| Year |
|
Winner |
Winner Work |
| 2014 |
|
Mary Robinette Kowal |
The Lady Astronaut of Mars |
| 2013 |
|
Pat Cadigan |
The Girl-Thing Who Went Out for Sushi |
| 2012 |
|
Charlie Jane Anders |
Six Months, Three Days |
| 2011 |
|
Allen Steele |
The Emperor of Mars |
| 2010 |
|
Peter Watts |
The Island |
| 2009 |
|
Elizabeth Bear |
Shoggoths in Bloom |
| 2008 |
|
Ted Chiang |
The Merchant and the Alchemist's Gate |
| 2007 |
|
Ian McDonald |
The Djinn's Wife |
| 2006 |
|
Peter S. Beagle |
Two Hearts |
| 2005 |
|
Kelly Link |
The Faery Handbag |
| 2004 |
|
Michael Swanwick |
Legions in Time |
| 2003 |
|
Michael Swanwick |
Slow Life |
| 2002 |
|
Ted Chiang |
Hell is the Absence of God |
| 2001 |
|
Kristine Kathryn Rusch |
Millennium Babies |
| 2000 |
|
James Patrick Kelly |
10^16 to 1 |
| 1999 |
|
Bruce Sterling |
Taklamakan |
| 1998 |
|
Bill Johnson |
We Will Drink a Fish Together... |
| 1997 |
|
Bruce Sterling |
Bicycle Repairman |
| 1996 |
|
James Patrick Kelly |
Think Like a Dinosaur |
| 1995 |
|
David Gerrold |
The Martian Child |
| 1994 |
|
Charles Sheffield |
Georgia On My Mind |
| 1993 |
|
Janet Kagan |
The Nutcracker Coup |
| 1992 |
|
Isaac Asimov |
Gold |
| 1991 |
|
Mike Resnick |
The Manamouki |
| 1990 |
|
Robert Silverberg |
Enter a Soldier. Later: Enter Another |
| 1989 |
|
George Alec Effinger |
Schrödinger's Kitten |
| 1988 |
|
Ursula K. Le Guin |
Buffalo Gals, Won't You Come Out Tonight |
| 1987 |
|
Roger Zelazny |
Permafrost |
| 1986 |
|
Harlan Ellison |
Paladin of the Lost Hour |
| 1985 |
|
Octavia E. Butler |
Bloodchild |
| 1984 |
|
Greg Bear |
Blood Music |
| 1983 |
|
Connie Willis |
Fire Watch |
| 1982 |
|
Roger Zelazny |
Unicorn Variation |
| 1981 |
|
Gordon R. Dickson |
The Cloak and the Staff |
| 1980 |
|
George R. R. Martin |
Sandkings |
| 1979 |
|
Poul Anderson |
Hunter's Moon |
| 1978 |
|
Joan D. Vinge |
Eyes of Amber |
| 1977 |
|
Isaac Asimov |
The Bicentennial Man |
| 1976 |
|
Larry Niven |
The Borderland of Sol |
| 1975 |
|
Harlan Ellison |
Adrift Just Off the Islets of Langerhans: Latitude 38° 54' N, Longitude 77° 00' 13 W |
| 1974 |
|
Harlan Ellison |
The Deathbird |
| 1973 |
|
Poul Anderson |
Goat Song |
| 1969 |
|
Poul Anderson |
The Sharing of Flesh |
| 1968 |
|
Fritz Leiber |
Gonna Roll the Bones |
| 1967 |
|
Jack Vance |
The Last Castle |
| 1959 |
|
Clifford D. Simak |
The Big Front Yard |
| 1956 |
|
Murray Leinster |
Exploration Team |
| 1955 |
|
Walter M. Miller, Jr. |
The Darfsteller |
