Dates: October 29-November 1, 1998
Site: Doubletree & Marriott Hotels
City: Monterey, California
Theme: Golden Ages
Guest of Honor: Gahan Wilson
Special Guests: Cecelia Holland, Richard Laymon, Frank M. Robinson
Toastmaster: Richard A. Lupoff
Chair: Bryan Barrett, Linda McAllister
Winners & Nominees
| First Name | Last Name | Year | Category | Title | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Edward L. | Ferman | 1998 | Life Achievement | Winner | |
| Andre | Norton | 1998 | Life Achievement | Winner | |
| Jeffrey | Ford | 1998 | Novel | "The Physiognomy" | Winner |
| Charles | de Lint | 1998 | Novel | "Trader" | Nominee |
| Harvey | Jacobs | 1998 | Novel | "American Goliath" | Nominee |
| Patrick | O'Leary | 1998 | Novel | "The Gift" | Nominee |
| Eric S. | Nylund | 1998 | Novel | "Dry Water" | Nominee |
| Richard | Bowes | 1998 | Novella | "Streetcar Dreams" | Winner |
| Brian | Hodge | 1998 | Novella | "The Dripping of Sundered Wineskins" | Nominee |
| Ellen | Kushner | 1998 | Novella | "The Fall of the Kings" | Nominee |
| Delia | Sherman | 1998 | Novella | "The Fall of the Kings" | Nominee |
| Kim | Newman | 1998 | Novella | "Coppola's Dracula" | Nominee |
| Douglas E. | Winter | 1998 | Novella | "The Zombies of Madison County" | Nominee |
| P.D. | Cacek | 1998 | Short Fiction | "Dust Motes" | Winner |
| Lisa | Goldstein | 1998 | Short Fiction | "Fortune and Misfortune" | Nominee |
| Paul | Park | 1998 | Short Fiction | "Get a Grip" | Nominee |
| Robert Charles | Wilson | 1998 | Short Fiction | "The Inner Inner City" | Nominee |
| Jack | Womack | 1998 | Short Fiction | "Audience" | Nominee |
| Nicola | Griffith | 1998 | Anthology | "Bending the Landscape: Fantasy" | Winner |
| Stephen | Pagel | 1998 | Anthology | "Bending the Landscape: Fantasy" | Winner |
| Gardner | Dozois | 1998 | Anthology | "Modern Classics of Fantasy" | Nominee |
| Don | Hutchison | 1998 | Anthology | "Northern Frights 4" | Nominee |
| Stephen | Jones | 1998 | Anthology | " Dark Terrors 3" | Nominee |
| David | Sutton | 1998 | Anthology | "Dark Terrors 3" | Nominee |
| Douglas E. | Winter | 1998 | Anthology | "Millennium (aka Revelations)" | Nominee |
| Brian | McNaughton | 1998 | Collection | "The Throne of Bones" | Winner |
| Peter S. | Beagle | 1998 | Collection | "Giant Bones" | Nominee |
| Ray | Bradbury | 1998 | Collection | "Driving Blind" | Nominee |
| Paul | Di Filippo | 1998 | Collection | "Fractal Paisleys" | Nominee |
| Michael | Swanwick | 1998 | Collection | "A Geography of Unknown Lands" | Nominee |
| Alan | Lee | 1998 | Artist | Winner | |
| Rick | Berry | 1998 | Artist | Nominee | |
| Jim | Burns | 1998 | Artist | Nominee | |
| Don" | Maitz | 1998 | Artist | Nominee | |
| Dave | McKean | 1998 | Artist | Nominee | |
| John | Clute | 1998 | Special - Pro | "The Encyclopedia of Fantasy" | Winner |
| John | Grant | 1998 | Special - Pro | "The Encyclopedia of Fantasy" | Winner |
| Ellen | Datlow | 1998 | Special - Pro | Editing Anthologies | Nominee |
| Gardner | Dozois | 1998 | Special - Pro | Editing Anthologies | Nominee |
| Stephen | Jones | 1998 | Special - Pro | Editing Anthologie" | Nominee |
| Gordon | Van Gelder | 1998 | Special - Pro | Editing Books and "F&SF" | Nominee |
| Fedogan & Bremer | 1998 | Special - Non-Pro | book publishing | Winner | |
| Richard | Chizmar | 1998 | Special - Non-Pro | "Cemetery Dance" Magazine and CD Publications | Nominee |
| Chris Logan | Edwards | 1998 | Special - Non-Pro | Tigereyes Press | Nominee |
| Barry | Hoffman | 1998 | Special - Non-Pro | "Gauntlet" Magazine and Gauntlet book publishing | Nominee |
| Jeff | VanderMeer | 1998 | Special - Non-Pro | Ministry of Whimsy Press | Nominee |
| Tom | Winstead | 1998 | Special - Non-Pro | Ministry of Whimsy Press | Nominee |