WORLD FANTASY AWARD WINNERS
2010 World Fantasy Awards Ballot
The World Fantasy Convention 2010 was held in Columbus, Ohio.
Judges were Greg Ketter, Kelly Link, James Minz, Jürgen Snoeren, and Gary K. Wolfe
Life Achievement
winner Brian Lumley
winner Terry Pratchett
winner Peter Straub
Novel
The City & The City by China Miéville (Macmillan UK / Del Rey)
Novella
"Sea-Hearts," Margo Lanagan, X 6, coeur de lion publishing
Short Story
"The Pelican Bar," Karen Joy Fowler, Eclipse Three, Night Shade Books
Anthology
American Fantastic Tales: Terror and the Uncanny: From Poe to the Pulps/From the 1940s to Now" , ed. by Peter Straub, Library of America
2009 World Fantasy Awards Ballot
The World Fantasy Convention 2009 was held in San Jose, California.
Judges were Jenny Blackford, Peter Heck, Ellen Klages, Chris Roberson, Delia Sherman Life Achievement
winner Ellen Asher
winner Jane Yolen
Novel
The Shadow Year, Jeffrey Ford (Morrow)
Tender Morsels, Margo Lanagan (Allen & Unwin; Knopf)
Novella
"If Angels Fight", Richard Bowes (F&SF 2/08)
Short Story
"26 Monkeys, Also the Abyss", Kij Johnson (Asimov's 7/08)
Anthology
Paper Cities: An Anthology of Urban Fantasy, Ekaterina Sedia, ed. (Senses Five Press)
2008 World Fantasy Awards Ballot
The World Fantasy Convention 2008 was held in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
Judges were Peter Coleborn, Robert Hoge, Dennis L. McKiernan, Mark Morris, Steve Pasechnick
Life Achievement
winner Leo & Diane Dillon
winner Patricia McKillip
Novel
Ysabel Guy Gavriel Kay (Viking Canada/Penguin Roc)
Novella
Illyria Elizabeth Hand (PS Publishing)
Short Story
"Singing of Mount Abora" Theodora Goss (Logorrhea, Bantam Spectra)
Anthology
Inferno: New Tales of Terror and the Supernatural Ellen Datlow, Editor (Tor)
2007 World Fantasy Awards Ballot
The recipients of the 2007 World Fantasy Awards were announced at the World Fantasy Convention in Saratoga Springs, New York on November 4, 2006
Life Achievement: Betty Ballantine and Diana Wynne Jones
Novel: Soldier of Sidon by Gene Wolfe (Tor)
Novella: "Botch Town" by Jeffrey Ford (Empire of Ice Cream, Golden Gryphon)
Short Fiction: "Journey Into the Kingdom" by M. Rickert (F&SF, 5/06)
Anthology: Salon Fantastique ed. Ellen Datlow & Terry Windling (Thunder's Mouth)
2006 World Fantasy Awards Ballot
The WFC 2006 held in Austin, TX, was co-chaired by Renee Babcock and Fred Duarte.
Judges are Steve Lockley, Barbara Roden, Victoria Strauss, Jeff VanderMeer, and Andrew Wheeler.
Life Achievement
winner John Crowley
winner Stephen Fabian
Novel:
winner Haruki Murakami, Kafka on the Shore (Harvill; Knopf)
Novella:
winner Joe Hill, Voluntary Committal (Subterranean Press)
Short Fiction:
winner George Saunders, "CommComm" (The New Yorker, 08/01, 2005)
Anthology:
winner The Fair Folk ed. Marvin Kaye (Science Fiction Book Club)
2005 World Fantasy Awards Ballot
The WFC 2005 held in Madison, WI, was chaired by Meg Turville-Heitz.
Judges were Alis Rasmussen (Kate Elliott), Jeffrey Ford, Tim Lebbon, Patrick Nielsen Hayden, Jessica Amanda Salmonson.
Life Achievement
winner Tom Doherty
winner Carol Emshwiller
Novel:
winner Susanna Clarke, Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell (Bloomsbury)
Novella:
winner Michael Shea, "The Growlimb" (F&SF, 1/2004)
Short Fiction:
winner Margo Lanagan, "Singing My Sister Down" (Black Juice, Allen & Unwin Australia)
Anthology:
winner Acquainted With The Night ed. Barbara & Christopher Roden (Ash Tree Press)
winner Dark Matter: Reading The Bones ed. Sheree R. Thomas (Warner Aspect)
2004 World Fantasy Award Ballot
The WFC 2004 held in Tempe, Arizona, was chaired by Mike Willmoth.
Judges were John Clute, Sherwood Smith, Michael Stackpole, Alain Nevant and Scott Wyatt, with awards administrator Peter Dennis Pautz.
Life Achievement
winner Stephen King
winner Gahan Wilson
Novel:
winner Jo Walton Tooth and Claw (Tor)
Novella:
winner Greer Gilman "A Crowd of Bone" (Trampoline: an anthology, Small Beer)
Short Fiction:
winner Bruce Holland Rogers "Don Ysidro" (Polyphony 3, Wheatland)
Anthology:
winner Rosalie Parker, ed. Strange Tales (Tartarus Press)
2003 World Fantasy Award Ballot
The WFC 2003 held in Washington, DC, was chaired by Michael J. Walsh.
Judges were Justin Ackroyd, Les Edwards, Laura Anne Gilman, Lawrence Watt-Evans, and Jane Yolen, with awards administrator Peter Dennis Pautz.
Life Achievement
winner Lloyd Alexander
winner Donald M. Grant
Novel
winner The Facts of Life Graham Joyce (Gollancz)
winner Ombria in Shadow Patricia A. McKillip (Ace)
Novella
winner "The Library" Zoran Zivkovic (Leviathan 3)
Short Story
winner "Creation" Jeffrey Ford (F&SF 5/02)
Anthology
winner The Green Man: Tales from the Mythic Forest Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling, Editors (Viking)
winner Leviathan 3 Jeff VanderMeer & Forrest Aguirre, Editors (Ministry of Whimsy Press)
2002 World Fantasy Awards Ballot
The WFC 2002 held in Minneapolis, MN, was chaired by Greg Ketter.
Judges were Peter Adkins, Meg Davis, Jason Van Hollander, Michele Sagara West, and F. Paul Wilson, with awards administrator Peter Dennis Pautz.
Life Achievement
winner Forrest J Ackerman
winner George Scithers
Novel
winner The Other Wind, Ursula K. Le Guin (Harcourt)
Novella
winner "The Bird Catcher", S.P. Somtow (The Museum of Horrors, Dennis Etchison, ed., Leisure)
Short Story
winner "Queen for a Day", Albert E. Cowdrey (F&SF Oct/Nov 2001)
Anthology
winner The Museum of Horrors, Dennis Etchison, ed. (Leisure)
2001 World Fantasy Awards Ballot
The WFC 2001 held in Montreal, Canada, was chaired by Bruce Farr.
Judges were Steven Erikson, Paula Guran, Diana Wynne Jones, Graham Joyce, and Jonathan Strahan.
Life Achievement
winner Frank Frazetta
winner Philip José Farmer Novel
winner Declare, Tim Powers (Subterranean Press; Morrow 2001)
winner Galveston, Sean Stewart (Ace Books)
Novella
winner The Man on the Ceiling, Steve Rasnic Tem & Melanie Tem (American Fantasy)
Short Fiction
winner "The Pottawatomie Giant", Andy Duncan (Sci Fiction, 11.01.00)
Anthology
winner Dark Matter: A Century of Speculative Fiction from the African
2000 World Fantasy Awards Ballot
The WFC 2000 held in Corpus Christi, TX, was chaired by Fred Duarte.
Judges were Suzi Baker, W. Paul Ganley, Tim Holman, Marvin Kaye, and Melissa Scott.
Life Achievement
winner Marion Zimmer Bradley
winner Michael Moorcock
Novel
winner Martin Scott, Thraxas (Orbit)
Novella
winner Jeff VanderMeer, "The Transformation of Martin Lake" (Palace Corbie 8)
Short Fiction
winner Ian R. MacLeod "The Chop Girl" (Asimov's 12/99)
Anthology
winner Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling eds. Silver Birch Blood Moon (Avon)
1999 World Fantasy Awards Ballot
The 25th World Fantasy Convention, held in Providence, RI, was co-chaired by Chip Hitchcock and Davey Snyder.
Judges were Gregory Frost, Don Hutchison, MichaelKandel, Rebecca Ore, and Al Sarrantonio.
Life Achievement
winner Hugh B. Cave
Novel
winner Louise Erdrich, The Antelope Wife (HarperFlamingo)
Novella
winner Ian MacLeod, "The Summer Isles" (Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, October/November)
Short Fiction
winner Kelly Link, "The Specialist's Hat" (Event Horizon November 15)
Collection
winner Karen Joy Fowler -- Black Glass (Henry Holt)
Anthology
winner Dreaming Down-Under, Edited by Jack Dann and Janeen Webb
Artist
winner Charles Vess
Special Award - Professional
winner Jim Turner -- For Golden Gryphon Press
Special Award - Non-Professional
winner Richard Chizmar -- For Cemetery Dance Publications
1998 World Fantasy Awards Ballot
WFC, held in Monterey, CA was co-chaired by Linda McAllister and Bryan Barrett.
Judges were Peter Crowther, L.E. Modesitt, Jr., Peter Schneider, Dave Truesdale and Janeen Webb.
Life Achievement
winner Edward L. Ferman
winner Andre Norton
Novel
winner The Physiognomy by Jeffrey Ford (Avon)
Novella
winner "Streetcar Dreams" by Richard Bowes (F&SF, 4/97)
Short Fiction
winner "Dust Motes" by P.D. Cacek (Gothic Ghosts, Tor)
Anthology
winner Bending the Landscape: Fantasy, ed. Nicola Griffith & Stephen Pagel (White Wolf/Borealis)
Collection
winner The Throne of Bones by Brian McNaughton (Terminal Fright)
Artist
winner Alan Lee
Special Award - Professional
winner The Encyclopedia of Fantasy, ed. John Clute and John Grant (Orbit, St. Martin's)
Special Award - Non-Professional
winner Fedogan & Bremer for book publishing
1997 World Fantasy Awards Ballot
WFC, held in London, UK, was chaired by Jo Fletcher.
Judges were Paul Barnett, Nancy A. Collins, Rachel Holmen, Joe R. Lansdale and Diana L. Paxson.
Life Achievement
winner Madeline L'Engle
Novel
winner Rachel Pollack, Godmother Night
Novella
winner Mark Helprin, "A City in Winter"
Short Fiction
winner James P. Blaylock, "Thirteen Phantasms"
Anthology
winner Patrick Nielsen Hayden, ed., Starlight 1
Collection
winner Jonathan Lethem, The Wall of the Sky, the Wall of the Eye
Artist
winner Moebius (Jean Giraud)
Special Award - Professional
winner Michael J. Weldon for The Psychotronic Video Guide
Special Award - Non-Professional
winner Barbara & Christopher Roden for Ash-Tree Press
Convention Award
winner Hugh B. Cave
1996 World Fantasy Awards Ballot
WFC, held in Schaumburg, IL, was chaired by Nancy Ford, Phyllis Weinberg and Tina Jens.
Judges were Bryan Cholfin, Kathryn Cramer, Moshe Feder, Roz Kaveney and Christopher Shelling.
Life Achievement
winner Gene Wolfe
Novel
winner Christopher Priest, The Prestige
Novella
winner Michael Swanwick, "Radio Waves"
Short Fiction
winner Gwyneth Jones, "The Grass Princess"
Anthology
winner A. Susan Williams & Richard Glyn Jones, ed., The Penguin Book of
Collection
winner Gwyneth Jones, Seven Tales and a Fable
Artist
winner Gahan Wilson
Special Award - Professional
winner Richard Evans for contributions to the genre
Special Award - Non-Professional
winner Marc Michaud for Necronomicon Press
1995 World Fantasy Awards Ballot
WFC, held in Baltimore, MD, was chaired by Michael J. Walsh.
Judges were Terry Bisson, Jean-Daniel Breque, Jane Johnson, Kathe Koja and Brian Stableford.
Life Achievement
winner Ursula K. Le Guin
Novel
winner James Morrow, Towing Jehovah
Novella
winner Elizabeth Hand, "Last Summer at Mars Hill"
Short Fiction
winner Stephen King, "The Man in the Black Suit"
Anthology
winner Ellen Datlow ed., Little Deaths
Collection
winner Bradley Denton, The Calvin Coolidge Home for Dead Comedians and A
Artist
winner Jacek Yerka
Special Award - Professional
winner Ellen Datlow for editing
Special Award - Non-Professional
winner Bryan Cholfin for Broken Mirrors Press & Crank!
1994 World Fantasy Awards Ballot
WFC, held in New Orleans, LA, was chaired by Tom Hanlon.
Judges were Stefan Dziemianowicz, James R. Frenkel, Mary Gentle, Lisa Tuttle and Chet Williamson.
Life Achievement
winner Jack Williamson
Novel
winner Lewis Shiner, Glimpses
Novella
winner Terry Lamsley, "Under the Crust"
Short Fiction
winner Fred Chappell, "The Lodger"
Anthology
winner Lou Aronica, Amy Stout & Betsy Mitchell, ed., Full Spectrum 4
Collection
winner Ramsey Campbell, Alone With the Horrors
Artist
winner Alan M. Clark
winner J.K. Potter
Special Award - Professional
winner Underwood-Miller for publishing
Special Award - Non-Professional
winner Marc Michaud for Necronomicon Press
1993 World Fantasy Awards Ballot
WFC, held in Bloomington, MN, was chaired by Greg Ketter.
Judges were Roland J. Green, Barbara Hambly, Kathryn Ptacek, Steve Rasnic Tem and Brian Thomsen.
Life Achievement
winner Harlan Ellison
Novel
winner Tim Powers, Last Call
Novella
winner Peter Straub, "The Ghost Village"
Short Fiction
winner Dan Simmons, "This Year's Class Picture"
winner Joe Haldeman, "Graves"
Anthology
winner Dennis Etchison, ed., MetaHorror
Collection
winner Jack Cady, The Sons of Noah and Other Stories
Artist
winner James Gurney
Special Award - Professional
winner Jeanne Cavelos for Dell/Abyss
Special Award - Non-Professional
winner Doug & Tomi Lewis for Roadkill Press
1992 World Fantasy Awards Ballot
WFC, held in Pine Mountain, GA, was chaired by Richard Gilliam and Ed Kramer.
Judges were Jill Bauman, Arthur Byron Cover, John Jarrold, Robert Sampson and Gene Wolfe.
Life Achievement
winner Edd Cartier
Novel
winner Robert R. McCammon, Boy's Life
Novella
winner Robert Holdstock & Garry Kilworth, "The Ragthorn"
Short Fiction
winner Fred Chappell, "The Somewhere Doors"
Anthology
winner Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling, ed., The Year's Best Fantasy & Horror:
Collection
winner Lucius Shepard, The Ends of the Earth
Artist
winner Tim Hildebrandt
Special Award - Professional
winner George Scithers & Darrell Schweitzer for Weird Tales
Special Award - Non-Professional
winner W. Paul Ganley for Weirdbook/Weirdbook Press
1991 World Fantasy Awards Ballot
WFC, held in Tucson, AZ, was chaired by Randal Rau, Bruce Farr.
Judges were Emma Bull, Orson Scott Card, Richard Laymon, Faren Miller and Darrell Schweitzer.
Life Achievement
winner Ray Russell
Novel
winner James Morrow, Only Begotten Daughter
winner Ellen Kushner, Thomas the Rhymer
Novella
winner Pat Murphy, "Bones"
Short Fiction
winner Neil Gaiman & Charles Vess, "A Midsummer Night's Dream"
Anthology
winner Stephen Jones & Ramsey Campbell, ed., Best New Horror
Collection
winner Carol Emshwiller, The Start of the End of It All and Other Stories
Artist
winner Dave McKean
Special Award - Professional
winner Arnie Fenner for book design
Special Award - Non-Professional
winner Richard Chizmar for Cemetery Dance
1990 World Fantasy Awards Ballot
WFC, held in Schaumburg, IL, was chaired by Robert Weinberg.
Judges were Mike Dirda, Pat LoBrutto, Beth Meacham, Peter Straub and Rodger Turner.
Life Achievement
winner R.A. Lafferty
Novel
winner Jack Vance, Lyonesse: Madouc
Novella
winner John Crowley, "Great Work of Time"
Short Fiction
winner Steven Millhauser, "The Illusionist"
Anthology
winner Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling, ed., The Year's Best Fantasy: Second Annual Collection
Collection
winner Richard Matheson, Richard Matheson: Collected Stories
Artist
winner Thomas Canty
Special Award - Professional
winner Mark V. Ziesing for Ziesing Books
Special Award - Non-Professional
winner Peggy Nadramia for Grue
1989 World Fantasy Awards Ballot
WFC, held in Seattle, WA, was chaired by Robert Doyle.
Judges were Susan Allison, Ed Bryant, Lisa Goldstein, Peter Dennis Pautz and Jon White.
Life Achievement
winner Evangeline Walton
Novel
winner Peter Straub, Koko
Novella
winner George R.R. Martin, "The Skin Trade"
Short Fiction
winner John M. Ford, "Winter Solstice, Camelot Station"
Anthology
winner Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling, ed., The Year's Best Fantasy: First Annual Collection
Collection
winner Gene Wolfe, Storeys from the Old Hotel
winner Harlan Ellison, Angry Candy
Artist
winner Edward Gorey
Special Award - Professional
winner Robert Weinberg for A Biographical Dictionary of Science Fiction & Fantasy Artists
Special Award - Non-Professional
winner Kristine Kathryn Rusch & Dean Wesley Smith for Pulphouse
1988 World Fantasy Awards Ballot
WFC, held in London, UK, was chaired by Jo Fletcher and Stephen Jones.
Judges were Mike Ashley, Scott Baker, Robert S. Hadji, Maxim Jakubowski and Donald A. Wollheim.
Life Achievement
winner Everett F. Bleiler
Novel
winner Ken Grimwood, Replay
Novella
winner Ursula K. Le Guin, "Buffalo Gals, Won't You Come Out Tonight"
Short Fiction
winner Jonathan Carroll, "Friend's Best Man"
Anthology
winner Kathryn Cramer & Peter D. Pautz, ed., The Architecture of Fear
winner David G. Hartwell, ed., The Dark Descent
Collection
winner Lucius Shepard, The Jaguar Hunter
Artist
winner J.K. Potter
Special Award - Professional
winner David G. Hartwell for Arbor House/Tor anthologies
Special Award - Non-Professional
winner Robert & Nancy Garcia for American Fantasy
winner David B. Silva for The Horror Show
1987 World Fantasy Awards Ballot
WFC, held in Nashville, TN, was chaired by Maurine Dorris.
Judges were John M. Ford, Paul Hazel, Tappan King, Michael McDowell and Melissa Ann Singer.
Life Achievement
winner Jack Finney
Novel
winner Patrick Suskind, Perfume
Novella
winner Orson Scott Card, "Hatrack River"
Short Fiction
winner David J. Schow, "Red Light"
Anthology/Collection
winner James Tiptree, Jr., Tales of the Quintana Roo
Artist
winner Robert Gould
Special Award - Professional
winner Jane Yolen for Favorite Folktales From Around the World
Special Award - Non-Professional
winner Jeff Conner for Scream/Press
winner W. Paul Ganley for Weirdbook &, Weirdbook Press
Convention Award
winner Andre Norton 1986 World Fantasy Awards Ballot
WFC, held in Providence, RI, was chaired by Robert Plante.
Judges were Robert A. Collins, Ellen Datlow, Dean R. Koontz, Patricia A. McKillip and Charles de Lint.
Life Achievement
winner Avram Davidson
Novel
winner Dan Simmons, Song of Kali
Novella
winner T.E.D. Klein, "Nadelman's God"
Short Fiction
winner James P. Blaylock, "Paper Dragons"
Anthology/Collection
winner Robin McKinley, ed., Imaginary Lands
Artist
winner Jeff Jones
winner Thomas Canty
Special Award - Professional
winner Pat LoBrutto for editing
Special Award - Non-Professional
winner Douglas E. Winter for reviewing
Convention Award
winner Donald A. Wollheim
1985 World Fantasy Awards Ballot
WFC, held in Tucson, AZ, was chaired by Randal Rau.
Judges were Suzy McKee Charnas, Jo Fletcher, George R.R. Martin, Baird Searles and Terri Windling.
Life Achievement
winner Theodore Sturgeon
Novel
winner Robert Holdstock, Mythago Wood
winner Barry Hughart, Bridge of Birds
Novella
winner Geoff Ryman, "The Unconquered Country"
Short Fiction
winner Scott Baker, "Still Life with Scorpion"
winner Alan Ryan, "The Bones Wizard"
Anthology/Collection
winner Clive Barker, Clive Barker's Books of Blood I, II, III
Artist
winner Edward Gorey
Special Award - Professional
winner Chris Van Allsburg for The Mysteries of Harris Burdick
Special Award - Non-Professional
winner Stuart David Schiff for Whispers &, Whispers Press
Convention Award
winner Evangeline Walton
1984 World Fantasy Awards Ballot
WFC, held in Ottawa, ON, was chaired by Rodger Turner and John Bell.
Judges were Ellen Asher, Ginjer Buchanan, Les Daniels, Mimi Panitch and George H. Scithers.
Life Achievement
winner L. Sprague de Camp
winner Richard Matheson
winner E. Hoffmann Price
winner Jack Vance
winner Donald Wandrei
Novel
winner John M. Ford, The Dragon Waiting
Novella
winner Kim Stanley Robinson, "Black Air"
Short Fiction
winner Tanith Lee, "Elle Est Trois, (La Mort)"
Anthology/Collection
winner Robertson Davies, High Spirits
Artist
winner Stephen Gervais
Special Award - Professional
winner Ian & Betty Ballantine, J. Chant, George Sharp & David Larkin for The High Kings
Special Award - Non-Professional
winner Stephen Jones & David Sutton for Fantasy Tales
Convention Award
winner Donald M. Grant
1983 World Fantasy Awards Ballot
WFC, held in Chicago, IL, was chaired by Robert Weinberg.
Judges were Bob Booth, John Coyne, Sharon Jarvis, Alan Ryan and Elizabeth Wollheim.
Life Achievement
winner Roald Dahl
Novel
winner Michael Shea, Nifft the Lean
Novella
winner Charles L. Grant, "Confess the Seasons"
winner Karl Edward Wagner, "Beyond Any Measure"
Short Fiction
winner Tanith Lee, "The Gorgon"
Anthology/Collection
winner Charles L. Grant, Nightmare Seasons
Artist
winner Michael Whelan
Special Award - Professional
winner Donald M. Grant for Donald M. Grant, Publisher
Special Award - Non-Professional
winner Stuart David Schiff for Whispers
Convention Award
winner Arkham House
1982 World Fantasy Awards Ballot
WFC, held in New Haven, CT, was chaired by Norman Hood and Harold Kinney.
Judges were Pat Cadigan, Virginia Kidd, Theodore Sturgeon, Douglas E. Winter and Chelsea Quinn Yarbro.
Life Achievement
winner Italo Calvino
Novel
winner John Crowley, Little, Big
Novella
winner Parke Godwin, "The Fire When It Comes"
Short Fiction
winner Dennis Etchison, "The Dark Country"
winner Stephen King, "Do the Dead Sing?"
Anthology/Collection
winner Terri Windling & Mark Alan Arnold, ed., Elsewhere
Artist
winner Michael Whelan
Special Award - Professional
winner Edward L. Ferman for F&SF
Special Award - Non-Professional
winner Paul C. Allen & Robert A. Collins for Fantasy Newsletter
Convention Award
winner Joseph Payne Brennan
winner Roy Krenkel
1981 World Fantasy Awards Ballot
WFC, held in Berkeley CA, was chaired by Jack Rems and Jeff Frane.
Judges were Paul C. Allen, C.J. Cherryh, Gardner Dozois, Donald M. Grant and Arthur W. Saha.
Life Achievement
winner C.L. Moore
Novel
winner Gene Wolfe, The Shadow of the Torturer
Short Fiction
winner Howard Waldrop, "The Ugly Chickens"
Anthology/Collection
winner Kirby McCauley, ed., Dark Forces
Artist
winner Michael Whelan
Special Award - Professional
winner Donald A. Wollheim for DAW Books
Special Award - Non-Professional
winner Pat Cadigan & Arnie Fenner for Shayol
Convention Award
winner Gahan Wilson
2010 World Fantasy Awards Ballot
The World Fantasy Convention 2010 was held in Columbus, Ohio.
Judges were Greg Ketter, Kelly Link, James Minz, Jürgen Snoeren, and Gary K. Wolfe
Life Achievement
winner Brian Lumley
winner Terry Pratchett
winner Peter Straub
Novel
The City & The City by China Miéville (Macmillan UK / Del Rey)
Novella
"Sea-Hearts," Margo Lanagan, X 6, coeur de lion publishing
Short Story
"The Pelican Bar," Karen Joy Fowler, Eclipse Three, Night Shade Books
Anthology
American Fantastic Tales: Terror and the Uncanny: From Poe to the Pulps/From the 1940s to Now" , ed. by Peter Straub, Library of America
2009 World Fantasy Awards Ballot
The World Fantasy Convention 2009 was held in San Jose, California.
Judges were Jenny Blackford, Peter Heck, Ellen Klages, Chris Roberson, Delia Sherman Life Achievement
winner Ellen Asher
winner Jane Yolen
Novel
The Shadow Year, Jeffrey Ford (Morrow)
Tender Morsels, Margo Lanagan (Allen & Unwin; Knopf)
Novella
"If Angels Fight", Richard Bowes (F&SF 2/08)
Short Story
"26 Monkeys, Also the Abyss", Kij Johnson (Asimov's 7/08)
Anthology
Paper Cities: An Anthology of Urban Fantasy, Ekaterina Sedia, ed. (Senses Five Press)
2008 World Fantasy Awards Ballot
The World Fantasy Convention 2008 was held in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
Judges were Peter Coleborn, Robert Hoge, Dennis L. McKiernan, Mark Morris, Steve Pasechnick
Life Achievement
winner Leo & Diane Dillon
winner Patricia McKillip
Novel
Ysabel Guy Gavriel Kay (Viking Canada/Penguin Roc)
Novella
Illyria Elizabeth Hand (PS Publishing)
Short Story
"Singing of Mount Abora" Theodora Goss (Logorrhea, Bantam Spectra)
Anthology
Inferno: New Tales of Terror and the Supernatural Ellen Datlow, Editor (Tor)
2007 World Fantasy Awards Ballot
The recipients of the 2007 World Fantasy Awards were announced at the World Fantasy Convention in Saratoga Springs, New York on November 4, 2006
Life Achievement: Betty Ballantine and Diana Wynne Jones
Novel: Soldier of Sidon by Gene Wolfe (Tor)
Novella: "Botch Town" by Jeffrey Ford (Empire of Ice Cream, Golden Gryphon)
Short Fiction: "Journey Into the Kingdom" by M. Rickert (F&SF, 5/06)
Anthology: Salon Fantastique ed. Ellen Datlow & Terry Windling (Thunder's Mouth)
2006 World Fantasy Awards Ballot
The WFC 2006 held in Austin, TX, was co-chaired by Renee Babcock and Fred Duarte.
Judges are Steve Lockley, Barbara Roden, Victoria Strauss, Jeff VanderMeer, and Andrew Wheeler.
Life Achievement
winner John Crowley
winner Stephen Fabian
Novel:
winner Haruki Murakami, Kafka on the Shore (Harvill; Knopf)
Novella:
winner Joe Hill, Voluntary Committal (Subterranean Press)
Short Fiction:
winner George Saunders, "CommComm" (The New Yorker, 08/01, 2005)
Anthology:
winner The Fair Folk ed. Marvin Kaye (Science Fiction Book Club)
2005 World Fantasy Awards Ballot
The WFC 2005 held in Madison, WI, was chaired by Meg Turville-Heitz.
Judges were Alis Rasmussen (Kate Elliott), Jeffrey Ford, Tim Lebbon, Patrick Nielsen Hayden, Jessica Amanda Salmonson.
Life Achievement
winner Tom Doherty
winner Carol Emshwiller
Novel:
winner Susanna Clarke, Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell (Bloomsbury)
Novella:
winner Michael Shea, "The Growlimb" (F&SF, 1/2004)
Short Fiction:
winner Margo Lanagan, "Singing My Sister Down" (Black Juice, Allen & Unwin Australia)
Anthology:
winner Acquainted With The Night ed. Barbara & Christopher Roden (Ash Tree Press)
winner Dark Matter: Reading The Bones ed. Sheree R. Thomas (Warner Aspect)
2004 World Fantasy Award Ballot
The WFC 2004 held in Tempe, Arizona, was chaired by Mike Willmoth.
Judges were John Clute, Sherwood Smith, Michael Stackpole, Alain Nevant and Scott Wyatt, with awards administrator Peter Dennis Pautz.
Life Achievement
winner Stephen King
winner Gahan Wilson
Novel:
winner Jo Walton Tooth and Claw (Tor)
Novella:
winner Greer Gilman "A Crowd of Bone" (Trampoline: an anthology, Small Beer)
Short Fiction:
winner Bruce Holland Rogers "Don Ysidro" (Polyphony 3, Wheatland)
Anthology:
winner Rosalie Parker, ed. Strange Tales (Tartarus Press)
2003 World Fantasy Award Ballot
The WFC 2003 held in Washington, DC, was chaired by Michael J. Walsh.
Judges were Justin Ackroyd, Les Edwards, Laura Anne Gilman, Lawrence Watt-Evans, and Jane Yolen, with awards administrator Peter Dennis Pautz.
Life Achievement
winner Lloyd Alexander
winner Donald M. Grant
Novel
winner The Facts of Life Graham Joyce (Gollancz)
winner Ombria in Shadow Patricia A. McKillip (Ace)
Novella
winner "The Library" Zoran Zivkovic (Leviathan 3)
Short Story
winner "Creation" Jeffrey Ford (F&SF 5/02)
Anthology
winner The Green Man: Tales from the Mythic Forest Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling, Editors (Viking)
winner Leviathan 3 Jeff VanderMeer & Forrest Aguirre, Editors (Ministry of Whimsy Press)
2002 World Fantasy Awards Ballot
The WFC 2002 held in Minneapolis, MN, was chaired by Greg Ketter.
Judges were Peter Adkins, Meg Davis, Jason Van Hollander, Michele Sagara West, and F. Paul Wilson, with awards administrator Peter Dennis Pautz.
Life Achievement
winner Forrest J Ackerman
winner George Scithers
Novel
winner The Other Wind, Ursula K. Le Guin (Harcourt)
Novella
winner "The Bird Catcher", S.P. Somtow (The Museum of Horrors, Dennis Etchison, ed., Leisure)
Short Story
winner "Queen for a Day", Albert E. Cowdrey (F&SF Oct/Nov 2001)
Anthology
winner The Museum of Horrors, Dennis Etchison, ed. (Leisure)
2001 World Fantasy Awards Ballot
The WFC 2001 held in Montreal, Canada, was chaired by Bruce Farr.
Judges were Steven Erikson, Paula Guran, Diana Wynne Jones, Graham Joyce, and Jonathan Strahan.
Life Achievement
winner Frank Frazetta
winner Philip José Farmer Novel
winner Declare, Tim Powers (Subterranean Press; Morrow 2001)
winner Galveston, Sean Stewart (Ace Books)
Novella
winner The Man on the Ceiling, Steve Rasnic Tem & Melanie Tem (American Fantasy)
Short Fiction
winner "The Pottawatomie Giant", Andy Duncan (Sci Fiction, 11.01.00)
Anthology
winner Dark Matter: A Century of Speculative Fiction from the African
2000 World Fantasy Awards Ballot
The WFC 2000 held in Corpus Christi, TX, was chaired by Fred Duarte.
Judges were Suzi Baker, W. Paul Ganley, Tim Holman, Marvin Kaye, and Melissa Scott.
Life Achievement
winner Marion Zimmer Bradley
winner Michael Moorcock
Novel
winner Martin Scott, Thraxas (Orbit)
Novella
winner Jeff VanderMeer, "The Transformation of Martin Lake" (Palace Corbie 8)
Short Fiction
winner Ian R. MacLeod "The Chop Girl" (Asimov's 12/99)
Anthology
winner Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling eds. Silver Birch Blood Moon (Avon)
1999 World Fantasy Awards Ballot
The 25th World Fantasy Convention, held in Providence, RI, was co-chaired by Chip Hitchcock and Davey Snyder.
Judges were Gregory Frost, Don Hutchison, MichaelKandel, Rebecca Ore, and Al Sarrantonio.
Life Achievement
winner Hugh B. Cave
Novel
winner Louise Erdrich, The Antelope Wife (HarperFlamingo)
Novella
winner Ian MacLeod, "The Summer Isles" (Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, October/November)
Short Fiction
winner Kelly Link, "The Specialist's Hat" (Event Horizon November 15)
Collection
winner Karen Joy Fowler -- Black Glass (Henry Holt)
Anthology
winner Dreaming Down-Under, Edited by Jack Dann and Janeen Webb
Artist
winner Charles Vess
Special Award - Professional
winner Jim Turner -- For Golden Gryphon Press
Special Award - Non-Professional
winner Richard Chizmar -- For Cemetery Dance Publications
1998 World Fantasy Awards Ballot
WFC, held in Monterey, CA was co-chaired by Linda McAllister and Bryan Barrett.
Judges were Peter Crowther, L.E. Modesitt, Jr., Peter Schneider, Dave Truesdale and Janeen Webb.
Life Achievement
winner Edward L. Ferman
winner Andre Norton
Novel
winner The Physiognomy by Jeffrey Ford (Avon)
Novella
winner "Streetcar Dreams" by Richard Bowes (F&SF, 4/97)
Short Fiction
winner "Dust Motes" by P.D. Cacek (Gothic Ghosts, Tor)
Anthology
winner Bending the Landscape: Fantasy, ed. Nicola Griffith & Stephen Pagel (White Wolf/Borealis)
Collection
winner The Throne of Bones by Brian McNaughton (Terminal Fright)
Artist
winner Alan Lee
Special Award - Professional
winner The Encyclopedia of Fantasy, ed. John Clute and John Grant (Orbit, St. Martin's)
Special Award - Non-Professional
winner Fedogan & Bremer for book publishing
1997 World Fantasy Awards Ballot
WFC, held in London, UK, was chaired by Jo Fletcher.
Judges were Paul Barnett, Nancy A. Collins, Rachel Holmen, Joe R. Lansdale and Diana L. Paxson.
Life Achievement
winner Madeline L'Engle
Novel
winner Rachel Pollack, Godmother Night
Novella
winner Mark Helprin, "A City in Winter"
Short Fiction
winner James P. Blaylock, "Thirteen Phantasms"
Anthology
winner Patrick Nielsen Hayden, ed., Starlight 1
Collection
winner Jonathan Lethem, The Wall of the Sky, the Wall of the Eye
Artist
winner Moebius (Jean Giraud)
Special Award - Professional
winner Michael J. Weldon for The Psychotronic Video Guide
Special Award - Non-Professional
winner Barbara & Christopher Roden for Ash-Tree Press
Convention Award
winner Hugh B. Cave
1996 World Fantasy Awards Ballot
WFC, held in Schaumburg, IL, was chaired by Nancy Ford, Phyllis Weinberg and Tina Jens.
Judges were Bryan Cholfin, Kathryn Cramer, Moshe Feder, Roz Kaveney and Christopher Shelling.
Life Achievement
winner Gene Wolfe
Novel
winner Christopher Priest, The Prestige
Novella
winner Michael Swanwick, "Radio Waves"
Short Fiction
winner Gwyneth Jones, "The Grass Princess"
Anthology
winner A. Susan Williams & Richard Glyn Jones, ed., The Penguin Book of
Collection
winner Gwyneth Jones, Seven Tales and a Fable
Artist
winner Gahan Wilson
Special Award - Professional
winner Richard Evans for contributions to the genre
Special Award - Non-Professional
winner Marc Michaud for Necronomicon Press
1995 World Fantasy Awards Ballot
WFC, held in Baltimore, MD, was chaired by Michael J. Walsh.
Judges were Terry Bisson, Jean-Daniel Breque, Jane Johnson, Kathe Koja and Brian Stableford.
Life Achievement
winner Ursula K. Le Guin
Novel
winner James Morrow, Towing Jehovah
Novella
winner Elizabeth Hand, "Last Summer at Mars Hill"
Short Fiction
winner Stephen King, "The Man in the Black Suit"
Anthology
winner Ellen Datlow ed., Little Deaths
Collection
winner Bradley Denton, The Calvin Coolidge Home for Dead Comedians and A
Artist
winner Jacek Yerka
Special Award - Professional
winner Ellen Datlow for editing
Special Award - Non-Professional
winner Bryan Cholfin for Broken Mirrors Press & Crank!
1994 World Fantasy Awards Ballot
WFC, held in New Orleans, LA, was chaired by Tom Hanlon.
Judges were Stefan Dziemianowicz, James R. Frenkel, Mary Gentle, Lisa Tuttle and Chet Williamson.
Life Achievement
winner Jack Williamson
Novel
winner Lewis Shiner, Glimpses
Novella
winner Terry Lamsley, "Under the Crust"
Short Fiction
winner Fred Chappell, "The Lodger"
Anthology
winner Lou Aronica, Amy Stout & Betsy Mitchell, ed., Full Spectrum 4
Collection
winner Ramsey Campbell, Alone With the Horrors
Artist
winner Alan M. Clark
winner J.K. Potter
Special Award - Professional
winner Underwood-Miller for publishing
Special Award - Non-Professional
winner Marc Michaud for Necronomicon Press
1993 World Fantasy Awards Ballot
WFC, held in Bloomington, MN, was chaired by Greg Ketter.
Judges were Roland J. Green, Barbara Hambly, Kathryn Ptacek, Steve Rasnic Tem and Brian Thomsen.
Life Achievement
winner Harlan Ellison
Novel
winner Tim Powers, Last Call
Novella
winner Peter Straub, "The Ghost Village"
Short Fiction
winner Dan Simmons, "This Year's Class Picture"
winner Joe Haldeman, "Graves"
Anthology
winner Dennis Etchison, ed., MetaHorror
Collection
winner Jack Cady, The Sons of Noah and Other Stories
Artist
winner James Gurney
Special Award - Professional
winner Jeanne Cavelos for Dell/Abyss
Special Award - Non-Professional
winner Doug & Tomi Lewis for Roadkill Press
1992 World Fantasy Awards Ballot
WFC, held in Pine Mountain, GA, was chaired by Richard Gilliam and Ed Kramer.
Judges were Jill Bauman, Arthur Byron Cover, John Jarrold, Robert Sampson and Gene Wolfe.
Life Achievement
winner Edd Cartier
Novel
winner Robert R. McCammon, Boy's Life
Novella
winner Robert Holdstock & Garry Kilworth, "The Ragthorn"
Short Fiction
winner Fred Chappell, "The Somewhere Doors"
Anthology
winner Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling, ed., The Year's Best Fantasy & Horror:
Collection
winner Lucius Shepard, The Ends of the Earth
Artist
winner Tim Hildebrandt
Special Award - Professional
winner George Scithers & Darrell Schweitzer for Weird Tales
Special Award - Non-Professional
winner W. Paul Ganley for Weirdbook/Weirdbook Press
1991 World Fantasy Awards Ballot
WFC, held in Tucson, AZ, was chaired by Randal Rau, Bruce Farr.
Judges were Emma Bull, Orson Scott Card, Richard Laymon, Faren Miller and Darrell Schweitzer.
Life Achievement
winner Ray Russell
Novel
winner James Morrow, Only Begotten Daughter
winner Ellen Kushner, Thomas the Rhymer
Novella
winner Pat Murphy, "Bones"
Short Fiction
winner Neil Gaiman & Charles Vess, "A Midsummer Night's Dream"
Anthology
winner Stephen Jones & Ramsey Campbell, ed., Best New Horror
Collection
winner Carol Emshwiller, The Start of the End of It All and Other Stories
Artist
winner Dave McKean
Special Award - Professional
winner Arnie Fenner for book design
Special Award - Non-Professional
winner Richard Chizmar for Cemetery Dance
1990 World Fantasy Awards Ballot
WFC, held in Schaumburg, IL, was chaired by Robert Weinberg.
Judges were Mike Dirda, Pat LoBrutto, Beth Meacham, Peter Straub and Rodger Turner.
Life Achievement
winner R.A. Lafferty
Novel
winner Jack Vance, Lyonesse: Madouc
Novella
winner John Crowley, "Great Work of Time"
Short Fiction
winner Steven Millhauser, "The Illusionist"
Anthology
winner Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling, ed., The Year's Best Fantasy: Second Annual Collection
Collection
winner Richard Matheson, Richard Matheson: Collected Stories
Artist
winner Thomas Canty
Special Award - Professional
winner Mark V. Ziesing for Ziesing Books
Special Award - Non-Professional
winner Peggy Nadramia for Grue
1989 World Fantasy Awards Ballot
WFC, held in Seattle, WA, was chaired by Robert Doyle.
Judges were Susan Allison, Ed Bryant, Lisa Goldstein, Peter Dennis Pautz and Jon White.
Life Achievement
winner Evangeline Walton
Novel
winner Peter Straub, Koko
Novella
winner George R.R. Martin, "The Skin Trade"
Short Fiction
winner John M. Ford, "Winter Solstice, Camelot Station"
Anthology
winner Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling, ed., The Year's Best Fantasy: First Annual Collection
Collection
winner Gene Wolfe, Storeys from the Old Hotel
winner Harlan Ellison, Angry Candy
Artist
winner Edward Gorey
Special Award - Professional
winner Robert Weinberg for A Biographical Dictionary of Science Fiction & Fantasy Artists
Special Award - Non-Professional
winner Kristine Kathryn Rusch & Dean Wesley Smith for Pulphouse
1988 World Fantasy Awards Ballot
WFC, held in London, UK, was chaired by Jo Fletcher and Stephen Jones.
Judges were Mike Ashley, Scott Baker, Robert S. Hadji, Maxim Jakubowski and Donald A. Wollheim.
Life Achievement
winner Everett F. Bleiler
Novel
winner Ken Grimwood, Replay
Novella
winner Ursula K. Le Guin, "Buffalo Gals, Won't You Come Out Tonight"
Short Fiction
winner Jonathan Carroll, "Friend's Best Man"
Anthology
winner Kathryn Cramer & Peter D. Pautz, ed., The Architecture of Fear
winner David G. Hartwell, ed., The Dark Descent
Collection
winner Lucius Shepard, The Jaguar Hunter
Artist
winner J.K. Potter
Special Award - Professional
winner David G. Hartwell for Arbor House/Tor anthologies
Special Award - Non-Professional
winner Robert & Nancy Garcia for American Fantasy
winner David B. Silva for The Horror Show
1987 World Fantasy Awards Ballot
WFC, held in Nashville, TN, was chaired by Maurine Dorris.
Judges were John M. Ford, Paul Hazel, Tappan King, Michael McDowell and Melissa Ann Singer.
Life Achievement
winner Jack Finney
Novel
winner Patrick Suskind, Perfume
Novella
winner Orson Scott Card, "Hatrack River"
Short Fiction
winner David J. Schow, "Red Light"
Anthology/Collection
winner James Tiptree, Jr., Tales of the Quintana Roo
Artist
winner Robert Gould
Special Award - Professional
winner Jane Yolen for Favorite Folktales From Around the World
Special Award - Non-Professional
winner Jeff Conner for Scream/Press
winner W. Paul Ganley for Weirdbook &, Weirdbook Press
Convention Award
winner Andre Norton 1986 World Fantasy Awards Ballot
WFC, held in Providence, RI, was chaired by Robert Plante.
Judges were Robert A. Collins, Ellen Datlow, Dean R. Koontz, Patricia A. McKillip and Charles de Lint.
Life Achievement
winner Avram Davidson
Novel
winner Dan Simmons, Song of Kali
Novella
winner T.E.D. Klein, "Nadelman's God"
Short Fiction
winner James P. Blaylock, "Paper Dragons"
Anthology/Collection
winner Robin McKinley, ed., Imaginary Lands
Artist
winner Jeff Jones
winner Thomas Canty
Special Award - Professional
winner Pat LoBrutto for editing
Special Award - Non-Professional
winner Douglas E. Winter for reviewing
Convention Award
winner Donald A. Wollheim
1985 World Fantasy Awards Ballot
WFC, held in Tucson, AZ, was chaired by Randal Rau.
Judges were Suzy McKee Charnas, Jo Fletcher, George R.R. Martin, Baird Searles and Terri Windling.
Life Achievement
winner Theodore Sturgeon
Novel
winner Robert Holdstock, Mythago Wood
winner Barry Hughart, Bridge of Birds
Novella
winner Geoff Ryman, "The Unconquered Country"
Short Fiction
winner Scott Baker, "Still Life with Scorpion"
winner Alan Ryan, "The Bones Wizard"
Anthology/Collection
winner Clive Barker, Clive Barker's Books of Blood I, II, III
Artist
winner Edward Gorey
Special Award - Professional
winner Chris Van Allsburg for The Mysteries of Harris Burdick
Special Award - Non-Professional
winner Stuart David Schiff for Whispers &, Whispers Press
Convention Award
winner Evangeline Walton
1984 World Fantasy Awards Ballot
WFC, held in Ottawa, ON, was chaired by Rodger Turner and John Bell.
Judges were Ellen Asher, Ginjer Buchanan, Les Daniels, Mimi Panitch and George H. Scithers.
Life Achievement
winner L. Sprague de Camp
winner Richard Matheson
winner E. Hoffmann Price
winner Jack Vance
winner Donald Wandrei
Novel
winner John M. Ford, The Dragon Waiting
Novella
winner Kim Stanley Robinson, "Black Air"
Short Fiction
winner Tanith Lee, "Elle Est Trois, (La Mort)"
Anthology/Collection
winner Robertson Davies, High Spirits
Artist
winner Stephen Gervais
Special Award - Professional
winner Ian & Betty Ballantine, J. Chant, George Sharp & David Larkin for The High Kings
Special Award - Non-Professional
winner Stephen Jones & David Sutton for Fantasy Tales
Convention Award
winner Donald M. Grant
1983 World Fantasy Awards Ballot
WFC, held in Chicago, IL, was chaired by Robert Weinberg.
Judges were Bob Booth, John Coyne, Sharon Jarvis, Alan Ryan and Elizabeth Wollheim.
Life Achievement
winner Roald Dahl
Novel
winner Michael Shea, Nifft the Lean
Novella
winner Charles L. Grant, "Confess the Seasons"
winner Karl Edward Wagner, "Beyond Any Measure"
Short Fiction
winner Tanith Lee, "The Gorgon"
Anthology/Collection
winner Charles L. Grant, Nightmare Seasons
Artist
winner Michael Whelan
Special Award - Professional
winner Donald M. Grant for Donald M. Grant, Publisher
Special Award - Non-Professional
winner Stuart David Schiff for Whispers
Convention Award
winner Arkham House
1982 World Fantasy Awards Ballot
WFC, held in New Haven, CT, was chaired by Norman Hood and Harold Kinney.
Judges were Pat Cadigan, Virginia Kidd, Theodore Sturgeon, Douglas E. Winter and Chelsea Quinn Yarbro.
Life Achievement
winner Italo Calvino
Novel
winner John Crowley, Little, Big
Novella
winner Parke Godwin, "The Fire When It Comes"
Short Fiction
winner Dennis Etchison, "The Dark Country"
winner Stephen King, "Do the Dead Sing?"
Anthology/Collection
winner Terri Windling & Mark Alan Arnold, ed., Elsewhere
Artist
winner Michael Whelan
Special Award - Professional
winner Edward L. Ferman for F&SF
Special Award - Non-Professional
winner Paul C. Allen & Robert A. Collins for Fantasy Newsletter
Convention Award
winner Joseph Payne Brennan
winner Roy Krenkel
1981 World Fantasy Awards Ballot
WFC, held in Berkeley CA, was chaired by Jack Rems and Jeff Frane.
Judges were Paul C. Allen, C.J. Cherryh, Gardner Dozois, Donald M. Grant and Arthur W. Saha.
Life Achievement
winner C.L. Moore
Novel
winner Gene Wolfe, The Shadow of the Torturer
Short Fiction
winner Howard Waldrop, "The Ugly Chickens"
Anthology/Collection
winner Kirby McCauley, ed., Dark Forces
Artist
winner Michael Whelan
Special Award - Professional
winner Donald A. Wollheim for DAW Books
Special Award - Non-Professional
winner Pat Cadigan & Arnie Fenner for Shayol
Convention Award
winner Gahan Wilson
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