Balrog Awards 1979
science fiction awards database
Where and When:
FoolCon,
Overland Park KS :
March 31, 1979
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April 1, 1979
Eligibility Year: 1978
Eligibility Year: 1978
Novel
- Winner: Blind Voices, Tom Reamy (Berkley Putnam)
- The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever, Stephen R. Donaldson (Holt, Rinehart & Winston)
- The Stand, Stephen King (Doubleday)
- The White Dragon, Anne McCaffrey (Ballantine Del Rey)
Short Fiction
- Winner: “Death from Exposure”, Pat Cadigan (Shayol #2 1978)
- “Conan and the Sorcerer”, andrew j. offutt
- “Jeffty Is Five”, Harlan Ellison (F&SF Jul 1977)
- “Undertow”, Karl Edward Wagner (Whispers Aug 1977)
Collection/anthology
- Winner: Born to Exile, Phyllis Eisenstein (Arkham House)
- “J.R.R. Tolkien Soundbook” (recording), J. R. R. Tolkien
- Night Shift, Stephen King (Doubleday)
- Strange Wine, Harlan Ellison (Harper & Row)
Poet
Artist
- Winner: Tim Kirk
- Robert Haas
- Stephen Fabian
Amateur Publication
- Winner: Shayol
- Dragonbane
- Fantasy Newsletter
- Whispers
Professional Publication
- Winner: Age of Dreams, Alicia Austin (Donald M. Grant)
- F&SF
- Faeries, Brian Froud & Alan Lee (Abrams)
- Omni
Amateur Achievement
- Winner: Paul C. Allen, for Fantasy Newsletter and "Of Swords & Sorcery"
- Arnold Fenner, for Shayol
- Stuart David Schiff, for Whispers
Professional Achievement
- Winner (tie): Donald M. Grant
- Winner (tie): J. R. R. Tolkien
- C. J. Cherryh
- Donald A. Wollheim
Judges' Choice
- Winner: Andre Norton, for lifetime achievement
- Winner: Jonathan Bacon, for Fantasy Crossroads
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