| An | Nuvela | Author |
| 1973 | The Gold at the Starbow's End | Frederik Pohl |
| 1974 | The Death of Doctor Island | Gene Wolfe |
| 1975 | Born with the Dead | Robert Silverberg |
| 1976 | The Storms of Windhaven | Lisa Tuttle & George R. R. Martin |
| 1977 | The Samurai and the Willows | Michael Bishop |
| 1978 | Stardance | Spider Robinson & Jeanne Robinson |
| 1979 | The Persistence of Vision | John Varley |
| 1980 | Enemy Mine | Barry B. Longyear |
| 1981 | Nightflyers | George R. R. Martin |
| 1982 | Blue Champagne | John Varley |
| 1983 | Souls | Joanna Russ |
| 1984 | Her Habiline Husband | Michael Bishop |
| 1985 | PRESS ENTER[] | John Varley |
| 1986 | The Only Neat Thing to Do | James Tiptree, Jr. |
| 1987 | R&R | Lucius Shepard |
| 1988 | The Secret Sharer | Robert Silverberg |
| 1989 | The Scalehunter's Beautiful Daughter | Lucius Shepard |
| 1990 | The Father of Stones | Lucius Shepard |
| 1991 | A Short, Sharp Shock | Kim Stanley Robinson |
| 1992 | The Gallery of His Dreams | Kristine Kathryn Rusch |
| 1993 | Barnacle Bill the Spacer | Lucius Shepard |
| 1994 | Mefisto in Onyx | Harlan Ellison |
| 1995 | Forgiveness Day | Ursula K. Le Guin |
| 1996 | Remake | Connie Willis |
| 1997 | Bellwether | Connie Willis |
| 1998 | Where Angels Fear to Tread | Allen Steele |
| 1999 | Oceanic | Greg Egan |
| 2000 | Orphans of the Helix | Dan Simmons |
| 2001 | Radiant Green Star | Lucius Shepard |
| 2002 | The Finder | Ursula K. Le Guin |
| 2003 | The Tain | China Mieville |
| 2004 | The Cookie Monster | Vernor Vinge |
| 2005 | Golden City Far | Gene Wolfe |
| 2006 | Magic for Beginners | Kelly Link |
| 2007 | Missile Gap | Charles Stross |
| 2008 | After the Siege | Cory Doctorow |
| 2009 | Pretty Monsters | Kelly Link |
| 2010 | The Women of Neill Gwynne's | Kage Baker |
| 2011 | The Lifecycle of Software Objects | Ted Chiang |
| 2012 | Silently and Very Fast | Catherynne M. Valente |
| 2013 | After the Fall, Before the Fall, During the Fall | Nancy Kress |
| 2014 | Six-Gun Snow White | Catherynne M. Valente |
| 2015 | Yesterday’s Kin | Nancy Kress |
| 2016 | Slow Bullets | Alastair Reynolds |
| 2017 | Every Heart a Doorway | Seanan McGuire |
| 2018 | All Systems Red | Martha Wells |
| 2019 | Artificial Condition | Martha Wells |
