| Winner: | Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert A. Heinlein [Putnam, 1961] |
| Runners-up: | |
| Dark Universe by Daniel F. Galouye [Bantam, 1961] | |
| Sense of Obligation (alt: Planet of the Damned) by Harry Harrison [Analog Sep,Oct,Nov 1961] | |
| The Fisherman (alt: Time Is the Simplest Thing) by Clifford D. Simak [Analog Apr,May,Jun,Jul 1961] | |
| Second Ending by James White [Fantastic Jun,Jul 1961] |
| Winner: | the "Hothouse" series (alt: The Long Afternoon of Earth) by Brian W. Aldiss [F&SF; Feb,Apr,Jul,Sep,Dec 1961] |
| Runners-up: | |
| "Monument" by Lloyd Biggle, Jr. [Analog Jun 1961] | |
| "Scylla's Daughter" by Fritz Leiber [Fantastic May 1961] | |
| "Status Quo" by Mack Reynolds [Analog Aug 1961] | |
| "Lion Loose" by James H. Schmitz [Analog Oct 1961] |
| Winner: | The Twilight Zone (TV series) by Rod Serling [CBS] |
| Runners-up: | |
| Village of the Damned (1960) [MGM] Written by Stirling Silliphant and Wolf Rilla and Ronald Kinnoch; Directed by Wolf Rilla | |
| The Fabulous World of Jules Verne (1961) [Warner Brothers] Screenplay by Frantisek Hrubin and Karel Zeman; Directed by Karel Zeman; based on the novel Face au Drapeau by Jules Verne | |
| The Two Worlds of Charlie Gordon (U. S. Steel Hour #8.13) [CBS, 1961] Teleplay by Jame Yaffe; based on the short story "Flowers for Algernon" by Daniel Keyes | |
| Thriller (TV Series) [NBC, 1961] |
| Winner: | Analog Science Fiction and Fact ed. by John W. Campbell, Jr. |
| Runners-up: | |
| Galaxy ed. by H. L. Gold | |
| Amazing Science Fiction Stories ed. by Cele Goldsmith | |
| The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction ed. by Robert P. Mills | |
| Science Fantasy |
| Winner: | Ed Emshwiller |
| Runners-up: | |
| Virgil Finlay | |
| Mel Hunter | |
| John Schoenherr | |
| Alex Schomburg |
| Winner: | Warhoon ed. by Richard Bergeron |
| Runners-up: | |
| Cry ed. by F. M. Busby, Elinor Busby and Wally Weber | |
| Yandro ed. by Robert Coulson and Juanita Coulson | |
| Amra ed. by George H. Scithers | |
| Axe ed. by Larry Shaw and Noreen Shaw |
| Cele Goldsmith - for editing Amazing and Fantastic | |
| Fritz Leiber and Hoffman Electronic Corporation - The use of SF in advertisements | |
| Donald H. Tuck - The Handbook of Science Fiction and Fantasy (3 vols) |
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