The 2011 World Fantasy Award Finalists
Tis definitely the season for the award, for no sooner have I finished my reading for the Hugo Awards than the finalists for the 2011 World Fantasy Awards are announced! This is another reader/fan voted award and yes, once again I am eligible to vote having taken out a non-attending membership to the convention. In fact I would have loved to attend, but sadly, a journey of 10,000 miles and my own writing commitments ruled it out for this year. But next year, maybe, in Canada … Who knows?
But enough of that—who’s on the list? I’ve included the full list of categories and finalists—by author’s/artist’s surname—below and you will see there are a few overlaps with the Hugo Award finalists’ list. I have indicated these by use of blue font just to make them a bit easier to pick out.
BEST NOVEL
- Zoo City, Lauren Beukes (Jacana South Africa; Angry Robot)
- The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms, N.K. Jemisin (Orbit)
- The Silent Land, Graham Joyce (Gollancz; Doubleday)
- Under Heaven, Guy Gavriel Kay (Viking Canada; Roc; Harper Voyager UK)
- Redemption In Indigo, Karen Lord (Small Beer)
- Who Fears Death, Nnedi Okorafor (DAW)
BEST NOVELLA
- Bone and Jewel Creatures, Elizabeth Bear (Subterranean)
- The Broken Man, Michael Byers (PS)
- “The Maiden Flight of McCauley’s Bellerophon”, Elizabeth Hand (Stories: All-New Tales)
- The Thief of Broken Toys, Tim Lebbon (ChiZine)
- “The Mystery Knight”, George R.R. Martin (Warriors)
- “The Lady Who Plucked Red Flowers beneath the Queen’s Window”, Rachel Swirsky (Subterranean Summer 2010)
BEST SHORT FICTION
- “Beautiful Men” , Christopher Fowler (Visitants: Stories of Fallen Angels and Heavenly Hosts)
- “Booth’s Ghost”, Karen Joy Fowler (What I Didn’t See and Other Stories)
- “Ponies”, Kij Johnson (Tor.com 11/17/10)
- “Fossil-Figures”, Joyce Carol Oates (Stories: All-New Tales)
- “Tu Sufrimiento Shall Protect Us”, Mercurio D. Rivera (Black Static 8-9/10)
BEST ANTHOLOGY
- The Way of the Wizard, John Joseph Adams, ed. (Prime)
- My Mother She Killed Me, My Father He Ate Me, Kate Bernheimer, ed. (Penguin)
- Haunted Legends, Ellen Datlow & Nick Mamatas, eds. (Tor)
- Stories: All-New Tales, Neil Gaiman & Al Sarrantonio, eds. (Morrow; Headline Review)
- Black Wings: New Tales of Lovecraftian Horror, S.T. Joshi, ed. (PS)
- Swords & Dark Magic, Jonathan Strahan & Lou Anders, eds. (Eos)
BEST COLLECTION
- What I Didn’t See and Other Stories, Karen Joy Fowler (Small Beer)
- The Ammonite Violin & Others, Caitlín R. Kiernan (Subterranean)
- Holiday, M. Rickert (Golden Gryphon)
- Sourdough and Other Stories, Angela Slatter (Tartarus)
- The Third Bear, Jeff VanderMeer (Tachyon)
BEST ARTIST
- Vincent Chong
- Kinuko Y. Craft
- Richard A. Kirk
- John Picacio
- Shaun Tan
SPECIAL AWARD, PROFESSIONAL
- John Joseph Adams, for editing and anthologies
- Lou Anders, for editing at Pyr
- Marc Gascoigne, for Angry Robot
- Stéphane Marsan & Alain Névant, for Bragelonne
- Brett Alexander Savory & Sandra Kasturi, for ChiZine
SPECIAL AWARD, NON-PROFESSIONAL
- Stephen Jones, Michael Marshall Smith, & Amanda Foubister, for Brighton Shock!: The Souvenir Book Of The World Horror Convention 2010
- Alisa Krasnostein, for Twelfth Planet Press
- Matthew Kressel, for Sybil’s Garage and Senses Five Press
- Charles Tan, for Bibliophile Stalker
- Lavie Tidhar, for The World SF Blog
Winners will be announced at this year’s World Fantasy Convention, to be held October 27-30, in San Diego CA.
Isn’t it fantastic how many Aussies have made the list? I’m very impressed. I hope the antipodean trend continues… and that we eventually see some Kiwi names, too! 😉
Seeing some Kiwi names would be ‘noice’—but could the world handle all those flattened vowels? 😮 But seriously, I would have loved to have attended the World Fantasy Convention this year but the ‘journey of 10,000 miles’ coming on top of earthquakes and also the heavy duty writing commitments was just too much of a stretch.