World Fantasy Award Nominations

The nominations for the World Fantasy Awards have been announced. The prizes will be presented at a banquet at World Fantasy Con, scheduled to be held in Toronto, Canada on November 4.

Novel:

• Those Across the River, by Christopher Buehlman
• 11/22/63, by Stephen King
• A Dance with Dragons, by George R.R. Martin
• Osama, by Lavie Tidhar
• Among Others, by Jo Walton

Novella:

• “Near Zennor,” by Elizabeth Hand
• “A Small Price to Pay for Birdsong,” by K.J. Parker
• “Alice Through the Plastic Sheet,” by Robert Shearman
• “Rose Street Attractors,” by Lucius Shepard
• Silently and Very Fast, by Catherynne M. Valente

Short Story:

• “X for Demetrious,” by Steve Duffy
• “Younger Women,” by Karen Joy Fowler
• “The Paper Menagerie,” by Ken Liu
• “A Journey of Only Two Paces,” by Tim Powers
• “The Cartographer Wasps and the Anarchist Bees,” by E. Lily Yu

Anthology:

• Blood and Other Cravings, edited by Ellen Datlow
• A Book of Horrors, edited by Stephen Jones
• The Thackery T. Lambshead Cabinet of Curiosities, edited by Ann & Jeff VanderMeer
• The Weird, edited by Ann & Jeff VanderMeer
• Gutshot, edited by Conrad Williams

Collection:

• Bluegrass Symphony, by Lisa L. Hannett
• Two Worlds and In Between, by Caitlín R. Kiernan
• After the Apocalypse, by Maureen F. McHugh
• Mrs Midnight and Other Stories, by Reggie Oliver
• The Bible Repairman and Other Stories, by Tim Powers

Artist:

• John Coulthart
• Julie Dillon
• Jon Foster
• Kathleen Jennings
• John Picacio

Special Award Professional:

• John Joseph Adams, for editing – anthology and magazine
• Jo Fletcher, for editing – Jo Fletcher Books
• Eric Lane, for publishing in translation – Dedalus books
• Brett Alexander Savory & Sandra Kasturi, for ChiZine Publications
• Jeff VanderMeer & S.J. Chambers, for The Steampunk Bible

Special Award Non-Professional:

• Kate Baker, Neil Clarke, Cheryl Morgan & Sean Wallace, for Clarkesworld
• Cat Rambo, for Fantasy
• Raymond Russell & Rosalie Parker, for Tartarus Press
• Charles Tan, for Bibliophile Stalker blog
• Mark Valentine, for Wormwood

Lifetime Achievement winners:

• Alan Garner
• George R.R. Martin

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