- BEST NOVEL
- Forever Peace by Joe Haldeman (Ace)
- Frameshift by Robert J. Sawyer (Tor)
- The Rise of Endymion by Dan Simmons (Bantam Spectra)
- Jack Faust by Michael Swanwick (Avon)
- City on Fire by Walter Jon Williams (HarperPrism)
- BEST NOVELETTE
- "We Will Drink A Fish Together..." by Bill Johnson (Asimov's May 1997)
- "Moon Six" by Stephen Baxter (SF Age March 1997)
- "Broken Symmetry" by Michael A. Burstein (Analog February 1997)
- "Three Hearings on the Existence of Snakes in the Human Bloodstream" by James Alan Gardner (Asimov's February 1997)
- "The Undiscovered" by William Sanders (Asimov's March 1997)
- BEST RELATED BOOK
- The Encyclopedia of Fantasy edited by John Clute & John Grant (St. Martin's Press)
- Space Travel by Ben Bova with Anthony R. Lewis (Writer's Digest Books)
- Infinite Worlds by Vincent DiFate (Penguin Studio)
- Spectrum IV: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art edited by Cathy Fenner & Arnie Fenner with Jim Loehr (Underwood Books)
- Reflections and Refractions: Thoughts on Science-Fiction, Science and Other Matters by Robert Silverberg (Underwood Books)
- BEST PROFESSIONAL EDITOR
- Gardner Dozois (Asimov's)
- Scott Edelman (SF Age)
- David Hartwell (Tor; Year's Best SF)
- Stanley Schmidt (Analog)
- Gordon Van Gelder (F&SF)
- BEST SEMIPROZINE
- Locus edited by Charles N. Brown
- Interzone edited by David Pringle
- The New York Review of Science Fiction edited by Kathryn Cramer, Ariel Hamion, David G. Hartwell & Kevin Maroney
- Science Fiction Chronicle edited by Andrew I. Porter
- Speculations edited by Kent Brewster
- BEST FAN WRITER (There are six nominees due to a tie for fifth place)
- David Langford
- Bob Devney
- Mike Glyer
- Andy Hooper
- Evelyn Leeper
- Joseph T. Major
- JOHN W. CAMPBELL AWARD FOR BEST NEW WRITER OF 1996 OR 1997 (not a Hugo)
- Mary Doria Russell (2nd year of eligibility)
- Raphael Carter (2nd year of eligibility)
- Andy Duncan (2nd year of eligibility)
- Richard Garfinkle (2nd year of eligibility)
- Susan R. Matthews (2nd year of eligibility)
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- BEST NOVELLA
- "...Where Angels Fear To Tread" by Allen Steele (Asimov's October-November 1997)
- "The Funeral March of the Marionettes" by Adam-Troy Castro (F&SF July 1997)
- "Ecopoeisis" by Geoffrey A. Landis (SF Age May 1997)
- "Loose Ends" by Paul Levinson (Analog May 1997)
- "Marrow" by Robert Reed (SF Age July 1997)
- BEST SHORT STORY (There are six nominees due to a tie for fifth place)
- "The 43 Antarean Dynasties" by Mike Resnick (Asimov's December 1997)
- "Beluthahatchie" by Andy Duncan (Asimov's March 1997)
- "Standing Room Only" by Karen Joy Fowler (Asimov's August 1997)
- "Itsy Bitsy Spider" by James Patrick Kelly (Asimov's June 1997)
- "The Hand You're Dealt" by Robert J. Sawyer (Free Space, Tor)
- "No Planets Strike" by Gene Wolfe (F&SF January 1997)
- BEST DRAMATIC PRESENTATION
- Contact (Warner Bros./South Side Amusement Company) Directed by Robert Zemeckis; Story by Carl Sagan and Ann Druyan; Screenplay by James V. Hart and Michael Goldenberg; Produced by Steve Starkey and Robert Zemeckis.
- The Fifth Element (Columbia Pictures/Gaumont) Directed by Luc Besson; Story by Luc Besson; Screenplay by Luc Besson & Robert Mark Kamen; Produced by Patrice Ledoux.
- Gattaca (Columbia Pictures Corporation/Jersey Films) Directed by Andrew M. Niccol, Written by Andrew M. Niccol, Produced by Danny DeVito, Michael Shamberg, & Stacey Sher.
- Men in Black (MacDonald-Parkes/Columbia Pictures Corporation/Amblin Entertainment) Directed by Barry Sonnenfeld; Screenplay by Ed Solomon, Laurie MacDonald and Walter F. Parkes; Executive Producer: Steven Spielberg.
- Starship Troopers (TriStar Pictures/Big Bug Pictures/Touchstone Pictures) Directed by Paul Verhoeven, Screenplay by Ed Neumeier; Produced by Jon Davison and Alan Marshall.
- BEST PROFESSIONAL ARTIST (There are six nominees due to a tie for fifth place)
- Bob Eggleton
- Jim Burns
- Thomas Canty
- David Cherry
- Don Maitz
- Michael Whelan
- BEST FANZINE
- Mimosa edited by Nicki & Richard Lynch
- Ansible edited by Dave Langford
- Attitude edited by Michael Abbott, John Dallman & Pam Wells
- File 770 edited by Mike Glyer
- Tangent edited by David Truesdale
- BEST FAN ARTIST
- Joe Mayhew
- Brad Foster
- Ian Gunn
- Teddy Harvia
- Peggy Ranson
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The 45th Annual Hugo Awards were announced on the 7th of August 1998 at the 56th World Science Fiction
Convention in Baltimore, Md., during a ceremony hosted by SF writer Charles Sheffield.
