The ballot
- The Saturn GamePoul AndersonAnalog Feb 1981Winner
- Blue ChampagneJohn VarleyNew Voices #4, 1981
- With Thimbles, with Forks, and HopeKate WilhelmAsimov’s Nov 1981
- True NamesVernor VingeBinary Star #5, 1981
- EmergenceDavid R. PalmerAnalog Jan 1981