards