FINALISTS: 2012 World Fantasy Awards
The 2012 World Fantasy Award Ballot has been announced:
NOVEL
- Those Across the River, Christopher Buehlman (Ace)
- 11/22/63, Stephen King (Scribner; Hodder & Stoughton as 11.22.63)
- A Dance with Dragons, George R.R. Martin (Bantam; Harper Voyager UK)
- Osama, Lavie Tidhar (PS Publishing)
- Among Others, Jo Walton (Tor)
NOVELLA
- “Near Zennor”, Elizabeth Hand (A Book of Horrors)
- “A Small Price to Pay for Birdsong”, K.J. Parker (Subterranean Winter 2011)
- “Alice Through the Plastic Sheet”, Robert Shearman (A Book of Horrors)
- “Rose Street Attractors”, Lucius Shepard (Ghosts by Gaslight)
- Silently and Very Fast, Catherynne M. Valente (WSFA Press; Clarkesworld)
SHORT FICTION
- “X for Demetrious”, Steve Duffy (Blood and Other Cravings)
- “Younger Women”, Karen Joy Fowler (Subterranean Summer 2011)
- “The Paper Menagerie”, Ken Liu (F&SF 3-4/11)
- “A Journey of Only Two Paces”, Tim Powers (The Bible Repairman and Other Stories)
- “The Cartographer Wasps and the Anarchist Bees”, E. Lily Yu (Clarkesworld 4/11)
ANTHOLOGY
- Blood and Other Cravings, Ellen Datlow, ed. (Tor)
- A Book of Horrors, Stephen Jones, ed. (Jo Fletcher Books)
- The Thackery T. Lambshead Cabinet of Curiosities, Ann & Jeff VanderMeer, eds. (Harper Voyager US)
- The Weird, Ann & Jeff VanderMeer, eds. (Corvus; Tor, published May 2012)
- Gutshot, Conrad Williams, ed. (PS Publishing)
COLLECTION
- Bluegrass Symphony, Lisa L. Hannett (Ticonderoga)
- Two Worlds and In Between, Caitlín R. Kiernan (Subterranean Press)
- After the Apocalypse, Maureen F. McHugh (Small Beer)
- Mrs Midnight and Other Stories, Reggie Oliver (Tartarus)
- The Bible Repairman and Other Stories, Tim Powers (Tachyon)
ARTIST
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
The 2012 World Fantasy Lifetime Achievement Awards will be presented to Alan Garner and George R.R. Martin.
Congrats to all the nominees!
(And a special shout-out to SF Signal contributor Charles A. Tan! Woot!)