World Fantasy Awards Winners
The World Fantasy Awards winners were announced at this year’s World Fantasy Convention, held November 1-4, 2012 in Toronto, Canada. (Lifetime Achievement winners are announced in advance of the event).
The winners are:
Novel:
- Osama, Lavie Tidhar (PS Publishing)
- 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)
Novella:
- “A Small Price to Pay for Birdsong”, K.J. Parker (Subterranean Winter 2011)
- “Near Zennor”, Elizabeth Hand (A Book of Horrors)
- “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 Story:
- “The Paper Menagerie”, Ken Liu (F&SF 3-4/11)
- “X for Demetrious”, Steve Duffy (Blood and Other Cravings)
- “Younger Women”, Karen Joy Fowler (Subterranean Summer 2011)
- “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:
- The Weird, Ann & Jeff VanderMeer, eds. (Corvus; Tor, published May 2012)
- 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)
- Gutshot, Conrad Williams, ed. (PS Publishing)
Collection:
- The Bible Repairman and Other Stories, Tim Powers (Tachyon)
- 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)
Artist:
- John Coulthart
- Julie Dillon
- Jon Foster
- Kathleen Jennings
- John Picacio
Special Award Professional:
- Eric Lane, for publishing in translation – Dedalus books
- John Joseph Adams, for editing – anthology and magazine
- Jo Fletcher, for editing – Jo Fletcher Books
- Brett Alexander Savory & Sandra Kasturi, for ChiZine Publications
- Jeff VanderMeer & S.J. Chambers, for The Steampunk Bible
Special Award Non-Professional:
- Raymond Russell & Rosalie Parker, for Tartarus Press
- Kate Baker, Neil Clarke, Cheryl Morgan & Sean Wallace, for Clarkesworld
- Cat Rambo, for Fantasy
- Charles Tan, for Bibliophile Stalker blog
- Mark Valentine, for Wormwood
The World Fantasy Awards Lifetime Achievement Winners for 2012 are Alan Garner and George R.R. Martin. The awards are presented annually to individuals who have demonstrated outstanding service to the fantasy field.
