1979 Balrog Award

1970's:	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1979
1980's:	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	-	-	-	-


Novel
Win	Blind Voices	Tom Reamy
Nomination	The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever	Stephen R. Donaldson
Nomination	The Stand	Stephen King
Nomination	The White Dragon	Anne McCaffrey

Short Fiction
Win	Death from Exposure	Pat Cadigan
Nomination	Conan and the Sorcerer	Andrew J. Offutt
Nomination	Jeffty Is Five	Harlan Ellison
Nomination	Undertow	Karl Edward Wagner

Amateur Achievement
Win	for Fantasy Newsletter and Of Swords and Sorcery	Paul C. Allen
Nomination	for Shayol	Arnie Fenner
Nomination	for Whispers	Stuart David Schiff

Amateur Publication
Win	Shayol	Pat Cadigan and Arnie Fenner
Nomination	Dragonbane	Unknown-Mags
Nomination	Fantasy Newsletter	Paul C. Allen
Nomination	Whispers	Stuart David Schiff

Artist
Win	----	Tim Kirk
Nomination	----	Stephen Fabian
Nomination	----	Robert Haas

Collection/Anthology
Win	Born to Exile	Phyllis Eisenstein
Nomination	J. R. R. Tolkien Soundbook	J. R. R. Tolkien
Nomination	Night Shift	Stephen King
Nomination	Strange Wine	Harlan Ellison

Judges' Choice
Win	Fantasy Crossroads	Jonathan Bacon
Win	for lifetime achievement	Andre Norton

Poet
Win	----	Ray Bradbury
Nomination	----	Poul Anderson
Nomination	----	Ursula K. Le Guin
Nomination	----	Warren Zevon

Professional Achievement
Win	----	Donald M. Grant
Win	----	J. R. R. Tolkien
Nomination	----	C. J. Cherryh
Nomination	----	Donald A. Wollheim

Professional Publication
Win	Age of Dreams	Alicia Austin
Nomination	Faeries	Brian Froud and Alan Lee
Nomination	Omni	Ben Bova
Nomination	The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction	Edward L. Ferman