Also on the ballot
- The Art of Leo & Diane DillonLeo Dillon, Diane Dillon and Byron PreissBallantine, 1981
- The Grand TourRon Miller and William K. HartmannWorkman, 1981
- After ManDougal DixonMacmillan, 1981
- Anatomy of Wonder, Second EditionNeil BarronR.R. Bowker, 1981
