The ballot
- The Saturn GamePoul AndersonAnalog Feb 1981Winner
- In the Western TraditionPhyllis EisensteinF&SF Mar 1981
- With Thimbles, with Forks, and HopeKate WilhelmAsimov’s Nov 1981
- True NamesVernor VingeBinary Star #5, 1981
- EmergenceDavid R. PalmerAnalog Jan 1981