Awards & Winners

1981 Hugo Awards

Check winners and nominations of 1981 Hugo Awards. Check awards winners of 1981 Hugo Awards Ceremony. (Click on the Award name to show winners and nominees)

1981 Hugo Awards Ceremony

Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation

Irvin Kershner, Leigh Brackett, Lawrence Kasdan, George Lucas

Honored for : Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back

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Nominee Nominated Work
Irvin Kershner Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back
Leigh Brackett Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back
Lawrence Kasdan Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back
George Lucas Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back
Fred Barzyk The Lathe of Heaven
David Loxton The Lathe of Heaven
Diane English The Lathe of Heaven
Roger Swaybill The Lathe of Heaven
Ursula K. Le Guin The Lathe of Heaven
Carl Sagan Cosmos: A Personal Voyage
Ann Druyan Cosmos: A Personal Voyage
Michael Anderson The Martian Chronicles
Richard Matheson The Martian Chronicles
Ray Bradbury The Martian Chronicles
Mike Hodges Flash Gordon
Lorenzo Semple Jr. Flash Gordon
Michael Allin Flash Gordon
Alex Raymond Flash Gordon
Hugo Award for Best Novel

Joan D. Vinge

Honored for : The Snow Queen

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Nominee Nominated Work
Larry Niven The Ringworld Engineers
Joan D. Vinge The Snow Queen
John Varley Wizard
Frederik Pohl Beyond the Blue Event Horizon
Robert Silverberg Lord Valentine's Castle
Hugo Award for Best Fan Writer

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Nominee Nominated Work
Susan Wood
Richard E. Geis
Mike Glyer
David Langford
Arthur D. Hlavaty
Hugo Award for Best Related Work

Carl Sagan

Honored for : Cosmos

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Nominee Nominated Work
Isaac Asimov In Joy Still Felt
Carl Sagan Cosmos
Vincent Di Fate Di Fate's Catalog of Science Fiction Hardware
Ian Summers Di Fate's Catalog of Science Fiction Hardware
Charles Platt Dream Makers: The Uncommon People Who Write Science Fiction
Richard Bergeron Warhoon 28
Hugo Award for Best Professional Editor

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Nominee Nominated Work
Edward L. Ferman
Jim Baen
Terry Carr
Stanley Schmidt
George H. Scithers
Hugo Award for Best Fan Artist

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Nominee Nominated Work
Victoria Poyser
Alexis A. Gilliland
Joan Hanke-Woods
William Rotsler
Stu Shiffman
Hugo Award for Best Short Story

Clifford D. Simak

Honored for : Grotto of the Dancing Deer

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Nominee Nominated Work
Clifford D. Simak Grotto of the Dancing Deer
Jeff Duntemann Cold Hands
Jeff Duntemann Guardian
Robert Silverberg Our Lady of the Sauropods
Susan C. Petrey Spidersong
Hugo Award for Best Novella

Gordon R. Dickson

Honored for : Lost Dorsai

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Nominee Nominated Work
Thomas M. Disch The Brave Little Toaster
Gordon R. Dickson Lost Dorsai
George R. R. Martin One-Wing
Lisa Tuttle One-Wing
Harlan Ellison All the Lies That Are My Life
George R. R. Martin Nightflyers
Hugo Award for Best Novelette

Gordon R. Dickson

Honored for : The Cloak and the Staff

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Nominee Nominated Work
John Varley Beatnik Bayou
Gordon R. Dickson The Cloak and the Staff
Howard Waldrop The Ugly Chickens
Michael Shea The Autopsy
Barry B. Longyear Savage Planet
Keith Roberts The Lordly Ones
Hugo Award for Best Professional Artist

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Nominee Nominated Work
Michael Whelan
Vincent Di Fate
Stephen Fabian
Paul Lehr
Don Maitz
Hugo Award for Best Fanzine

Charles N. Brown

Honored for : Locus

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Nominee Nominated Work
Charles N. Brown Locus
Richard E. Geis Science Fiction Review
Mike Glyer File 770
Andrew I. Porter Starship
Andrew I. Porter Science Fiction Chronicle