Dates: November 1-4, 2012
Site: Sheraton Parkway Toronto North Hotel, Suites & Conference Centre
City: Toronto, Ontario
Theme: Northern Gothic and Urban Fantasy
Guests of Honour: Elizabeth Hand, John Clute, Richard A. Kirk, Gary K. Wolfe, Charles De Lint, Tanya Huff, Patricia Briggs, Mercedes lackey, Larry Dixon
Chair: Peter Halasz
Winners & Nominees
| First Name | Last Name | Year | Category | Title | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alan | Garner | 2012 | Life Achievement | Winner | |
| George R.R. | Martin | 2012 | Life Achievement | Winner | |
| Lavie | Tidhar | 2012 | Novel | "Osama" | Winner |
| Christopher | Buehlman | 2012 | Novel | "Those Across the River" | Nominee |
| Stephen | King | 2012 | Novel | "11/22/63" | Nominee |
| George R.R. | Martin | 2012 | Novel | "A Dance with Dragons" | Nominee |
| Jo | Walton | 2012 | Novel | "Among Others" | Nominee |
| K.J. | Parker | 2012 | Novella | "A Small Price to Pay for Birdsong" | Winner |
| Elizabeth | Hand | 2012 | Novella | "Near Zennor" | Nominee |
| Robert | Shearman | 2012 | Novella | "Alice Through the Plastic Sheet" | Nominee |
| Lucius | Shepard | 2012 | Novella | "Rose Street Attractors" | Nominee |
| Catherynne M. | Valenta | 2012 | Novella | "Silently and Very Fast" | Nominee |
| Ken | Liu | 2012 | Short Fiction | "The Paper Menagerie" | Winner |
| Steve | Duffy | 2012 | Short Fiction | "X for Demetrious" | Nominee |
| Karen Joy | Fowler | 2012 | Short Fiction | "Younger Women" | Nominee |
| Tim | Powers | 2012 | Short Fiction | "A Journey of Only Two Paces" | Nominee |
| E. Lily | Yiu | 2012 | Short Fiction | "The Cartographer Wasps and the Anarchist Bees" | Nominee |
| Ann | VanderMeer | 2012 | Anthology | "The Weird" | Winner |
| Jeff | VanderMeer | 2012 | Anthology | "The Weird" | Winner |
| Ellen | Datlow | 2012 | Anthology | "Blood and Other Cravings" | Nominee |
| Stephen | Jones | 2012 | Anthology | "A Book of Horrors" | Nominee |
| Ann | VanderMeer | 2012 | Anthology | "The Thackery T. Lambshead Cabinet of Curiosities" | Nominee |
| Jeff | VanderMeer | 2012 | Anthology | "The Thackery T. Lambshead Cabinet of Curiosities" | Nominee |
| Conrad | Williams | 2012 | Anthology | "Gutshot" | Nominee |
| Tim | Powers | 2012 | Collection | "The Bible Repairman and Other Stories" | Winner |
| Lisa L. | Hannett | 2012 | Collection | "Bluegrass Symphony" | Nominee |
| Caitlín R. | Kiernan | 2012 | Collection | "Two Worlds and in Between" | Nominee |
| Maureen F. | McHugh | 2012 | Collection | "After the Apocalypse" | Nominee |
| Reggie | Oliver | 2012 | Collection | "Mrs Midnight and Other Stories" | Nominee |
| John | Coulthart | 2012 | Artist | Winner | |
| Julie | Dillon | 2012 | Artist | Nominee | |
| Jon | Foster | 2012 | Artist | Nominee | |
| Kathleen | Jennings | 2012 | Artist | Nominee | |
| John | Picacio | 2012 | Artist | Nominee | |
| Eric | Lane | 2012 | Special - Pro | Dedalus Books | Winner |
| John Joseph | Adams | 2012 | Special - Pro | editing | Nominee |
| Jo | Fletcher | 2012 | Special - Pro | Jo Fletcher Books | Nominee |
| Brett Alexander | Savory | 2012 | Special - Pro | ChiZine | Nominee |
| Sandra | Kasturi | 2012 | Special - Pro | ChiZine | Nominee |
| Jeff | VanderMeer | 2012 | Special - Pro | "The Steambook Bible" | Nominee |
| S.J. | Chambers | 2012 | Special - Pro | "The Steambook Bible" | Nominee |
| Raymond | Russell | 2012 | Special - Non-Pro | Tartarus Press | Winner |
| Rosalie | Parker | 2012 | Special - Non-Pro | Tartarus Press | Winner |
| Kate | Baker | 2012 | Special - Non-Pro | "Clarkesworld" | Nominee |
| Neil | Clarke | 2012 | Special - Non-Pro | "Clarkesworld" | Nominee |
| Cheryl | Morgan | 2012 | Special - Non-Pro | "Clarkesworld" | Nominee |
| Sean | Wallace | 2012 | Special - Non-Pro | "Clarkesworld" | Nominee |
| Catherynne M. | Rambo | 2012 | Special - Non-Pro | "Fantasy" | Nominee |
| Charles | Tan | 2012 | Special - Non-Pro | "Bibliophile Stalker" | Nominee |
| Mark | Valentine | 2012 | Special - Non-Pro | "Wormwood" | Nominee |