Site: Clarion Hotel
City: New Orleans, Louisiana
Theme: Obsessions in Fantasy and Gothic Horror
Honored Guests: Damon Knight, George Alec Effinger, George R. R. Martin,Kate Wilhelm
Artist Guest of Honor: Jill Bauman
Chair: Tom Hanlon
Winners & Nominees
| First Name | Last Name | Year | Category | Title | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jack | Williamson | 1994 | Life Achievement | Winner | |
| Lewis | Shiner | 1994 | Novel | "Glimpses" | Winner |
| Peter S. | Beagle | 1994 | Novel | "The Innkeeper's Song" | Nominee |
| Poppy Z. | Brite | 1994 | Novel | "Drawing Blood" | Nominee |
| Kathe | Koja | 1994 | Novel | "Skin" | Nominee |
| Peter | Straub | 1994 | Novel | "The Throat" | Nominee |
| Michael | Swanwick | 1994 | Novel | "The Iron Dragon's Daughter" | Nominee |
| Judith | Tarr | 1994 | Novel | "Lord of the Two Lands" | Nominee |
| Terry | Lamsley | 1994 | Novella | "Under the Crust" | Winner |
| Jack | Cady | 1994 | Novella | "The Night We Buried Road Dog" | Nominee |
| Harlan | Ellison | 1994 | Novella | "Mefisto in Onyx" | Nominee |
| Elizabeth | Hand | 1994 | Novella | "The Erl-King" | Nominee |
| Walter Jon | Williams | 1994 | Novella | "Wall, Stone Craft" | Nominee |
| Fred | Chappell | 1994 | Short Fiction | "The Lodger" | Winner |
| Terry | Bisson | 1994 | Short Fiction | "England Underway" | Nominee |
| Les | Daniels | 1994 | Short Fiction | "The Little Green Ones" | Nominee |
| Charles | de Lint | 1994 | Short Fiction | "The Moon is Drowning While I Sleep" | Nominee |
| Neil | Gaiman | 1994 | Short Fiction | "Troll Bridge" | Nominee |
| Terry | Lamsley | 1994 | Short Fiction | "Something Worse" | Nominee |
| Ian | McDonald | 1994 | Short Fiction | "Some Strange Desire" | Nominee |
| Dan | Simmons | 1994 | Short Fiction | "Death in Bangkok" | Nominee |
| Lou | Aronica | 1994 | Anthology | "Full Spectrum 4" | Winner |
| Amy | Stout | 1994 | Anthology | "Full Spectrum 4" | Winner |
| Betsy | Mitchell | 1994 | Anthology | "Full Spectrum 4" | Winner |
| Ellen | Datlow | 1994 | Anthology | "Snow White, Blood Red" | Nominee |
| Terri | Windling | 1994 | Anthology | "Snow White, Blood Red" | Nominee |
| Ellen | Datlow | 1994 | Anthology | "The Year's Best Fantasy, Horror: Sixth Annual Collection" | Nominee |
| Terri | Windling | 1994 | Anthology | "The Year's Best Fantasy, Horror: Sixth Annual Collection" | Nominee |
| David G. | Hartwell | 1994 | Anthology | "Christmas Forever" | Nominee |
| George | Hatch | 1994 | Anthology | "Sinistre" | Nominee |
| Alison | Lurie | 1994 | Anthology | "The Oxford Book of Modern Fairy Tales" | Nominee |
| Ramsey | Campbell | 1994 | Collection | "Alone With the Horrors" | Winner |
| John | Crowley | 1994 | Collection | "Antiquities" | Nominee |
| Charles | de Lint | 1994 | Collection | "Dreams Underfoot" | Nominee |
| Neil | Gaiman | 1994 | Collection | "Angels and Visitations: A Miscellany" | Nominee |
| Garry | Kilworth | 1994 | Collection | "Hogfoot Right and Bird-hands" | Nominee |
| Terry | Lamsley | 1994 | Collection | "Under the Crust" | Nominee |
| Darrell | Schweitzer | 1994 | Collection | "Transients and Other Disquieting Stories" | Nominee |
| Alan M. | Clark | 1994 | Artist | Winner | |
| J.K. | Potter | 1994 | Artist | Nominee | |
| Rick | Berry | 1994 | Artist | Nominee | |
| Thomas | Canty | 1994 | Artist | Nominee | |
| Jason | Eckhardt | 1994 | Artist | Nominee | |
| Harry O. | Morris | 1994 | Artist | Nominee | |
| Underwood-Miller | 1994 | Special - Pro | publishing | Winner | |
| John | Clute | 1994 | Special - Pro | reviewing | Nominee |
| Ellen | Datlow | 1994 | Special - Pro | editing | Nominee |
| David J. | Skal | 1994 | Special - Pro | "The Monster Show: A Cultural History of Horror" | Nominee |
| Terri | Windling | 1994 | Special - Pro | editing | Nominee |
| Mark V. | Ziesing | 1994 | Special - Pro | publishing | Nominee |
| Marc | Michaud | 1994 | Special - Non-Pro | Necronomicon Press | Winner |
| Richard | Chizmar | 1994 | Special - Non-Pro | CD Publications | Nominee |
| George | Hatch | 1994 | Special - Non-Pro | Horror's Head Press | Nominee |
| Brian | Stableford | 1994 | Special - Non-Pro | small press reviews | Nominee |
| Joe | Stefko | 1994 | Special - Non-Pro | Charnel House | Nominee |
| Tracy | Cocoman | 1994 | Special - Non-Pro | Charnel House | Nominee |