World Fantasy Award Winners

The 2009 World Fantasy Awards were presented on November 1 at World Fantasy Convention 2009 in San Jose, California. This year’s judges included Jenny Blackford, Peter Heck, Ellen Klages, Chris Roberson, and Delia Sherman.

• Life Achievement: Ellen Asher and Jane Yolen
• Novel (tie): The Shadow Year, by Jeffrey Ford and Tender Morsels, by Margo Lanagan
• Novella: “If Angels Fight,” by Richard Bowes
• Short Story: “26 Monkeys, Also the Abyss,” by Kij Johnson
• Anthology: Paper Cities: An Anthology of Urban Fantasy, edited by Ekaterina Sedia
• Collection: The Drowned Life, by Jeffrey Ford
• Artist: Shaun Tan
• Special Award—Professional: Kelly Link & Gavin J. Grant (for Small Beer Press and Big Mouth House)
• Special Award—Non-professional: Michael J. Walsh (for Howard Waldrop collections from Old Earth Books)

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