The 2008 World Fantasy Award winners were announced today at the World Fantasy Convention‘s concluding banquet. We detailed the nominees in this article. The winners are:
Novel: Ysabel by Guy Gavriel Kay (Viking Canada/Penguin Roc)
Novella: Illyria by Elizabeth Hand (PS Publishing)
Short Story: “Singing of Mount Abora” by Theodora Goss (Logorrhea, Bantam Spectra)
Anthology: Inferno: New Tales of Terror and the Supernatural edited by Ellen Datlow (Tor)
Collection: Tiny Deaths by Robert Shearman (Comma Press)
Artist: Edward Miller
Special Award, Professional: Peter Crowther for PS Publishing
Special Award, Non-Professional: Midori Snyder and Terri Windling for Endicott Studios Website
The previously announced Life Achievement honorees are Leo & Diane Dillon and Patricia McKillip.
The judges who chose the other award winners were: Pete Coleborn, Robert Hoge, Dennis L. McKiernan, Mark Morris, and Steve Pasechnick.