1998

Agatha Award
The Ape Who Guards The Balance by Elizabeth Peters
Blind Bloodhound Justice by Virginia Lanier
Butchers Hill by Laura Lippman (winner)
Dove in the Window by Earlene Fowler
Home Fires by Margaret Maron
Liar by Jan Burke

Anthony Awards
Deception Pass by Earl W Emerson
Devil's Food by Anthony Bruno
The Dumas Club by Arturo Pérez-Reverte
Eye of the Cricket by James Sallis
No Colder Place by S J Rozan (winner)

Booker Prize
Amsterdam by Ian McEwan (winner)
Breakfast on Pluto by Patrick McCabe
England, England by Julian Barnes
The Industry of Souls by Martin Booth
Master Georgie by Beryl Bainbridge
The Restraint of Beasts by Magnus Mills

Bram Stoker
Children of the Dusk by Janet Berliner (winner)
The Church of Dead Girls by Stephen Dobyns
Earthquake Weather by Tim Powers
My Soul to Keep by Tananarive Due

British Fantasy Society
Chasm by Stephen Laws
Gate of Ivory by Robert Holdstock
Kissing the Beehive by Jonathan Carroll
One of Us by Michael Marshall Smith
Someplace to Be Flying by Charles de Lint
The Stormwatcher by Graham Joyce
The Tower of the King's Daughter by Chaz Brenchley
Vampyrrhic by Simon Clark

British Science Fiction Association
The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell (winner)

Dagger Awards
Manchester Slingback by Nicholas Blincoe
Sunset Limited by James Lee Burke (winner)

Edgar Awards
Black and Blue by Ian Rankin
Cimarron Rose by James Lee Burke (winner)
Dreaming of the Bones by Deborah Crombie
The Purification Ceremony by Mark Sullivan
A Wasteland of Strangers by Bill Pronzini

Guardian Fiction Prize
Trumpet by Jackie Kay (winner)

Hugo
City on Fire by Walter Jon Williams
Forever Peace by Joe Haldeman (winner)
Frameshift by Robert J Sawyer
Jack Faust by Michael Swanwick
The Rise of Endymion by Dan Simmons

International IMPAC Dublin Literary Awards
Alias Grace by Margaret Atwood
The Autobiography of My Mother by Jamaica Kincaid
The Counting House by David Dabydeen
The Englishman's Boy by Guy Vanderhaeghe
Imaginings of Sand by André Brink
The Land of Green Plums by Herta Müller (winner)
Last Orders by Graham Swift
The Pope's Rhinoceros by Lawrence Norfolk
Salt by Earl Lovelace

John W Campbell Memorial Award
/ Slant by Greg Bear
Forever Peace by Joe Haldeman (winner)
Secret Passages by Paul Preuss

Macavity Awards
The Ax by Donald E Westlake
Dreaming of the Bones by Deborah Crombie (winner)
The Dumas Club by Arturo Pérez-Reverte
Hocus by Jan Burke
Trunk Music by Michael Connelly

Nebula Awards
Ancient Shores by Jack McDevitt
Bellwether by Connie Willis
City on Fire by Walter Jon Williams
A Game of Thrones by George R R Martin
King's Dragon by Kate Elliott
Memory by Lois McMaster Bujold
The Moon and the Sun by Vonda N McIntyre (winner)

Newbery Medal
Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine
Lily's Crossing by Patricia Reilly Giff
Out of the Dust by Karen Hesse (winner)
Wringer by Jerry Spinelli

Prometheus Award
Bretta Martyn by L Neil Smith
Finity's End by C J Cherryh
The Fleet of Stars by Poul Anderson
Nanotime by Bart Kosko
The Stone Canal by Ken MacLeod (winner)

Rita Awards
Brazen Angel by Elizabeth Boyle (winner)
Fire Hawk by Justine Dare (winner)
Heart of a Knight by Barbara Samuel (winner)
His Brother's Child by Lucy Gordon (winner)
Homeward by Melody Carlson (winner)
Love's Reward by Jean R Ewing (winner)
Nobody's Princess by Jennifer Greene (winner)
Nobody's Baby But Mine by Susan Elizabeth Phillips (winner)
On the Way to a Wedding.... by Ingrid Weaver (winner)
Reckless by Ruth Wind (Barbara Samuel) (winner)

Romantic Novel of the Year Award
Kiss and Kin by Angela Lambert (winner)

Shamus Awards
Come Back Dead by Terence Faherty (winner)
Deception Pass by Earl W Emerson
Down for the Count by Maxine O'Callaghan
Indigo Slam by Robert Crais
No Colder Place by S J Rozan
Sacred by Dennis Lehane

Whitbread Prize
The Catastrophist by Ronan Bennett
The Travelling Horn Player by Barbara Trapido

Women's Prize For Fiction
Larry's Party by Carol Shields (winner)
Lives of the Monster Dogs by Kirsten Bakis
Love Like Hate Adore by Deirdre Purcell
The Magician's Assistant by Ann Patchett
The Ventriloquist's Tale by Pauline Melville
The Weight of Water by Anita Shreve

World Fantasy
American Goliath by Harvey Jacobs
Dry Water by Eric Nylund
The Dumas Club by Arturo Pérez-Reverte
The Gift by Patrick O'Leary
The Physiognomy by Jeffrey Ford (winner)
Trader by Charles de Lint

Anthony Awards
Killing Floor by Lee Child (winner)

Betty Trask Award
The Cure for Death by Lightning by Gail Anderson-Dargatz
Eclipse of the Sun by Phil Whitaker
Hullabaloo in the Guava Orchard by Kiran Desai (winner)
Underground by Tobias Hill
Zigzag Street by Nick Earls

Bram Stoker
The Art of Arrow Cutting by Stephen Dedman
Drawn to the Grave by Mary Ann Mitchell
Hungry Eyes by Barry Hoffman
The Inquisitor by Mary Murrey
Lives of the Monster Dogs by Kirsten Bakis (winner)

Whitbread Prize
The Last King of Scotland by Giles Foden (winner)

Bram Stoker
I Am Infinite; I Contain Multitudes by Douglas Clegg
Madame Babylon by Brian Hodge
A Plague on Both Your Houses by Scott Edelman
Rat Food by Edo van Belkom and David Nickle (winner)

British Fantasy Society
China Doll by Charles de Lint
Jedella Ghost by Tanith Lee
Kiss Me With Your Jackal Lips by Jason Gould
Never to Be Heard by Ramsey Campbell
The Song My Sister Sang by Stephen Laws

Hugo
The 43 Antarean Dynasties by Mike Resnick (winner)
Beluthahatchie [short story] by Andy Duncan
The Hand You're Dealt by Robert J Sawyer
Itsy Bitsy Spider by James Patrick Kelly
No Planets Strike by Gene Wolfe
Standing Room Only by Karen Joy Fowler

Nebula Awards
Burning Bright by K D Wentworth
The Dead by Michael Swanwick
The Elizabeth Complex by Karen Joy Fowler
Itsy Bitsy Spider by James Patrick Kelly
Sister Emily's LightShip [short story] by Jane Yolen (winner)

World Fantasy
Audience by Jack Womack
Dust Motes by P D Cacek (winner)
Fortune and Misfortune by Lisa Goldstein
Get a Grip by Paul Park
The Inner Inner City by Robert Charles Wilson

Bram Stoker
The Big Blow [short story] by Joe R Lansdale (winner)
Coppola's Dracula by Kim Newman
Everything's Eventual [short story] by Stephen King
The Word by Ramsey Campbell
The Zombies of Madison County by Douglas E Winter

Hugo
Broken Symmetry by Michael A Burstein
Moon Six by Stephen Baxter
Three hearings on the Existence of Snakes in the Bloodstream by James Alexander
The Undiscovered by William Sanders
We Will Drink a Fish Together by Bill Johnson (winner)

Nebula Awards
The Copyright Notice Case by Paul Levinson
The Dog's Story by Eleanor Arnason
The Flowers of the Aulit Prison by Nancy Kress (winner)
The Miracle of Ivar Avenue by John Kessel
Three hearings on the Existence of Snakes in the Bloodstream by James Alexander
The Undiscovered by William Sanders
We Will Drink a Fish Together by Bill Johnson

Hugo
Ecopoeisis by Geoffrey A Landis
The Funeral March of the Marionettes by Adam-Troy Castro
Loose Ends by Paul Levinson
Marrow [short story] by Robert Reed
...Where Angels Fear to Tread by Allen Steele (winner)

Nebula Awards
Abandon in Place [short story] by Jerry Oltion (winner)
Chrysalis by Robert Reed
The Funeral March of the Marionettes by Adam-Troy Castro
Loose Ends by Paul Levinson
Primrose and Thorn by Bud Sparhawk
...Where Angels Fear to Tread by Allen Steele

World Fantasy
Coppola's Dracula by Kim Newman
The Dripping of Sundered Wineskins by Brian Hodge
The Fall of the Kings [short story] by Ellen Kushner and Delia Sherman
Streetcar Dreams [short story] by Richard Bowes (winner)
The Zombies of Madison County by Douglas E Winter

Bram Stoker
Exorcisms and Ecstasies by Karl Edward Wagner (winner)
Painted in Blood by Lucy Taylor
Things Left Behind by Gary A Braunbeck
The Throne of Bones by Brian McNaughton

British Fantasy Society
A Coven of Vampires by Brian Lumley
Faith In The Flesh by Tim Lebbon
Manitou Man by Graham Masterton
The Paladin Mandates by Mike Chinn
Personal Demons by Christopher Fowler
Shadows Of Light and Dark by Jo Fletcher

World Fantasy
Fractal Paisleys by Paul Di Filippo
A Geography of Unknown Lands by Michael Swanwick
Giant Bones by Peter S Beagle
The Throne of Bones by Brian McNaughton (winner)

Arthur C. Clarke Award
Days by James Lovegrove
The Family Tree by Sheri S Tepper
Glimmering by Elizabeth Hand
Nymphomation by Jeff Noon
The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell (winner)
Titan by Stephen Baxter

Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction
Fugitive Pieces by Anne Michaels (winner)
Lives of the Monster Dogs by Kirsten Bakis
Love Like Hate Adore by Deirdre Purcell
The Magician's Assistant by Ann Patchett
The Ventriloquist's Tale by Pauline Melville
The Weight of Water by Anita Shreve

Carnegie Medal
River Boy by Tim Bowler (winner)

Dagger Awards
Fire Hawk by Geoffrey Archer
King Suckerman by George Pelecanos
A Long Finish by Michael Dibdin
On Beulah Height by Reginald Hill

Dilys Awards
Back Spin by Harlan Coben
Deja Dead by Kathy Reichs
The Devil in Music by Kate Ross
Killing Floor by Lee Child
Sacred by Dennis Lehane
Three to Get Deadly by Janet Evanovich (winner)

James Tait Black Memorial Prize for Fiction
Charlotte Gray by Sebastian Faulks
The Last King of Scotland by Giles Foden
Man or Mango? by Lucy Ellmann
Master Georgie by Beryl Bainbridge (winner)
The Restraint of Beasts by Magnus Mills

John W. Campbell
Beluthahatchie by Andy Duncan
Celestial Matters by Richard Garfinkle
An Exchange of Hostages by Susan R Matthews
The Fortunate Fall by Raphael Carter
The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell (winner)

Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Adult Literature
The Djinn in the Nightingale's Eye by A S Byatt (winner)
Giant Bones by Peter S Beagle
The Gift by Patrick O'Leary
The High House by James Stoddard
The History of Our World Beyond the Wave by R E Klein
Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman
Someplace to Be Flying by Charles de Lint
Song for the Basilisk by Patricia A McKillip
Stardust by Neil Gaiman (winner)
Trader by Charles de Lint

National Book Award for Fiction
Charming Billy by Alice McDermott (winner)
Damascus Gate by Robert Stone
The Healing by Gayl Jones
Kaaterskill Falls by Allegra Goodman
A Man in Full by Tom Wolfe

Oprah's Book Club
Black and Blue by Anna Quindlen
Breath, Eyes, Memory by Edwidge Danticat
Here On Earth by Alice Hoffman
Midwives by Chris Bohjalian
Paradise by Toni Morrison
What Looks Like Crazy on an Ordinary Day by Pearl Cleage
Where the Heart Is by Billie Letts

PEN/Faulkner Award for fiction
The Bear Comes Home by Rafi Zabor (winner)
The Hundred Brothers by Donald Antrim
The Mercy Seat by Rilla Askew
The Ordinary Seaman by Francisco Goldman

Philip K Dick Award
253 by Geoff Ryman (winner)
Brown Girl in the Ring by Nalo Hopkinson
The Invisible Country by Paul McAuley
Lost Pages by Paul Di Filippo
Slaughtermatic by Steve Aylett

Pulitzer Prize for Fiction
American Pastoral by Philip Roth (winner)
Bear and His Daughter by Robert Stone
Underworld by Don DeLillo

Saltire Literary Awards
The Sopranos by Alan Warner (winner)

Anthony Awards
Big Red Tequila by Rick Riordan (winner)

Barry Awards
Back Spin by Harlan Coben (winner)

Shamus Awards
Charm City by Laura Lippman (winner)

British Book Award
Bridget Jones's Diary by Helen Fielding (winner)

Nobel Prize in Literature
José Saramago (winner)

World Fantasy
Edward L Ferman (winner)
Andre Norton (winner)

John W. Campbell
Mary Doria Russell (winner)