| Winner: | Gateway by Frederik Pohl [Galaxy Nov,Dec 1976,Mar 1977; St. Martin's Press, 1977] |
| 2 | The Forbidden Tower by Marion Zimmer Bradley [DAW, 1977] |
| 3 | Lucifer's Hammer by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle [Playboy, 1977] |
| Runners-up: | |
| Time Storm by Gordon R. Dickson [St. Martin's Press, 1977] | |
| Dying of the Light by George R. R. Martin [Analog Apr,May,Jun,Jul 1977; Simon & Schuster, 1977] |
| Winner: | "Stardance" by Spider Robinson and Jeanne Robinson [Analog Mar 1977] |
| 2 | "In the Hall of the Martian Kings" by John Varley [F&SF; Feb 1977] |
| 3 | "Aztecs" by Vonda N. McIntyre [2076: The American Tricentennial, 1977] |
| Runners-up: | |
| "A Snark in the Night" by Gregory Benford [F&SF; Aug 1977] | |
| "The Wonderful Secret" by Keith Laumer [Analog Sep,Oct 1977] |
| Winner: | "Eyes of Amber" by Joan D. Vinge [Analog Jun 1977] |
| 2 | "Ender's Game" by Orson Scott Card [Analog Aug 1977] |
| 3 | "The Screwfly Solution" by Raccoona Sheldon (aka: James Tiptree, Jr.) [Analog Jun 1977; Sci Fiction, scifi.com 2002-10-09] |
| Runners-up: | |
| "Prismatica" by Samuel R. Delany [F&SF; Oct 1977] | |
| "The Ninth Symphony of Ludwig van Beethoven and Other Lost Songs" by Carter Scholz [Universe 7, 1977] |
| Winner: | "Jeffty Is Five" by Harlan Ellison [F&SF; Jul 1977] |
| 2 | "Air Raid" by Herb Boehm (aka: John Varley) [Asimov's Spr 1977] |
| 3 | "Dog Day Evening" by Spider Robinson [Analog Oct 1977] |
| Runners-up: | |
| "Lauralyn" by Randall Garrett [Analog Apr 1977] | |
| "Time-Sharing Angel" by James Tiptree, Jr. [F&SF; Oct 1977] |
| Winner: | Star Wars (1977) [Lucasfilm] Written and directed by George Lucas |
| 2 | Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) [Columbia/EMI] Written and directed by Steven Spielberg |
| 3 | Blood!: The Life and Future Times of Jack the Ripper (recording) (1977) [Alternate Worlds Recordings] Written by Robert Bloch and Harlan Ellison; Directed by Shelley Torgeson; Roy Torgeson, Producer |
| Runners-up: | |
| Wizards (1977) [20th Century Fox] Written and directed by Ralph Bakshi | |
| The Hobbit (1977) [Rankin/Bass] Teleplay by Romeo Muller; Directed by Jules Bass and Arthur Rankin, Jr.; based on the novel by J. R. R. Tolkien |
| Winner: | George H. Scithers |
| 2 | Edward L. Ferman |
| 3 | Ben Bova |
| Runners-up: | |
| James P. Baen | |
| Terry Carr |
| Winner: | Rick Sternbach |
| 2 | Frank Kelly Freas |
| 3 | Stephen Fabian |
| Runners-up: | |
| Vincent Di Fate | |
| Michael Whelan |
| Winner: | Locus ed. by Charles N. Brown and Dena Brown |
| 2 | Science Fiction Review ed. by Richard E. Geis |
| 3 | Janus ed. by Janice Bogstad and Jeanne Gomoll |
| Runners-up: | |
| Maya ed. by Rob Jackson | |
| Don-O-Saur ed. by Don C. Thompson |
| Winner: | Richard E. Geis |
| 2 | Susan Wood |
| 3 | No Award |
| Runners-up: | |
| Charles N. Brown | |
| Don D'Ammassa | |
| Don C. Thompson |
| Winner: | Phil Foglio |
| 2 | Grant Canfield |
| 3 | Alexis Gilliland |
| Runners-up: | |
| Jeanne Gomoll | |
| James Shull |
| Winner: | Orson Scott Card |
| 2 | Stephen R. Donaldson |
| 3 | Jack L. Chalker |
| Runners-up: | |
| Elizabeth A. Lynn | |
| Bruce Sterling |
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