The World Fantasy Convention has announced the nominees for the 2011 World Fantasy Awards (for works published in 2010).
The winners of the other awards will be chosen by the panel of judges (as previously announced, this year’s panel is: Andrew Hook, Sacha Mamczak, Mark Rich, Sean Wallace, and Kim Wilkins), and announced at this year’s World Fantasy Convention (WFC). The WFC will be held in San Diego, California, from 27 to 30 October 2011.
The previously announced winners of the Life Achievement awards (which will also be presented at the ceremony) are Peter S. Beagle and Angélica Gorodischer
The nominees are:
Novel:
Zoo City by Lauren Beukes (Jacana [South Africa]/Angry Robot)
The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms by N.K. Jemisin (Orbit)
The Silent Land by Graham Joyce (Gollancz/Doubleday)
Under Heaven by Guy Gavriel Kay (Viking Canada/Roc/Harper Voyager UK)
Redemption In Indigo by Karen Lord (Small Beer Press)
Who Fears Death by Nnedi Okorafor (DAW)
Novella:
Bone and Jewel Creatures by Elizabeth Bear (Subterranean Press)
The Broken Man by Michael Byers (PS Publishing)
“The Maiden Flight of McCauley’s Bellerophon” by Elizabeth Hand (Stories: All-New Tales)
“The Thief of Broken Toys” by Tim Lebbon (ChiZine Publications)
“The Mystery Knight” by George R.R. Martin (Warriors)
“The Lady Who Plucked Red Flowers Beneath the Queen’s Window” by Rachel Swirsky (Subterranean, Summer 2010)
Short Story:
“Beautiful Men” by Christopher Fowler (Visitants: Stories of Fallen Angels and Heavenly Hosts)
“Booth’s Ghost” by Karen Joy Fowler (What I Didn’t See and Other Stories)
“Ponies” by Kij Johnson (Tor.com)
“Fossil—Figures” by Joyce Carol Oates (Stories: All-New Tales)
“Tu Sufrimiento Shall Protect Us” by Mercurio D. Rivera (Black Static #18)
Anthology:
The Way of the Wizard edited by John Joseph Adams (Prime)
My Mother She Killed Me, My Father He Ate Me edited by Kate Bernheimer (Penguin)
Haunted Legends edited by Ellen Datlow and Nick Mamatas (Tor)
Stories: All-New Tales edited by Neil Gaiman and Al Sarrantonio (Morrow/Headline Review)
Black Wings: New Tales of Lovecraftian Horror edited by S.T. Joshi (PS Publishing)
Swords & Dark Magic edited by Jonathan Strahan and Lou Anders (Eos)
Collection:
What I Didn’t See and Other Stories by Karen Joy Fowler (Small Beer Press)
The Ammonite Violin & Others by Caitlin R. Kiernan (Subterranean Press)
Holiday by M. Rickert (Golden Gryphon)
Sourdough and Other Stories by Angela Slatter (Tartarus Press)
The Third Bear by Jeff VanderMeer (Tachyon)
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 and Alain Névant, for Bragelonne
Brett Alexander Savory and Sandra Kasturi, for ChiZine
Special Award—Non-professional:
Stephen Jones, Michael Marshall Smith, and 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