- 1965: "'Repent, Harlequin!' Said the Ticktockman" by Harlan Ellison
- 1966: "The Secret Place" by Richard McKenna
- 1967: "Aye, and Gomorrah" by Samuel R. Delany
- 1968: "The Planners" by Kate Wilhelm
- 1969: "Passengers" by Robert Silverberg
- 1970: (no award)
- 1971: "Good News from the Vatican" by Robert Silverberg
- 1972: "When it Changed" by Joanna Russ
- 1973: "Love is the Plan, the Plan is Death" by James Tiptree, Jr
- 1974: "The Day Before the Revolution" by Ursula K. Leguin
- 1975: "Catch that Zeppelin!" by Fritz Leiber
- 1976: "A Crowd of Shadows" by Charles L. Grant
- 1977: "Jeffty Is Five" by Harlan Ellison
- 1978: "Stone" by Edward Bryant
- 1979: "giANTS" by Edward Bryant
- 1980: "Grotto of the Dancing Deer" by Clifford D. Simak
- 1981: "The Bone Flute" by Lisa Tuttle (declined by the author)
- 1982: "A Letter from the Clearys" by Connie Willis
- 1983: "The Peacemaker" by Gardner Dozois
- 1984: "Morning Child" by Gardner Dozois
- 1985: "Out of All Them Bright Stars" by Nancy Kress
- 1986: "Tangents" by Greg Bear
- 1987: "Forever Yours, Anna" by Kate Wilhelm
- 1988: "Bible Stories for Adults, No. 17: The Deluge" by James Morrow
- 1989: "Ripples in the Dirac Sea" by Geoffrey A. Landis
- 1990: "Bears Discover Fire" by Terry Bisson
- 1991: "Ma Qui" by Alan Brennert
- 1992: "Even the Queen" by Connie Willis
- 1993: "Graves" by Jo Haldeman
- 1994: "A Defense of the Social Contracts" by Martha Soukup
- 1995: "Death and the Librarian" by Esther Friesner
- 1996: "A Birthday" by Esther Friesner
- 1997: "Sister Emily's Lightship" by Jane Yolen
- 1998: "Thirteen Ways to Water" by Bruce Holland Rogers
- 1999: "The Cost of Doing Business" by Leslie What
- 2000: "macs" by Terry Bisson
- 2001: "The Cure for Everything" by Severna Park
- 2002: "Creature" by Carol Emshwiller
See also