| Winner: | Blue Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson [HarperCollins Voyager, 1996; Bantam Spectra, 1996] |
| 2 | Memory by Lois McMaster Bujold [Baen, 1996] |
| 3 | Remnant Population by Elizabeth Moon [Baen, 1996] |
| 4 | Starplex by Robert J. Sawyer [Analog Jul,Aug,Sep,Oct 1996; Ace, 1996] |
| 5 | Holy Fire by Bruce Sterling [Bantam Spectra, 1996] |
| Winner: | "Blood of the Dragon" by George R. R. Martin [Asimov's Jul 1996] |
| 2 | "Time Travelers Never Die" by Jack McDevitt [Asimov's May 1996] |
| 3 | "Immersion" by Gregory Benford [SF Age Mar 1996] |
| 4 | "Abandon in Place" by Jerry Oltion [F&SF; Dec 1996] |
| 5 | "Gas Fish" by Mary Rosenblum [Asimov's Feb 1996] |
| 6 | "The Cost to Be Wise" by Maureen F. McHugh [Starlight #1 (Tor), 1996] |
| Withdrawn - Ineligible: | |
| "Bellwether" by Connie Willis [Bantam, 1996; Future Imperfect, 1996] | |
| Winner: | "Bicycle Repairman" by Bruce Sterling [Intersections (Tor), 1996; Asimov's Oct/Nov 1996] |
| 2 | "The Land of Nod" by Mike Resnick [Asimov's Jun 1996] |
| 3 | "Mountain Ways" by Ursula K. Le Guin [Asimov's Aug 1996] |
| 4 | "Beauty and the Opéra or The Phantom Beast" by Suzy McKee Charnas [Asimov's Mar 1996] |
| 5 | "Age of Aquarius" by William Barton [Asimov's May 1996] |
| Winner: | "The Soul Selects Her Own Society" by Connie Willis [Asimov's Apr 1996] |
| 2 | "Un-Birthday Boy" by James White [Analog Feb 1996] |
| 3 | "The Dead" by Michael Swanwick [Starlight #1 (Tor), 1996] |
| 4 | "Decency" by Robert Reed [Asimov's Jun 1996] |
| 5 | "Gone" by John Crowley [F&SF; Sep 1996] |
| Winner: | Time & Chance by L. Sprague de Camp [Donald M. Grant, 1996] |
| 2 | The Tough Guide to Fantasyland by Diana Wynne Jones [Vista, 1996] |
| 3 | Look at the Evidence by John Clute [Serconia Press, 1996] |
| 4 | The Silence of the Langford by David Langford [NESFA Press, 1996] |
| 5 | The Faces of Fantasy by Patti Perret [Tor, 1996] |
| Winner: | Babylon 5 - "Severed Dreams" (1996) [Babylonian Productions] Written by J. Michael Straczynski; Directed by David Eagle |
| 2 | Star Trek: First Contact (1996) [Paramount] Screenplay by Brannon Braga & Ronald D. Moore; Directed by Jonathan Frakes; Story by Rick Berman & Brannon Braga & Ronald D. Moore |
| 3 | Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - "Trials and Tribble-ations" (1996) [Paramount] Teleplay by Ronald D. Moore & René Echévarria; Directed by Jonathan West; Story by Ira Steven Behr & Hans Beimler & Robert Hewitt Wolfe |
| 4 | Independence Day (1996) [20th Century Fox/Centropolis] Written by Dean Devlin & Roland Ememrich; Directed by Roland Emmerich |
| 5 | Mars Attacks! (1996) [Warner Brothers] Screenplay by Jonathan Gems; Directed by Tim Burton; Screen Story by Jonathan Gems; based on the trading card series by Len Brown & Woody Gelman & Wally Wood & Bob Powell & Norman Saunders |
| Withdrawn - Nomination Declined: | |
| Babylon 5 - "War Without End, Part One" (1996) [Babylonian Productions] Written by J. Michael Straczynski; Directed by Mike Vejar | |
| Babylon 5 - "War Without End, Part Two" (1996) [Babylonian Productions] Written by J. Michael Straczynski; Directed by Mike Vejar | |
| Babylon 5 - "Z'ha'dum" (1996) [Babylonian Productions] Written by J. Michael Straczynski; Directed by Adam Nimoy | |
| Winner: | Gardner Dozois |
| 2 | Kristine Kathryn Rusch |
| 3 | Stanley Schmidt |
| 4 | Scott Edelman |
| 5 | Patrick Nielsen Hayden |
| Winner: | Bob Eggleton |
| 2 | Michael Whelan |
| 3 | David A. Cherry |
| 4 | Don Maitz |
| 5 | Thomas Canty |
| Winner: | Locus ed. by Charles N. Brown |
| 2 | Interzone ed. by David Pringle |
| 3 | The New York Review of Science Fiction ed. by Kathryn Cramer, Tad Dembinski, Ariel Haméon, David G. Hartwell and Kevin J. Maroney |
| 4 | Science Fiction Chronicle ed. by Andrew I. Porter |
| 5 | Speculations ed. by Kent Brewster |
| Winner: | Mimosa ed. by Dick Lynch and Nicki Lynch |
| 2 | File 770 ed. by Mike Glyer |
| 3 | Ansible ed. by Dave Langford |
| 4 | Tangent ed. by Dave Truesdale |
| 5 | Nova Express ed. by Lawrence Person |
| Winner: | Dave Langford |
| 2 | Mike Glyer |
| 3 | Evelyn C. Leeper |
| 4 | Sharon N. Farber |
| 5 | Andrew P. Hooper |
| Winner: | William Rotsler |
| 2 | Peggy Ranson |
| 3 | Joe Mayhew |
| 4 | Ian Gunn |
| 5 | Sherlock |
| Withdrawn - Nomination Declined: | |
| Brad W. Foster | |
| Teddy Harvia | |
| Winner: | Michael A. Burstein (2nd year of eligibility) |
| 2 | Sharon Shinn (2nd year of eligibility) |
| 3 | Richard Garfinkle (1st year of eligibility) |
| 4 | Raphael Carter (1st year of eligibility) |
| 5 | Katya Reimann (1st year of eligibility) |
| Withdrawn - Ineligible: | |
| Sage Walker | |
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