Dates: November 3-6, 2005
Site: The Madison Concourse Hotel & Governor™’s Club
City: Madison, Wisconsin
Theme: The Architecture of Fantasy & Horror
Guests of Honor: Graham Joyce, Robert Weinberg, Terri Windling
Artist Guest of Honor: Kinuko Y. Craft
Toastmaster: Peter Straub
Special Recognition: Arkham House
Chair: Meg Turville-Heitz
Winners & Nominees
| First Name | Last Name | Year | Category | Title | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom | Doherty | 2005 | Life Achievement | Winner | |
| Carol | Emshwiller | 2005 | Life Achievement | Winner | |
| Susanna | Clarke | 2005 | Novel | "Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell" | Winner |
| Stephen R. | Donaldson | 2005 | Novel | "The Runes Of the Earth" | Nominee |
| China | Miéville | 2005 | Novel | "Iron Council" | Nominee |
| Sean | Stewart | 2005 | Novel | "Perfect Circle" | Nominee |
| Gene | Wolfe | 2005 | Novel | "The Wizard Knight" | Nominee |
| Michael | Shea | 2005 | Novella | "The Growlimb" | Winner |
| Leena | Krohn | 2005 | Novella | "Tainaron: Mail from Another City" | Nominee |
| Kim | Newman | 2005 | Novella | "Soho Golem" | Nominee |
| Lisa | Tuttle | 2005 | Novella | "My Death" | Nominee |
| Gene | Wolfe | 2005 | Novella | "Golden City Far" | Nominee |
| Margo | Lanagan | 2005 | Short Fiction | "Singing My Sister Down" | Winner |
| Theodora | Goss | 2005 | Short Fiction | "The Wings of Meister Wilhelm" | Nominee |
| Kelly | Link | 2005 | Short Fiction | "The Faery Handbag" | Nominee |
| China | Miéville | 2005 | Short Fiction | "Reports of Certain Events in London" | Nominee |
| Barbara | Roden | 2005 | Short Fiction | "Northwest Passage " | Nominee |
| Barbara | Roden | 2005 | Anthology | "Acquainted With The Night" | Winner |
| Christopher | Roden | 2005 | Anthology | "Acquainted With The Night" | Winner |
| Sheree R. | Thomas | 2005 | Anthology | "Dark Matter: Reading The Bones | Winner |
| Ellen | Datlow | 2005 | Anthology | "The Faery Reel: Tales from the Twilight Realm | Nominee |
| Terri | Windling | 2005 | Anthology | "The Faery Reel: Tales from the Twilight Realm | Nominee |
| Deborah | Layne | 2005 | Anthology | "Polyphony 4 | Nominee |
| Jay | Lake | 2005 | Anthology | "Polyphony 4 | Nominee |
| Harry | Turtledove | 2005 | Anthology | "The First Heroes: New Tales of the Bronze Age | Nominee |
| Noreen | Doyle | 2005 | Anthology | "The First Heroes: New Tales of the Bronze Age | Nominee |
| Margo | Lanagan | 2005 | Collection | "Black Juice" | Winner |
| Peter | Crowther | 2005 | Collection | "Songs Of Leaving" | Nominee |
| John M. | Ford | 2005 | Collection | "Heat Of Fusion and Other Stories" | Nominee |
| Eileen | Gunn | 2005 | Collection | "Stable Strategies And Others" | Nominee |
| Joe R. | Lansdale | 2005 | Collection | "Mad Dog Summer and Other Stories" | Nominee |
| Ian R. | MacLeod | 2005 | Collection | "Breathmoss and Other Exhalations" | Nominee |
| Lucius | Shepard | 2005 | Collection | "Trujillo" | Nominee |
| John | Picacio | 2005 | Artist | Winner | |
| Caniglia | 2005 | Artist | Nominee | ||
| Kinuko Y. | Craft | 2005 | Artist | Nominee | |
| John Jude | Palencar | 2005 | Artist | Nominee | |
| Charles | Vess | 2005 | Artist | Nominee | |
| S. T. | Joshi | 2005 | Special - Pro | scholarship | Winner |
| Gavin | Grant | 2005 | Special - Pro | Small Beer Press | Nominee |
| Kelly | Link | 2005 | Special - Pro | Small Beer Press | Nominee |
| Sharyn | November | 2005 | Special - Pro | editing | Nominee |
| Gordon | Van Gelder | 2005 | Special - Pro | F&SF | Nominee |
| Terri | Windling | 2005 | Special - Pro | editing | Nominee |
| Robert | Morgan | 2005 | Special - Non-Pro | Sarob Press | Winner |
| Sandy | Auden | 2005 | Special - Non-Pro | thealienonline.net | Nominee |
| Ariel | 2005 | Special - Non-Pro | thealienonline.net | Nominee | |
| Matthew | Cheney | 2005 | Special - Non-Pro | mumpsimus.blogspot.com | Nominee |
| Barbara | Roden | 2005 | Special - Non-Pro | All Hallows magazine | Nominee |
| Christopher | Roden | 2005 | Special - Non-Pro | All Hallows magazine | Nominee |
| Michael J. | Walsh | 2005 | Special - Non-Pro | Old Earth Books | Nominee |
