{"id":7144,"date":"2011-08-03T06:30:00","date_gmt":"2011-08-02T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/?p=7144"},"modified":"2011-08-01T23:29:48","modified_gmt":"2011-08-01T11:29:48","slug":"the-2011-world-fantasy-award-finalists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/2011\/08\/03\/the-2011-world-fantasy-award-finalists\/","title":{"rendered":"The 2011 World Fantasy Award Finalists"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>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!\u00a0 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 &#8230; Who knows?<\/p>\n<p>But enough of that&#8212;who&#8217;s on the list? I&#8217;ve included the full list of categories and finalists&#8212;by author&#8217;s\/artist&#8217;s surname&#8212;below and you will see there are a few overlaps with the Hugo Award finalists&#8217; list. I have indicated these by use of <span style=\"color: #000080;\">blue font<\/span> just to make them a bit easier to pick out.<\/p>\n<p><strong>BEST NOVEL<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> <em>Zoo City<\/em>, Lauren Beukes (Jacana South Africa; Angry Robot)<\/li>\n<li> <span style=\"color: #000080;\"><em>The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms, <\/em>N.K. Jemisin (Orbit)<\/span><\/li>\n<li> <em>The Silent Land, <\/em>Graham Joyce (Gollancz; Doubleday)<\/li>\n<li> <em>Under Heaven, <\/em>Guy Gavriel Kay (Viking Canada; Roc; Harper Voyager UK)<\/li>\n<li> <em>Redemption In Indigo, <\/em>Karen Lord (Small Beer)<\/li>\n<li> <em>Who Fears Death,<\/em> Nnedi Okorafor (DAW)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>BEST NOVELLA<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> <em>Bone and Jewel<\/em><em> <\/em><em>Creatures<\/em>, Elizabeth Bear (Subterranean)<\/li>\n<li> <em>The Broken Man<\/em>, Michael Byers (PS)<\/li>\n<li> <span style=\"color: #000080;\">\u201cThe Maiden Flight of McCauley\u2019s <em>Bellerophon<\/em>\u201d, Elizabeth Hand (<em>Stories: All-New Tales<\/em>)<\/span><\/li>\n<li> <em><em>The Thief of Broken Toys<\/em><\/em>, Tim Lebbon (ChiZine)<\/li>\n<li> \u201cThe Mystery Knight\u201d, George R.R. Martin (<em>Warriors<\/em>)<\/li>\n<li> <span style=\"color: #000080;\">\u201cThe Lady Who Plucked Red Flowers beneath the Queen\u2019s Window\u201d, Rachel Swirsky (<em>Subterranean<\/em> Summer 2010)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>BEST SHORT FICTION<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> \u201cBeautiful Men\u201d , Christopher Fowler (<em>Visitants: Stories of Fallen Angels and Heavenly Hosts<\/em>)<\/li>\n<li> \u201cBooth\u2019s Ghost\u201d, Karen Joy Fowler (<em>What I Didn\u2019t See and Other Stories<\/em>)<\/li>\n<li> <span style=\"color: #000080;\">\u201cPonies\u201d, Kij Johnson (Tor.com 11\/17\/10)<\/span><\/li>\n<li> \u201cFossil-Figures\u201d, Joyce Carol Oates (<em>Stories: All-New Tales<\/em>)<\/li>\n<li> \u201cTu Sufrimiento Shall Protect Us\u201d, Mercurio D. Rivera (<em>Black Static<\/em> 8-9\/10)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>BEST ANTHOLOGY<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> <em>The Way of the Wizard<\/em>,<em> <\/em>John Joseph Adams, ed. (Prime)<\/li>\n<li> <em>My Mother She Killed Me, My Father He Ate Me<\/em>, Kate Bernheimer, ed. (Penguin)<\/li>\n<li> <em>Haunted Legends<\/em>, Ellen Datlow &amp; Nick Mamatas, eds. (Tor)<\/li>\n<li> <em>Stories: All-New Tales<\/em>, Neil Gaiman &amp; Al Sarrantonio, eds. (Morrow; Headline Review)<\/li>\n<li> <em>Black Wings: New Tales of Lovecraftian Horror<\/em>, S.T. Joshi, ed. (PS)<\/li>\n<li> <em>Swords &amp; Dark Magic<\/em>, Jonathan Strahan &amp; Lou Anders, eds. (Eos)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>BEST COLLECTION<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> <em>What I Didn\u2019t See and Other Stories<\/em>, Karen Joy Fowler (Small Beer)<\/li>\n<li> <em>The Ammonite Violin &amp; Others<\/em>, Caitl\u00edn R. Kiernan (Subterranean)<\/li>\n<li> <em>Holiday<\/em>, M. Rickert (Golden Gryphon)<\/li>\n<li> <em>Sourdough and Other Stories<\/em>, Angela Slatter (Tartarus)<\/li>\n<li> <em>The Third Bear<\/em>, Jeff VanderMeer (Tachyon)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>BEST ARTIST<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> Vincent Chong<\/li>\n<li> Kinuko Y. Craft<\/li>\n<li> Richard A. Kirk<\/li>\n<li> <span style=\"color: #000080;\">John Picacio<\/span><\/li>\n<li> <span style=\"color: #000080;\">Shaun Tan<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>SPECIAL AWARD, PROFESSIONAL<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> John Joseph Adams, for editing and anthologies<\/li>\n<li> Lou Anders, for editing at Pyr<\/li>\n<li> Marc Gascoigne, for Angry Robot<\/li>\n<li> St\u00e9phane Marsan &amp; Alain N\u00e9vant, for Bragelonne<\/li>\n<li> Brett Alexander Savory &amp; Sandra Kasturi, for ChiZine<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>SPECIAL AWARD, NON-PROFESSIONAL<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> Stephen Jones, Michael Marshall Smith, &amp; Amanda Foubister, for <em>Brighton Shock!: The Souvenir Book Of The World Horror Convention 2010<\/em><\/li>\n<li> Alisa Krasnostein, for Twelfth Planet Press<\/li>\n<li> Matthew Kressel, for <em>Sybil\u2019s Garage<\/em> and Senses Five Press<\/li>\n<li> Charles Tan, for <em>Bibliophile Stalker<\/em><\/li>\n<li> Lavie Tidhar, for <em>The World SF Blog<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Winners will be announced at this year\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wfc2011.org\/html\/mainmenu.html\" target=\"_blank\">World Fantasy Convention<\/a>, to be held October 27-30, in San Diego CA.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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!\u00a0 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. 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