Site: Biltmore Hotel,
City: Providence, Rhode Island
Theme: From New Writers to Old Masters
Guests of Honor: Ramsey Campbell, Charles L. Grant
Guest Artist: J. K. Potter
Toastmaster: Douglas E. Winter
Chair: Robert Plante
Winners & Nominees
| First Name | Last Name | Year | Category | Title | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avram | Davidson | 1986 | Life Achievement | Winner | |
| Dan | Simmons | 1986 | Novel | "Song of Kali" | Winner |
| Peter | Carey | 1986 | Novel | "Illywhacker" | Nominee |
| Clive | Barker | 1986 | Novel | "The Damnation Game" | Nominee |
| Lisa | Goldstein | 1986 | Novel | "The Dream Years" | Nominee |
| Anne | Rice | 1986 | Novel | "The Vampire Lestat" | Nominee |
| Paul | Hazel | 1986 | Novel | "Winterking" | Nominee |
| T.E.D. | Klein | 1986 | Novella | "Nadelman's God" | Winner |
| David | Morrell | 1986 | Novella | "Dead Image" | Nominee |
| Chelsea Quinn | Yarbro | 1986 | Novella | "Do I Dare to Eat a Peach?" | Nominee |
| Peter | Dickinson | 1986 | Novella | "Flight" | Nominee |
| Kate | Wilhelm | 1986 | Novella | "The Gorgon Field" | Nominee |
| James P. | Blaylock | 1986 | Short Fiction | "Paper Dragons" | Winner |
| Sharon N. | Farber | 1986 | Short Fiction | "Return of the Dust Vampires" | Nominee |
| Lucius | Shepard | 1986 | Short Fiction | "The Jaguar Hunter" | Nominee |
| Avram | Davidson | 1986 | Short Fiction | "The Slovo Stove" | Nominee |
| Robin | McKinley | 1986 | Collection/Anthology | "Imaginary Lands" | Winner |
| Angela | Carter | 1986 | Collection/Anthology | "Black Venus" | Nominee |
| Clive | Barker | 1986 | Collection/Anthology | "Clive Barker's Books of Blood IVV VI" | Nominee |
| Jane | Yolen | 1986 | Collection/Anthology | "Dragonfield and Other Stories" | Nominee |
| Terri | Windling | 1986 | Collection/Anthology | "Faery!" | Nominee |
| Charles L. | Grant | 1986 | Collection/Anthology | "Night Visions 2" | Nominee |
| Stephen | King | 1986 | Collection/Anthology | "Skeleton Crew" | Nominee |
| Stuart David | Schiff | 1986 | Collection/Anthology | "Whispers V" | Nominee |
| Jeff | Jones | 1986 | Artist | Winner | |
| Thomas | Canty | 1986 | Artist | Nominee | |
| Alan | Lee | 1986 | Artist | Nominee | |
| J.K. | Potter | 1986 | Artist | Nominee | |
| Pat | LoBrutto | 1986 | Special - Pro | editing | Winner |
| Thomas | Canty | 1986 | Special - Pro | "A Monster at Christmas" | Nominee |
| Phil | Hale | 1986 | Special - Pro | "A Monster at Christmas" | Nominee |
| Donald M. | Grant | 1986 | Special - Pro | "Donald M. Grant, Publisher" | Nominee |
| Terri | Windling | 1986 | Special - Pro | editing | Nominee |
| Douglas E. | Winter | 1986 | Special - Non-Pro | reviewing | Winner |
| Paul | Mikol | 1986 | Special - Non-Pro | "Dark Harvest" | Nominee |
| Scot | Stadalsky | 1986 | Special - Non-Pro | "Dark Harvest" | Nominee |
| Jeff | Conner | 1986 | Special - Non-Pro | "Scream/Press" | Nominee |
| David B. | Silva | 1986 | Special - Non-Pro | "The Horror Show" | Nominee |
| W. Paul | Ganley | 1986 | Special - Non-Pro | "Weirdbook/Weirdbook Press" | Nominee |
| Donald A. | Wollheim | 1986 | Convention Award | Winner |