World Fantasy Awards of the 1980's

1980 World Fantasy Award Winners
Novel - Watchtower by Elizabeth A. Lynn
Short Fiction - Tie between "Mackintosh Willy" by Ramsey Campbell and "The Woman Who Loved the Moon" by Elizabeth A. Lynn
Collection/Anthology - Amazons! edited by Jessica Amanda Salmonson
Artist - Don Maitz

1981 World Fantasy Award Winners
Novel - The Shadow of the Torturer by Gene Wolfe
Short Fiction - "The Ugly Chickens" by Howard Waldrop
Anthology/Collection - Dark Forces edited by Kirby McCauley
Artist - Michael Whelan

1982 World Fantasy Award Winners
Novel - Little, Big by John Crowley
Novella - "The Fire When It Comes" by Parke Godwin
Short Fiction - Tie between "The Dark Country" by Dennis Etchison and "Do the Dead Sing?" by Stephen King
Anthology/Collection - Elsewhere edited by Terri Windling and Mark Alan Arnold
Artist - Michael Whelan

1983 World Fantasy Award Winners
Novel - Nifft the Lean by Michael Shea
Novella - Tie between "Confess the Seasons" by Charles L. Grant and "Beyond Any Measure" by Karl Edward Wagner
Short Fiction - "The Gorgon" by Tanith Lee
Anthology/Collection - Nightmare Seasons by Charles L. Grant
Artist - Michael Whelan

1984 World Fantasy Award Winners
Novel - The Dragon Waiting by John M. Ford
Novella - "Black Air" by Kim Stanley Robinson
Short Fiction - "Elle Est Trois, (La Mort)" by Tanith Lee
Anthology/Collection - High Spirits by Robertson Davies
Artist - Stephen Gervais

1985 World Fantasy Award Winners
Novel - Tie between Mythago Wood by Robert Holdstock and Bridge of Birds by Barry Hughart
Novella - "The Unconquered Country" by Geoff Ryman
Short Fiction - Tie between "Still Life with Scorpion" by Scott Baker and "The Bones Wizard" by Alan Ryan
Anthology/Collection - Clive Barker's Books of Blood I, II, III by Clive Barker
Artist - Edward Gorey

1986 World Fantasy Award Winners
Novel - Song of Kali by Dan Simmons
Novella - "Nadelman's God" by T.E.D. Klein
Short Fiction - "Paper Dragons" by James P. Blaylock
Anthology/Collection - Imaginary Lands edited by Robin McKinley
Artist - Tie between Jeff Jones and Thomas Canty

1987 World Fantasy Award Winners
Novel - Perfume by Patrick Suskind
Novella - "Hatrack River" by Orson Scott Card
Short Fiction - "Red Light" by David J. Schow
Anthology/Collection - Tales of the Quintana Roo by James Tiptree, Jr.
Artist - Robert Gould

1988 World Fantasy Award Winners
Novel - Replay by Ken Grimwood
Novella - "Buffalo Gals, Won't You Come Out Tonight" by Ursula K. Le Guin
Short Fiction - "Friend's Best Man" by Jonathan Carroll
Anthology - Tie between The Architecture of Fear edited by Kathryn Cramer & Peter D. Pautz and The Dark Descent edited by David G. Hartwell
Collection - The Jaguar Hunter by Lucius Shepard
Artist - J.K. Potter

1989 World Fantasy Award Winners
Novel - Koko by Peter Straub
Novella - "The Skin Trade" by George R.R. Martin
Short Fiction - "Winter Solstice, Camelot Station" by John M. Ford
Anthology - The Year's Best Fantasy: First Annual Collection edited by Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling
Collection - Tie between Storeys from the Old Hotel by Gene Wolfe and Angry Candy by Harlan Ellison
Artist - Edward Gorey