Best Short Story, 1956
The Star
Arthur C. Clarke
Also on the ballot
- End as a WorldF.L. Wallace
- King of the HillJames Blish
- Nobody Bothers GusAlgis Budrys
- The Game of Rat and DragonCordwainer Smith
- The DragonRay Bradbury
- Spy StoryRobert Sheckley
- TwinkTheodore Sturgeon