Dates: October 30-November 2, 2003
Site: Hyatt Regency Washington
City: Washington, DC
Theme: Dark Fantasy: Honorable Traditions
Guests of Honor: Brian Lumley, Jack Williamson (appeared via video interview)
Artist Guest of Honor: Allen Koszowski
Publisher Guest of Honor: W. Paul Ganley
Master of Ceremonies: Douglas E. Winter
Chair: Michael J. Walsh
Winners & Nominees
| First Name | Last Name | Year | Category | Title | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lloyd | Alexander | 2003 | Life Achievement | Winner | |
| Donald M. | Grant | 2003 | Life Achievement | Winner | |
| Graham | Joyce | 2003 | Novel | "The Facts of Life" | Winner |
| Patricia A. | McKillip | 2003 | Novel | "Ombria in Shadow" | Winner |
| Jeffrey | Ford | 2003 | Novel | "The Portrait of Mrs. Charbuque" | Nominee |
| Gregory | Frost | 2003 | Novel | "Fitcher's Brides" | Nominee |
| China | Miéville | 2003 | Novel | "The Scar" | Nominee |
| Zoran | Zivkovic | 2003 | Novella | "The Library" | Winner |
| Charles | de Lint | 2003 | Novella | "Seven Wild Sisters" | Nominee |
| Paul | Di Filippo | 2003 | Novella | "A Year in the Linear City" | Nominee |
| Neil | Gaiman | 2003 | Novella | "Coraline" | Nominee |
| Elizabeth | Hand | 2003 | Novella | "The Least Trumps" | Nominee |
| Jeffrey | Ford | 2003 | Short Fiction | "Creation" | Winner |
| Jeffrey | Ford | 2003 | Short Fiction | "The Weight of Words" | Nominee |
| Neil | Gaiman | 2003 | Short Fiction | "October in the Chair" | Nominee |
| Stephen | Gallagher | 2003 | Short Fiction | "Little Dead Girl Singing" | Nominee |
| William Browning | Spencer | 2003 | Short Fiction | "The Essayist in the Wilderness" | Nominee |
| Ellen | Datlow | 2003 | Anthology | "The Green Man: Tales from the Mythic Forest" | Winner |
| Terri | Windling | 2003 | Anthology | "The Green Man: Tales from the Mythic Forest" | Winner |
| Jeff | VanderMeer | 2003 | Anthology | "Leviathan 3" | Winner |
| Forrest | Aguirre | 2003 | Anthology | "Leviathan 3" | Winner |
| Ellen | Datlow | 2003 | Anthology | "The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror: Fifteenth Annual Collection" | Nominee |
| Terri | Windling | 2003 | Anthology | "The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror: Fifteenth Annual Collection" | Nominee |
| Peter | Straub | 2003 | Anthology | "Conjunctions 39: The New Wave Fabulists" | Nominee |
| Brian M. | Thomsen | 2003 | Anthology | "The American Fantasy Tradition" | Nominee |
| Jeffrey | Ford | 2003 | Collection | "The Fantasy Writer's Assistant and Other Stories" | Winner |
| Charles | de Lint | 2003 | Collection | "Waifs and Strays" | Nominee |
| Robin | McKinley | 2003 | Collection | "Water: Tales of Elemental Spirits" | Nominee |
| Peter | Dickinson | 2003 | Collection | "Water: Tales of Elemental Spirits" | Nominee |
| Richard | Parks | 2003 | Collection | "The Ogre's Wife" | Nominee |
| Jeff | VanderMeer | 2003 | Collection | "City of Saints and Madmen" | Nominee |
| Chet | Williamson | 2003 | Collection | "Figures in Rain" | Nominee |
| Tom | Kidd | 2003 | Artist | Winner | |
| Kinuko Y. | Craft | 2003 | Artist | Nominee | |
| Gary | Lippincott | 2003 | Artist | Nominee | |
| Dave | McKean | 2003 | Artist | Nominee | |
| John Jude | Palencar | 2003 | Artist | Nominee | |
| Charles | Vess | 2003 | Artist | Nominee | |
| Gordon | Van Gelder | 2003 | Special - Pro | "The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction" | Winner |
| Paul | Barnett | 2003 | Special - Pro | Paper Tiger art books | Nominee |
| Ellen | Datlow | 2003 | Special - Pro | editing | Nominee |
| William K. | Schafer | 2003 | Special - Pro | Subterranean Press | Nominee |
| Gary | Turner | 2003 | Special - Pro | Golden Gryphon Press | Nominee |
| Marty | Halpern | 2003 | Special - Pro | Golden Gryphon Press | Nominee |
| Terri | Windling | 2003 | Special - Pro | editing | Nominee |
| Jason | Williams | 2003 | Special - Non-Pro | Night Shade Books | Winner |
| Jeremy | Lassen | 2003 | Special - Non-Pro | Night Shade Books | Winner |
| Benjamin | Cossel | 2003 | Special - Non-Pro | Night Shade Books | Winner |
| Peter | Crowther | 2003 | Special - Non-Pro | PS Publishing | Nominee |
| Gavin | Grant | 2003 | Special - Non-Pro | Small Beer Press | Nominee |
| Kelly | Link | 2003 | Special - Non-Pro | Small Beer Press | Nominee |
| Sean | Wallace | 2003 | Special - Non-Pro | Prime Books | Nominee |
| Michael J. | Walsh | 2003 | Special - Non-Pro | Old Earth Books | Nominee |