1997 Hugo Nominations (429 ballots)

Best Novel (356 ballots)

• Blue Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson (HarperCollins Voyager; Bantam Spectra)
• Holy Fire by Bruce Sterling (Orion; Bantam Spectra)
• Memory by Lois McMaster Bujold (Baen)
• Remnant Population by Elizabeth Moon (Baen)
• Starplex by Robert J. Sawyer (Ace; Analog 7-10/96)

Best Novella (209 ballots)

• "Abandon in Place" by Jerry Oltion (F&SF 12/96)
• "Blood of The Dragon" by George R. R. Martin (Asimov's 7/96)
• "The Cost to Be Wise" by Maureen F. McHugh (Starlight 1)
• "Gas Fish" by Mary Rosenblum (Asimov's 2/96)
• "Immersion" by Gregory Benford (SF Age 3/96)
• "Time Travelers Never Die" by Jack McDevitt (Asimov's 5/96)

There are six nominees due to a tie vote.

Best Novelette (221 ballots)

• "Age of Aquarius" by William Barton (Asimov's 5/96)
• "Beauty and the Opéra or the Phantom Beast" by Suzy McKee Charnas (Asimov's 3/96)
• "Bicycle Repairman" by Bruce Sterling (Intersections; Asimov's 10/96)
• "The Land of Nod" by Mike Resnick (Asimov's 6/96)
• "Mountain Ways" by Ursula K. Le Guin (Asimov's 8/96)

Best Short Story (254 ballots)

• "The Dead" by Michael Swanwick (Starlight 1)
• "Decency" by Robert Reed (Asimov's 6/96)
• "Gone" by John Crowley (F&SF 9/96)
• "The Soul Selects Her Own Society . . ." by Connie Willis (Asimov's 4/96; War of the Worlds: Global Dispatches)
• "Un-Birthday Boy" by James White (Analog 2/96)

Best Non-Fiction Book (163 ballots)

• The Faces of Fantasy by Patti Perret (Tor)
• Look at the Evidence by John Clute (Serconia Press)
• The Silence of the Langford by Dave Langford (NESFA Press)
• Time & Chance by L. Sprague de Camp (Grant)
• The Tough Guide to Fantasyland by Diana Wynne Jones (Gollancz/Vista)

Best Dramatic Presentation (283 ballots)

• Independence Day (Centropolis Film Productions/20th Century Fox Film) Directed by Roland Emmerich, Written by Dean Devlin and Roland Emmerich, Produced by Dean Devlin
• Mars Attacks! (Warner Bros.) Directed by Tim Burton, Written by Jonathan Gems, Produced by Tim Burton and Larry Franco
• Babylon 5 "Severed Dreams" (Warner Bros.) Directed by David J. Eagle, Written by J. Michael Straczynski, Produced by John Copeland
• Star Trek: First Contact (Paramount Pictures) Directed by Jonathan Frakes, Story by Ronald D. Moore, Brannon Braga & Rick Berman, Screenplay by Ronald D. Moore & Brannon Braga, Produced by Rick Berman
• Star Trek: Deep Space Nine "Trials and Tribble-ations" (Paramount Pictures) Directed by Jonathan West, Written by Ronald D. Moore & Rene Echevarria, Story by Ira Steven Behr & Hans Beimler & Robert Hewitt Wolfe, Executive Producers Ira Steven Behr & Rick Berman

Babylon 5 "War without End" and "Z'Ha'Dum" were nominated but J. Michael Straczynski declined.

Best Editor (248 ballots)

• Gardner Dozois (Asimov's)
• Scott Edelman (SF Age)
• Patrick Nielsen Hayden (Tor)
• Kristine Kathryn Rusch (F&SF)
• Stanley Schmidt (Analog)

Best Professional Artist (226 ballots)

• Thomas Canty
• David Cherry
• Bob Eggleton
• Don Maitz
• Michael Whelan

Best Semiprozine (223 ballots)

• Interzone edited by David Pringle
• Locus edited by Charles N. Brown
• The New York Review of Science Fiction edited by Kathryn Cramer, Tad Dembinski, Ariel Haméon, David G. Hartwell and Kevin Maroney
• Science Fiction Chronicle edited by Andrew I. Porter
• Speculations edited by Kent Brewster

Best Fanzine (224 ballots)

• Ansible edited by Dave Langford
• File 770 edited by Mike Glyer
• Mimosa edited by Dick & Nicki Lynch
• Nova Express edited by Lawrence Person
• Tangent edited by Dave Truesdale

Best Fan Writer (202 ballots)

• Sharon Farber
• Mike Glyer
• Andy Hooper
• Dave Langford
• Evelyn C. Leeper

Best Fan Artist (177 ballots)

• Ian Gunn
• Joe Mayhew
• Peggy Ranson
• William Rotsler
• Sherlock

Brad Foster and Teddy Harvia declined their nominations.

John W. Campbell Award (not a Hugo) (156 ballots) (Award for the best new science fiction writer of 1995 or 1996, sponsored by Dell Magazines)

• Michael A. Burstein (second year of eligiblity)
• Raphael Carter (first year of eligiblity)
• Richard Garfinkle (first year of eligiblity)
• Katya Reimann (first year of eligiblity)
• Sharon Shinn (second year of eligiblity)

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