The 2014 World Fantasy Awards Ballot has been announced.
Life Achievement Winners
Ellen Datlow
Chelsea Quinn Yarbro
Nominees:
Novel
- Richard Bowes, Dust Devil on a Quiet Street (Lethe Press)
- Marie Brennan, A Natural History of Dragons: A Memoir by Lady Trent (Tor Books)
- Neil Gaiman, The Ocean at the End of the Lane (William Morrow/Headline)
- Sofia Samatar, A Stranger in Olondria (Small Beer Press)
- Helene Wecker, The Golem and the Jinni (Harper/Blue Door)
- Gene Wolfe, The Land Across (Tor Books)
Novella
- Andy Duncan & Ellen Klages “Wakulla Springs” (Tor.com, 10/13)
- Caitlín R. Kiernan Black Helicopters (Subterranean Press)
- KJ Parker “The Sun and I” (Subterranean magazine, Summer 2013)
- Veronica Schanoes “Burning Girls” (Tor.com, 6/13)
- Catherynne M. Valente, Six-Gun Snow White (Subterranean Press)
Short Story
- Thomas Olde Heuvelt, “The Ink Readers of Doi Saket” (Tor.com, 4/13)
- Caitlín R. Kiernan, “The Prayer of Ninety Cats” (Subterranean magazine, Spring 2013)
- Yoon Ha Lee, “Effigy Nights” (Clarkesworld, 1/13)
- Sofia Samatar, “Selkie Stories Are for Losers” (Strange Horizons, 1/13)
- Rachel Swirsky, “If You Were a Dinosaur, My Love” (Apex Magazine, 3/13)
Anthology
- Kate Bernheimer, ed., xo Orpheus: Fifty New Myths (Penguin Books)
- Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling, eds. Queen Victoria’s Book of Spells: An Anthology of Gaslamp Fantasy (Tor Books)
- Stephen Jones, ed. Flotsam Fantastique: The Souvenir Book of World Fantasy Convention 2013 (Smith & Jones/PS Publishing)
- George R.R. Martin and Gardner Dozois, eds. Dangerous Women (Tor Books/Voyager UK)
- Jonathan Oliver, ed., End of the Road: An Anthology of Original Short Stories (Solaris Books)
- Jonathan Strahan, ed., Fearsome Journeys: The New Solaris Book of Fantasy (Solaris Books)
Collection
- Nathan Ballingrud, North American Lake Monsters: Stories (Small Beer Press)
- Laird Barron, The Beautiful Thing That Awaits Us All and Other Stories (Night Shade Books)
- Caitlín R. Kiernan, The Ape’s Wife and Other Stories (Subterranean Press)
- Reggie Oliver, Flowers of the Sea (Tartarus Press)
- Rachel Swirsky, How the World Became Quiet: Myths of the Past, Present, and Future (Subterranean Press)
Artist
- Galen Dara
- Zelda Devon
- Julie Dillon
- John Picacio
- Charles Vess
Special Award—Professional
- John Joseph Adams, for magazine and anthology editing
- Ginjer Buchanan, for editing at Ace Books
- Irene Gallo, for art direction of Tor.com
- William K. Schafer, for Subterranean Press
- Jeff VanderMeer & Jeremy Zerfoss, for Wonderbook: The Illustrated Guide to Creating Imaginative Fiction (Abrams Image)
- Jerad Walters, for Centipede Press
Special Award—Non-professional
- Scott H. Andrews, for Beneath Ceaseless Skies
- Marc Aplin, for Fantasy-Faction
- Kate Baker, Neil Clarke & Sean Wallace, for Clarkesworld
- Leslie Howle, for Clarion West administration
- Mieneke van der Salm, for A Fantastical Librarian
The World Fantasy Convention 2014 will be held in Washington, D.C.