1978: The 4th World Fantasy Convention℠

Site: Sheraton Fort Worth Hotel
City: Fort Worth, Texas
Theme: Robert E. Howard
Guest of Honor: Fritz Leiber
Guest Artist: Alicia Austin
Toastmaster (Scheduled): Gahan Wilson
Toastmaster (Actual): Andy Offutt
Chair: Michael Templin

Winners & Nominees

First NameLast NameYearCategoryTitleFinal
Frank BelknapLong 1978Life AchievementWinner
FritzLeiber1978Novel"Our Lady of Darkness"Winner
Stephen R.Donaldson1978Novel"The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever"Nominee
Charles L. Grant1978Novel"The Hour of the Oxrun Dead"Nominee
RamseyCampbell1978Short Fiction"The Chimney"Winner
HarlanEllison1978Short Fiction"Jeffty Is Five"Nominee
RamseyCampbell1978Short Fiction"Loveman's Comeback"Nominee
AvramDavidson1978Short Fiction"Manatee Gal Ain't You Coming Out Tonight"Nominee
JackVance1978Short Fiction"The Bagful of Dreams"Nominee
Charles L. Grant1978Short Fiction"When All the Children Call My Name"Nominee
Hugh B. Cave1978Collection/Anthology"Murgunstrumm and Others"Winner
RobertBloch1978Collection/Anthology"Cold Chills"Nominee
FritzLeiber1978Collection/Anthology"Swords and Ice Magic"Nominee
Stuart DavidSchiff1978Collection/Anthology"Whispers"Nominee
Gerald W. Page1978Collection/Anthology"Year's Best Horror Stories V"Nominee
Lee BrownCoye1978ArtistWinner
StephenFabian1978ArtistNominee
TimKirk1978ArtistNominee
MichaelWhelan 1978ArtistNominee
E. F. Bleiler1978Special - ProWinner
BallantineBooks1978Special - ProNominee
Edward L. Ferman1978Special - ProNominee
Donald A. Wollheim 1978Special - ProNominee
RobertWeinberg1978Special - Non-ProWinner
JonathanBacon1978Special - Non-ProNominee
W. PaulGanley1978Special - Non-ProNominee
GarryHoppenstand1978Special - Non-ProNominee
StephenJones1978Special - Non-ProNominee
Harry O. Morris 1978Special - Non-ProNominee
GlennLord1978Convention AwardWinner

1976: The 2nd World Fantasy Convention℠

Site: The Statler Hotel
City: New York, New York
Theme: Unknown Worlds
Guests of Honor: C. L. Moore, Michael Moorcock
Toastmaster: Gahan Wilson
Magister: Thom Anderson

Winners & Nominees

First NameLast NameYearCategoryTitleFinal
FritzLeiber1976Life AchievementWinner
Richard Matheson1976Novel"Bid Time Return"Winner
StephenKing1976Novel"Salem's Lot"Nominee
FritzLeiber1976Short Fiction"Belsen Express"Winner
DavidDrake1976Short Fiction"The Barrow Troll"Nominee
Manly WadeWellman1976Short Fiction"The Ghastly Priest Doth Reign"Nominee
BrianLumley1976Short Fiction"Born of the Winds"Nominee
AvramDavidson1976Collection/Anthology"The Enquiries of Doctor Eszterhazy"Winner
HarlanEllison1976Collection/Anthology"Deathbird Stories"Nominee
E. HoffmanPrice1976Collection/Anthology"Far Lands Other Days"Nominee
Frank BelknapLong1976Collection/Anthology"The Early Long"Nominee
FrankFrazette1976ArtistWinner
George R.R.Barr1976ArtistNominee
StephanFabian1976ArtistNominee
EdwardGorey1976ArtistNominee
TimKirk1976ArtistNominee
Donald M.Grant1976Special - ProPublisherWinner
Frank BelknapLong1976Special - Pro"HPL: Dreamer on the Nightside"Nominee
WillisConover1976Special - Pro"Lovecraft At Last"Nominee
L. Spraqguede Camp1976Special - Pro"Lovecraft: A Biography"Nominee
Danald A.Wollheim1976Special - ProDAW BooksNominee
ArkhamHouse1976Special - ProNominee
Karl EdwardWagner1976Special - Non-ProCarcosaWinner
DavidDrake1976Special - Non-ProCarcosaNominee
JimGroce1976Special - Non-ProCarcosaNominee
Gerryde la Ree1976Special - Non-ProNominee
Harry O.Morris1976Special - Non-ProNominee
GeorgeScithers1976Special - Non-ProNominee
Roy A.Squires1976Special - Non-ProNominee
RobertWeinberg1976Special - Non-ProNominee

1975: The 1st World Fantasy Convention℠

Site: Holiday Inn
City: Providence, Rhode Island
Theme: The Lovecraft Circle
Guest of Honor: Robert Bloch
Toastmaster: Gahan Wilson
Chair: Kirby McCauley

Winners & Nominees

First NameLast NameYearCategoryTitleFinal
RobertBloch1975Life AchievementWinner
Patricia A.McKillip1975Novel"The Forgotten Beasts of Eld"Winner
PoulAnderson1975Novel"A Midsummer Tempest"Nominee
H. WarnerMunn1975Novel"Merlin's Ring"Nominee
RobertAickman1975Short Fiction"Pages From a Young Girl's Journal"Winner
Sterling E.Lanier1975Short Fiction"A Father's Tale"Nominee
Karl EdwardWagner1975Short Fiction"Sticks"Nominee
T.E.D.Klein1975Short Fiction"The Events at Poroth Farm"Nominee
Manly WadeWellman1975Collection/Anthology"Worse Things Waiting"Winner
BasilCooper1975Collection/Anthology"From Evil's Pillow"Nominee
Lee BrownCoye1975ArtistWinner
StephenFabian1975ArtistNominee
GervasioGallardo1975ArtistNominee
JeffJones1975ArtistNominee
TimKirk1975ArtistNominee
IanBallantine1975Special - ProWinner
BettyBallantine1975Special - ProWinner
Donald A.Wollheim1975Special - ProNominee
Stuart DavidSchiff1975Special - Non-ProWinner
Harry O.Morris1975Special - Non-ProNominee
Roy A.Squires1975Special - Non-ProNominee

2014 World Fantasy Awards℠

Life Achievement Winners

Ellen Datlow
Chelsea Quinn Yarbro

Novel

  • Sofia Samatar, 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)
  • 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 Story

  • Caitlín R. Kiernan, “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 and Gardner Dozois, eds. 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)
  • 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
  • William K. Schafer, 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

  • Kate Baker, Neil Clarke & Sean Wallace, for Clarkesworld
  • Scott H. Andrews, for Beneath Ceaseless Skies
  • Marc Aplin, for Fantasy-Faction
  • Leslie Howle, for Clarion West administration
  • Mieneke van der Salm, for A Fantastical Librarian

2013 World Fantasy Awards℠

Judges were Holly Black, Tom Clegg, Marc Laidlaw, Stephen Laws, and Stephanie Smith.

Life Achievement Winners

Susan Cooper
Tanith Lee

Special Award Winners

Brian Aldiss
William F. Nolan

(Winners in bold below)

Novel

  • The Killing Moon, N.K. Jemisin (Orbit US; Orbit UK)
  • Some Kind of Fairy Tale, Graham Joyce (Gollancz; Doubleday)
  • The Drowning Girl, Caitlin R. Kiernan (Roc)
  • Crandolin, Anna Tambour (Chomu)
  • Alif the Unseen, G. Willow Wilson (Grove; Corvus)

Novella

  • “Hand of Glory”, Laird Barron (The Book of Cthulhu II)
  • “Let Maps to Others”, K.J. Parker (Subterranean Summer ’12)
  • The Emperor’s Soul, Brandon Sanderson (Tachyon)
  • “The Skull”, Lucius Shepard (The Dragon Griaule)
  • “Sky”, Kaaron Warren (Through Splintered Walls)

Short Story

  • “The Telling”, Gregory Norman Bossert (Beneath Ceaseless Skies 11/29/12)
  • “A Natural History of Autumn”, Jeffrey Ford (F&SF 7-8/12)
  • “The Castle That Jack Built”, Emily Gilman (Beneath Ceaseless Skies 1/26/12)
  • “Breaking the Frame”, Kat Howard (Lightspeed 8/12)
  • “Swift, Brutal Retaliation”, Meghan McCarron (Tor.com 1/4/12)

Anthology

  • Epic: Legends of Fantasy, John Joseph Adams, ed. (Tachyon)
  • Three Messages and a Warning: Contemporary Mexican Short Stories of the Fantastic, Eduardo Jimenez Mayo & Chris N. Brown, eds. (Small Beer)
  • Magic: An Anthology of the Esoteric and Arcane, Jonathan Oliver, ed. (Solaris)
  • Postscripts #28/#29: Exotic Gothic 4, Danel Olson, ed. (PS Publishing)
  • Under My Hat: Tales from the Cauldron, Jonathan Strahan, ed. (Random House)

Collection

  • At the Mouth of the River of Bees, Kij Johnson (Small Beer)
  • Where Furnaces Burn, Joel Lane (PS Publishing)
  • The Unreal and the Real: Selected Stories Volume One: Where on Earth and Volume Two: Outer Space, Inner Lands, Ursula K. Le Guin (Small Beer)
  • Remember Why You Fear Me, Robert Shearman (ChiZine)
  • Jagannath, Karin Tidbeck (Cheeky Frawg)

Artist

  • Vincent Chong
  • Didier Graffet and Dave Senior
  • Kathleen Jennings
  • J.K. Potter
  • Chris Roberts

Special Award—Professional

  • Peter Crowther & Nicky Crowther for PS Publishing
  • Lucia Graves for the translation of The Prisoner of Heaven (Weidenfeld & Nicholson; Harper) by Carlos Ruiz Zafon
  • Adam Mills, Ann VanderMeer, & Jeff VanderMeer for the Weird Fiction Review website
  • Brett Alexander Savory & Sandra Kasturi for ChiZine Publications
  • William K. Schafer for Subterranean Press

Special Award—Non-professional

  • Scott H. Andrews for Beneath Ceaseless Skies
  • L. Timmel Duchamp for Aqueduct Press
  • S.T. Joshi for Unutterable Horror: A History of Supernatural Fiction, Volumes 1 & 2 (PS Publishing)
  • Charles A. Tan for Bibliophile Stalker blog
  • Jerad Walters for Centipede Press
  • Joseph Wrzos for Hannes Bok: A Life in Illustration (Centipede Press)

2012 World Fantasy Awards℠

Judges were John Berlyne, James P. Blaylock, Stephen Gallagher, Mary Kay Kare, and Jacques Post.

Life Achievement Winners

winner Alan Garner
winner George R.R. Martin

Novel
winner Osama, Lavie Tidhar (PS Publishing)
Those Across the River, Christopher Buehlman (Ace)
11/22/63, Stephen King (Scribner; Hodder & Stoughton as 11.22.63)
A Dance with Dragons, George R.R. Martin (Bantam; Harper Voyager UK)
Among Others, Jo Walton (Tor)

Novella
winner “A Small Price to Pay for Birdsong”, K.J. Parker (Subterranean Winter 2011)
“Near Zennor”, Elizabeth Hand (A Book of Horrors)
“Alice Through the Plastic Sheet”, Robert Shearman (A Book of Horrors)
“Rose Street Attractors”, Lucius Shepard (Ghosts by Gaslight)
“Silently and Very Fast”, Catherynne M. Valente (WSFA Press; Clarkesworld)

Short Story
winner “The Paper Menagerie”, Ken Liu (F&SF 3-4/11)
“X for Demetrious”, Steve Duffy (Blood and Other Cravings)
“Younger Women”, Karen Joy Fowler (Subterranean Summer 2011)
“A Journey of Only Two Paces”, Tim Powers (The Bible Repairman and Other Stories)
“The Cartographer Wasps and the Anarchist Bees”, E. Lily Yu (Clarkesworld 4/11)

Anthology
winner The Weird, Ann & Jeff VanderMeer, eds. (Corvus; Tor, published May 2012)
Blood and Other Cravings, Ellen Datlow, ed. (Tor)
A Book of Horrors, Stephen Jones, ed. (Jo Fletcher Books)
The Thackery T. Lambshead Cabinet of Curiosities, Ann & Jeff VanderMeer, eds. (Harper Voyager US)
Gutshot, Conrad Williams, ed. (PS Publishing)

Collection
winner The Bible Repairman and Other Stories, Tim Powers (Tachyon and Subterranean Press)
Bluegrass Symphony, Lisa L. Hannett (Ticonderoga)
Two Worlds and In Between, Caitlin R. Kiernan (Subterranean Press)
After the Apocalypse, Maureen F. McHugh (Small Beer)
Mrs Midnight and Other Stories, Reggie Oliver (Tartarus)

Artist
winner John Coulthart
Julie Dillon
Jon Foster
Kathleen Jennings
John Picacio

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

Special Award—Non-professional
winner Raymond Russell & Rosalie Parker, for Tartarus Press
Kate Baker, Neil Clarke, Cheryl Morgan & Sean Wallace, for Clarkesworld
Cat Rambo, for Fantasy
Charles Tan, for Bibliophile Stalker blog
Mark Valentine, for Wormwood