| 1980 |
Short Story |
"Grotto of the Dancing Deer" |
Clifford D. Simak |
| 1981 | Novella | "The Saturn Game" | Poul Anderson |
| 1983 | Novel | Startide Rising | David Brin |
| Novelette | "Blood Music" | Greg Bear |
| 1984 | Novel | Neuromancer | William Gibson |
| Novella | "Press Enter []" | John Varley |
| Novelette | "Bloodchild" | Octavia Butler |
| 1985 | Novel | Ender's Game | Orson Scott Card |
| 1986 | Novel | Speaker for the Dead | Orson Scott Card |
| Short Story | "Tangents" | Greg Bear |
| 1988 | Novella |
"The Last of the Winnebagos" | Connie Willis |
| Novelette |
"Schrödinger's Kitten" | George Alec Effinger |
| 1989 | Novel |
"The Mountains of Mourning" | Lois McMaster Bujold |
| 1990 |
Novella | "The Hemingway Hoax" | Joe Haldeman |
| Short Story | "Bears Discover Fire" | Terry Bisson |
| 1991 | Novella | "Beggars in Spain" | Nancy Kress |
| 1992 | Novel | Doomsday Book | Connie Willis |
| Short Story | "Even the Queen" | Connie Willis |
| 1993 | Novelette | "Georgia on My Mind" | Charles Sheffield |
| 1994 | Novella | "Seven Views of Olduvai Gorge" | Mike Resnick |
| Novelette | "The Martian Child" | David Gerrold |
| 1997 | Novel | Forever Peace | Joe Haldeman |
| 1999 | Dramatic Pres | Galaxy Quest | |