1978 Locus Poll Award

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Best SF Novel
1	Gateway	Frederik Pohl
2	In the Ocean of Night	Gregory Benford
3	The Ophiuchi Hotline	John Varley
4	Time Storm	Gordon R. Dickson
5	Michaelmas	Algis Budrys
6	A Scanner Darkly	Philip K. Dick
7	The Dosadi Experiment	Frank Herbert
8	Lucifer's Hammer	Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle
9	Dragonsinger	Anne McCaffrey
10	Dying of the Light	George R. R. Martin
11	The Forbidden Tower	Marion Zimmer Bradley
12	Hunter of Worlds	C. J. Cherryh
13	Mirkheim	Poul Anderson
14	The Dark Design	Philip José Farmer?Philip Jose Farmer
15	A Heritage of Stars	Clifford D. Simak
16	Cirque	Terry Carr
17	Moonstar Odyssey	David Gerrold
18	Midnight at the Well of Souls	Jack L. Chalker
19	Inherit the Stars	James P. Hogan
20	All My Sins Remembered	Joe Haldeman
21	The Martian Inca	Ian Watson
22	A Little Knowledge	Michael Bishop
23	If the Stars Are Gods	Gregory Benford and Gordon Eklund
Best Fantasy Novel
1	The Silmarillion	J. R. R. Tolkien
2	Our Lady of Darkness	Fritz Leiber
3	The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever	Stephen R. Donaldson
4	The Shining	Stephen King
5	The Sword of Shannara	Terry Brooks
6	Sword of the Demon	Richard A. Lupoff
7	Heir of Sea and Fire	Patricia A. McKillip
8	The Book of Merlyn	T. H. White
9	A Spell for Chameleon	Piers Anthony
10	The Grey Mane of Morning	Joy Chant
11	Cry Silver Bells	Thomas Burnett Swann
12	Trey of Swords	Andre Norton
13	Queens Walk in the Dusk	Thomas Burnett Swann
14	Silver on the Tree	Susan Cooper
Best Novella
1	Stardance	Jeanne Robinson and Spider Robinson
2	A Snark in the Night	Gregory Benford
3	Aztecs	Vonda N. McIntyre
4	Auk House	Clifford D. Simak
5	The Mars Ship	Robert Thurston
6	In the Hall of the Martian Kings	John Varley
7	The Family Monkey	Lisa Tuttle
8	Cold Cash War	Robert Asprin
9	Joelle	Poul Anderson
10	The Wonderful Secret	Keith Laumer
11	Growing Boys	Robert Aickman
12	Equinoctial	John Varley
13	Heretic in a Balloon	L. Sprague de Camp
Best Novelette
1	No Award Given This Year	-
Best Short Fiction
1	Jeffty Is Five	Harlan Ellison
2	The Screwfly Solution	James Tiptree, Jr.
3	Air Raid	John Varley
4	A Rite of Spring	Fritz Leiber
5	Eyes of Amber	Joan D. Vinge
6	The Kugelmass Episode	Woody Allen
7	The Stone City	George R. R. Martin
8	Particle Theory	Edward Bryant
9	Ender's Game	Orson Scott Card
10	The Bagful of Dreams	Jack Vance
11	The Ninth Symphony of Ludwig van Beethoven and Other Lost Songs	Carter Scholz
12	The House of Compassionate Sharers	Michael Bishop
13	The Big Fans	Keith Roberts
14	The Detweiler Boy	Tom Reamy
15	Prismatica	Samuel R. Delany
16	Good-Bye, Robinson Crusoe	John Varley
17	Camera Obscura	Thomas F. Monteleone
18	Dog Day Evening	Spider Robinson
19	Bitterblooms	George R. R. Martin
19	Pinocchio	Stanley Schmidt
21	A Rain of Pebbles	Stephen Leigh
Best Collection
1	No Award Given This Year	-
Best Anthology
1	No Award Given This Year	-
Best Magazine
1	The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction	Edward L. Ferman
2	Locus - 1977 (Fanzine)	Charles N. Brown
3	Analog Science Fiction and Fact	Ben Bova
4	Asimov's Science Fiction	George H. Scithers
5	Galaxy	James P. Baen and John J. Pierce
6	Science Fiction Review	Richard E. Geis
7	Cosmos	David G. Hartwell
8	Algol	Andrew I. Porter
9	Galileo	Charles C. Ryan
10	Starlog	Howard Zimmerman
11	Amazing Science Fiction Stories	Ted White
12	Unearth	Jonathan Ostrowsky-Lantz and John M. Landsberg
13	Fantastic	Ted White
14	Universe	Terry Carr
15	Whispers	Stuart David Schiff
16	Delap's F&SF Review	Richard Delap
17	Cinefantastique	Frederick S. Clarke
18	Orbit	Damon Knight
19	SF Commentary	Bruce Gillespie
Best Publisher
1	Lester & Judy-Lynn del Rey	Ballantine/Del Rey
2	Donald A. Wollheim	DAW
3	David Hartwell	Berkley/Putnam
4	Ellen Asher	SF Book Club
5	Pat LoBrutto & James Baen	Ace
6	Sharon Jarvis & Pat LoBrutto	Doubleday
7	Tom Dunne	St. Martin's
8	Don Bensen	Dial
9	Buzz Wyeth	Harper & Row
9	Don Grant	Donald M. Grant
11	Nancy Neiman	Avon
12	David Hartwell	Gregg Press
13	Frederik Pohl & Sydny Weinberg	Bantam
14	Adele Leone Hull	Pocket
15	Margaret McElderry & Jean Karl	Atheneum
16	Jim Frenkel & Don Bensen	Dell

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