{"id":17062,"date":"2012-11-07T06:30:34","date_gmt":"2012-11-06T17:30:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/?p=17062"},"modified":"2012-11-05T21:44:17","modified_gmt":"2012-11-05T08:44:17","slug":"world-fantasy-awards-2012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/2012\/11\/07\/world-fantasy-awards-2012\/","title":{"rendered":"World Fantasy Awards 2012"},"content":{"rendered":"

The World Fantasy Awards<\/strong> were announced at the conclusion of the World Fantasy Convention<\/strong> on Sunday evening in Toronto (that’s our Monday morning, NZ and Australian time.)<\/p>\n

Probably the most interesting aspect of the result from my point of view was that this must be almost the first major international award Jo Walton’s Amongst Others<\/em><\/strong> was nominated for that it did not win.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>I am fairly certain, too, that the “Best Novel” category winner, Lavie Tidhar’s Osama<\/strong><\/em> is a smaller press publication–not that a smaller, specialist press publication winning is unprecedented, but it is nice to see it happening.<\/p>\n

.<\/span><\/p>\n

Novel<\/strong>:<\/span>
\n Winner: \u2022 Osama<\/em>, Lavie Tidhar (PS Publishing)<\/strong><\/span>
\n \u2022 Those Across the River<\/em>, Christopher Buehlman (Ace)<\/span>
\n \u2022 11\/22\/63<\/em>, Stephen King (Scribner; Hodder & Stoughton as 11.22.63<\/em>)<\/span>
\n \u2022 A Dance with Dragons<\/em>, George R.R. Martin (Bantam; Harper Voyager UK)<\/span>
\n \u2022 Among Others<\/em>, Jo Walton (Tor)<\/span><\/p>\n

Novella<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Winner: \u201cA Small Price to Pay for Birdsong,\u201d K.J. Parker (Subterranean<\/em> Winter 2011)<\/strong><\/span>
\n \u2022 \u201cNear Zennor,\u201d Elizabeth Hand (A Book of Horrors<\/em>)<\/span>
\n \u2022 \u201cAlice Through the Plastic Sheet,\u201d Robert Shearman (A Book of Horrors<\/em>)<\/span>
\n \u2022 \u201cRose Street Attractors,\u201d Lucius Shepard (Ghosts by Gaslight<\/em>)<\/span>
\n \u2022\u00a0 \u201cSilently and Very Fast,\u201d Catherynne M. Valente (WSFA Press; Clarkesworld<\/em>)<\/span><\/p>\n

Short Fiction:<\/strong><\/span>
\n Winner:\u00a0 \u201cThe Paper Menagerie,\u201d Ken Liu (F&SF<\/em> 3-4\/11)<\/strong><\/span>
\n \u2022 \u201cX for Demetrious,\u201d Steve Duffy (Blood and Other Cravings<\/em>)<\/span>
\n \u2022 \u201cYounger Women,\u201d Karen Joy Fowler (Subterranean<\/em> Summer 2011)<\/span>
\n \u2022 \u201cA Journey of Only Two Paces,\u201d Tim Powers (The Bible Repairman and Other Stories<\/em>)<\/span>
\n \u2022 \u201cThe Cartographer Wasps and the Anarchist Bees,\u201d E. Lily Yu (Clarkesworld <\/em>4\/11)<\/span><\/p>\n

Anthology:<\/strong><\/span>
\n Winner: The Weird<\/em>, Ann & Jeff VanderMeer, eds. (Corvus; Tor, published May 2012)<\/strong><\/span>
\n \u2022 Blood and Other Cravings<\/em>, Ellen Datlow, ed. (Tor)<\/span>
\n \u2022 A Book of Horrors<\/em>, Stephen Jones, ed. (Jo Fletcher Books)<\/span>
\n \u2022 The Thackery T. Lambshead Cabinet of Curiosities<\/em>, Ann & Jeff VanderMeer, eds. (Harper Voyager US)<\/span>
\n \u2022 Gutshot<\/em>, Conrad Williams, ed. (PS Publishing)<\/span><\/p>\n

Collection<\/strong>:<\/span>
\n Winner: The Bible Repairman and Other Stories<\/em>, Tim Powers (Tachyon)<\/strong><\/span>
\n \u2022\u00a0 Bluegrass Symphony<\/em>, Lisa L. Hannett (Ticonderoga)<\/span>
\n \u2022 Two Worlds and In Between<\/em>, Caitl\u00edn R. Kiernan (Subterranean Press)<\/span>
\n \u2022\u00a0 After the Apocalypse<\/em>, Maureen F. McHugh (Small Beer)<\/span>
\n \u2022 Mrs Midnight and Other Stories<\/em>, Reggie Oliver (Tartarus)<\/span><\/p>\n

Artist<\/strong>:<\/span>
\n Winner: John Coulthart<\/strong><\/span>
\n \u2022\u00a0 Julie Dillon<\/span>
\n \u2022\u00a0 Jon Foster<\/span>
\n \u2022\u00a0 Kathleen Jennings<\/span>
\n \u2022\u00a0 John Picacio<\/span><\/p>\n

Special Award Professional<\/strong>:<\/span>
\n Winner: Eric Lane, for publishing in translation – Dedalus books<\/strong><\/span>
\n \u2022\u00a0 John Joseph Adams, for editing – anthology and magazine<\/span>
\n \u2022\u00a0 Jo Fletcher, for editing – Jo Fletcher Books<\/span>
\n \u2022\u00a0 Brett Alexander Savory & Sandra Kasturi, for ChiZine Publications<\/span>
\n \u2022\u00a0 Jeff VanderMeer & S.J. Chambers, for The Steampunk Bible<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Special Award Non-Professional<\/strong>:<\/span>
\n Winner: Raymond Russell & Rosalie Parker, for Tartarus Press<\/strong><\/span>
\n \u2022\u00a0 Kate Baker, Neil Clarke, Cheryl Morgan & Sean Wallace, for Clarkesworld<\/em><\/span>
\n \u2022\u00a0 Cat Rambo, for Fantasy<\/em><\/span>
\n \u2022\u00a0 Charles Tan, for Bibliophile Stalker blog<\/span>
\n \u2022\u00a0 Mark Valentine, for Wormwood<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

—<\/p>\n

The winners of this year\u2019s Lifetime Achievement award<\/a> were authors:<\/p>\n

Alan Garner <\/a>and<\/p>\n

George R.R. Martin<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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