Best Novel
- Out of the Silent Planet by C. S. Lewis (The Bodley Head)
- Galactic Patrol by E. E. Smith (Astounding Stories, February 1938)
- The Sword in the Stone by T. H. White (Collins)
- The Legion of Time by Jack Williamson (Astounding Science-Fiction, July 1938)
- No Award
Left off ballot: Carson of Venus by Edgar Rice Burroughs (Argosy, February 1938)
Best Novella
- Anthem by Ayn Rand (Cassell)
- “Who Goes There?” by Don A Stuart [John W. Campbell] (Astounding Science-Fiction, August 1938)
- No Award
Left off ballot: “A Matter of Form” by H. L. Gold, “Sleepers of Mars” John Beynon, “The Time Trap” Henry Kuttner.
Best Novelette
- “Rule 18” by Clifford D. Simak (Astounding Science-Fiction, July 1938)
- “Pigeons From Hell” by Robert E. Howard (Weird Tales, May 1938)
- “Dead Knowledge” by Don A. Stuart [John W. Campbell] (Astounding Stories, January 1938)
- No Award
Left off ballot: “Hollywood on the Moon” by Henry Kuttner, “Werewoman” C. L. Moore
Best Short Story
- “Hollerbochen’s Dilemma” by Ray Bradbury (Imagination!, January 1938)
- “How We Went to Mars” by Arthur C. Clarke (Amateur Science Stories, March 1938)
- “Helen O’Loy” by Lester del Rey (Astounding Science-Fiction, December 1938)
- “The Faithful” by Lester del Rey (Astounding Science-Fiction, April 1938)
- “Hyperpilosity” by L. Sprague de Camp (Astounding Science-Fiction, April 1938)
Best Editor
- John W. Campbell
- No Award
Left off ballot: Farnsworth Wright, Mort Weisinger, Raymond A. Palmer, Walter H. Gillings
Just look at those stories compared to the stories nominated in 2014. If that’s not evidence of a catastrophic decline since 1939, I don’t know what is.
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