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2012 World Fantasy Award Winner
The 2012 World Fantasy Award winners were announced tonight at the World Fantasy Convention in Toronto, Canada. The winner for best novel is:
- Osama, Lavie Tidhar (PS Publishing)
The other nominees in the novel category were:
- Those Across the River, Christopher Buehlman (Ace)
- 11/22/63, Stephen King (Scribner; Hodder & Stoughton as 11.22.63)
- A Dance with Dragons, George R.R. Martin (Bantam; Harper Voyager UK)
- Among Others, Jo Walton (Tor)
See the complete list of winners in all categories.
Congrats to Lavie Tidhar for the win! Osama was also nominated for the 2011 BSFA and the 2012 Campbell awards. What do you think of the result? Were you expecting it to go to one of the other noms? Among Others had to be the favorite after bringing home the Hugo, Nebula and BFS.
2012 World Fantasy Award Nominees
The nominees for the 2012 World Fantasy Award have been announced. The award will be presented at the World Fantasy Convention that takes place in Toronto, Canada, the weekend of November 1-4, 2012. The nominees in each category are:
Novel
• Those Across the River, Christopher Buehlman (Ace)
• 11/22/63, Stephen King (Scribner; Hodder & Stoughton as 11.22.63)
• A Dance with Dragons, George R.R. Martin (Bantam; Harper Voyager UK)
• Osama, Lavie Tidhar (PS Publishing)
• Among Others, Jo Walton (Tor)
Novella
• “Near Zennor”, Elizabeth Hand (A Book of Horrors)
• “A Small Price to Pay for Birdsong”, K.J. Parker (Subterranean Winter 2011)
• “Alice Through the Plastic Sheet”, Robert Shearman (A Book of Horrors)
• “Rose Street Attractors”, Lucius Shepard (Ghosts by Gaslight)
• Silently and Very Fast, Catherynne M. Valente (WSFA Press; Clarkesworld)
Short Fiction
• “X for Demetrious”, Steve Duffy (Blood and Other Cravings)
• “Younger Women”, Karen Joy Fowler (Subterranean Summer 2011)
• “The Paper Menagerie”, Ken Liu (F&SF 3-4/11)
• “A Journey of Only Two Paces”, Tim Powers (The Bible Repairman and Other Stories)
• “The Cartographer Wasps and the Anarchist Bees”, E. Lily Yu (Clarkesworld 4/11)
Anthology
• Blood and Other Cravings, Ellen Datlow, ed. (Tor)
• A Book of Horrors, Stephen Jones, ed. (Jo Fletcher Books)
• The Thackery T. Lambshead Cabinet of Curiosities, Ann & Jeff VanderMeer, eds. (Harper Voyager US)
• The Weird, Ann & Jeff VanderMeer, eds. (Corvus; Tor, published May 2012)
• Gutshot, Conrad Williams, ed. (PS Publishing)
Collection
• Bluegrass Symphony, Lisa L. Hannett (Ticonderoga)
• Two Worlds and In Between, Caitlín R. Kiernan (Subterranean Press)
• After the Apocalypse, Maureen F. McHugh (Small Beer)
• Mrs Midnight and Other Stories, Reggie Oliver (Tartarus)
• The Bible Repairman and Other Stories, Tim Powers (Tachyon)
Artist
• John Coulthart
• Julie Dillon
• Jon Foster
• Kathleen Jennings
• John Picacio
Special Award Professional
• John Joseph Adams, for editing – anthology and magazine
• Jo Fletcher, for editing – Jo Fletcher Books
• Eric Lane, for publishing in translation – Dedalus books
• Brett Alexander Savory & Sandra Kasturi, for ChiZine Publications
• Jeff VanderMeer & S.J. Chambers, for The Steampunk Bible
Special Award Non-Professional
• Kate Baker, Neil Clarke, Cheryl Morgan & Sean Wallace, for Clarkesworld
• Cat Rambo, for Fantasy
• Raymond Russell & Rosalie Parker, for Tartarus Press
• Charles Tan, for Bibliophile Stalker blog
• Mark Valentine, for Wormwood
Congrats to all the nominees! Anything in this list surprise you? Among Others has now grabbed 5 award nominations including the 2011 Nebula win. Impressive.
2011 World Fantasy Award Winner: Who Fears Death
The 2011 World Fantasy Awards winners have been announced during a ceremony at the World Fantasy Convention in San Diego, California this afternoon. The winner for best novel is:
Who Fears Death by Nnedi Okorafor (DAW).
Congratulations to Nnedi Okorafor and all the best novel nominees.
You can see the complete list of winners in all categories at SF Signal.
What do you think of this result? Has anyone read Who Fears Death? WWEnd member, Allie, posted a nice review of it here and on her blog Tethyan Books that you should check out.
2011 World Fantasy Award Nominees
The World Fantasy Awards nomination ballot has been announced. The nominees for Best Novel are:
- Zoo City – Lauren Beukes (Jacana South Africa; Angry Robot)
- The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms – N.K. Jemisin (Orbit)
- The Silent Land – Graham Joyce (Gollancz; Doubleday)
- Under Heaven – Guy Gavriel Kay (Viking Canada; Roc; Harper Voyager UK)
- Redemption In Indigo – Karen Lord (Small Beer)
- Who Fears Death, Nnedi Okorafor (DAW)
Winners will be announced at the World Fantasy Convention, October 27-30, in San Diego CA.
Lifetime Achievement winners have been announced in advance of the event. They are: Peter S. Beagle and Angélica Gorodischer. Locus has the full list of nominees for all categories.
Congrats to the Lifetime winners and the nominees.
2010 World Fantasy Award Winners
The winners of the 2010 World Fantasy Award have been announced at World Fantasy Convention 36 in Columbus, OH.
Our thanks to Tor.com for keeping us posted on the results via their blog.
Novel:
- The City & The City by China Miéville (Macmillan UK/ Del Rey)
- Blood of Ambrose by James Enge (Pyr)
- The Red Tree by Caitlín R. Kiernan (Roc)
- Finch by Jeff VanderMeer (Underland)
- In Great Waters by Kit Whitfield (Jonathan Cape UK/Del Rey)
Novella:
- “Sea-Hearts,” Margo Lanagan (X 6, coeur de lion publishing)
- “The Women of Nell Gwynne’s,” Kage Baker (Subterranean Press)
- “I Needs Must Part, the Policeman Said,” Richard Bowes (December 2009 F&SF)
- “The Lion’s Den,” Steve Duffy (Nemonymous Nine: Cern Zoo)
- “The Night Cache,” Andy Duncan (PS Publishing)
- “Everland,” Paul Witcover, Everland and Other Stories (PS Publishing)
Short Story:
- “The Pelican Bar,” Karen Joy Fowler (Eclipse Three, Night Shade Books)
- “A Journal of Certain Events of Scientific Interest from the First Survey Voyage of the Southern Waters by HMS Ocelot, As Observed by Professor Thaddeus Boswell, DPhil, MSc, or, A Lullaby,” Helen Keeble (June 2009 Strange Horizons)
- “Singing on a Star,” Ellen Klages (Firebirds Soaring, Firebird)
- “The Persistence of Memory, or This Space for Sale,” Paul Park (Postscripts 20/21: Edison ’s Frankenstein, PS Publishing)
- “In Hiding,” R.B. Russell (Putting the Pieces in Place, Ex Occidente Press)
- “Light on the Water,” Genevieve Valentine (October 2009, Fantasy Magazine)
Anthology:
- American Fantastic Tales: Terror and the Uncanny: From Poe to the Pulps/From the 1940s to Now, ed. by Peter Straub (Library of America)
- Poe, ed. by Ellen Datlow (Solaris)
- Songs of The Dying Earth: Stories in Honor of Jack Vance ed. by George R.R. Martin and Gardner Dozois (Subterranean/Voyager)
- Exotic Gothic3: Strange Visitations, ed. by Danel Olson (Ash-Tree Press)
- Eclipse Three, ed. by Jonathan Strahan (Night Shade Books)
- The Very Best ofFantasy & Science Fiction: Sixtieth Anniversary Anthology, ed. by Gordon Van Gelder (Tachyon Publications)
Collection (Tie):
- There Once Lived a Woman Who Tried To Kill Her Neighbor’s Baby: Scary Fairy Tales, Ludmilla Petrushevskaya (Penguin)
- The VeRy Best Of Gene Wolfe/The Best of Gene Wolfe, Gene Wolfe (PS Publishing/Tor Books)
- We Never Talk About My Brother, Peter S. Beagle (Tachyon Publications)
- Fugue State, Brian Evenson (Coffee House Press)
- Northwest Passages, Barbara Roden (Prime Books)
- Everland and Other Stories, Paul Witcover (PS Publishing)
Artist:
- Charles Vess
- John Jude Palencar
- John Picacio
- Jason Zerrillo
- Sam Weber
Special Award – Professional:
- Jonathan Strahan for editing anthologies
- Peter & Nicky Crowther for PS Publishing
- Ellen Datlow for editing anthologies
- Hayao Miyazaki for Ponyo
- Barbara & Christopher Roden for Ash-Tree Press
- Jacob & Rina Weisman for Tachyon Publications
Special Award – Non-Professional:
- Susan Marie Groppi for Strange Horizons
- John Berlyne for POWERS: Secret Histories
- Neil Clarke, Cheryl Morgan & Sean Wallace for Clarkesworld Magazine
- John Klima for Electric Velocipede
- Bob Colby, B. Diane Martin, David Shaw & Eric M. Van for Readercon
- Ray Russell & Rosalie Parker for Tartarus Press
World Fantasy Life Achievement Awards:
- Brian Lumley
- Terry Pratchett
- BPeter Straub
Congratulations to all the winners and nominees. That’s the 5th win for The City & The City, including the 2009 BSFA and the 2010 Clarke, Hugo and Locus Fantasy awards not to mention nominations for the 2009 Nebula and 2010 Campbell. An amazing run for China Miéville.
2010 World Fantasy Award Nominees
The list of nominees for the 2010 World Fantasy Award has been released. The award is for works published in 2009 and will be presented at World Fantasy Convention 36 in Columbus, OH, October 28-31, 2010.
The nominees in the novel category are:
- Blood of Ambrose by James Enge (Pyr)
- The Red Tree by Caitlín R. Kiernan (Roc)
- The City & The City by China Miéville (Macmillan UK/ Del Rey)
- Finch by Jeff VanderMeer (Underland)
- In Great Waters by Kit Whitfield (Jonathan Cape UK/Del Rey)
Visit Locus Online for a complete list of all nominees and categories.
2009 World Fantasy Awards Results – It’s a Tie
The 2009 World Fantasy Awards winners have been announced. It’s a tie:
The Shadow Year by Jeffrey Ford (Morrow)
Tender Morsels by Margo Lanagan (Allen & Unwin; Knopf)
On the outside looking in:
The House of the Stag by Kage Baker (Tor)
The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman (HarperCollins; Bloomsbury)
Pandemonium by Daryl Gregory (Del Rey)
Congrats to Jeffrey Ford and Margo Lanagan and all the nominees!
2009 World Fantasy Awards Nominees
The nominees for the 2009 World Fantasy Awards have been announced. They are:
The House of the Stag by Kage Baker (Tor)
The Shadow Year by Jeffrey Ford (Morrow)
The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman (HarperCollins; Bloomsbury)
Pandemonium by Daryl Gregory (Del Rey)
Tender Morsels by Margo Lanagan (Allen & Unwin; Knopf)
