World Fantasy Awards Winners 2014

November 9, 2014 admin

The World Fantasy Awards winners for works published in 2013 were announced at a ceremony held on November 9, 2014. The awards were presented in Washington DC during the World Fantasy Convention, November 6-9, 2014.

The World Fantasy Award winners are:

Life Achievement:

Ellen Datlow
Chelsea Quinn Yarbro

Novel:

A Stranger in Olondria, Sofia Samatar (Small Beer)

Dust Devil on a Quiet Street, Richard Bowes (Lethe)
A Natural History of Dragons: A Memoir by Lady Trent, Marie Brennan (Tor)
The Ocean at the End of the Lane, Neil Gaiman (Morrow; Headline Review)
The Golem and the Jinni, Helene Wecker (Harper)
The Land Across, Gene Wolfe (Tor)

Novella:

“Wakulla Springs”, Andy Duncan & Ellen Klages (Tor.com 10/2/13)

Black Helicopters, Caitlín R. Kiernan (Subterranean)
“The Sun and I”, K.J. Parker (Subterranean Summer ’13)
“Burning Girls”, Veronica Schanoes (Tor.com 6/19/13)
Six-Gun Snow White, Catherynne M. Valente (Subterranean)

Short Fiction:

“The Prayer of Ninety Cats”, Caitlín R. Kiernan (Subterranean Spring ’13)

“The Ink Readers of Doi Saket”, Thomas Olde Heuvelt (Tor.com 4/24/13)
“Effigy Nights”, Yoon Ha Lee (Clarkesworld 1/13)
“Selkie Stories Are for Losers”, Sofia Samatar (Strange Horizons 1/7/13)
“If You Were a Dinosaur, My Love”, Rachel Swirsky (Apex 3/13)

Anthology:

Dangerous Women, George R.R. Martin & Gardner Dozois, eds. (Tor; Voyager)

xo Orpheus: Fifty New Myths, Kate Bernheimer, ed. (Penguin)
Queen Victoria’s Book of Spells, Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling, eds. (Tor)
Flotsam Fantastique: The Souvenir Book of World Fantasy Convention 2013, Stephen Jones, ed. (Smith & Jones/PS Publishing)
End of the Road, Jonathan Oliver, ed. (Solaris US; Solaris UK)
Fearsome Journeys: The New Solaris Book of Fantasy, Jonathan Strahan, ed. (Solaris US; Solaris UK)

Collection:

The Ape’s Wife and Other Stories, Caitlín R. Kiernan (Subterranean)

North American Lake Monsters, Nathan Ballingrud (Small Beer)
The Beautiful Thing That Awaits Us All and Other Stories, Laird Barron (Night Shade)
Flowers of the Sea, Reggie Oliver (Tartarus Press)
How the World Became Quiet, Rachel Swirsky (Subterranean)

Artist:

Charles Vess

Galen Dara
Zelda Devon
Julie Dillon
John Picacio

Special Award – Professional: (tie)

Irene Gallo, for art direction of Tor.com
William K. Schafer, for Subterranean Press

John Joseph Adams, for magazine and anthology editing
Ginjer Buchanan, for editing at Ace Books
Jeff VanderMeer & Jeremy Zerfoss, for Wonderbook: The Illustrated Guide to Creating Imaginative Fiction (Abrams Image)
Jerad Walters, for Centipede Press

Special Award – Nonprofessional: