Dates: October 30-November 2, 2008
Site: Hyatt Regency
City: Calgary, Alberta
Theme: Mystery in Fantasy & Horror
Guests of Honor: David Morrell, Barbara Hambly, Tom Doherty
Artist Guest of Honor: Todd Lockwood
Toastmaster: Tad Williams
Chair: Randy McCharles
Winners & Nominees
| First Name | Last Name | Year | Category | Title | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leo | Dillon | 2008 | Life Achievement | Winner | |
| Diane | Dillon | 2008 | Life Achievement | Winner | |
| Patricia | McKillip | 2008 | Life Achievement | Winner | |
| Guy Gavriel | Kay | 2008 | Novel | "Ysabel" | Winner |
| Emma | Bull | 2008 | Novel | "Territory" | Nominee |
| John | Marks | 2008 | Novel | "Fangland" | Nominee |
| Will | Shetterly | 2008 | Novel | "Gospel of the Knife" | Nominee |
| Michael Marshall | Smith | 2008 | Novel | "The Servants" | Nominee |
| Elizabeth | Hand | 2008 | Novella | "Illyria" | Winner |
| Robert | Edric | 2008 | Novella | "The Mermaids" | Nominee |
| Ian R. | MacLeod | 2008 | Novella | "The Master Miller's Tale" | Nominee |
| Kim | Newman | 2008 | Novella | "Cold Snap" | Nominee |
| Lucius | Shepard | 2008 | Novella | "Stars Seen through Stone" | Nominee |
| Theodora | Goss | 2008 | Short Fiction | "Singing of Mount Abora" | Winner |
| Daniel | Abraham | 2008 | Short Fiction | "The Cambist and Lord Iron: A Fairy Tale of Economics" | Nominee |
| Kij | Johnson | 2008 | Short Fiction | "The Evolution of Trickster Stories Among the Dogs of North Park After the Change" | Nominee |
| Robert | Shearman | 2008 | Short Fiction | "Damned if you Don't" | Nominee |
| Simon Kurt | Unsworth | 2008 | Short Fiction | "The Church on the Island" | Nominee |
| Ellen | Datlow | 2008 | Anthology | "Inferno: New Tales of Terror and the Supernatural" | Winner |
| Gary A. | Braunbeck | 2008 | Anthology | "Five Strokes to Midnight" | Nominee |
| Hank | Schwaeble | 2008 | Anthology | "Five Strokes to Midnight" | Nominee |
| Jack | Dann | 2008 | Anthology | "Wizards: Magical Tales From The Masters of Modern Fantasy" | Nominee |
| Gardner | Dozois | 2008 | Anthology | "Wizards: Magical Tales From The Masters of Modern Fantasy" | Nominee |
| Ellen | Datlow | 2008 | Anthology | "The Coyote Road: Trickster Tales" | Nominee |
| Terri | Windling | 2008 | Anthology | "The Coyote Road: Trickster Tales" | Nominee |
| John | Klima | 2008 | Anthology | "Logorrhea: Good Words Make Good Stories" | Nominee |
| Robert | Shearman | 2008 | Collection | "Tiny Deaths" | Winner |
| Stephen | Gallagher | 2008 | Collection | "Plots and Misadventures" | Nominee |
| Ellen | Klages | 2008 | Collection | "Portable Childhoods" | Nominee |
| Kim | Newman | 2008 | Collection | "The Secret Files of the Diogenes Club" | Nominee |
| Tim | Pratt | 2008 | Collection | "Hart & Boot & Other Stories" | Nominee |
| Lucius | Shepard | 2008 | Collection | "Dagger Key and Other Stories" | Nominee |
| Edward | Miller | 2008 | Artist | Winner | |
| Les | Edwards | 2008 | Artist | Winner | |
| Ruan | Jia | 2008 | Artist | Nominee | |
| Mikko | Kinnunen | 2008 | Artist | Nominee | |
| Stephan | Martiniere | 2008 | Artist | Nominee | |
| John | Picacio | 2008 | Artist | Nominee | |
| Peter | Crowther | 2008 | Special - Pro | PS Publishing | Winner |
| Allison | Baker | 2008 | Special - Pro | MonkeyBrain Books | Nominee |
| Chris | Roberson | 2008 | Special - Pro | MonkeyBrain Books | Nominee |
| Alan | Beatts | 2008 | Special - Pro | Borderlands Books | Nominee |
| Jude | Feldman | 2008 | Special - Pro | Borderlands Books | Nominee |
| Gordon | Van Gelder | 2008 | Special - Pro | F&SF | Nominee |
| Jeremy | Lassen | 2008 | Special - Pro | Night Shade Books | Nominee |
| Jason | Williams | 2008 | Special - Pro | Night Shade Books | Nominee |
| Shawna | McCarthy | 2008 | Special - Pro | Realms of Fantasy | Nominee |
| Midori | Snyder | 2008 | Special - Non-Pro | Endicott Studios Website | Winner |
| Terri | Windling | 2008 | Special - Non-Pro | Endicott Studios Website | Winner |
| G. S. | Evans | 2008 | Special - Non-Pro | Cafe Irreal | Nominee |
| Alice | Whittenburg | 2008 | Special - Non-Pro | Cafe Irreal | Nominee |
| Stephen | Jones | 2008 | Special - Non-Pro | Travellers in Darkness: The Souvenir Book of the World Horror Convention 2007 | Nominee |
| John | Klima | 2008 | Special - Non-Pro | Electric Velocipede | Nominee |
| Rosalie | Parker | 2008 | Special - Non-Pro | Tartarus Press | Nominee |
| Raymond | Russell | 2008 | Special - Non-Pro | Tartarus Press | Nominee |