World Fantasy Awards 2017

Statuette created by Vincent Villafranca

The 2017 World Fantasy Awards winners have been announced at the World Fantasy Convention, held November 2-5, 2017 in San Antonio TX.

BEST NOVEL

• Borderline by Mishell Baker (Saga Press)
• Roadsouls by Betsy James (Aqueduct Press)
• The Obelisk Gate by N.K. Jemisin (Orbit US; Orbit UK)
• The Sudden Appearance of Hope by Claire North (Redhook US/Orbit UK)
• Lovecraft Country by Matt Ruff (Harper)

BEST LONG FICTION

• “The Dream-Quest of Vellitt Boe” by Kij Johnson (Tor.com)
• “Ballad of Black Tom” by Victor LaValle (Tor.com)
• “Every Heart a Doorway” by Seanan McGuire (Tor.com)
• “Bloodybones” by Paul F. Olson (Whispered Echoes)
• “A Taste of Honey” by Kai Ashante Wilson (Tor.com)

BEST SHORT FICTION

• “Das Steingeschöpf” by G.V. Anderson (Strange Horizons 12.12.16)
• “Our Talons Can Crush Galaxies” by Brooke Bolander (Uncanny Magazine 11/12.16)
• “Seasons of Glass and Iron” by Amal El-Mohtar (The Starlit Wood: New Fairy Tales)
• “Little Widow” by Maria Dahvana Headley (Nightmare 9.16)
• “The Fall Shall Further the Flight in Me” by Rachael K. Jones (Clockwork Phoenix 5)

BEST ANTHOLOGY

• Clockwork Phoenix 5, Mike Allen, ed. (Mythic Delirium Books)
• Dreaming in the Dark, Jack Dann, ed. (PS Australia)
• Children of Lovecraft, Ellen Datlow, ed. (Dark Horse Books)
• The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2016, Karen Joy Fowler and John Joseph Adams, eds. (Mariner Books)
• The Starlit Wood: New Fairy Tales, Dominik Parisien and Navah Wolfe, eds. (Saga Press)

BEST COLLECTION

• Sharp Ends by Joe Abercrombie (Orbit US; Gollancz)
• On the Eyeball Floor and Other Stories by Tina Connolly (Fairwood Press)
• A Natural History of Hell by Jeffrey Ford (Small Beer Press)
• Vacui Magia by L.S. Johnson (Traversing Z Press)
• The Paper Menagerie and Other Stories by Ken Liu (Saga Press/Head Of Zeus)

BEST ARTIST

• Greg Bridges
• Julie Dillon
• Paul Lewin
• Jeffrey Alan Love
• Victo Ngai

SPECIAL AWARD, PROFESSIONAL

• L. Timmel Duchamp for Aqueduct Press
• C.C. Finlay for F&SF editing
• Michael Levy and Farah Mendlesohn, for Children’s Fantasy Literature: An Introduction (Cambridge University Press)
• Kelly Link for contributions to the genre
• Joe Monti for contributions to the genre

SPECIAL AWARD, NON-PROFESSIONAL

• Scott H. Andrews for Beneath Ceaseless Skies: Literary Adventure Fantasy
• Neile Graham for fostering excellence in the genre through her role as Workshop Director, Clarion West
• Malcolm R. Phifer and Michael C. Phifer for The Fantasy Illustration Library, Volume Two: Gods & Goddesses (Michael Publishing)
• Lynne M. Thomas and Michael Damian Thomas for Uncanny Magazine
• Brian White for Fireside Fiction Company

LIFETIME ACHIEVMENT AWARD

• Terry Brooks
• Marina Warner