Life Achievement Awards
- Juliet Marillier
- Michael Whelan
Best Novel
- WINNER: The Tainted Cup, Robert Jackson Bennett (Del Rey; Hodderscape)
- The Fox Wife, Yangsze Choo (Holt; Quercus UK)
- The Bog Wife, Kay Chronister (Counterpoint; Titan UK)
- The Bright Sword, Lev Grossman (Viking; Del Rey UK)
- The Wings Upon Her Back, Samantha Mills (Tachyon)
Best Novella
- WINNER: Yoke of Stars, R.B. Lemberg (Tachyon)
- Crypt of the Moon Spider, Nathan Ballingrud (Nightfire; Titan UK)
- In the Shadow of Their Dying, Michael F. Fletcher & Anna Smith Spark (Grimdark Magazine)
- The Woods All Black, Lee Mandelo (Tordotcom)
- The Butcher of the Forest, Premee Mohamed (Tordotcom; Titan UK)
Best Short Fiction
- WINNER: “Raptor”, Maura McHugh (Heartwood: A Mythago Wood Anthology)
- “Our Best Selves”, Hiron Ennes (Weird Horror Fall ’24)
- “Godskin”, CL Hellisen (Strange Horizons 3/4/24)
- “The V*mpire,”, PH Lee (Reactor 10/23/24)
- “Everything in the Garden is Lovely”, Hannah Yang (Apex 3/12/24)
Best Anthology
- WINNER: Heartwood, Dan Coxon, ed. (Drugstore Indian)
- Discontinue If Death Ensues, Carol Gyzander & Anna Taborska, eds. (Flame Tree)
- Northern Nights, Michael Kelly, ed. (Undertow)
- The Dagon Collection, Nate Pedersen, ed. (PS Publishing)
- The Crawling Moon: Queer Tales of Inescapable Dread, dave ring, ed. (Neon Hemlock)
Best Collection
- WINNER: A Sunny Place for Shady People, Mariana Enríquez, translated by Megan McDowell (Hogarth US; Granta)
- Ghostroots, ’Pemi Aguda (Norton; Virago)
- Good Night, Sleep Tight, Brian Evenson (Coffee House)
- Kindling: Stories, Kathleen Jennings (Small Beer)
- Craft: Stories I Wrote for the Devil, Ananda Lima (Tor)
Best Artist
- WINNER: Liv Rainey-Smith
- Jenni Coutts
- Nico Delort
- Manzi Jackson
- Tran Nguyen
- Liv Rainey-Smith
Special Award – Professional
- WINNER: Sydney Paige Guerrero, Gabriela Lee & Anna Felicia Sanchez, for Mapping New Stars: A Sourcebook on Philippine Speculative Fiction (The University of the Philippines Press)
- Hildur Knútsdóttir & Mary Robinette Kowal, for The Night Guest audiobook (Nightfire)
- David Thomas Moore, for editorial work with Solaris/Rebellion
- Sheree Renée Thomas, for The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction
- Jacob Weisman, for Tachyon Publications
Special Award – Non-Professional
- WINNER: Steve J Shaw, for Black Shuck Books
- Andy Duncan, for “It Is Always Time to Think about These Things” (Journal of the Fantastic in the Arts Vol. 35 No. 1)
- Gavin J. Grant & Kelly Link, for Lady Churchill’s Rosebud Wristlet
- Michael Kelly, for Undertow Publications and Weird Horror
- DaVaun Sanders, for Fiyah
- Patrick Swenson, for Fairwood Press
This year’s judges are: James Brogden, Jessica Day George, Lee Murray, Jonathan Oliver, and Molly Tanzer. For more information, see the WFC website.
