Short Story
- Winner: “The Soul Selects Her Own Society: Invasion and Repulsion: A Chronological Reinterpretation of Two of Emily Dickinson's Poems: A Wellsian Perspective”, Connie Willis (Asimov's Apr 1996; War of the Worlds: Global Dispatches)
- “The Dead”, Michael Swanwick (Starlight 1)
- “Decency”, Robert Reed (Asimov's Jun 1996)
- “Gone”, John Crowley (F&SF Sep 1996)
- “Un-Birthday Boy”, James White (Analog Feb 1996)
Dramatic Presentation
- Winner: Babylon 5: “Severed Dreams” (Warner Bros.; directed by David J. Eagle, written by J. Michael Straczynski, produced by John Copeland)
- Independence Day (Centropolis Film Productions/20th Century Fox Film; directed by Roland Emmerich, written by Dean Devlin and Roland Emmerich, produced by Dean Devlin)
- Mars Attacks! (Warner Bros.; directed by Tim Burton, written by Jonathan Gems, produced by Tim Burton and Larry Franco)
- Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: “Trials and Tribble-ations” (Paramount; directed by Jonathan West, written by Ronald D. Moore & Rene Echevarria, story by Ira Steven Behr & Hans Beimler & Robert Hewitt Wolfe, executive producers Ira Steven Behr & Rick Berman)
- Star Trek: First Contact (Paramount Pictures; directed by Jonathan Frakes, story by Ronald D. Moore, Brannon Braga & Rick Berman, screenplay by Ronald D. Moore & Brannon Braga, produced by Rick Berman)
Semiprozine
- Winner: Locus, Charles N. Brown, ed.
- Interzone, David Pringle, ed.
- The New York Review of Science Fiction, Kathryn Cramer, Tad Dembinski, Ariel Haméon, David G. Hartwell & Kevin Maroney, eds.
- Science Fiction Chronicle, Andrew I. Porter, ed.
- Speculations, Kent Brewster, ed.
Fanzine
- Winner: Mimosa, Dick & Nicki Lynch, ed.
- Ansible, Dave Langford, ed.
- File 770, Mike Glyer, ed.
- Nova Express, Lawrence Person, ed.
- Tangent, Dave Truesdale, ed.
Associated Awards