Agatha Award
The Floating Girl by Sujata Massey
Guns and Roses by Taffy Cannon
Killer Wedding by Jerrilyn Farmer
Storm Track by Margaret Maron (winner)
Thunder in the Sky by Elizabeth Peters

Anthony Awards
Bones by Jan Burke
High Five by Janet Evanovich
In a Dry Season by Peter Robinson (winner)
L. A. Requiem by Robert Crais
River Of Darkness by Rennie Airth

Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize for Comic Writing
The Cappuccino Years by Sue Townsend
The Edge of Reason by Helen Fielding
The Mighty Walzer by Howard Jacobson (winner)

Bram Stoker
Darker Than Night by Owl Goingback
Hannibal by Thomas Harris
Hexes by Tom Piccirilli
Mr. X by Peter Straub (winner)

British Fantasy Society
Indigo by Graham Joyce (winner)

British Science Fiction Association
A Secret History by Mary Gentle (winner)

Dagger Awards
Friends in High Places by Donna Leon
Motherless Brooklyn by Jonathan Lethem (winner)

Edgar Awards
Bones by Jan Burke (winner)
In a Dry Season by Peter Robinson
L. A. Requiem by Robert Crais
River Of Darkness by Rennie Airth
Strawberry Sunday by Stephen Greenleaf

Hugo
A Civil Campaign by Lois McMaster Bujold
Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson
Darwin's Radio by Greg Bear
A Deepness in the Sky by Vernor Vinge (winner)
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J K Rowling

International IMPAC Dublin Literary Awards
Charming Billy by Alice McDermott
The Hours by Michael Cunningham
I Married a Communist by Philip Roth
Paradise by Toni Morrison
This Side of Brightness by Colum McCann
Trumpet by Jackie Kay
Wide Open by Nicola Barker (winner)

John W Campbell Memorial Award
Darwin's Radio by Greg Bear
A Deepness in the Sky by Vernor Vinge (winner)
Greenhouse Summer by Norman Spinrad
The Silicon Dagger by Jack Williamson
Starfish by Peter Watts

Macavity Awards
The Flower Master by Sujata Massey (winner)
In a Dry Season by Peter Robinson
L. A. Requiem by Robert Crais
River Of Darkness by Rennie Airth

Nebula Awards
The Cassini Division by Ken MacLeod
A Clash of Kings by George R R Martin
A Deepness in the Sky by Vernor Vinge
Mission Child by Maureen F McHugh
Mockingbird by Sean Stewart
Parable of the Talents by Octavia E Butler (winner)

Newbery Medal
Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis (winner)
Getting Near to Baby by Audrey Couloumbis
Our Only May Amelia by Jennifer L Holm

Prometheus Award
The Cassini Division by Ken MacLeod
Cradle of Saturn by James P Hogan
Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson
A Deepness in the Sky by Vernor Vinge (winner)
The Martian Race by Gregory Benford

Rita Awards
Annie, Get Your Groom by Kristin Gabriel and Jennifer Drew (winner)
The Bodyguard by Suzanne Brockmann (winner)
The Bride's Protector by Gayle Wilson (winner)
Danger in the Shadows by Dee Henderson (winner)
The Maiden and the Unicorn by Isolde Martyn (winner)
Nell by Jeanette Baker (winner)
The Proposition by Judith Ivory (winner)
The Rake's Retreat by Nancy Butler (winner)
Silken Threads by Patricia Ryan (winner)
The Stardust Cowboy by Anne McAllister (winner)
Undercover Princess by Suzanne Brockmann (winner)

Romantic Novel of the Year Award
Dancing in the Dark by Maureen Lee (winner)

Shamus Awards
California Fire and Life by Don Winslow (winner)
L. A. Requiem by Robert Crais
Monster by Jonathan Kellerman
Prayers for Rain by Dennis Lehane
Stone Quarry by S J Rozan

The Man Booker Prize
The Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood (winner)
The Deposition of Father McGreevy by Brian O'Doherty
English Passengers by Matthew Kneale
The Hiding Place by Trezza Azzopardi
The Keepers of Truth by Michael Collins
When We Were Orphans by Kazuo Ishiguro

Whitbread Prize
English Passengers by Matthew Kneale (winner)
Fred and Edie by Jill Dawson
How the Dead Live by Will Self
What Are You Like? by Anne Enright
When We Were Orphans by Kazuo Ishiguro

World Fantasy
Gardens of the Moon by Steven Erikson
The Rainy Season by James P Blaylock
A Red Heart of Memories by Nina Kiriki Hoffman
Tamsin by Peter S Beagle
Thraxas by Martin Scott (winner)
A Witness to Life by Terence M Green

Anthony Awards
Murder with Peacocks by Donna Andrews (winner)

Bram Stoker
Every Dead Thing by John Connolly
King Rat by China Miéville
Widow's Walk by Steve Beai
Wither by (winner)

Whitbread Prize
Born Free by Laura Hird
Danny Boy by Jo-Ann Goodwin
Under the Skin by Michel Faber
White Teeth by Zadie Smith (winner)

Bram Stoker
Aftershock by F Paul Wilson (winner)
The Entertainment by Ramsey Campbell
The Grave by Patricia D Cacek
Halloween Street by Steve Rasnic Tem

Hugo
Ancient Engines by Michael Swanwick
Hothouse Flowers by Mike Resnick
macs by Terry Bisson
Sarajevo by Nick DiChario
Scherzo with Tyrannosaur by Michael Swanwick

Nebula Awards
The Cost of Doing Business by Leslie What (winner)
The Dead Boy at Your Window by Bruce Holland Rogers
Flower Kiss by Constance Ash
Radiant Doors by Michael Swanwick

Bram Stoker
Dread in the Beast [short story] by Charlee Jacob
Five Days in April by Brian A Hopkins (winner)
Mad Dog Summer [short story] by Joe R Lansdale (winner)
Right to Life [short story] by Jack Ketchum

Hugo
1016 to 1 by James Patrick Kelly
Border Guards by Greg Egan
The Chop Girl by Ian R MacLeod
Fossil Games by Tom Purdom
The Secret History of the Ornithopter by Jan Lars Jensen
Stellar Harvest by Eleanor Arnason

Nebula Awards
Good Intentions by Stanley Schmidt and Jack McDevitt
The Island in the Lake by Phyllis Eisenstein
Mars is No Place for Children by Mary A Turzillo (winner)
Taklamakan by Bruce Sterling

Hugo
The Astronaut From Wyoming [short story] by Jerry Oltion and Adam-Troy Castro
Forty, Counting Down by Harry Turtledove
Hunting the Snark [short story] by Mike Resnick
Son Observe the Time by Kage Baker
The Winds of Marble Arch [short story] by Connie Willis

Nebula Awards
The Astronaut From Wyoming [short story] by Jerry Oltion and Adam-Troy Castro
The Executioners' Guild by Andy Duncan
Living Trust by L Timmel Duchamp
Reality Check by Michael A Burstein
Story of Your Life by Ted Chiang (winner)
The Wedding Album by David Marusek

Bram Stoker
Death Drives a Semi by Edo van Belkom
Deep into that Darkness Peering by Tom Piccirilli
Hearts in Atlantis by Stephen King
The Nightmare Chronicles by Douglas Clegg (winner)

British Fantasy Society
Lonesome Roads by Peter Crowther (winner)

World Fantasy
Deep into that Darkness Peering by Tom Piccirilli
Hearts in Atlantis by Stephen King
Necromancies and Netherworlds by Jason van Hollander and Darrell Schweitzer
Reave the Just by Stephen Donaldson (winner)

Arthur C. Clarke Award
The Bones of Time by Kathleen Ann Goonan
Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson
A Deepness in the Sky by Vernor Vinge
Distraction by Bruce Sterling (winner)
Silver Screen by Justina Robson
Time by Stephen Baxter

Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction
Amy and Isabelle by Elizabeth Strout
The Dancers Dancing by Éilís Ní Dhuibhne
Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood by Rebecca Wells
If I Told You Once by Judy Budnitz
When I Lived in Modern Times by Linda Grant (winner)
White Teeth by Zadie Smith

Carnegie Medal
Postcards from No Man's Land by Aidan Chambers (winner)

Dagger Awards
Havana Bay by Martin Cruz Smith
Lost by Lucy Wadham
Purple Cane Road by James Lee Burke
The Skull Mantra by Eliot Pattison

Dilys Awards
Boundary Waters by William Kent Krueger
California Fire and Life by Don Winslow
L. A. Requiem by Robert Crais (winner)
Murder with Peacocks by Donna Andrews
River Of Darkness by Rennie Airth

James Tait Black Memorial Prize for Fiction
The Hiding Place by Trezza Azzopardi
House of Leaves by Mark Z Danielewski
In the Shape of a Boar by Lawrence Norfolk
White Teeth by Zadie Smith (winner)

James Tiptree, Jr. Award
Wild Life by Molly Gloss (winner)

John W. Campbell
Code of Conduct by Kristine Smith
The Shadow of Ararat by Thomas Harlan

Michael L. Printz Award
Hard Love by Ellen Wittlinger
Monster by Walter Dean Myers (winner)
Skellig by David Almond
Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson

Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Adult Literature
The Book of Knights by Yves Meynard
Dark Cities Underground by Lisa Goldstein
Elementals by Antonia S Byatt
Tamsin by Peter S Beagle (winner)
The Wild Swans by Peg Kerr

National Book Award for Fiction
Blonde by Joyce Carol Oates
Blue Angel by Francine Prose
The Diagnosis by Alan Lightman
The Feast of Love by Charles Baxter
In America by Susan Sontag (winner)

Oprah's Book Club
Back Roads by Tawni O'Dell
The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
Daughter of Fortune by Isabel Allende
Drowning Ruth by Christina Schwarz
Gap Creek by Robert Morgan
House of Sand and Fog by Andre Dubus III
Open House by Elizabeth Berg
River, Cross My Heart by Breena Clarke
While I Was Gone by Sue Miller

PEN/Faulkner Award for fiction
Amy and Isabelle by Elizabeth Strout
The Night Inspector by Frederick Busch
PU-239 by Ken Kalfus
Siam by Lily Tuck
Waiting by Ha Jin (winner)

Philip K Dick Award
The Bridge by Janine Ellen Young
Broken Time by Maggy Thomas
Call from a Distant Shore by Stephen L Burns
Evolution's Darling by Scott Westerfeld
Midnight Robber by Nalo Hopkinson
Only Forward by Michael Marshall Smith

Pulitzer Prize for Fiction
Close Range by Annie Proulx
Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri (winner)
Waiting by Ha Jin

Saltire Literary Awards
The Lantern Bearers by Ronald Frame (winner)

Anthony Awards
In Big Trouble by Laura Lippman (winner)

Barry Awards
Every Move She Makes by Robin Burcell

Shamus Awards
In Big Trouble by Laura Lippman (winner)

Barry Awards
A Place of Execution by Val McDermid (winner)

Bram Stoker
Edward Gorey (winner)
Charles L Grant (winner)

Nobel Prize in Literature
Gao Xingjian (winner)

World Fantasy
Marion Zimmer Bradley (winner)
Michael Moorcock (winner)

John W. Campbell
Cory Doctorow (winner)