The fourteenth annual Soap Opera Digest Awards were held in 1998. The show was aired on NBC. It was hosted by Drake Hogestyn and Leeza Gibbons.

Outstanding Lead Actor

• John Callahan (All My Children)

Outstanding Lead Actress

• Vanessa Marcil (General Hospital)

Outstanding Supporting Actor

• Michael E. Knight (All My Children)

Outstanding Supporting Actress

• Judi Evans (Another World)

Outstanding Younger Leading Actor

• Steve Burton (General Hospital)

Outstanding Younger Leading Actress

• Sarah Brown (General Hospital)

Hottest Male Star

• Ingo Rademacher (General Hospital)

Hottest Female Star

• Sharon Case (The Young and the Restless)

Outstanding Villain

• Roger Howarth (One Life to Live)

Outstanding Villainess

• Alison Sweeney (Days of our Lives)

Outstanding Male Scene Stealer

• John Ingle (General Hospital)

Outstanding Female Scene Stealer

• Jennifer Bassey (All My Children)

Outstanding Male Newcomer

• Jensen Ackles (Days of our Lives)

Outstanding Female Newcomer

• Sabryn Genet (The Young and the Restless)

Favorite New Character

• Laura Wright (Guiding Light)

Favorite New Couple

• Grant Aleksander and Beth Ehlers (Guiding Light)

Hottest Romance

• Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos (All My Children)

Favorite Show

• General Hospital

Editor's Choice

Editor's Choice Award

• Don Hastings
• Kathryn Hays

External links

• 1998
• 1998