Gandalf Award
Presented by: World Science Fiction Society
For: Fantasy writing
| Winner | not on ballot -- consider it a special committee award | C. L. Moore |
| Winner | untitled | Ray Bradbury |
| Runner-up | untitled | Roger Zelazny |
| Finalist | untitled | Anne McCaffrey |
| Finalist | untitled | Jack Vance |
| Finalist | untitled | Marion Zimmer Bradley |
| Nominee | untitled | Patricia A. McKillip |
| Winner | untitled | Ursula K. Le Guin |
| Runner-up | untitled | Roger Zelazny |
| Finalist | untitled | Ray Bradbury |
| Nominee | untitled | Michael Moorcock |
| Nominee | untitled | Jack Vance |
| Winner | The White Dragon | Anne McCaffrey |
| Runner-up | The Courts of Chaos | Roger Zelazny |
| Finalist | Saint Camber | Katherine Kurtz |
| Nominee | Gloriana | Michael Moorcock |
| Nominee | The Magic Goes Away | Larry Niven+Esteban Maroto |
| Nominee | The Stand | Stephen King |
| Winner | untitled | Poul Anderson |
| Runner-up | untitled | Ursula K. Le Guin |
| Nominee | untitled | Michael Moorcock |
| Nominee | untitled | Ray Bradbury |
| Nominee | untitled | Roger Zelazny |
| Winner | The Silmarillion | J. R. R. Tolkien+Christopher Tolkien |
| Runner-up | Our Lady of Darkness | Fritz Leiber |
| Finalist | Lord Foul's Bane | Stephen R. Donaldson |
| Nominee | A Spell for Chameleon | Piers Anthony |
| Nominee | The Shining | Stephen King |
| Winner | untitled | Andre Norton |
| Nominee | untitled | Poul Anderson |
| Nominee | untitled | Ursula K. Le Guin |
| Nominee | untitled | C. S. Lewis |
| Winner | untitled | L. Sprague de Camp |
| Runner-up | untitled | Andre Norton |
| Finalist | untitled | Poul Anderson |
| Finalist | untitled | C. S. Lewis |
| Finalist | untitled | Ursula K. Le Guin |
| Winner | untitled | Fritz Leiber |
| Nominee | untitled | L. Sprague de Camp |
| Nominee | untitled | Poul Anderson |
| Nominee | untitled | Ursula K. Le Guin |
| Nominee | untitled | C. S. Lewis |
| Winner | untitled | J. R. R. Tolkien |
| Nominee | untitled | Fritz Leiber |
| Nominee | untitled | L. Sprague de Camp |
| Nominee | untitled | Poul Anderson |