The World Fantasy Convention has announced the nominees for the 2012 World Fantasy Awards (for works published in 2011).
Awards Administrator John R. Douglas writes: “The winners of the awards will be announced during the Awards Banquet at the World Fantasy Convention on Sunday, November 4, 2012 in the Richmond Hill section of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. For information about the awards and their history, check http://www.worldfantasy.org/. For information about the convention, check http://www.wfc2012.org/.”
The winners of the other awards will be chosen by the panel of judges (as previously announced, this year’s panel is: John Berlyne, James P. Blaylock, Stephen Gallagher, Mary Kay Kare, and Jacques Post).
The previously announced winners of the Life Achievement awards (which will also be presented at the ceremony) are Alan Garner and George R.R. Martin.
The nominees are:
Novel:
Those Across the River by Christopher Buehlman (Ace)
11/22/63 by Stephen King (Scribner; Hodder & Stoughton as 11.22.63)
A Dance with Dragons by George R.R. Martin (Bantam; Harper Voyager UK)
Osama by Lavie Tidhar (PS Publishing)
Among Others by Jo Walton (Tor)
Novella:
“Near Zennor” by Elizabeth Hand (A Book of Horrors)
“A Small Price to Pay for Birdsong” by K.J. Parker (Subterranean, Winter 2011)
“Alice Through the Plastic Sheet” by Robert Shearman (A Book of Horrors)
“Rose Street Attractors” by Lucius Shepard (Ghosts by Gaslight)
“Silently and Very Fast” by Catherynne M. Valente (WSFA Press; Clarkesworld)
Short Story:
“X for Demetrious” by Steve Duffy (Blood and Other Cravings)
“Younger Women” by Karen Joy Fowler (Subterranean, Summer 2011)
“The Paper Menagerie” by Ken Liu (The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, March/April 2011)
“A Journey of Only Two Paces” by Tim Powers (The Bible Repairman and Other Stories)
“The Cartographer Wasps and the Anarchist Bees” by E. Lily Yu (Clarkesworld, April 2011)
Anthology:
Blood and Other Cravings edited by Ellen Datlow (Tor)
A Book of Horrors edited by Stephen Jones (Jo Fletcher Books)
The Thackery T. Lambshead Cabinet of Curiosities edited by Ann & Jeff VanderMeer (Harper Voyager US)
The Weird edited by Ann & Jeff VanderMeer (Corvus; Tor, published May 2012)
Gutshot edited by Conrad Williams (PS Publishing)
Collection:
Bluegrass Symphony by Lisa L. Hannett (Ticonderoga)
Two Worlds and In Between by Caitlín R. Kiernan (Subterranean Press)
After the Apocalypse by Maureen F. McHugh (Small Beer)
Mrs Midnight and Other Stories by Reggie Oliver (Tartarus)
The Bible Repairman and Other Stories by 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