Nobel Prize in Literature
William Golding (winner)

World Fantasy
Roald Dahl (winner)

John W. Campbell
Paul O Williams (winner)

Carnegie Medal
The Haunting by Margaret Mahy (winner)

Edgar Awards
Billingsgate Shoal by Rick Boyer (winner)

Hugo
2010 by Arthur C Clarke
Courtship Rite by Donald M Kingsbury
Foundation's Edge by Isaac Asimov (winner)
Friday by Robert Heinlein
The Pride of Chanur by C J Cherryh

John W Campbell Memorial Award
Helliconia Spring by Brian Aldiss (winner)
No Enemy But Time by Michael Bishop

Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Adult Literature
The Blue Sword by Robin McKinley
The Darkangel by Meredith Ann Pierce
The Firelings by Carol Kendall (winner)
God Stalk by P C Hodgell
Lady of Light by Diana L Paxson
The Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley
The One Tree by Stephen Donaldson
Queen of Sorcery by David Eddings

National Book Award for Fiction
The Color Purple by Alice Walker (winner)

Nebula
Foundation's Edge by Isaac Asimov
Friday by Robert Heinlein
Helliconia Spring by Brian Aldiss
No Enemy But Time by Michael Bishop (winner)
The Transmigration of Timothy Archer by Philip K Dick

Newbery Medal
Dicey's Song by Cynthia Voigt (winner)

PEN/Faulkner Award for fiction
Birthplace : Moving into Nearness by William S Wilson
Dinner At the Homesick Restaurant by Anne Tyler
Grace Abounding by Maureen Howard
The Portage to San Cristobal of A. H. by George Steiner
Seaview by Toby Olson (winner)

Philip K Dick Award
The Anubis Gates by Tim Powers (winner)
Benefits by Zoe Fairbairns
Millennium by John Varley
Tea with the Black Dragon by R A MacAvoy
The Zen Gun by Barrington J Bayley

Prometheus Award
Fire Dancer by Ann Maxwell
Friday by Robert Heinlein
The Many-Coloured Land by Julian May
Oath of Fealty by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle
The Rainbow Cadenza by J Neil Schulman (winner)
Voyage from Yesteryear by James P Hogan (winner)

Pulitzer Prize for Fiction
The Color Purple by Alice Walker (winner)

Rita Awards
Andrea by Jo Stewart (winner)
Defiant Love by Maura Seger (winner)
The Endearment by LaVyrle Spencer (winner)
The Heart's Victory by Nora Roberts (winner)
Opal Fires by Lynda Trent (winner)
Renegade Player by Dixie Browning (winner)

Romantic Novel of the Year Award
Magic Flutes by Eva Ibbotson (winner)

Shamus Awards
Eight Million Ways to Die by Lawrence Block (winner)

The Man Booker Prize
Flying to Nowhere by John Fuller
The Illusionist by Anita Mason
The Life and Times of Michael K by J M Coetzee (winner)
Rates of Exchange by Malcolm Bradbury
Shame by Salman Rushdie
Waterland by Graham Swift

Whitbread Prize
Fools of Fortune by William Trevor (winner)

World Fantasy
Nifft the Lean by Michael Shea (winner)

Hugo
Another Orphan by John Kessel
Brainchild by Joseph H Delaney
The Postman [short story] by David Brin
Souls [short story] by Joanna Russ (winner)
To Leave a Mark by Kim Stanley Robinson
Unsound Variations by George R R Martin

Nebula
Another Orphan by John Kessel (winner)
Horrible Imaginings by Fritz Leiber
Moon of Ice [short story] by Brad Linaweaver
Souls [short story] by Joanna Russ
Unsound Variations by George R R Martin

World Fantasy
Beyond Any Measure by Karl Edward Wagner (winner)
The Breathing Method [short story] by Stephen King
Confess the Seasons by Charles L Grant (winner)
Horrible Imaginings by Fritz Leiber
Night's Swift Dragons by Charles L Grant

Hugo
Aquila by Somtow Sucharitkul
Fire Watch [short story] by Connie Willis (winner)
Nightlife by Phyllis Eisenstein
Pawn's Gambit by Timothy Zahn
Swarm by Bruce Sterling

Nebula
Burning Chrome [short story] by William Gibson and Charles L Grant
Fire Watch [short story] by Connie Willis (winner)
The Mystery of the Young Gentleman by Joanna Russ and Thomas Tessier
Myths of the Near Future [short story] by J G Ballard
Swarm by Bruce Sterling
Understanding Human Behavior by Thomas M Disch