The ballot
- Where Late the Sweet Birds SangKate WilhelmHarper & Row, 1976Winner
- Children of DuneFrank HerbertAnalog Jan,Feb,Mar,Apr 1976; Berkley Putnam, 1976
- Man PlusFrederik PohlF&SF Apr,May,Jun 1976; Random House, 1976
- Shadrach in the FurnaceRobert SilverbergAnalog Aug,Sep,Oct 1976; Bobbs-Merrill, 1976