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This Year’s World Fantasy Awards Announced at World Fantasy Convention Last Weekend
The Cream Of The Last Year Of Fantasy Celebrated
Last weekend, it was the World Fantasy Convention held in Brighton over here and here’s a list of the winners courtesy of Locus. Congratulations to all the nominees and the winners…
Best Novel
- WINNER: The Tainted Cup, Robert Jackson Bennett (Del Rey; Hodderscape)
- The Fox Wife, Yangsze Choo (Holt; Quercus UK)
- The Bog Wife, Kay Chronister (Counterpoint; Titan UK)
- The Bright Sword, Lev Grossman (Viking; Del Rey UK)
- The Wings Upon Her Back, Samantha Mills (Tachyon)
Best Novella
- WINNER: Yoke of Stars, R.B. Lemberg (Tachyon)
- Crypt of the Moon Spider, Nathan Ballingrud (Nightfire; Titan UK)
- In the Shadow of Their Dying, Michael F. Fletcher & Anna Smith Spark (Grimdark Magazine)
- The Woods All Black, Lee Mandelo (Tordotcom)
- The Butcher of the Forest, Premee Mohamed (Tordotcom; Titan UK)
Best Short Fiction
- WINNER: “Raptor”, Maura McHugh (Heartwood: A Mythago Wood Anthology)
- “Our Best Selves”, Hiron Ennes (Weird Horror Fall ’24)
- “Godskin”, CL Hellisen (Strange Horizons 3/4/24)
- “The V*mpire”, PH Lee (Reactor 10/23/24)
- “Everything in the Garden is Lovely”, Hannah Yang (Apex 3/12/24)
Best Anthology
- WINNER: Heartwood, Dan Coxon, ed. (Drugstore Indian)
- Discontinue If Death Ensues, Carol Gyzander & Anna Taborska, eds. (Flame Tree)
- Northern Nights, Michael Kelly, ed. (Undertow)
- The Dagon Collection, Nate Pedersen, ed. (PS Publishing)
- The Crawling Moon: Queer Tales of Inescapable Dread, dave ring, ed. (Neon Hemlock)
Best Collection
- WINNER: A Sunny Place for Shady People, Mariana Enríquez, translated by Megan McDowell (Hogarth US; Granta)
- Ghostroots, ’Pemi Aguda (Norton; Virago)
- Good Night, Sleep Tight, Brian Evenson (Coffee House)
- Kindling: Stories, Kathleen Jennings (Small Beer)
- Craft: Stories I Wrote for the Devil, Ananda Lima (Tor)
Best Artist
- WINNER: Liv Rainey-Smith
- Jenni Coutts
- Nico Delort
- Manzi Jackson
- Tran Nguyen
Special Award – Professional
- WINNER: Sydney Paige Guerrero, Gabriela Lee & Anna Felicia Sanchez, for Mapping New Stars: A Sourcebook on Philippine Speculative Fiction (The University of the Philippines Press)
- Hildur Knútsdóttir & Mary Robinette Kowal, for The Night Guest audiobook (Nightfire)
- David Thomas Moore, for editorial work with Solaris/Rebellion
- Sheree Renée Thomas, for The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction
- Jacob Weisman, for Tachyon Publications
Special Award – Non-Professional
- WINNER: Steve J Shaw, for Black Shuck Books
- Andy Duncan, for “It Is Always Time to Think about These Things” (Journal of the Fantastic in the Arts Vol. 35 No. 1)
- Gavin J. Grant & Kelly Link, for Lady Churchill’s Rosebud Wristlet
- Michael Kelly, for Undertow Publications and Weird Horror
- DaVaun Sanders, for Fiyah
- Patrick Swenson, for Fairwood Press
This year’s judges were James Brogden, Jessica Day George, Lee Murray, Jonathan Oliver, and Molly Tanzer. For more information, see the WFC website.
