World Fantasy Awards Judges Announced
The judges for the 2025 World Fantasy Awards have been empaneled.
The judges will read and consider eligible materials from 2024 between now (January 6, 2025) and June 1, 2025. To be considered for awards, all materials must be received by all five judges and Peter Dennis Pautz by June 1, 2025. “If… something is received on May 31 the judges may well have only one day to read it before their deliberations conclude. Anything received after June 1 will receive little or no consideration.”
Judges:
- James Brogden
Apartment 66, New Hampton Lofts
90 Great Hampton St
Birmingham B18 6EU;
United Kingdom
jwbwfa25@outlook.com
Prefers HC, PDF, EPUB (no dropboxes or G-drives)
- Jessica Day George
PO Box 95308
South Jordan, UT 84095
USA
books@jessicadaygeorge.com
Prefers HC, then MOBI, then PDF
- Lee Murray
14 Orakei Place
Welcome Bay
Tauranga 3112
New Zealand
leemurraywfa@gmail.com
Prefers EPUB, then HC
- Jonathan Oliver
1A Frilsham Street
Sutton Courtenay
OX14 4AZ
United Kingdom
jowfa25@gmail.com
Prefers HC, MOBI, PDF
- Molly Tanzer
P.O. Box #503
Longmont, CO 80502
USA
molly.tanzer.wfa@gmail.com
Prefers (greatly) EPUB, MOBI, then HC
Judges’ order of preference regarding formats is listed above. Packages should be labeled “Promotional materials — not for sale or resale — no commercial value — World Fantasy Awards materials.” A copy should also be sent to:
- Peter Dennis Pautz
World Fantasy Awards Association
3519 Glen Avenue
Palmer Township
PA 18045-5812
USA
SFExecSec@gmail.com
All books must have been originally published in English in 2024; magazines must have a 2024 cover date; short length stories must have been originally published in English in 2024; only living persons are eligible. All forms of fantasy are eligible, e.g. high, epic, dark, contemporary, YA, literary, horror, etc.
Categories include Life Achievement; Best Novel; Best Novella (10,001 to 40,000 words); Best Short Story; Best Anthology; Best Collection; Best Artist; Special Award—Professional; and Special Award—NonProfessional. When submitting works shorter than novel length, please provide a word count for the judges’ benefit.
The 2025 World Fantasy Convention will be held in Brighton, UK from Thursday October 30th to Sunday November 2nd. The Awards will be presented on the evening of the 2nd. See the 2025 World Fantasy Convention site for more details.
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