World Fantasy Awards

2014 Lifetime Achievement Awards

The convention is pleased to announce that Lifetime Achievement Awards will be presented to:

Ellen Datlow

Chelsea Quinn Yarbro

World Fantasy Awards Presentation

The Awards will be presented at the World Fantasy Convention Banquet on Sunday afternoon, November 9. Tickets for the Banquet will be available for purchase in July. Tickets are strictly limited and sold on a first-come basis.

The Awards presentation will follow the Banquet and will be open to all Attending members of the convention.

Shortly after the Awards presentation, attending judges will discuss their process and decisions.

The Jury

The Award winners have been selected by our jurists: Andy Duncan, Kij Johnson, Oliver Johnson, John Klima, and Liz Williams.

2014 Nominees and Honorees

The following have been nominated for 2014 World Fantasy Awards.

Those honored with the award are in bold type.

Novel

Sofia Samatar

A Stranger in Olondria (Small Beer Press)

A Stranger in Olondria (Small Beer Press) Richard Bowes, Dust Devil on a Quiet Street (Lethe Press)

Marie Brennan, A Natural History of Dragons: A Memoir by Lady Trent (Tor Books)

Neil Gaiman, The Ocean at the End of the Lane (William Morrow/Headline)

Helene Wecker, The Golem and the Jinni (Harper/Blue Door)

Gene Wolfe, The Land Across (Tor Books)

Novella

Andy Duncan & Ellen Klages

"Wakulla Springs" (Tor.com, 10/13)

"Wakulla Springs" (Tor.com, 10/13) Caitlín R. Kiernan Black Helicopters (Subterranean Press)

KJ Parker "The Sun and I" (Subterranean magazine, Summer 2013)

Veronica Schanoes "Burning Girls" (Tor.com, 6/13)

Catherynne M. Valente, Six-Gun Snow White (Subterranean Press)

Short Fiction

Caitlín R. Kiernan

"The Prayer of Ninety Cats" (Subterranean magazine, Spring 2013)

"The Prayer of Ninety Cats" (Subterranean magazine, Spring 2013) Thomas Olde Heuvelt, "The Ink Readers of Doi Saket" (Tor.com, 4/13)

Yoon Ha Lee, "Effigy Nights" (Clarkesworld, 1/13)

Sofia Samatar, "Selkie Stories Are for Losers" (Strange Horizons, 1/13)

Rachel Swirsky, "If You Were a Dinosaur, My Love" (Apex Magazine, 3/13)

Anthology

George R.R. Martin & Gardner Dozois, eds.

Dangerous Women (Tor Books/Voyager UK)

Dangerous Women (Tor Books/Voyager UK) Kate Bernheimer, ed., xo Orpheus: Fifty New Myths (Penguin Books)

Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling, eds. Queen Victoria's Book of Spells: An Anthology of Gaslamp Fantasy (Tor Books)

Stephen Jones, ed. Flotsam Fantastique: The Souvenir Book of World Fantasy Convention 2013 (Smith & Jones/PS Publishing)

Jonathan Oliver, ed., End of the Road: An Anthology of Original Short Stories (Solaris Books)

Jonathan Strahan, ed., Fearsome Journeys: The New Solaris Book of Fantasy (Solaris Books)

Collection

Caitlín R. Kiernan

The Ape's Wife and Other Stories (Subterranean Press)

The Ape's Wife and Other Stories (Subterranean Press) Nathan Ballingrud, North American Lake Monsters: Stories (Small Beer Press)

Laird Barron, The Beautiful Thing That Awaits Us All and Other Stories (Night Shade Books)

Reggie Oliver, Flowers of the Sea (Tartarus Press)

Rachel Swirsky, How the World Became Quiet: Myths of the Past, Present, and Future (Subterranean Press)

Artist

Charles Vess

Galen Dara

Zelda Devon

Julie Dillon

John Picacio

Special Award - Professional

Irene Gallo

for art direction of Tor.com

for art direction of Tor.com William K. Schafer

for Subterranean Press

for Subterranean Press John Joseph Adams, for magazine and anthology editing

Ginjer Buchanan, for editing at Ace Books

Jeff VanderMeer & Jeremy Zerfoss, for Wonderbook: The Illustrated Guide to Creating Imaginative Fiction (Abrams Image)

Jerad Walters, for Centipede Press

Special Award - Non-Professional