| Winner: | Dreamsnake by Vonda N. McIntyre [Houghton Mifflin, 1978] |
| 2 | The White Dragon by Anne McCaffrey [Ballantine Del Rey, 1978] |
| 3 | The Faded Sun: Kesrith by C. J. Cherryh [Galaxy Feb,Mar,Apr,May 1978; DAW, 1978] |
| Runners-up: | |
| Blind Voices by Tom Reamy [Berkley Putnam, 1978] | |
| Withdrawn: | |
| Up the Walls of the World by James Tiptree, Jr. [Berkley Putnam, 1978] | |
| Winner: | "The Persistence of Vision" by John Varley [F&SF; Mar 1978] |
| 2 | "Fireship" by Joan D. Vinge [Analog Dec 1978] |
| 3 | "The Watched" by Christopher Priest [F&SF; Apr 1978] |
| Runners-up: | |
| "Enemies of the System" by Brian W. Aldiss [F&SF; Jun 1978] | |
| "Seven American Nights" by Gene Wolfe [Orbit #20, 1978] |
| Winner: | "Hunter's Moon" by Poul Anderson [Analog Nov 1978] |
| 2 | "Mikal's Songbird" by Orson Scott Card [Analog May 1978] |
| 3 | "The Man Who Had No Idea" by Thomas M. Disch [F&SF; Oct 1978] |
| Runners-up: | |
| "Devil You Don't Know" by Dean Ing [Analog Jan 1978] | |
| "The Barbie Murders" by John Varley [Asimov's Jan/Feb 1978] |
| Winner: | "Cassandra" by C. J. Cherryh [F&SF; Oct 1978] |
| 2 | "Count the Clock That Tells the Time" by Harlan Ellison [Omni Dec 1978] |
| 3 | "View from a Height" by Joan D. Vinge [Analog Jun 1978; Sci Fiction, scifi.com 2004-10-06] |
| Runners-up: | |
| "Stone" by Edward Bryant [F&SF; Feb 1978] | |
| "The Very Slow Time Machine" by Ian Watson [Anticipations ed. by Christopher Priest (Scribner's), 1978] |
| Winner: | Superman (1978) [Alexander Salkind] Screenplay by Mario Puzo and David Newman and Leslie Newman & Robert Benton; Directed by Richard Donner; Story by Mario Puzo; based on the character created by Jerry Siegel & Joe Shuster |
| 2 | The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (radio) (1978) [BBC Radio 4] Written by Douglas Adams; Geoffrey Perkins, Producer |
| 3 | Watership Down (1978) [Nepenthe] Screenplay by Martin Rosen; Directed by Martin Rosen; based on the novel by Richard Adams |
| Runners-up: | |
| Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978) [Solofilm/UA] Screenplay by W. D. Richter; Directed by Philip Kaufmann; based on the novel by Jack Finney | |
| The Lord of the Rings (1978) [Fantasy] Screenplay by Peter S. Beagle and Chris Conkling; Directed by Ralph Bakshi; based on the first half of the trilogy by J. R. R. Tolkien |
| Winner: | Ben Bova |
| 2 | Edward L. Ferman |
| 3 | George H. Scithers |
| Runners-up: | |
| James P. Baen | |
| Terry Carr |
| Winner: | Vincent Di Fate |
| 2 | Michael Whelan |
| 3 | Boris Vallejo |
| Runners-up: | |
| Stephen Fabian | |
| David Hardy |
| Winner: | Science Fiction Review ed. by Richard E. Geis |
| 2 | Maya ed. by Rob Jackson |
| 3 | No Award |
| Runners-up: | |
| Janus ed. by Janice Bogstad and Jeanne Gomoll | |
| Mota ed. by Terry Hughes | |
| Twll-Ddu ed. by David Langford | |
| Withdrawn: | |
| Locus ed. by Charles N. Brown and Dena Brown | |
| Winner: | Bob Shaw |
| 2 | Richard E. Geis |
| 3 | No Award |
| Runners-up: | |
| Leroy Kettle | |
| Dave Langford | |
| D. West |
| Winner: | William Rotsler |
| 2 | Jim Barker |
| 3 | Alexis Gilliland |
| Runners-up: | |
| Harry Bell | |
| Stu Shiffman |
| Winner: | Stephen R. Donaldson |
| 2 | James P. Hogan |
| 3 | Elizabeth A. Lynn |
| Runners-up: | |
| Cynthia Felice | |
| Barry B. Longyear | |
| Charles Sheffield |
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