|  novel / novel or novelette  | |
| 2025 | The Tainted Cup, Robert Jackson Bennett | 
| 2024 | Some Desperate Glory, Emily Tesh | 
| 2023 | Nettle & Bone, T. Kingfisher | 
| 2022 | A Desolation Called Peace, Arkady Martine | 
| 2021 | Network Effect, Martha Wells | 
| 2020 | A Memory Called Empire, Arkady Martine | 
| 2019 | The Calculating Stars, Mary Robinette Kowal | 
| 2018 | The Stone Sky, N. K. Jemisin | 
| 2017 | The Obelisk Gate, N. K. Jemisin | 
| 2016 | The Fifth Season, N. K. Jemisin | 
| 2015 | The Three-Body Problem, Cixin Liu, translated by Ken Liu | 
| 2014 | Ancillary Justice, Ann Leckie | 
| 2013 | Redshirts: A Novel with Three Codas, John Scalzi | 
| 2012 | Among Others, Jo Walton | 
| 2011 | Blackout/All Clear, Connie Willis | 
| 2010 | (tie) The City & the City, China Miéville | 
| 2010 | (tie) The Windup Girl, Paolo Bacigalupi | 
| 2009 | The Graveyard Book, Neil Gaiman | 
| 2008 | The Yiddish Policemen's Union, Michael Chabon | 
| 2007 | Rainbows End, Vernor Vinge | 
| 2006 | Spin, Robert Charles Wilson | 
| 2005 | Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell, Susanna Clarke | 
| 2004 | Paladin of Souls, Lois McMaster Bujold | 
| 2003 | Hominids, Robert J. Sawyer | 
| 2002 | American Gods, Neil Gaiman | 
| 2001 | Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, J. K. Rowling | 
| 2000 | A Deepness in the Sky, Vernor Vinge | 
| 1999 | To Say Nothing of the Dog, Connie Willis | 
| 1998 | Forever Peace, Joe Haldeman | 
| 1997 | Blue Mars, Kim Stanley Robinson | 
| 1996 | The Diamond Age, Neal Stephenson | 
| 1995 | Mirror Dance, Lois McMaster Bujold | 
| 1994 | Green Mars, Kim Stanley Robinson | 
| 1993 | (tie) A Fire Upon the Deep, Vernor Vinge | 
| 1993 | (tie) Doomsday Book, Connie Willis | 
| 1992 | Barrayar, Lois McMaster Bujold | 
| 1991 | The Vor Game, Lois McMaster Bujold | 
| 1990 | Hyperion, Dan Simmons | 
| 1989 | Cyteen, C. J. Cherryh | 
| 1988 | The Uplift War, David Brin | 
| 1987 | Speaker for the Dead, Orson Scott Card | 
| 1986 | Ender's Game, Orson Scott Card | 
| 1985 | Neuromancer, William Gibson | 
| 1984 | Startide Rising, David Brin | 
| 1983 | Foundation's Edge, Isaac Asimov | 
| 1982 | Downbelow Station, C. J. Cherryh | 
| 1981 | The Snow Queen, Joan D. Vinge | 
| 1980 | The Fountains of Paradise, Arthur C. Clarke | 
| 1979 | Dreamsnake, Vonda N. McIntyre | 
| 1978 | Gateway, Frederik Pohl | 
| 1977 | Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang, Kate Wilhelm | 
| 1976 | The Forever War, Joe Haldeman | 
| 1975 | The Dispossessed, Ursula K. Le Guin | 
| 1974 | Rendezvous with Rama, Arthur C. Clarke | 
| 1973 | The Gods Themselves, Isaac Asimov | 
| 1972 | To Your Scattered Bodies Go, Philip José Farmer | 
| 1971 | Ringworld, Larry Niven | 
| 1970 | The Left Hand of Darkness, Ursula K. Le Guin | 
| 1969 | Stand on Zanzibar, John Brunner | 
| 1968 | Lord of Light, Roger Zelazny | 
| 1967 | The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress, Robert A. Heinlein | 
| 1966 | (tie) Dune, Frank Herbert | 
| 1966 | (tie) “...And Call Me Conrad” (expanded as This Immortal), Roger Zelazny | 
| 1965 | The Wanderer, Fritz Leiber | 
| 1964 | “Here Gather the Stars” (book title Way Station), Clifford D. Simak | 
| 1963 | The Man in the High Castle, Philip K. Dick | 
| 1962 | Stranger in a Strange Land, Robert A. Heinlein | 
| 1961 | A Canticle for Leibowitz, Walter M. Miller, Jr. | 
| 1960 | Starship Troopers, Robert A. Heinlein | 
| 1959 | A Case of Conscience, James Blish | 
| 1958 | The Big Time, Fritz Leiber | 
| 1956 | Double Star, Robert A. Heinlein | 
| 1955 | They'd Rather Be Right (aka The Forever Machine), Mark Clifton & Frank Riley | 
| 1953 | The Demolished Man, Alfred Bester | 
|  novella  | |
| 2025 | The Tusks of Extinction, Ray Nayler | 
| 2024 | Thornhedge, T. Kingfisher | 
| 2023 | Where the Drowned Girls Go, Seanan McGuire | 
| 2022 | A Psalm for the Wild-Built, Becky Chambers | 
| 2021 | The Empress of Salt and Fortune, Nghi Vo | 
| 2020 | This Is How You Lose the Time War, Amal El-Mohtar & Max Gladstone | 
| 2019 | Artificial Condition, Martha Wells | 
| 2018 | All Systems Red, Martha Wells | 
| 2017 | Every Heart a Doorway, Seanan McGuire | 
| 2016 | Binti, Nnedi Okorafor | 
| 2015 | no award | 
| 2014 | “Equoid”, Charles Stross | 
| 2013 | The Emperor's Soul, Brandon Sanderson | 
| 2012 | “The Man Who Bridged the Mist”, Kij Johnson | 
| 2011 | The Lifecycle of Software Objects, Ted Chiang | 
| 2010 | “Palimpsest”, Charles Stross | 
| 2009 | “The Erdmann Nexus”, Nancy Kress | 
| 2008 | “All Seated on the Ground”, Connie Willis | 
| 2007 | “A Billion Eves”, Robert Reed | 
| 2006 | “Inside Job”, Connie Willis | 
| 2005 | “The Concrete Jungle”, Charles Stross | 
| 2004 | “The Cookie Monster”, Vernor Vinge | 
| 2003 | Coraline, Neil Gaiman | 
| 2002 | “Fast Times at Fairmont High”, Vernor Vinge | 
| 2001 | “The Ultimate Earth”, Jack Williamson | 
| 2000 | “The Winds of Marble Arch”, Connie Willis | 
| 1999 | “Oceanic”, Greg Egan | 
| 1998 | “…Where Angels Fear to Tread”, Allen Steele | 
| 1997 | “Blood of the Dragon”, George R. R. Martin | 
| 1996 | “The Death of Captain Future”, Allen Steele | 
| 1995 | “Seven Views of Olduvai Gorge”, Mike Resnick | 
| 1994 | “Down in the Bottomlands”, Harry Turtledove | 
| 1993 | “Barnacle Bill the Spacer”, Lucius Shepard | 
| 1992 | “Beggars in Spain”, Nancy Kress | 
| 1991 | “The Hemingway Hoax”, Joe Haldeman | 
| 1990 | “The Mountains of Mourning”, Lois McMaster Bujold | 
| 1989 | “The Last of the Winnebagos”, Connie Willis | 
| 1988 | “Eye for Eye”, Orson Scott Card | 
| 1987 | “Gilgamesh in the Outback”, Robert Silverberg | 
| 1986 | “24 Views of Mt. Fuji, by Hokusai”, Roger Zelazny | 
| 1985 | “PRESS ENTER[]”, John Varley | 
| 1984 | “Cascade Point”, Timothy Zahn | 
| 1983 | “Souls”, Joanna Russ | 
| 1982 | “The Saturn Game”, Poul Anderson | 
| 1981 | “Lost Dorsai”, Gordon R. Dickson | 
| 1980 | “Enemy Mine”, Barry B. Longyear | 
| 1979 | “The Persistence of Vision”, John Varley | 
| 1978 | “Stardance”, Spider Robinson & Jeanne Robinson | 
| 1977 | (tie) “Houston, Houston, Do You Read?”, James Tiptree, Jr. | 
| 1977 | (tie) “By Any Other Name”, Spider Robinson | 
| 1976 | “Home Is the Hangman”, Roger Zelazny | 
| 1975 | “A Song for Lya”, George R. R. Martin | 
| 1974 | “The Girl Who Was Plugged In”, James Tiptree, Jr. | 
| 1973 | “The Word for World is Forest”, Ursula K. Le Guin | 
| 1972 | “The Queen of Air and Darkness”, Poul Anderson | 
| 1971 | “Ill Met in Lankhmar”, Fritz Leiber | 
| 1970 | “Ship of Shadows”, Fritz Leiber | 
| 1969 | “Nightwings”, Robert Silverberg | 
| 1968 | (tie) “Weyr Search”, Anne McCaffrey | 
| 1968 | (tie) “Riders of the Purple Wage”, Philip José Farmer | 
|  novelette  | |
| 2025 | “The Four Sisters Overlooking the Sea”, Naomi Kritzer | 
| 2024 | “The Year Without Sunshine”, Naomi Kritzer | 
| 2023 | “The Space-Time Painter”, Hai Ya | 
| 2022 | “Bots of the Lost Ark”, Suzanne Palmer | 
| 2021 | “Two Truths and a Lie”, Sarah Pinsker | 
| 2020 | “Emergency Skin”, N. K. Jemisin | 
| 2019 | “If at First You Don't Succeed, Try, Try Again”, Zen Cho | 
| 2018 | “The Secret Life of Bots”, Suzanne Palmer | 
| 2017 | “The Tomato Thief”, Ursula Vernon | 
| 2016 | “Folding Beijing”, Hao Jingfang | 
| 2015 | “The Day the World Turned Upside Down”, Thomas Olde Heuvelt, translated by Lia Belt | 
| 2014 | “The Lady Astronaut of Mars”, Mary Robinette Kowal | 
| 2013 | “The Girl-Thing Who Went Out for Sushi”, Pat Cadigan | 
| 2012 | “Six Months, Three Days”, Charlie Jane Anders | 
| 2011 | “The Emperor of Mars”, Allen M. Steele | 
| 2010 | “The Island”, Peter Watts | 
| 2009 | “Shoggoths in Bloom”, Elizabeth Bear | 
| 2008 | “The Merchant and the Alchemist's Gate”, Ted Chiang | 
| 2007 | “The Djinn's Wife”, Ian McDonald | 
| 2006 | “Two Hearts”, Peter S. Beagle | 
| 2005 | “The Faery Handbag”, Kelly Link | 
| 2004 | “Legions in Time”, Michael Swanwick | 
| 2003 | “Slow Life”, Michael Swanwick | 
| 2002 | “Hell Is the Absence of God”, Ted Chiang | 
| 2001 | “Millennium Babies”, Kristine Kathryn Rusch | 
| 2000 | “1016 to 1”, James Patrick Kelly | 
| 1999 | “Taklamakan”, Bruce Sterling | 
| 1998 | “We Will Drink a Fish Together...”, Bill Johnson | 
| 1997 | “Bicycle Repairman”, Bruce Sterling | 
| 1996 | “Think Like a Dinosaur”, James Patrick Kelly | 
| 1995 | “The Martian Child”, David Gerrold | 
| 1994 | “Georgia on My Mind”, Charles Sheffield | 
| 1993 | “The Nutcracker Coup”, Janet Kagan | 
| 1992 | “Gold”, Isaac Asimov | 
| 1991 | “The Manamouki”, Mike Resnick | 
| 1990 | “Enter a Soldier. Later: Enter Another”, Robert Silverberg | 
| 1989 | “Schrödinger's Kitten”, George Alec Effinger | 
| 1988 | “Buffalo Gals, Won't You Come Out Tonight”, Ursula K. Le Guin | 
| 1987 | “Permafrost”, Roger Zelazny | 
| 1986 | “Paladin of the Lost Hour”, Harlan Ellison | 
| 1985 | “Bloodchild”, Octavia E. Butler | 
| 1984 | “Blood Music”, Greg Bear | 
| 1983 | “Fire Watch”, Connie Willis | 
| 1982 | “Unicorn Variation”, Roger Zelazny | 
| 1981 | “The Cloak and the Staff”, Gordon R. Dickson | 
| 1980 | “Sandkings”, George R. R. Martin | 
| 1979 | “Hunter's Moon”, Poul Anderson | 
| 1978 | “Eyes of Amber”, Joan D. Vinge | 
| 1977 | “The Bicentennial Man”, Isaac Asimov | 
| 1976 | “The Borderland of Sol”, Larry Niven | 
| 1975 | “Adrift Just Off the Islets of Langerhans: Latitude 38° 54' N, Longitude 77° 00' 13" W”, Harlan Ellison | 
| 1974 | “The Deathbird”, Harlan Ellison | 
| 1973 | “Goat Song”, Poul Anderson | 
| 1969 | “The Sharing of Flesh”, Poul Anderson | 
| 1968 | “Gonna Roll the Bones”, Fritz Leiber | 
| 1967 | “The Last Castle”, Jack Vance | 
| 1959 | “The Big Front Yard”, Clifford D. Simak | 
| 1956 | “Exploration Team”, Murray Leinster | 
| 1955 | “The Darfsteller”, Walter M. Miller, Jr. | 
|  short story / short fiction  | |
| 2025 | “Stitched to Skin Like Family Is”, Nghi Vo | 
| 2024 | “Better Living Through Algorithms”, Naomi Kritzer | 
| 2023 | “Rabbit Test”, Samantha Mills | 
| 2022 | “Where Oaken Hearts Do Gather”, Sarah Pinsker | 
| 2021 | “Metal Like Blood in the Dark”, T. Kingfisher | 
| 2020 | “As the Last I May Know”, S. L. Huang | 
| 2019 | “A Witch's Guide to Escape: A Practical Compendium of Portal Fantasies”, Alix E. Harrow | 
| 2018 | “Welcome to Your Authentic Indian ExperienceTM”, Rebecca Roanhorse | 
| 2017 | “Seasons of Glass and Iron”, Amal El-Mohtar | 
| 2016 | “Cat Pictures Please”, Naomi Kritzer | 
| 2015 | no award | 
| 2014 | “The Water That Falls on You from Nowhere”, John Chu | 
| 2013 | “Mono no Aware”, Ken Liu | 
| 2012 | “The Paper Menagerie”, Ken Liu | 
| 2011 | “For Want of a Nail”, Mary Robinette Kowal | 
| 2010 | “Bridesicle”, Will McIntosh | 
| 2009 | “Exhalation”, Ted Chiang | 
| 2008 | “Tideline”, Elizabeth Bear | 
| 2007 | “Impossible Dreams”, Tim Pratt | 
| 2006 | “Tk'tk'tk”, David D. Levine | 
| 2005 | “Travels with My Cats”, Mike Resnick | 
| 2004 | “A Study in Emerald”, Neil Gaiman | 
| 2003 | “Falling Onto Mars”, Geoffrey A. Landis | 
| 2002 | “The Dog Said Bow-Wow”, Michael Swanwick | 
| 2001 | “Different Kinds of Darkness”, David Langford | 
| 2000 | “Scherzo with Tyrannosaur”, Michael Swanwick | 
| 1999 | “The Very Pulse of the Machine”, Michael Swanwick | 
| 1998 | “The 43 Antarean Dynasties”, Mike Resnick | 
| 1997 | “The Soul Selects Her Own Society: Invasion and Repulsion: A Chronological Reinterpretation of Two of Emily Dickinson's Poems: A Wellsian Perspective”, Connie Willis | 
| 1996 | “The Lincoln Train”, Maureen F. McHugh | 
| 1995 | “None So Blind”, Joe Haldeman | 
| 1994 | “Death on the Nile”, Connie Willis | 
| 1993 | “Even the Queen”, Connie Willis | 
| 1992 | “A Walk in the Sun”, Geoffrey A. Landis | 
| 1991 | “Bears Discover Fire”, Terry Bisson | 
| 1990 | “Boobs”, Suzy McKee Charnas | 
| 1989 | “Kirinyaga”, Mike Resnick | 
| 1988 | “Why I Left Harry's All-Night Hamburgers”, Lawrence Watt-Evans | 
| 1987 | “Tangents”, Greg Bear | 
| 1986 | “Fermi and Frost”, Frederik Pohl | 
| 1985 | “The Crystal Spheres”, David Brin | 
| 1984 | “Speech Sounds”, Octavia E. Butler | 
| 1983 | “Melancholy Elephants”, Spider Robinson | 
| 1982 | “The Pusher”, John Varley | 
| 1981 | “Grotto of the Dancing Deer”, Clifford D. Simak | 
| 1980 | “The Way of Cross and Dragon”, George R. R. Martin | 
| 1979 | “Cassandra”, C. J. Cherryh | 
| 1978 | “Jeffty Is Five”, Harlan Ellison | 
| 1977 | “Tricentennial”, Joe Haldeman | 
| 1976 | “Catch That Zeppelin!”, Fritz Leiber | 
| 1975 | “The Hole Man”, Larry Niven | 
| 1974 | “The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas”, Ursula K. Le Guin | 
| 1973 | (tie) “The Meeting”, Frederik Pohl & C. M. Kornbluth | 
| 1973 | (tie) “Eurema's Dam”, R. A. Lafferty | 
| 1972 | “Inconstant Moon”, Larry Niven | 
| 1971 | “Slow Sculpture”, Theodore Sturgeon | 
| 1970 | “Time Considered as a Helix of Semi-Precious Stones”, Samuel R. Delany | 
| 1969 | “The Beast that Shouted Love at the Heart of the World”, Harlan Ellison | 
| 1968 | “I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream”, Harlan Ellison | 
| 1967 | “Neutron Star”, Larry Niven | 
| 1966 | “'Repent, Harlequin!' Said the Ticktockman”, Harlan Ellison | 
| 1965 | “Soldier, Ask Not”, Gordon R. Dickson | 
| 1964 | “No Truce With Kings”, Poul Anderson | 
| 1963 | “The Dragon Masters”, Jack Vance | 
| 1962 | “Hothouse” (book title The Long Afternoon of Earth), Brian W. Aldiss | 
| 1961 | “The Longest Voyage”, Poul Anderson | 
| 1960 | “Flowers for Algernon”, Daniel Keyes | 
| 1959 | “That Hell-Bound Train”, Robert Bloch | 
| 1958 | “Or All the Seas with Oysters”, Avram Davidson | 
| 1956 | “The Star”, Arthur C. Clarke | 
| 1955 | “Allamagoosa”, Eric Frank Russell | 
|  series  | |
| 2025 | Between Earth and Sky, Rebecca Roanhorse | 
| 2024 | Imperial Radch, Ann Leckie | 
| 2023 | Children of Time, Adrian Tchaikovsky | 
| 2022 | Wayward Children, Seanan McGuire | 
| 2021 | The Murderbot Diaries, Martha Wells | 
| 2020 | The Expanse, James S. A. Corey | 
| 2019 | Wayfarers, Becky Chambers | 
| 2018 | World of the Five Gods, Lois McMaster Bujold | 
| 2017 | The Vorkosigan Saga, Lois McMaster Bujold | 
| 1966 | “Foundation” (series), Isaac Asimov | 
|  nonfiction / related book or work  | |
| 2025 | Speculative Whiteness: Science Fiction and the Alt-Right, Jordan S. Carroll | 
| 2024 | A City on Mars, Kelly Weinersmith & Zach Weinersmith | 
| 2023 | Terry Pratchett: A Life With Footnotes, Rob Wilkins | 
| 2022 | Never Say You Can't Survive, Charlie Jane Anders | 
| 2021 | Beowulf, Maria Dahvana Headley | 
| 2020 | “2019 John W. Campbell Award Acceptance Speech”, Jeanette Ng | 
| 2019 | Archive of Our Own | 
| 2018 | No Time to Spare: Thinking About What Matters, Ursula K. Le Guin | 
| 2017 | Words Are My Matter: Writings About Life and Books, 2000-2016, Ursula K. Le Guin | 
| 2016 | no award | 
| 2015 | no award | 
| 2014 | “We Have Always Fought: Challenging the Women, Cattle and Slaves Narrative”, Kameron Hurley | 
| 2013 | Writing Excuses, Season Seven, Brandon Sanderson, Dan Wells, Mary Robinette Kowal, Howard Tayler & Jordan Sanderson | 
| 2012 | The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction, Third Edition, John Clute, David Langford, Peter Nicholls & Graham Sleight, eds. | 
| 2011 | Chicks Dig Time Lords: A Celebration of Doctor Who by the Women Who Love It, Lynne M. Thomas & Tara O'Shea, eds. | 
| 2010 | This is Me, Jack Vance! (Or, More Properly, This is "I"), Jack Vance | 
| 2009 | Your Hate Mail Will Be Graded: A Decade of Whatever, 1998-2008, John Scalzi | 
| 2008 | Brave New Words: The Oxford Dictionary of Science Fiction, Jeff Prucher | 
| 2007 | James Tiptree, Jr.: The Double Life of Alice B. Sheldon, Julie Phillips | 
| 2006 | Storyteller: Writing Lessons and More from 27 Years of the Clarion Writers' Workshop, Kate Wilhelm | 
| 2005 | The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction, Edward James & Farah Mendlesohn, eds. | 
| 2004 | The Chesley Awards for Science Fiction & Fantasy Art: A Retrospective, John Grant & Elizabeth L. Humphrey with Pamela D. Scoville | 
| 2003 | Better to Have Loved: The Life of Judith Merril, Judith Merril & Emily Pohl-Weary | 
| 2002 | The Art of Chesley Bonestell, Ron Miller & Frederick C. Durant III, with Melvin H. Schuetz | 
| 2001 | Greetings from Earth: The Art of Bob Eggleton, Bob Eggleton & Nigel Suckling | 
| 2000 | Science Fiction of the 20th Century, Frank M. Robinson | 
| 1999 | The Dreams Our Stuff Is Made Of: How Science Fiction Conquered the World, Thomas M. Disch | 
| 1998 | The Encyclopedia of Fantasy, John Clute & John Grant, eds. | 
| 1997 | Time & Chance: An Autobiography, L. Sprague de Camp | 
| 1996 | Science Fiction: The Illustrated Encyclopedia, John Clute | 
| 1995 | I. Asimov: A Memoir, Isaac Asimov | 
| 1994 | The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction, John Clute & Peter Nicholls, eds. | 
| 1993 | A Wealth of Fable: An Informal History of Science Fiction Fandom in the 1950s, Harry Warner, Jr. | 
| 1992 | The World of Charles Addams, Charles Addams | 
| 1991 | How to Write Science Fiction and Fantasy, Orson Scott Card | 
| 1990 | The World Beyond the Hill: Science Fiction and the Quest for Transcendence, Alexei Panshin & Cory Panshin | 
| 1989 | The Motion of Light in Water: Sex and Science Fiction Writing in the East Village 1957-1965, Samuel R. Delany | 
| 1988 | Michael Whelan's Works of Wonder, Michael Whelan | 
| 1987 | Trillion Year Spree, Brian W. Aldiss with David Wingrove | 
| 1986 | Science Made Stupid, Tom Weller | 
| 1985 | Wonder's Child: My Life in Science Fiction, Jack Williamson | 
| 1984 | The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction and Fantasy, Vol. 3, Donald H. Tuck | 
| 1983 | Isaac Asimov: The Foundations of Science Fiction, James Gunn | 
| 1982 | Danse Macabre, Stephen King | 
| 1981 | Cosmos, Carl Sagan | 
| 1980 | The Science Fiction Encyclopedia, Peter Nicholls, ed. | 
|  art book  | |
| 2019 | The Books of Earthsea: The Complete Illustrated Edition, written by Ursula K. Le Guin, illustrated by Charles Vess | 
|  graphic story or comic  | |
| 2025 | Star Trek: Lower Decks: Warp Your Own Way, written by Ryan North, art by Chris Fenoglio | 
| 2024 | Saga, Vol. 11, Brian K. Vaughan & Fiona Staples | 
| 2023 | Cyberpunk 2077: Big City Dreams, Bartosz Sztybor, Filipe Andrade, Alessio Fioriniello, Roman Titov & Krzysztof Ostrowski | 
| 2022 | Far Sector, N. K. Jemisin, art by Jamal Campbell | 
| 2021 | Parable of the Sower: A Graphic Novel Adaptation, Octavia E. Butler, adapted by Damian Duffy, illustrated by John Jennings | 
| 2020 | LaGuardia, written by Nnedi Okorafor, illustrated by Tana Ford, colors by James Devlin | 
| 2019 | Monstress Volume 3: Haven, written by Marjorie Liu, illustrated by Sana Takeda | 
| 2018 | Monstress, Volume 2: The Blood, written by Marjorie Liu, illustrated by Sana Takeda | 
| 2017 | Monstress, Volume 1: Awakening, written by Marjorie Liu, art by Sana Takeda | 
| 2016 | The Sandman: Overture, written by Neil Gaiman, art by J. H. Williams III | 
| 2015 | Ms. Marvel Volume 1: No Normal, written by G. Willow Wilson, illustrated by Adrian Alphona and Jake Wyatt | 
| 2014 | “Time”, Randall Munroe | 
| 2012 | Digger, Ursula Vernon | 
| 2011 | Girl Genius, Volume 10: Agatha Heterodyne and the Guardian Muse, written by Kaja Foglio & Phil Foglio, art by Phil Foglio, colours by Cheyenne Wright | 
| 2010 | 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 | 
| 2009 | Girl Genius, Volume 8: Agatha Heterodyne and the Chapel of Bones, Kaja Foglio & Phil Foglio, art by Phil Foglio, colors by Cheyenne Wright | 
|  other forms  | |
| 1988 | Watchmen, Alan Moore & Dave Gibbons | 
|  dramatic presentation: long form  | |
| 2025 | Dune: Part Two | 
| 2024 | Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves | 
| 2023 | Everything Everywhere All at Once | 
| 2022 | Dune | 
| 2021 | The Old Guard | 
| 2020 | Good Omens | 
| 2019 | Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse | 
| 2018 | Wonder Woman | 
| 2017 | Arrival | 
| 2016 | The Martian | 
| 2015 | Guardians of the Galaxy | 
| 2014 | Gravity | 
| 2013 | The Avengers | 
| 2012 | Game of Thrones (Season 1) | 
| 2011 | Inception | 
| 2010 | Moon | 
| 2009 | WALL-E | 
| 2008 | Stardust | 
| 2007 | Pan's Labyrinth | 
| 2006 | Serenity | 
| 2005 | The Incredibles | 
| 2004 | The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King | 
| 2003 | The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers | 
|  dramatic presentation / sf or fantasy movie  | |
| 2002 | The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring | 
| 2001 | Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon | 
| 2000 | Galaxy Quest | 
| 1999 | The Truman Show | 
| 1998 | Contact | 
| 1997 | Babylon 5: “Severed Dreams” | 
| 1996 | Babylon 5: “The Coming of Shadows” | 
| 1995 | Star Trek: The Next Generation: “All Good Things…” | 
| 1994 | Jurassic Park | 
| 1993 | Star Trek: The Next Generation: “The Inner Light” | 
| 1992 | Terminator 2: Judgement Day | 
| 1991 | Edward Scissorhands | 
| 1990 | Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade | 
| 1989 | Who Framed Roger Rabbit | 
| 1988 | The Princess Bride | 
| 1987 | Aliens | 
| 1986 | Back to the Future | 
| 1985 | 2010 | 
| 1984 | Return of the Jedi | 
| 1983 | Blade Runner | 
| 1982 | Raiders of the Lost Ark | 
| 1981 | The Empire Strikes Back | 
| 1980 | Alien | 
| 1979 | Superman: The Movie | 
| 1978 | Star Wars | 
| 1977 | no award | 
| 1976 | A Boy and His Dog | 
| 1975 | Young Frankenstein | 
| 1974 | Sleeper | 
| 1973 | Slaughterhouse-Five | 
| 1972 | A Clockwork Orange | 
| 1971 | no award | 
| 1970 | “News coverage of Apollo XI” | 
| 1969 | 2001: A Space Odyssey | 
| 1968 | Star Trek: “The City on the Edge of Forever”, Harlan Ellison | 
| 1967 | Star Trek: “The Menagerie” | 
| 1965 | Dr. Strangelove | 
| 1963 | no award | 
| 1962 | The Twilight Zone (TV series) | 
| 1961 | The Twilight Zone (TV series) | 
| 1960 | The Twilight Zone (TV series) | 
| 1959 | no award | 
| 1958 | The Incredible Shrinking Man | 
|  dramatic presentation: short form  | |
| 2025 | Star Trek: Lower Decks: “The New Next Generation” | 
| 2024 | The Last of Us: “Long, Long Time” | 
| 2023 | The Expanse: “Babylon's Ashes” | 
| 2022 | The Expanse: “Nemesis Games” | 
| 2021 | The Good Place: “Whenever You're Ready” | 
| 2020 | The Good Place: “The Answer” | 
| 2019 | The Good Place: “Janet(s)” | 
| 2018 | The Good Place: “The Trolley Problem” | 
| 2017 | The Expanse: “Leviathan Wakes” | 
| 2016 | Jessica Jones: “AKA Smile” | 
| 2015 | Orphan Black: “By Means Which Have Never Yet Been Tried” | 
| 2014 | Game of Thrones: “The Rains of Castamere” | 
| 2013 | Game of Thrones: “Blackwater” | 
| 2012 | Doctor Who: “The Doctor's Wife” | 
| 2011 | Doctor Who: “The Pandorica Opens/The Big Bang” | 
| 2010 | Doctor Who: “The Waters of Mars” | 
| 2009 | Doctor Horrible's Sing-Along Blog | 
| 2008 | Doctor Who: “Blink” | 
| 2007 | Doctor Who: “Girl in the Fireplace” | 
| 2006 | Doctor Who: “The Empty Child" & "The Doctor Dances” | 
| 2005 | Battlestar Galactica: “33” | 
| 2004 | Gollum's Acceptance Speech at the 2003 MTV Movie Awards | 
| 2003 | Buffy the Vampire Slayer: “Conversations with Dead People” | 
|  publisher  | |
| 1965 | Ballantine | 
| 1964 | Ace | 
|  editor, short form  | |
| 2025 | Neil Clarke | 
| 2024 | Neil Clarke | 
| 2023 | Neil Clarke | 
| 2022 | Neil Clarke | 
| 2021 | Ellen Datlow | 
| 2020 | Ellen Datlow | 
| 2019 | Gardner Dozois | 
| 2018 | Lynne M. Thomas & Michael Damian Thomas | 
| 2017 | Ellen Datlow | 
| 2016 | Ellen Datlow | 
| 2015 | no award | 
| 2014 | Ellen Datlow | 
| 2013 | Stanley Schmidt | 
| 2012 | Sheila Williams | 
| 2011 | Sheila Williams | 
| 2010 | Ellen Datlow | 
| 2009 | Ellen Datlow | 
| 2008 | Gordon Van Gelder | 
| 2007 | Gordon Van Gelder | 
|  editor, long form  | |
| 2025 | Diana M. Pho | 
| 2024 | Ruoxi Chen | 
| 2023 | Lindsey Hall | 
| 2022 | Ruoxi Chen | 
| 2021 | Diana M. Pho | 
| 2020 | Navah Wolfe | 
| 2019 | Navah Wolfe | 
| 2018 | Sheila E. Gilbert | 
| 2017 | Liz Gorinsky | 
| 2016 | Sheila Gilbert | 
| 2015 | no award | 
| 2014 | Ginjer Buchanan | 
| 2013 | Patrick Nielsen Hayden | 
| 2012 | Betsy Wollheim | 
| 2011 | Lou Anders | 
| 2010 | Patrick Nielsen Hayden | 
| 2009 | David G. Hartwell | 
| 2008 | David G. Hartwell | 
| 2007 | Patrick Nielsen Hayden | 
|  professional editor  | |
| 2006 | David G. Hartwell | 
| 2005 | Ellen Datlow | 
| 2004 | Gardner Dozois | 
| 2003 | Gardner Dozois | 
| 2002 | Ellen Datlow | 
| 2001 | Gardner Dozois | 
| 2000 | Gardner Dozois | 
| 1999 | Gardner Dozois | 
| 1998 | Gardner Dozois | 
| 1997 | Gardner Dozois | 
| 1996 | Gardner Dozois | 
| 1995 | Gardner Dozois | 
| 1994 | Kristine Kathryn Rusch | 
| 1993 | Gardner Dozois | 
| 1992 | Gardner Dozois | 
| 1991 | Gardner Dozois | 
| 1990 | Gardner Dozois | 
| 1989 | Gardner Dozois | 
| 1988 | Gardner Dozois | 
| 1987 | Terry Carr | 
| 1986 | Judy-Lynn del Rey [award declined] | 
| 1985 | Terry Carr | 
| 1984 | Shawna McCarthy | 
| 1983 | Edward L. Ferman | 
| 1982 | Edward L. Ferman | 
| 1981 | Edward L. Ferman | 
| 1980 | George H. Scithers | 
| 1979 | Ben Bova | 
| 1978 | George Scithers | 
| 1977 | Ben Bova | 
| 1976 | Ben Bova | 
| 1975 | Ben Bova | 
| 1974 | Ben Bova | 
| 1973 | Ben Bova | 
|  magazine  | |
| 1972 | F&SF, Edward L. Ferman, ed. | 
| 1971 | F&SF, Edward L. Ferman, ed. | 
| 1970 | F&SF, Edward L. Ferman, ed. | 
| 1969 | F&SF, Edward L. Ferman, ed. | 
| 1968 | If, Frederik Pohl, ed. | 
| 1967 | If, Frederik Pohl, ed. | 
| 1966 | If, Frederik Pohl, ed. | 
| 1965 | Analog, John W. Campbell, Jr., ed. | 
| 1964 | Analog, John W. Campbell, Jr., ed. | 
| 1963 | F&SF, Robert P. Mills & Avram Davidson, eds. | 
| 1962 | Analog, John W. Campbell, Jr., ed. | 
| 1961 | Astounding/Analog, John W. Campbell, Jr., ed. | 
| 1960 | F&SF, Robert P. Mills, ed. | 
| 1959 | F&SF, Anthony Boucher & Robert P. Mills, eds. | 
| 1958 | F&SF, Anthony Boucher, ed. | 
| 1956 | Astounding, John W. Campbell, Jr., ed. | 
| 1955 | Astounding, John W. Campbell, Jr., ed. | 
| 1953 | (tie) Astounding, John W. Campbell, Jr., ed. | 
| 1953 | (tie) Galaxy, H. L. Gold, ed. | 
|  American professional magazine  | |
| 1957 | Astounding, John W. Campbell, Jr., ed. | 
|  British professional magazine  | |
| 1957 | New Worlds, John Carnell, ed. | 
|  artist / professional artist  | |
| 2025 | Alyssa Winans | 
| 2024 | Rovina Cai | 
| 2023 | Enzhe Zhao | 
| 2022 | Rovina Cai | 
| 2021 | Rovina Cai | 
| 2020 | John Picacio | 
| 2019 | Charles Vess | 
| 2018 | Sana Takeda | 
| 2017 | Julie Dillon | 
| 2016 | Abigail Larson | 
| 2015 | Julie Dillon | 
| 2014 | Julie Dillon | 
| 2013 | John Picacio | 
| 2012 | John Picacio | 
| 2011 | Shaun Tan | 
| 2010 | Shaun Tan | 
| 2009 | Donato Giancola | 
| 2008 | Stephan Martiniere | 
| 2007 | Donato Giancola | 
| 2006 | Donato Giancola | 
| 2005 | Jim Burns | 
| 2004 | Bob Eggleton | 
| 2003 | Bob Eggleton | 
| 2002 | Michael Whelan | 
| 2001 | Bob Eggleton | 
| 2000 | Michael Whelan | 
| 1999 | Bob Eggleton | 
| 1998 | Bob Eggleton | 
| 1997 | Bob Eggleton | 
| 1996 | Bob Eggleton | 
| 1995 | Jim Burns | 
| 1994 | Bob Eggleton | 
| 1993 | Don Maitz | 
| 1992 | Michael Whelan | 
| 1991 | Michael Whelan | 
| 1990 | Don Maitz | 
| 1989 | Michael Whelan | 
| 1988 | Michael Whelan | 
| 1987 | Jim Burns | 
| 1986 | Michael Whelan | 
| 1985 | Michael Whelan | 
| 1984 | Michael Whelan | 
| 1983 | Michael Whelan | 
| 1982 | Michael Whelan | 
| 1981 | Michael Whelan | 
| 1980 | Michael Whelan | 
| 1979 | Vincent Di Fate | 
| 1978 | Rick Sternbach | 
| 1977 | Rick Sternbach | 
| 1976 | Frank Kelly Freas | 
| 1975 | Frank Kelly Freas | 
| 1974 | Frank Kelly Freas | 
| 1973 | Frank Kelly Freas | 
| 1972 | Frank Kelly Freas | 
| 1971 | Leo & Diane Dillon | 
| 1970 | Frank Kelly Freas | 
| 1969 | Jack Gaughan | 
| 1968 | Jack Gaughan | 
| 1967 | Jack Gaughan | 
| 1966 | Frank Frazetta | 
| 1965 | John Schoenherr | 
| 1964 | Ed Emshwiller | 
| 1963 | Roy Krenkel | 
| 1962 | Ed Emshwiller | 
| 1961 | Ed Emshwiller | 
| 1960 | Ed Emshwiller | 
| 1959 | Frank Kelly Freas | 
| 1958 | Frank Kelly Freas | 
| 1956 | Frank Kelly Freas | 
| 1955 | Frank Kelly Freas | 
|  interior illustrator  | |
| 1953 | Virgil Finlay | 
|  cover artist  | |
| 1953 | (tie) Ed Emshwiller | 
| 1953 | (tie) Hannes Bok | 
|  original artwork  | |
| 1996 | Dinotopia: The World Beneath, James Gurney | 
| 1995 | Lady Cottington's Pressed Fairy Book, Brian Froud | 
| 1994 | Space Fantasy Commemorative Stamp Booklet, Stephen Hickman | 
| 1993 | Dinotopia, James Gurney | 
| 1992 | Michael Whelan for The Summer Queen by Joan D. Vinge (Warner Questar) | 
|  semi-prozine  | |
| 2024 | Strange Horizons, Strange Horizons Editorial Collective | 
| 2016 | Uncanny Magazine, Lynne M. Thomas, Michael Damian Thomas, Michi Trota, Erika Ensign & Steven Schapansky, eds. | 
| 2015 | Lightspeed Magazine, John Joseph Adams, Stefan Rudnicki, Rich Horton, Wendy N. Wagner & Christie Yant, eds. | 
| 2014 | Lightspeed, John Joseph Adams, Rich Horton & Stefan Rudnicki | 
| 2013 | Clarkesworld, Neil Clarke, Jason Heller, Sean Wallace & Kate Baker | 
| 2012 | Locus, Liza Groen Trombi & Kirsten Gong-Wong, eds, et al. | 
| 2011 | Clarkesworld Magazine, edited by Neil Clarke, Cheryl Morgan, Sean Wallace; podcast directed by Kate Baker | 
| 2010 | Clarkesworld Magazine, Neil Clarke, Sean Wallace & Cheryl Morgan, eds. | 
| 2009 | Weird Tales, Ann VanderMeer & Stephen H. Segal, eds. | 
| 2008 | Locus, Charles N. Brown, Kirsten Gong-Wong & Liza Groen Trombi, eds. | 
| 2007 | Locus, Charles N. Brown, Kirsten Gong-Wong & Liza Groen Trombi, eds. | 
| 2006 | Locus, Charles N. Brown, Kirsten Gong-Wong & Liza Groen Trombi, eds. | 
| 2005 | Ansible, David Langford, ed. | 
| 2004 | Locus, Charles N. Brown, Jennifer A. Hall & Kirsten Gong-Wong, eds. | 
| 2003 | Locus, Charles N. Brown, Jennifer A. Hall & Kirsten Gong-Wong, eds. | 
| 2002 | Locus, Charles N. Brown, ed. | 
| 2001 | Locus, Charles N. Brown, ed. | 
| 2000 | Locus, Charles N. Brown, ed. | 
| 1999 | Locus, Charles N. Brown, ed. | 
| 1998 | Locus, Charles N. Brown, ed. | 
| 1997 | Locus, Charles N. Brown, ed. | 
| 1996 | Locus, Charles N. Brown, ed. | 
| 1995 | Interzone, David Pringle, ed. | 
| 1994 | Science Fiction Chronicle, Andrew Porter, ed. | 
| 1993 | Science Fiction Chronicle, Andrew Porter, ed. | 
| 1992 | Locus, Charles N. Brown, ed. | 
| 1991 | Locus, Charles N. Brown, ed. | 
| 1990 | Locus, Charles N. Brown, ed. | 
| 1989 | Locus, Charles N. Brown, ed. | 
| 1988 | Locus, Charles N. Brown, ed. | 
| 1987 | Locus, Charles N. Brown, ed. | 
| 1986 | Locus, Charles N. Brown, ed. | 
| 1985 | Locus, Charles N. Brown, ed. | 
| 1984 | Locus, Charles N. Brown, ed. | 
|  fanzine / amateur magazine  | |
| 2025 | Black Nerd Problems, William Evans & Omar Holmon, eds. | 
| 2023 | Zero Gravity Newspaper, RiverFlow & Ling Shizhen | 
| 2022 | Small Gods, Lee Moyer & Seanan McGuire | 
| 2021 | nerds of a feather, flock together, Adri Joy, Joe Sherry, The G & Vance Kotrla, eds. | 
| 2020 | The Book Smugglers, Ana Grilo & Thea James, eds. | 
| 2019 | Lady Business | 
| 2018 | File 770, Mike Glyer | 
| 2017 | Lady Business | 
| 2016 | File 770, Mike Glyer, ed. | 
| 2015 | Journey Planet, James Bacon, Chris Garcia, Alissa McKersie, Colin Harris & Helen Montgomery, eds. | 
| 2014 | A Dribble of Ink, Aidan Moher | 
| 2012 | SF Signal, John DeNardo | 
| 2011 | The Drink Tank, Christopher J Garcia & James Bacon, eds. | 
| 2010 | StarShipSofa, Tony C. Smith, ed. | 
| 2009 | Electric Velocipede, John Klima, ed. | 
| 2008 | File 770, Mike Glyer, ed. | 
| 2007 | Science-Fiction Five-Yearly, Lee Hoffman, Geri Sullivan & Randy Byers, eds. | 
| 2006 | Plokta, Alison Scott, Steve Davies & Mike Scott, eds. | 
| 2005 | Plokta, Alison Scott, Steve Davies & Mike Scott, eds. | 
| 2004 | Emerald City, Cheryl Morgan, ed. | 
| 2003 | Mimosa, Rich & Nicki Lynch, ed. | 
| 2002 | Ansible, Dave Langford, ed. | 
| 2001 | File 770, Mike Glyer, ed. | 
| 2000 | File 770, Mike Glyer, ed. | 
| 1999 | Ansible, Dave Langford, ed. | 
| 1998 | Mimosa, Nicki & Richard Lynch, ed. | 
| 1997 | Mimosa, Dick & Nicki Lynch, ed. | 
| 1996 | Ansible, Dave Langford, ed. | 
| 1995 | Ansible, Dave Langford, ed. | 
| 1994 | Mimosa, Dick & Nicki Lynch, ed. | 
| 1993 | Mimosa, Dick & Nicki Lynch, ed. | 
| 1992 | Mimosa, Dick & Nicki Lynch, ed. | 
| 1991 | Lan's Lantern, George "Lan" Laskowski, ed. | 
| 1990 | The Mad 3 Party, Leslie Turek, ed. | 
| 1989 | File 770, Mike Glyer, ed. | 
| 1988 | Texas SF Inquirer, Pat Mueller, ed. | 
| 1987 | Ansible, Dave Langford, ed. | 
| 1986 | Lan's Lantern, George "Lan" Laskowski, ed. | 
| 1985 | File 770, Mike Glyer, ed. | 
| 1984 | File 770, Mike Glyer, ed. | 
| 1983 | Locus, Charles N. Brown, ed. | 
| 1982 | Locus, Charles N. Brown, ed. | 
| 1981 | Locus, Charles N. Brown, ed. | 
| 1980 | Locus, Charles N. Brown, ed. | 
| 1979 | Science Fiction Review, Richard E. Geis, ed. | 
| 1978 | Locus, Charles Brown & Dena Brown, eds. | 
| 1977 | Science Fiction Review, Richard E. Geis, ed. | 
| 1976 | Locus, Charles Brown & Dena Brown, eds. | 
| 1975 | The Alien Critic, Richard E. Geis, ed. | 
| 1974 | (tie) Algol, Andrew Porter, ed. | 
| 1974 | (tie) The Alien Critic, Richard E. Geis, ed. | 
| 1973 | Energumen, Michael Glicksohn & Susan Wood Glicksohn, eds. | 
| 1972 | Locus, Charles Brown & Dena Brown, eds. | 
| 1971 | Locus, Charles Brown & Dena Brown, eds. | 
| 1970 | Science Fiction Review, Richard E. Geis, ed. | 
| 1969 | Science Fiction Review, Richard E. Geis, ed. | 
| 1968 | Amra, George Scithers, ed. | 
| 1967 | Niekas, Edmund R. Meskys & Felice Rolfe, eds. | 
| 1966 | ERB-dom, Camille Cazedessus, Jr., ed. | 
| 1965 | Yandro, Robert Coulson & Juanita Coulson, eds. | 
| 1964 | Amra, George Scithers, ed. | 
| 1963 | Xero, Pat Lupoff & Richard A. Lupoff, eds. | 
| 1962 | Warhoon, Richard Bergeron, ed. | 
| 1961 | Who Killed Science Fiction?, Earl Kemp, ed. | 
| 1960 | Cry of the Nameless, F. M. Busby, Elinor Busby, Burnett Toskey & Wally Weber, eds. | 
| 1959 | Fanac, Terry Carr & Ron Ellik, eds. | 
| 1957 | Science-Fiction Times, James V. Taurasi, Sr., Ray Van Houten & Frank R. Prieto, Jr., eds. | 
| 1956 | Inside and Science Fiction Advertiser, Ron Smith, ed. | 
| 1955 | Fantasy-Times, James V. Taurasi, Sr. & Ray Van Houten, eds. | 
|  fan writer  | |
| 2025 | Abigail Nussbaum | 
| 2024 | Paul Weimer | 
| 2023 | Chris M. Barkley | 
| 2022 | Cora Buhlert | 
| 2021 | Elsa Sjunneson | 
| 2020 | Bogi Takács | 
| 2019 | Foz Meadows | 
| 2018 | Sarah Gailey | 
| 2017 | Abigail Nussbaum | 
| 2016 | Mike Glyer | 
| 2015 | Laura J. Mixon | 
| 2014 | Kameron Hurley | 
| 2013 | Tansy Rayner Roberts | 
| 2012 | Jim C. Hines | 
| 2011 | Claire Brialey | 
| 2010 | Frederik Pohl | 
| 2009 | Cheryl Morgan | 
| 2008 | John Scalzi | 
| 2007 | Dave Langford | 
| 2006 | Dave Langford | 
| 2005 | David Langford | 
| 2004 | Dave Langford | 
| 2003 | Dave Langford | 
| 2002 | Dave Langford | 
| 2001 | Dave Langford | 
| 2000 | Dave Langford | 
| 1999 | Dave Langford | 
| 1998 | David Langford | 
| 1997 | Dave Langford | 
| 1996 | Dave Langford | 
| 1995 | Dave Langford | 
| 1994 | Dave Langford | 
| 1993 | Dave Langford | 
| 1992 | Dave Langford | 
| 1991 | Dave Langford | 
| 1990 | Dave Langford | 
| 1989 | Dave Langford | 
| 1988 | Mike Glyer | 
| 1987 | Dave Langford | 
| 1986 | Mike Glyer | 
| 1985 | Dave Langford | 
| 1984 | Mike Glyer | 
| 1983 | Richard E. Geis | 
| 1982 | Richard E. Geis | 
| 1981 | Susan Wood | 
| 1980 | Bob Shaw | 
| 1979 | Bob Shaw | 
| 1978 | Richard E. Geis | 
| 1977 | (tie) Richard E. Geis | 
| 1977 | (tie) Susan Wood | 
| 1976 | Richard E. Geis | 
| 1975 | Richard E. Geis | 
| 1974 | Susan Wood | 
| 1973 | Terry Carr | 
| 1972 | Harry Warner, Jr. | 
| 1971 | Richard E. Geis | 
| 1970 | Wilson (Bob) Tucker | 
| 1969 | Harry Warner, Jr. | 
| 1968 | Ted White | 
| 1967 | Alexei Panshin | 
|  fan artist  | |
| 2025 | Sara Felix | 
| 2024 | Laya Rose | 
| 2023 | Richard Man | 
| 2022 | Lee Moyer | 
| 2021 | Sara Felix | 
| 2020 | Elise Matthesen | 
| 2019 | Likhain (Mia Sereno) | 
| 2018 | Geneva Benton | 
| 2017 | Elizabeth Leggett | 
| 2016 | Steve Stiles | 
| 2015 | Elizabeth Leggett | 
| 2014 | Sarah Webb | 
| 2013 | Galen Dara | 
| 2012 | Maurine Starkey | 
| 2011 | Brad W. Foster | 
| 2010 | Brad W. Foster | 
| 2009 | Frank Wu | 
| 2008 | Brad Foster | 
| 2007 | Frank Wu | 
| 2006 | Frank Wu | 
| 2005 | Sue Mason | 
| 2004 | Frank Wu | 
| 2003 | Sue Mason | 
| 2002 | Teddy Harvia | 
| 2001 | Teddy Harvia | 
| 2000 | Joe Mayhew | 
| 1999 | Ian Gunn | 
| 1998 | Joe Mayhew | 
| 1997 | William Rotsler | 
| 1996 | William Rotsler | 
| 1995 | Teddy Harvia | 
| 1994 | Brad W. Foster | 
| 1993 | Peggy Ranson | 
| 1992 | Brad W. Foster | 
| 1991 | Teddy Harvia | 
| 1990 | Stu Shiffman | 
| 1989 | (tie) Diana Gallagher Wu | 
| 1989 | (tie) Brad W. Foster | 
| 1988 | Brad W. Foster | 
| 1987 | Brad W. Foster | 
| 1986 | Joan Hanke-Woods | 
| 1985 | Alexis Gilliland | 
| 1984 | Alexis Gilliland | 
| 1983 | Alexis Gilliland | 
| 1982 | Victoria Poyser | 
| 1981 | Victoria Poyser | 
| 1980 | Alexis Gilliland | 
| 1979 | Bill Rotsler | 
| 1978 | Phil Foglio | 
| 1977 | Phil Foglio | 
| 1976 | Tim Kirk | 
| 1975 | Bill Rotsler | 
| 1974 | Tim Kirk | 
| 1973 | Tim Kirk | 
| 1972 | Tim Kirk | 
| 1971 | Alicia Austin | 
| 1970 | Tim Kirk | 
| 1969 | Vaughn Bodé | 
| 1968 | George Barr | 
| 1967 | Jack Gaughan | 
|  fancast  | |
| 2025 | Eight Days of Diana Wynne Jones, Emily Tesh & Rebecca Fraimow | 
| 2024 | Octothorpe, John Coxon, Alison Scott & Liz Batty | 
| 2023 | Hugo, Girl!, Haley Zapal, Amy Salley, Lori Anderson & Kevin Anderson | 
| 2022 | Our Opinions Are Correct, Annalee Newitz, Charlie Jane Anders & Veronica Simonetti | 
| 2021 | The Coode Street Podcast, Jonathan Strahan & Gary K. Wolfe | 
| 2020 | Our Opinions Are Correct, Annalee Newitz & Charlie Jane Anders | 
| 2019 | Our Opinions Are Correct, Annalee Newitz & Charlie Jane Anders | 
| 2018 | Ditch Diggers, Mur Lafferty & Matt Wallace | 
| 2017 | Tea & Jeopardy, Emma Newman & Peter Newman | 
| 2016 | no award | 
| 2015 | Galactic Suburbia Podcast, Alisa Krasnostein, Alexandra Pierce, Tansy Rayner Roberts (presenters), Andrew Finch (producer) | 
| 2014 | SF Signal Podcast, Patrick Hester | 
| 2013 | SF Squeecast, Elizabeth Bear, Paul Cornell, Seanan McGuire, Lynne M. Thomas, Catherynne M. Valente presenters; David McHone-Chase, technical producer | 
| 2012 | SF Squeecast, Lynne M. Thomas, Seanan McGuire, Paul Cornell, Elizabeth Bear & Catherynne M. Valente | 
|  new author / artist  | |
| 1959 | no award | 
| 1956 | Robert Silverberg | 
| 1953 | Philip José Farmer | 
|  feature writer  | |
| 1956 | Willy Ley | 
|  excellence in fact articles  | |
| 1953 | Willy Ley | 
|  book reviewer  | |
| 1956 | Damon Knight | 
|  outstanding actifan  | |
| 1958 | Walter A. Willis | 
|  #1 fan personality  | |
| 1953 | Forrest J Ackerman | 
|  web site  | |
| 2005 | Sci Fiction (http://www.scifi.com/scifiction/), Ellen Datlow, ed.; Craig Engler, general manager | 
| 2002 | Locus Online (http://www.locusmag.com/), Mark R. Kelly, editor/webmaster | 
|  video game or interactive game  | |
| 2025 | Caves of Qud | 
| 2024 | Baldur's Gate 3 | 
| 2021 | Hades | 
|  poem  | |
| 2025 | “A War of Words”, Marie Brennan |