Science Fiction Chronicle Readers Poll
The Science Fiction Chronicle Readers Poll is a literary prize that was awarded from 1982 to 1998 for works in the field of science fiction . The winners were by a vote of readers of I. Andrew Porter's magazine Science Fiction Chronicle determined, similar to the reader vote for the Locus Award .
The assigned categories changed over time, the categories used were:
- Novel : novel
- Novella : short novel
- Novelette : narrative
- Short Story : short story
- Editor : Editor
- Editor (Books)
- Editor (magazines)
- Best Buns (Either Gender) : "crispest butt"
- Convention
- Dramatic Presentation : Films etc.
- Fan Artist
- Fan Artist (Conventions)
- Fan Artist (Fanzines)
- Fan Writer
- Fanzine
- Most Attractive Cover (Books)
- Most Attractive Cover (Magazines)
- Most Attractive Female Artist
- Most Attractive Female Editor
- Most Attractive Female Fan
- Most Attractive Female Writer
- Most Attractive Male Artist
- Most Attractive Male Editor
- Most Attractive Male Fan
- Most Attractive Male Writer
- Pro artist
- Pro Editor (Books)
- Pro editor (magazines)
- Semi- prozine
Lists of award winners by category
- Novel
- 1998 Dan Simmons : The Rise of Endymion
- 1997 Bruce Sterling : Holy Fire
- 1996 Neal Stephenson : The Diamond Age
- 1995 Michael Bishop : Brittle Innings
- 1994 Greg Bear : Moving Mars
- 1993 Vernor Vinge : A Fire Upon the Deep
- 1992 Michael Swanwick : Stations of the Tide
- 1991 Dan Simmons : The Fall of Hyperion
- 1990 George Alec Effinger : A Fire in the Sun
- 1989 CJ Cherryh : Cyteen
- 1988 Gene Wolfe : The Urth of the New Sun
- 1987 Orson Scott Card : Speaker for the Dead
- 1986 Orson Scott Card : Ender's Game
- 1985 William Gibson : Neuromancer
- 1984 Tim Powers : The Anubis Gates
- 1983 Gene Wolfe : The Sword of the Lictor
- 1982 Gene Wolfe : The Claw of the Conciliator
- Novella
- 1998 Allen Steele : … Where Angels Fear to Tread
- 1997 Gregory Benford : Immersion
- 1996 Mike Resnick & Susan Shwartz : Bibi
- 1995 Mike Resnick : Seven Views of Olduvai Gorge
- 1994 Jack Cady : The Night We Buried Road Dog
- 1993 Lucius Shepard : Barnacle Bill the Spacer
- 1992 Nancy Kress : Beggars in Spain
- 1991 Mike Resnick : Bully!
- 1990 Lois McMaster Bujold : The Mountains of Mourning
- 1989 Connie Willis : The Last of the Winnebagos
- 1988 Robert Silverberg : The Secret Sharer
- 1987 Lucius Shepard : R&R
- 1986 James Tiptree, Jr .: The Only Neat Thing to Do
- 1985 John Varley : PRESS ENTER []
- 1984 Michael Bishop : Her Habiline Husband
- 1983 Joanna Russ : Souls
- 1982 Phyllis Eisenstein : In the Western Tradition
- Novelette
- 1998 Stephen Baxter : Moon Six
- 1997 Bruce Sterling : Bicycle Repairman
- 1996 James Patrick Kelly : Think Like a Dinosaur
- 1995 Greg Egan : Cocoon
- 1994 Nancy Kress : The Battle of Long Island
- 1993 Susan Shwartz : Suppose They Gave a Peace ...
- 1992 Ray Aldridge : Gate of Faces
- 1991 Mike Resnick : The Manamouki
- 1990 Mike Resnick : For I Have Touched the Sky
- 1989 George Alec Effinger : Schrödinger's Kitten
- 1988 Octavia E. Butler : The Evening and the Morning and the Night
- 1987 Lucius Shepard : Aymara
- 1986 George RR Martin : Portraits of His Children
- 1985 Octavia E. Butler : Bloodchild
- 1984 Kim Stanley Robinson : Black Air
- 1983 Connie Willis : Fire Watch
- 1982 Michael Swanwick : Mummer Kiss
- Short story
- 1998 Robert J. Sawyer : The Hand You're Dealt
- 1997 James White : Un-Birthday Boy
- 1996 Michael A. Burstein : TeleAbsence
- 1995 Joe Haldeman : None So Blind
- 1994 Connie Willis : Death on the Nile
- 1993 Connie Willis : Even the Queen
- 1992 Kim Stanley Robinson : Vinland the Dream
- 1991 Terry Bisson : Bears Discover Fire
- 1990 Bruce Sterling : Dori Bangs
- 1989 Mike Resnick : Kirinyaga
- 1988 Carol Emshwiller : The Circular Library of Stones
- 1987 Pat Cadigan : Pretty Boy Crossover
- 1986 James P. Blaylock : Paper Dragons
- 1985 Lucius Shepard : Salvador
- 1984 Gardner Dozois : The Peacemaker
- 1983 Greg Bear : Petra
- 1982 John Varley : The Pusher
- Dramatic Presentation
- 1998 Contact
- 1997 Star Trek: Deep Space Nine : Episode Trials and Tribble-ations
- 1996 Babylon 5 : Episode The Coming of Shadows
- 1995 The mask
- 1994 Jurassic Park
- 1993 Aladdin
- 1992 Terminator 2 - Reckoning Day
- 1991 Total Recall
- 1990 Field of Dreams
- 1989 Wrong game with Roger Rabbit
- 1988 The Prince's Bride
- 1987 Aliens - The Return
- 1986 Back to the future
- 1985 2010: the year we made contact
- 1984 Return of the Jedi
- 1983 Blade Runner
- 1982 Raiders of the Lost Ark
Web links
- Science Fiction Chronicle Readers Poll , entry in the Science Fiction Awards + Database (English)
- SF Chronicle Award , overview in the Internet Speculative Fiction Database (English)
- Science Fiction Chronicle Awards , entry in Fancyclopedia 3 (English)