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City: Chicago, Illinois
Theme: Sixty Years of Weird Tales
Guests of Honor: Gene Wolfe, Manly Wade Wellman
Guest Artist: Rowena Morrill
Toastmaster: Robert Bloch
Chair: Robert Weinberg
Winners & Nominees
| First Name | Last Name | Year | Category | Title | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roald | Dahl | 1983 | Life Achievement | Winner | |
| Michael | Shea | 1983 | Novel | "Nifft the Lean" | Winner |
| George R.R. | Martin | 1983 | Novel | "Fevre Dream" | Nominee |
| Thomas | Tessier | 1983 | Novel | "Phantom" | Nominee |
| Charles L. | Grant | 1983 | Novel | "The Nestling" | Nominee |
| Gene | Wolfe | 1983 | Novel | "The Sword of the Lictor | Nominee |
| Charles L. | Grant | 1983 | Novella | "Confess the Seasons" | Winner |
| Karl Edward | Wagner | 1983 | Novella | "Beyond Any Measure" | Nominee |
| Fritz | Leiber | 1983 | Novella | "Horrible Imaginings" | Nominee |
| Charles L. | Grant | 1983 | Novella | "Night's Swift Dragons" | Nominee |
| Stephen | King | 1983 | Novella | "The Breathing Method" | Nominee |
| Tanith | Lee | 1983 | Short Fiction | "The Gorgon" | Winner |
| Dennis | Etchison | 1983 | Short Fiction | "Deathtracks" | Nominee |
| Steve Rasnic | Tem | 1983 | Short Fiction | "Firestorm" | Nominee |
| Greg | Bear | 1983 | Short Fiction | "Petra" | Nominee |
| Michael | Swanwick | 1983 | Short Fiction | "The Man Who Met Picasso" | Nominee |
| Charles L. | Grant | 1983 | Collection/Anthology | "Nightmare Seasons" | Winner |
| Stephen | King | 1983 | Collection/Anthology | "Different Seasons" | Nominee |
| Susan | Shwartz | 1983 | Collection/Anthology | "Hecate's Cauldron" | Nominee |
| Alan | Ryan | 1983 | Collection/Anthology | "Perpetual Light" | Nominee |
| Charles L. | Grant | 1983 | Collection/Anthology | "Shadows 5" | Nominee |
| Dennis | Etchison | 1983 | Collection/Anthology | "The Dark Country" | Nominee |
| Michael | Whelan | 1983 | Artist | Winner | |
| Jill | Bauman | 1983 | Artist | Nominee | |
| Thomas | Canty | 1983 | Artist | Nominee | |
| R. J. | Krupowicz" | 1983 | Artist | Nominee | |
| Don | Maitz | 1983 | Artist | Nominee | |
| Donald M. | Grant | 1983 | Special - Pro | "Donald M. Grant, Publisher" | Winner |
| Lester | del Rey | 1983 | Special - Pro | Del Rey/Ballantine | Nominee |
| David G. | Hartwell | 1983 | Special - Pro | editing | Nominee |
| Pat | LoBrutto | 1983 | Special - Pro | editing | Nominee |
| Douglas E. | Winter | 1983 | Special - Pro | reviewing | Nominee |
| Stuart David | Schiff | 1983 | Special - Non-Pro | "Whispers" | Winner |
| Robert T. | Garcia | 1983 | Special - Non-Pro | "American Fantasy" | Nominee |
| Stephen | Jones | 1983 | Special - Non-Pro | "Fantasy Tales" | Nominee |
| David | Sutton | 1983 | Special - Non-Pro | "Fantasy Tales" | Nominee |
| Francesco | Cova | 1983 | Special - Non-Pro | "Kadath" | Nominee |
| W. Paul | Ganley | 1983 | Special - Non-Pro | "Weirdbook" | Nominee |
| Arkham | House | 1983 | Convention Award | Winner |