Best Novelette, 1974

The Deathbird

Harlan Ellison

Also on the ballot

Of Mist, and Grass, and SandVonda N. McIntyreAnalog Oct 1973
Love Is the Plan the Plan Is DeathJames Tiptree, Jr.The Alien Condition, 1973
The City on the SandGeorge Alec EffingerF&SF Apr 1973
He Fell into a Dark HoleJerry PournelleAnalog Mar 1973