Site: Hyatt Regency Nashville
City: Nashville, Tennessee
Theme: A Southern Fantasy
Guest of Honor: Piers Anthony
Guest Artist: Frank Kelly Freas
Toastmaster: Charles L. Grant
Chair: Maurine Dorris
Winners & Nominees
| First Name | Last Name | Year | Category | Title | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jack | Finney | 1987 | Life Achievement | Winner | |
| Patrick | Suskind | 1987 | Novel | "Perfume" | Winner |
| Stephen | King | 1987 | Novel | "It" | Nominee |
| Gene | Wolfe | 1987 | Novel | "Soldier of the Mist" | Nominee |
| Dean R. | Koontz | 1987 | Novel | "Strangers" | Nominee |
| Terry | Bisson | 1987 | Novel | "Talking Man" | Nominee |
| Charles L. | Grant | 1987 | Novel | "The Pet" | Nominee |
| Margaret | Mahy | 1987 | Novel | "The Tricksters" | Nominee |
| Orson Scott | Card | 1987 | Novella | "Hatrack River" | Winner |
| Connie | Willis | 1987 | Novella | "Chance" | Nominee |
| Tim | Powers | 1987 | Novella | "Night Moves" | Nominee |
| Clive | Barker | 1987 | Novella | "The Hellbound Heart" | Nominee |
| J. N. | Williamson | 1987 | Novella | "The Night Seasons" | Nominee |
| David J. | Schow | 1987 | Short Fiction | "Red Light" | Winner |
| Whitley | Strieber | 1987 | Short Fiction | "Pain" | Nominee |
| Nancy | Springer | 1987 | Short Fiction | "The Boy Who Plaited Manes" | Nominee |
| Michael | Blumlein | 1987 | Short Fiction | "The Brains of Rats" | Nominee |
| Stephen | King | 1987 | Short Fiction | "The End of the Whole Mess" | Nominee |
| Amyas | Naegele | 1987 | Short Fiction | "The Rise and Fall of Father Alex" | Nominee |
| Les | Daniels | 1987 | Short Fiction | "They're Coming You" | Nominee |
| Joe R. | Lansdale | 1987 | Short Fiction | "Tight Little Stitches in a Dead Man's Back" | Nominee |
| James | Tiptree, Jr. | 1987 | Collection/Anthology | "Tales of the Quintana Roo" | Winner |
| Douglas E. | Winter | 1987 | Collection/Anthology | "Black Wine" | Nominee |
| Dennis | Etchison | 1987 | Collection/Anthology | "Cutting Edge" | Nominee |
| Tanith | Lee | 1987 | Collection/Anthology | "Dreams of Dark and Light" | Nominee |
| Will | Shetterly | 1987 | Collection/Anthology | "Liavek: The Players of Luck" | Nominee |
| Emma | Bull | 1987 | Collection/Anthology | "Liavek: The Players of Luck" | Nominee |
| Jane | Yolen | 1987 | Collection/Anthology | "Merlin's Booke" | Nominee |
| George R.R. | Martin | 1987 | Collection/Anthology | "Night Visions 3" | Nominee |
| Robert | Gould | 1987 | Artist | Winner | |
| Stephen | Gervais | 1987 | Artist | Nominee | |
| J.K. | Potter | 1987 | Artist | Nominee | |
| Chris | Van Allsburg | 1987 | Artist | Nominee | |
| Jane | Yolen | 1987 | Special - Pro | "Favorite Folktales From Around the World" | Winner |
| Donald M. | Grant | 1987 | Special - Pro | "Donald M. Grant, Publisher" | Nominee |
| Editors | of | 1987 | Special - Pro | "Interzone" | Nominee |
| Jack | Sullivan | 1987 | Special - Pro | "The Penguin Encyclopedia of Horror and the Supernatural" | Nominee |
| David G. | Hartwell | 1987 | Special - Pro | editing | Nominee |
| Terri | Windling | 1987 | Special - Pro | editing | Nominee |
| Jeff | Conner | 1987 | Special - Non-Pro | "Scream/Press" | Winner |
| Stephen | Jones | 1987 | Special - Non-Pro | "Fantasy Tales" | Nominee |
| David | Sutton | 1987 | Special - Non-Pro | "Fantasy Tales" | Nominee |
| David B. | Silva | 1987 | Special - Non-Pro | "The Horror Show" | Nominee |
| W. Paul | Ganley | 1987 | Special - Non-Pro | "Weirdbook & Weirdbook Press" | Nominee |
| Andre | Norton | 1987 | Convention Award | Winner |