Terry Carr's Best Science Fiction of the Year

Dave Langford reviewed Terry Carr's Best Science Fiction of the Year for White Dwarf #72, and stated that "I don't much like Varley's tale, whose flashy surface covers a thin and familiar technophobic theme. but most of the rest are ace stuff."^[1]

The anthology placed third in the 1986 Locus Poll Award for Best Anthology.^{[citation needed]}

"Press Enter []" won the 1984 Nebula Award for Best Novella, the 1985 SF Chronicle Award for Best Novella, and the 1985 Hugo Award for Best Novella, and placed first in the 1985 Locus Poll Award for Best Novella.^{[citation needed]}

"Blued Moon" was nominated for the 1985 Hugo Award for Best Novelette and placed third in the 1985 Locus Poll Award, Best Novelette.^{[citation needed]}

"Summer Solstice" was nominated for the 1984 Analog Award for Best Novella/Novelette and the 1985 Hugo Award for Best Novella, and placed eighth in the 1985 Locus Poll Award for Best Novelette.^{[citation needed]}

"Morning Child" won the 1984 Nebula Award for Best Short Story, was nominated for the 1985 SF Chronicle Award for Best Short Story, and placed twenty-second in the 1985 Locus Poll Award for Best Short Story.^{[citation needed]}

"The Aliens Who Knew, I Mean, Everything" was nominated for the 1984 Nebula Award for Best Short Story, the 1985 SF Chronicle Award for Best Short Story, and the 1985 Hugo Award for Best Short Story, and placed third in the 1985 Locus Poll Award for Best Short Story.^{[citation needed]}

"The Lucky Strike" was nominated for the 1984 Nebula Award for Best Novelette, the 1985 Hugo Award for Best Novelette, and the 1985 SF Chronicle Award for Best Novelette, and placed fourth in the 1985 Locus Poll Award for Best Novelette.^{[citation needed]}

"Bloodchild" won the 1984 Nebula Award for Best Novelette, the 1985 SF Chronicle Award for Best Novelette, and the 1985 Hugo Award for Best Novelette, and placed first in the 1985 Locus Poll Award for Best Novelette.^{[citation needed]}

"Trojan Horse" was nominated for the 1984 Nebula Award for Best Novelette and placed thirteenth in the 1985 Locus Poll Award for Best Novelette.^{[citation needed]}

"Fears" placed eighteenth in the 1985 Locus Poll Award for Best Short Story.^{[citation needed]}

"Trinity" was nominated for the 1984 Nebula Award for Best Novella and the 1985 SF Chronicle Award for Best Novella, placed sixth in the 1985 Locus Poll Award for Best Novella, and was a preliminary nominee for the 1986 Prometheus Award for Best Libertarian SF Novel.^{[citation needed]}

• Terry Carr's Best Science Fiction of the Year title listing at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database