Where and When:
New York City :
June 5, 2004
Eligibility Year:
2003
Anthology
- Winner: Borderlands 5, Elizabeth Monteleone & Thomas F. Monteleone, eds. (Borderlands Press)
- The Dark: New Ghost Stories, Ellen Datlow, ed. (Tor)
- Gathering the Bones, Jack Dann, Dennis Etchison & Ramsey Campbell, eds. (HarperCollins Voyager Australia; Tor)
- Southern Blood: New Australian Tales of the Supernatural, Bill Congreve, ed. (Sandglass Enterprises)
- The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror: Sixteenth Annual Collection, Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling, ed. (St. Martin's)
Illustrated Narrative
- Winner: The Sandman: Endless Nights, Neil Gaiman (DC Comics)
- Graphic Classics: Ambrose Bierce, Tom Pomplun, ed. (Graphic Classics)
- Kolchak: "Devil in the Details", Stefan Petrucha (Moonstone)
- The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Volume II, Alan Moore (America's Best Comics)
- Vampire the Masqerade Giovanni -- The Machiavelli Conundrum, Robert Weinberg (Moonstone/White Wolf)
Trustee Award
- Winner: Robert Weinberg (overall contribution and many years of service to the HWA)
President's Award
- Winner: Lee Thomas (Outstanding Contribution to the genre and to the HWA)