1996

Agatha Award
The Grass Widow by Teri Holbrook
Hearts and Bones by Margaret Lawrence
Kansas Troubles by Earlene Fowler
Strong as Death by Sharan Newman
Up Jumps the Devil by Margaret Maron (winner)

Anthony Awards
Under the Beetle's Cellar by Mary Willis Walker (winner)

Bram Stoker
Bone Music by Alan Rodgers
Deadrush by Yvonne Navarro
Widow by Billie Sue Mosiman
Zombie by Joyce Carol Oates (winner)

British Fantasy Society
Ancient Echoes by Robert Holdstock
Assassin's Apprentice by Robin Hobb
Asylum by Patrick McGrath
Bite by Richard Laymon
Blood by Jay Russell
The Bloody Red Baron by Kim Newman
Brightness Reef by David Brin
Celestial Dogs by Jay Russell
Cocaine Nights by J G Ballard
Dark Cathedral by Freda Warrington
Darker by Simon Clark
Dispossession by Chaz Brenchley
Dragonstorm by Graham Edwards
Endymion by Dan Simmons
The Eternal by Mark Chadbourn
Excession by Iain M Banks
A Game of Thrones by George R R Martin
The Green Mile by Stephen King
The Hellfire Club by Peter Straub
Hogfather by Terry Pratchett
House of Echoes by Barbara Erskine
The House on Nazareth Hill by Ramsey Campbell
The House That Jack Built by Graham Masterton
The King's Demon by Louise Cooper
Lady in Gil by Rebecca Bradley
The Lost by Jonathan Aycliffe
A Man Betrayed by J V Jones
The Memory Cathedral by Jack Dann
Milton in America by Peter Ackroyd
Mr Bad Face by Mark Morris
Necroscope The Lost Years: Volume II by Brian Lumley
Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman
The Pillow Friend by Lisa Tuttle
Requiem by Graham Joyce (winner)
Royal Assassin by Robin Hobb
Sacrament by Clive Barker
Scenting Hallowed Blood by Storm Constantine
Shadow of Ashland by Terence M Green
Spares by Michael Marshall Smith
A Sudden Wild Magic by Diana Wynne Jones
The This Day All Gods Die by Stephen Donaldson
The Tooth Fairy by Graham Joyce
The Two-Bear Mambo by Joe R Lansdale
The Unicorn Sonata by Peter S Beagle

Dagger Awards
Bloodhounds by Peter Lovesey
Popcorn by Ben Elton (winner)

Edgar Awards
The Bookman's Wake by John Dunning
Come to Grief by Dick Francis (winner)
The Roaring Boy by Edward Marston
The Shadow Man by John Katzenbach
The Summons by Peter Lovesey

Guardian Fiction Prize
Every Man for Himself by Beryl Bainbridge (winner)

Hugo
Brightness Reef by David Brin
The Diamond Age by Neal Stephenson (winner)
Remake by Connie Willis
The Terminal Experiment by Robert J Sawyer
The Time Ships by Stephen Baxter

International IMPAC Dublin Literary Awards
Away by Jane Urquhart
The Following Story by Cees Nooteboom
Ghosts by John Banville
The Gospel According to Jesus Christ by José Saramago
Remembering Babylon by David Malouf (winner)
A Way in the World by V S Naipaul

John W Campbell Memorial Award
The Diamond Age by Neal Stephenson
Evolution's Shore by Ian McDonald
The Time Ships by Stephen Baxter (winner)

Macavity Awards
Under the Beetle's Cellar by Mary Willis Walker (winner)

Nebula Awards
Beggars and Choosers by Nancy Kress
Calde of the Long Sun by Gene Wolfe
Coelestis by Paul Park
Metropolitan by Walter Jon Williams
Mother of Storms by John Barnes
The Terminal Experiment by Robert J Sawyer (winner)

Newbery Medal
The Great Fire by Jim Murphy
The Midwife's Apprentice by Karen Cushman (winner)
The Watsons Go to Birmingham - 1963 by Christopher Paul Curtis
What Jamie Saw by Carolyn Coman
Yolanda's Genius by Carol Fenner

Prometheus Award
CLD by Victor Milán
Design for Great-Day by Alan Dean Foster and Eric Frank Russell
The Diamond Age by Neal Stephenson
The Star Fraction by Ken MacLeod (winner)

Rita Awards
Born in Ice by Sarah Hardesty (Nora Roberts) (winner)
The Covenant by Modean Moon (winner)
Gwen's Christmas Ghost by Lynn Kerstan and Alicia Rasley (winner)
Lord of Scoundrels by Loretta Chase (winner)
The Morning Side of Dawn by Justine Davis (winner)
Runaway by Cheryl Zach (winner)
Single Dad by Jennifer Greene (winner)
Something Shady by Pamela Morsi (winner)
Stranger in Her Arms by Elizabeth Sites (winner)
The Warlord by Elizabeth Elliott (winner)
Winter's Edge by Anne Stuart (winner)

Romantic Novel of the Year Award
Coming Home by Rosamunde Pilcher (winner)

Shamus Awards
Come to Grief by Dick Francis
Concourse by S J Rozan (winner)
Movie by Parnell Hall
The Neon Smile by Dick Lochte
The Vanishing Smile by Earl W Emerson

The Man Booker Prize
Alias Grace by Margaret Atwood
Every Man for Himself by Beryl Bainbridge
A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry
Last Orders by Graham Swift (winner)
The Orchard on Fire by Shena Mackay
Reading in the Dark by Seamus Deane

Whitbread Prize
Asylum by Patrick McGrath
Cocaine Nights by J G Ballard
Every Man for Himself by Beryl Bainbridge (winner)
Last Orders by Graham Swift
Mr Clive and Mr Page by Neil Bartlett
Worst Fears by Fay Weldon

World Fantasy
All the Bells on Earth by James P Blaylock
Expiration Date by Tim Powers
The Prestige by Christopher Priest (winner)
Red Earth and Pouring Rain by Vikram Chandra
Requiem by Graham Joyce
The Silent Strength of Stones by Nina Kiriki Hoffman

Anthony Awards
Death in Bloodhound Red by Virginia Lanier (winner)

Bram Stoker
The Between by Tananarive Due
Diary of a Vampire by Gary Bowen
Madeleine's Ghost by Robert Giradi
The Safety of Unknown Cities by Lucy Taylor (winner)
Wyrm Wolf by Edo van Belkom

Whitbread Prize
The Debt to Pleasure by John Lanchester (winner)

Bram Stoker
Becky Lives by Harry Crews
The Bungalow House by Thomas Ligotti
Chatting with Anubis by Harlan Ellison (winner)
The Death of the Novel by William Browning Spencer

Hugo
A Birthday by Esther Friesner
Life on the Moon by Tony Daniel
The Lincoln Train by Maureen F McHugh (winner)
TeleAbsence by Michael A Burstein
Walking Out by Michael Swanwick

Nebula Awards
Alien Jane by Kelley Eskridge
Death and the Librarian [short story] by Esther Friesner (winner)
Grass Dancer by Owl Goingback
The Kingdom of Cats and Birds by Geoffrey A Landis
The Lincoln Train by Maureen F McHugh
The Narcissus Plague by Lisa Goldstein
Short Timer by Dave Smeds

World Fantasy
Angel Thing by Petrina Smith
Dragon's Fin Soup [short story] by S P Somtow
The Grass Princess by Gwyneth Jones (winner)
Loop by Douglas E Winter
The Perseids [short story] by Robert Charles Wilson
The Singing Marine by Kit Reed

Bram Stoker
Baby Girl Diamond by Adam-Troy Castro
Looking for Mr Flip by Thomas F Monteleone
Lover Doll by Wayne Allen Sallee
Lunch at the Gotham Cafe by Stephen King (winner)

Hugo
The Good Rat by Allen Steele
Luminous [short story] by Greg Egan
TAP by Greg Egan
Think Like a Dinosaur [short story] by James Patrick Kelly (winner)
When the Old Gods Die by Mike Resnick

Nebula Awards
Home for Christmas by Nina Kiriki Hoffman
Jesus at the Bat by Esther Friesner
The Resurrection Man's Legacy [short story] by Dale Bailey
Solitude by Ursula K Le Guin (winner)
Tea and Hamsters by Michael G Coney
Think Like a Dinosaur [short story] by James Patrick Kelly
When the Old Gods Die by Mike Resnick

Hugo
Bibi by Mike Resnick and Susan Shwartz
The Death of Captain Future by Allen Steele (winner)
Fault Lines by Nancy Kress
A Man of the People by Ursula K Le Guin
Must and Shall by Harry Turtledove
A Woman's Liberation by Ursula K Le Guin

Nebula Awards
Bibi by Mike Resnick and Susan Shwartz
Last Summer at Mars Hill [short story] by Elizabeth Hand (winner)
Mortimer Gray's History of Death by Brian Stableford
Soon Comes Night by Gregory Benford
Yaguara by Nicola Griffith

World Fantasy
Ether, OR by Ursula K Le Guin
Home for Christmas by Nina Kiriki Hoffman
The Insipid Profession of Jonathan Hornebom by Jonathan Lethem
More Tomorrow [short story] by Michael Marshall Smith
Radio Waves by Michael Swanwick (winner)
Where They Are Hid [short story] by Tim Powers

Bram Stoker
The Black Carousel by Charles L Grant
Cages by Ed Gorman
Strange Highways by Dean Koontz

World Fantasy
Death Stalks the Night by Hugh B Cave
The Ivory and the Horn by Charles de Lint
Seven Tales and a Fable by Gwyneth Jones (winner)

Arthur C. Clarke Award
The Diamond Age by Neal Stephenson
Fairyland by Paul McAuley (winner)
Happy Policeman by Patricia Anthony
The Prestige by Christopher Priest
The Star Fraction by Ken MacLeod
The Time Ships by Stephen Baxter

Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction
The Book of Colour by Julia Blackburn
Eveless Eden by Marianne Wiggins
The Hundred Secret Senses by Amy Tan
Ladder of Years by Anne Tyler
A Spell of Winter by Helen Dunmore (winner)
Spinsters by Pagan Kennedy

Carnegie Medal
Northern Lights by Philip Pullman (winner)

Dilys Awards
The Codicil by Tom Topor
If I'd Killed Him When I Met Him... by Sharyn McCrumb
The Last Coyote by Michael Connelly (winner)
Voodoo River by Robert Crais
Who in Hell Is Wanda Fuca? by G M Ford

James Tait Black Memorial Prize for Fiction
Justine by Alice Thompson (winner)
Last Orders by Graham Swift (winner)

James Tiptree, Jr. Award
The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell (winner)

John W. Campbell
Challenger's Hope by David Feintuch (winner)
Lethe by Tricia Sullivan
Midshipman's Hope by David Feintuch (winner)
The Shape-changer's Wife by Sharon Shinn

Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Adult Literature
All the Bells on Earth by James P Blaylock
The Book of Atrix Wolfe by Patricia A McKillip
Brittle Innings by Michael Bishop
The Dragon Path by Kenneth Morris
Waking the Moon by Elizabeth Hand (winner)

National Book Award for Fiction
Atticus by Ron Hansen
The Giant's House by Elizabeth McCracken
Martin Dressler by Steven Millhauser
The River Beyond the World by Janet Peery
Ship Fever by Andrea Barrett (winner)

Oprah's Book Club
The Book of Ruth by Jane Hamilton
The Deep End of the Ocean by Jacquelyn Mitchard
She's Come Undone by Wally Lamb
Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison

PEN/Faulkner Award for fiction
All Souls' Rising by Mark Mitchell and Madison Smartt Bell
The Good Negress by A J Verdelle
Independence Day by Richard Ford (winner)
The Tunnel by William H Gass
When the World Was Steady by Claire Messud

Philip K Dick Award
At the City Limits of Fate by Michael Bishop
Reclamation by Sarah Zettel
The Shift by George Foy
The Time Ships by Stephen Baxter (winner)
The Transmigration of Souls by William Barton

Pulitzer Prize for Fiction
Independence Day by Richard Ford (winner)
Mr. Ives' Christmas by Oscar Hijuelos
Sabbath's Theater by Philip Roth

Saltire Literary Awards
The Kiln by William McIlvanney (winner)

Anthony Awards
Deal Breaker by Harlan Coben (winner)

World Fantasy
Gene Wolfe (winner)

John W. Campbell
David Feintuch (winner)