World Fantasy Award Nominees

The World Fantasy Nominees have been announced. A very strong list in each category. We’ve highlighted our personal favorites for some of the categories in bold.

The World Fantasy Convention will take place in Toronto from 1-4 November 2012.

Congratulations to all the nominees!

Novel 
•  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) 
•  Osama, Lavie Tidhar (PS Publishing) 
•  Among Others, Jo Walton (Tor)

Novella 
•  ”Near Zennor”, Elizabeth Hand (A Book of Horrors) 
•  ”A Small Price to Pay for Birdsong”, K.J. Parker (Subterranean Winter 2011) 
•  ”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 Fiction 
•  ”X for Demetrious”, Steve Duffy (Blood and Other Cravings) 
•  ”Younger Women”, Karen Joy Fowler (Subterranean Summer 2011) 
•  ”The Paper Menagerie”, Ken Liu (F&SF 3-4/11) 
•  ”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 
•  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) 
•  The Weird, Ann & Jeff VanderMeer, eds. (Corvus; Tor, published May 2012) 
•  Gutshot, Conrad Williams, ed. (PS Publishing)

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

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

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

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