The 1983 Annual World's Best SF is an anthology of science fiction short stories edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Arthur W. Saha, the twelfth volume in a series of nineteen.

The book collects ten novellas, novelettes and short stories by various science fiction authors, with an introduction by Wollheim.

"Farmer on the Dole" placed sixteenth in the 1983 Locus Poll Award for Best Short Story.

"The Comedian" placed twenty-fourth in the 1983 Locus Poll Award for Best Short Story.

"Written in Water" placed nineteenth in the 1983 Locus Poll Award for Best Short Story.