Locus has announced the nominees for the World Fantasy Awards, and I’ve no idea how they’re going to narrow it down to one winner for each category! The judges have a tough job ahead of them. So many excellent pieces, so many hard-working people. And without further ado, ze list:
Novel
- Blood of Ambrose, James Enge (Pyr)
- The Red Tree, Caitlín R. Kiernan (Roc)
- The City & The City, China Miéville (Macmillan UK/ Del Rey)
- Finch, Jeff VanderMeer (Underland)
- In Great Waters, Kit Whitfield (Jonathan Cape UK/Del Rey)
Novella
- The Women of Nell Gwynne’s, Kage Baker (Subterranean)
- “The Lion’s Den”, Steve Duffy (Nemonymous Nine: Cern Zoo)
- The Night Cache, Andy Duncan (PS)
- “Sea-Hearts”, Margo Lanagan (X6 )
- “Everland”, Paul Witcover (Everland and Other Stories)
Short Story
- “I Needs Must Part, the Policeman Said”, Richard Bowes (F&SF 12/09)
- “The Pelican Bar”, Karen Joy Fowler (Eclipse Three)
- “A Journal of Certain Events of Scientific Interest from the First Survey Voyage of the Southern Waters by HMS Ocelot, As Observed by Professor Thaddeus Boswell, DPhil, MSc, or, A Lullaby”, Helen Keeble (Strange Horizons 6/09)
- “Singing on a Star”, Ellen Klages (Firebirds Soaring)
- “The Persistence of Memory, or This Space for Sale”, Paul Park (Postscripts 20/21: Edison’s Frankenstein )
- “In Hiding”, R.B. Russell (Putting the Pieces in Place)
- “Light on the Water”, Genevieve Valentine (Fantasy 10/09)
Anthology
- Poe, Ellen Datlow, ed. (Solaris)
- Songs of The Dying Earth: Stories in Honor of Jack Vance, George R.R. Martin & Gardner Dozois, eds. (Subterranean/Voyager)
- Exotic Gothic 3: Strange Visitations, Danel Olson, ed. (Ash-Tree)
- Eclipse Three, Jonathan Strahan, ed. (Night Shade)
- American Fantastic Tales: Terror and the Uncanny: From Poe to the Pulps/From the 1940s to Now, Peter Straub, ed. (Library of America)
- The Very Best of Fantasy & Science Fiction: Sixtieth Anniversary Anthology, Gordon Van Gelder, ed. (Tachyon)
Collection
- We Never Talk About My Brother, Peter S. Beagle (Tachyon)
- Fugue State, Brian Evenson (Coffee House)
- There Once Lived a Woman Who Tried To Kill Her Neighbor’s Baby: Scary Fairy Tales, Ludmilla Petrushevskaya (Penguin)
- Northwest Passages, Barbara Roden (Prime)
- Everland and Other Stories, Paul Witcover (PS)
- The Very Best of Gene Wolfe/The Best of Gene Wolfe, Gene Wolfe (PS /Tor)
Artist
- John Jude Palencar
- John Picacio
- Charles Vess
- Jason Zerrillo
- Sam Weber
Special Award – Professional
- Peter & Nicky Crowther for PS Publishing
- Ellen Datlow for editing anthologies
- Hayao Miyazaki for Ponyo
- Barbara & Christopher Roden for Ash-Tree Press
- Jonathan Strahan for editing anthologies
- Jacob & Rina Weisman for Tachyon Publications
Special Award – Non-Professional
- John Berlyne for Powers: Secret Histories
- Neil Clarke, Cheryl Morgan, & Sean Wallace for Clarkesworld
- Susan Marie Groppi for Strange Horizons
- John Klima for Electric Velocipede
- Bob Colby, B. Diane Martin, David Shaw, and Eric M. Van for Readercon
- Ray Russell & Rosalie Parker for Tartarus Press
Congrats to all nominees!
Lisa L. Hannett 