1980 1985 1990 1995 2000

World Fantasy Convention

World Fantasy Awards, 1975-2001

Year shown is year of award for work published in the previous year


2001

Best Novel: Declare, by Tim Powers.
Best Novella: The Man on the Ceiling, by Steve Rasnic Tem and Melanie Tem.
Best Short Fiction: The Pottawatomie Giant, by Andy Duncan (SciFiction, November 1, 2001).
Best Anthology: Dark Matter: A Century of Speculative Fiction from the African Diaspora, edited by Sheree R. Thomas.
Best Collection: Beluthahatchie and Other Stories, by Andy Duncan.
Best Artist: Shaun Tan
Special Award, Professional: J.R.R. Tolkien: Author of the Century, by Tom Shippey.
Special Award, Nonprofessional: Bill Sheehan for At the Foot of the Story Tree: An Inquiry into the Fiction of Peter Straub
Life Achievement: Frank Franzetta and Philip José Farmer.


2000

Best Novel: Thraxas, by Martin Scott (Orbit, 1999).
Best Novella: The Transformation of Martin Lake, by Jeff VanderMeer (Palace Corbie #8, 1999).
Best Novella: Sky Eyes, by Laurel Winter (F & SF, #571, March, 1999).
Best Short Fiction: The Chop Girl, by Ian R. MacLeod (Asimov's, #287, December, 1999).
Best Anthology: Silver Birch, Blood Moon, edited by Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling (Avon, 1999).
Best Collection: Moonlight and Vines, by Charles de Lint (Tor, 1999).
Best Collection: Reave the Just and Other Tales, by Stephen R. Donaldson (Voyage, 1998; Bantam Spectra, 1999).
Best Artist: Jason Van Hollander
Special Award, Professional: Gordon Van Gelder, editor St. Martin's Press and F & SF.
Special Award, Nonprofessional: The British Fantasy Society
Life Achievement: Marion Zimmer Bradley, Michael Moorcock.


1999

Best Novel: The Antelope Wife, by Louise Erdrich.
Best Novella: The Summer Isles, by Ian R. MacLeod (Asimov's, #274, October-November, 1998).
Best Short Story: The Specialist's Hat, by Kelly Link (Event Horizon, November 15, 1998).
Best Anthology: Dreaming Down-Under, edited by Jack Dann and Janeen Webb.
Best Collection: Black Glass, by Karen Joy Fowler.
Best Artist: Charles Vess
Special Award, Professional: Jim Turner, for Golden Gryphon Press.
Special Award, Nonprofessional: Richard Chizmar, for Cemetery Dance.
Life Achievement: Hugh B. Cave.


1998

Best Novel: The Physiognomy, by Jeffrey Ford.
Best Novella: Streetcar Dreams, by Richard Bowes (in F & SF, April, 1997).
Best Short Story: Dust Motes, by P. D. Cacek (in Gothic Ghosts, 1997).
Best Anthology: Bending the Landscape: Fantasy, edited by Nicola Griffith and Stephen Pagel.
Best Collection: The Throne of Bones, by Brian McNaughton.
Best Artist: Alan Lee.
Special Award, Professional: The Encyclopedia of Fantasy, by John Clute and John Grant (1997).
Special Award, Nonprofessional: Fedogan and Bremer for book publishing.
Life Achievement: Edward L. Ferman and Andre Norton.


1997

Best Novel: Godmother Night, by Rachel Pollack.
Best Novella: A City in Winter, by Mark Helprin.
Best Short Story: Thirteen Phantasms, by James P. Blaylock (Omni Online, October, 1996).
Best Anthology: Starlight 1, edited by Patrick Nielsen Hayden.
Best Collection: The Wall of the Sky, the Wall of the Eye, by Jonathan Lethem (1996).
Best Artist: Moebius (Jean Girard)
Special Award, Professional: The Psychotronic Video Guide, by Mike Weldon.
Special Award, Nonprofessional: Barbara and Christopher Roden for Ash-Tree Press.
Life Achievement: Madeleine L'Engle.
Special Convention Award: Hugh B. Cave.


1996

Best Novel: The Prestige, by Christopher Priest.
Best Novella: Radio Waves, by Michael Swanwick (in Omni, Winter, 1995).
Best Short Story: The Grass Princess, by Gwyneth Jones (in Seven Tales and A Fable, 1995).
Best Anthology: The Penguin Book of Modern Fantasy by Women, edited by A. Susan Williams and Richard Glyn Jones.
Best Collection: Seven Tales and A Fable, by Gwyneth Jones.
Best Artist: Gahan Wilson.
Special Award, Professional: Richard Evans for editing.
Special Award, Nonprofessional: Necronomicon Press/Marc Michaud.
Life Achievement: Gene Wolfe.


1995

Best Novel: Towing Jehovah, by James Morrow.
Best Novella: Last Summer at Mars Hills, by Elizabeth Hand.
Best Short Story: The Man in the Black Suit, by Stephen King.
Best Anthology: Little Deaths, edited by Ellen Datlow.
Best Collection: The Calvin Coolidge Home for Dead Comedians and A Conflagration Artist, by Bradley Denton.
Artist: Jacek Yerka.
Special Award, Professional: Ellen Datlow.
Special Award, Nonprofessional: Broken Mirrors Press/Bryan Cholfin.
Life Achievement: Ursula K. Le Guin.


1994

Best Novel: Glimpses, by Lewis Shiner.
Best Novella: Under the Crust, by Terry Lamsley.
Best Short Story: The Lodger, by Fred Chappell.
Best Anthologies: Full Spectrum 4, edited by Lou Aronica, Betsy Mitchell and Amy Stout.
Best Collection: Alone with the Horrors, by Ramsey Campbell.
Artists: Alan Clarke and J. K. Potter.
Special Award, Professional: Underwood-Miller.
Special Award, Nonprofessional: Necronomicon Press/Marc Michaud.
Life Achievement: Jack Williamson.


1993

Best Novel: Last Call, by Tim Powers (1992).
Best Novella: The Ghost Village, by Peter Straub.
Best Short Stories: This Year's Class Picture, by Dan Simmons and Graves by Joe Haldeman.
Best Anthology: Metahorror, edited by Dennis Etchison.
Best Collection: The Sons of Noah and Other Stories, by Jack Cady.
Best Artist: James Gurney.
Special Award, Professional: Jeanne Cavelos.
Special Award, Nonprofessional: Doug and Tomi Lewis.
Life Achievement: Harlan Ellison.


1992

Best Novel: Boy's Life, by Robert R. McCammon.
Best Novella: The Ragthorn, by Robert Holdstock and Garry Kilworth.
Best Short Story: The Somewhere Doors, by Fred Chappell.
Anthology: The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror: Fourth Annual Collection, edited by Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling.
Collection: The Ends of the Earth, by Lucius Shepard.
Artist: Tim Hildebrandt.
Special Award, Professional: Weird Tales, edited by George Scithers and Darrell Schweitzer.
Special Award, Nonprofessional: Weirdbook/W. Paul Ganley.
Life Achievement: Edd Cartier.


1991

Best Novel: Thomas the Rhymer, by Ellen Kushner, and Only Begotten Daughter, by James Morrow.
Best Novella: Bones, by Pat Murphy.
Best Short Story: A Midsummer Night's Dream, by Neil Gaiman and Charles Vess.
Best Anthology: Best New Horror, edited by Stephen Jones and Ramsey Campbell.
Best Collection: The Start of the End of It All and Other Stories, by Carol Emshwiller.
Best Artist: Dave McKean.
Special Award, Professional: Cemetery Dance, by Richard Chizmar.
Special Award, Nonprofessional: Arnold Fenner.
Life Achievement: Ray Russell.


1990

Best Novel: Lyonesse: Madouc, by Jack Vance.
Best Novella: Great Work of Time, by John Crowley.
Best Short Story: The Illusionist, by Steven Millhauser.
Best Anthology: The Year's Best Fantasy: Second Annual Collection, edited by Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling.
Best Collection: Richard Matheson: Collected Stories, by Richard Matheson.
Best Artist: Tom Canty.
Special Award, Professional: Mark V. Ziesing.
Special Award, Nonprofessional: Grue, edited by Peggy Nadramia.
Life Achievement: R. A. Lafferty.


1989

Best Novel: Koko, by Peter Straub.
Best Novella: The Skin Trade, by George R. R. Martin.
Best Short Story: Winter Solstice, Camelot Station, by John M. Ford.
Best Anthology: The Year's Best Fantasy: First Annual Collection, edited by Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling.
Best Collections: Angry Candy, by Harlan Ellison, and Stories from the Old Hotel, by Gene Wolfe.
Best Artist: Edward Gorey.
Special Award, Professional: Pulphouse, edited by Kristine Kathryn Rusch and Dean Wesley Smith; Terri Windling.
Special Award, Nonprofessional: Robert Weinberg.
Life Achievement: Evangeline Walton.


1988

Best Novel: Replay, by Ken Grimwood.
Best Novella: Buffalo Gals Won't You Come Out Tonight, by Ursula K. Le Guin.
Best Short Story: Friend's Best Man, by Jonathan Carroll.
Best Anthology: The Architecture of Fear, edited by Kathryn Cramer and Peter D. Pautz, and Dark Descent, edtied by David G. Hartwell.
Best Collection: The Jaguar Hunter, by Lucius Shepard.
Best Artist: J. K. Potter.
Special Award, Professional: David G. Hartwell for Arbor/Tor Anthologies.
Special Award, Nonprofessional: The Horror Show, David B. Silva; American Fantasy, Robert and Nancy Garcia.
Life Achievement: E. F. Bleiler.


1987

Best Novel: Perfume, by Patrick Suskind.
Best Novella: Hatrack River, by Orson Scott Card.
Best Short Story: Red Light, by David J. Schow.
Collection: Tales of the Quintana Roo, by James Tiptree, Jr.
Artist: Robert Gould.
Special Award, Professional: Favorite Tales from Around the World, edited by Jane Yolen.
Special Award, Nonprofessional: Scream Press/Connor; Weirdbook/W. Paul Ganley.
Life Achievement: Jack Finney.
Special Convention Award: Andre Norton.


1986

Best Novel: Song of Kali, by Dan Simmons.
Best Novella: Naldelman's God, by T. E. D. Klein.
Best Short Story: Paper Dragons, by James P. Blaylock (in Imaginary Lands, 1985).
Anthology: Imaginary Lands, edited by Robin McKinley.
Artists: Thomas Canty and Jeff Jones.
Special Award, Professional: Pay LoBrutto.
Special Award, Nonprofessional: Douglas E. Winter.
Life Achievement: Avram Davidson.
Special Convention Award: Donald A. Wollheim.


1985

Best Novels: Mythago Wood, by Robert Holdstock, and The Bridge of Birds, by Barry M. Hughart.
Best Novella: The Unconquered Country, by Geoff Ryman.
Best Short Story: Still Life with Scorpion, by Scott Baker.
Best Collectons: Clive Barker's Books of Blood #1,2,3, by Clive Barker.
Best Artist: Edward Gorey.
Special Award, Professional: The Mysteries of Harris Burdick, edited by Chris Van Allsburg.
Special Award, Nonprofessional: Whispers and Whispers Press/Stuart David Schiff.
Life Achievement: Theodore Sturgeon.
Special Convention Award: Evangeline Walton.


1984

Best Novel: The Dragon Waiting, by John M. Ford.
Best Novella: Black Air, by Kim Stanley Robinson.
Best Short Story: Elle Est Trois (La Mort), by Tanith Lee.
Best Collection: High Spirits, by Robertson Davies.
Artist: Stephen Gervais.
Special Award, Professional: The High Kings, edited by Ian and Betty Ballentine; Joy Chant, George Sharp and D. Larkin.
Special Award, Nonprofessional: Fantasy Tales, edited by Stephen Jones and David Sutton.
Life Achievement: L. Sprague de Camp, Richard Matheson, E. Hoffman Price, and Jack Vance.
Special Convention Award: Donald M. Grant.


1983

Best Novel: Nifft the Lean, by Michael Shea.
Best Novellas: Confess the Seasons, by Charles L. Grant, and Beyond All Measure, by Karl Edward Wagner.
Best Short Story: The Gorgon, by Tanith Lee.
Best Collection: Nightmare Seasons, by Charles L. Grant.
Artist: Michael Whelan.
Special Award, Professional: Donald M. Grant.
Special Award, Nonprofessional: Whispers and Whispers Press/Stuart David Schiff.
Life Achievement: Roald Dahl.
Special Convention Award: Arkham House.


1982

Best Novel: Little, Big, by John Crowley.
Best Novella: The Fire When It Comes, by Parke Godwin.
Best Short Story: The Dark Country, by Dennis Etchison.
Best Anthology: Elsewhere, edited by Terri Windling and Mark Allan Arnold.
Artist: Michael Whelan.
Special Award, Professional: F & SF, edited by Edward L. Ferman.
Special Award, Nonprofessional: Fantasy Newletter, edited by Paul C. Allen and Robert Collins.
Life Achievement: Italo Calvino.
Special Convention Award: Joseph Payne Brennan and Roy Krenkel.


1981

Best Novel: The Shadow of the Torturer, by Gene Wolfe.
Best Short Fiction: The Ugly Chickens, by Howard Waldrop.
Best Anthology: Dark Forces, edited by Kirby McCauley.
Artist: Michael Whelan.
Special Award, Professional: DAW Books/Donald A. Wollheim.
Special Award, Nonprofessional: Shayol, edited by Pat Cadigan and Arnold Fenner.
Life Achievement: C. L. Moore.
Special Convention Award: Gahan Wilson.


1980

Best Novel: Watchtower, by Elizabeth A. Lynn.
Best Short Fiction: The Woman Who Loved the Moon, by Elizabeth A. Lynn, and Mackintosh Willy, by Ramsey Campbell.
Best Anthology: Amazons! edited by Jessica Amanda Salmonson.
Artist: Don Maitz.
Special Award, Professional: Donald M. Grant.
Special Award, Nonprofessional: Fantasy Newsletter, edited by Paul C. Allen.
Life Achievement: Manly Wade Wellman.
Special Convention Award: Stephen King.


1979

Best Novel: Gloriana, by Michael Moorcock.
Best Short Fiction: Naples, by Avram Davidson (in Shadows.)
Best Anthology: Shadows, edited by Charles L. Grant.
Artist: Alicia Austin and Dale Enzenbacher.
Special Award, Professional: Edward L. Ferman.
Special Award, Nonprofessional: Donald H. Tuck.
Life Achievement: Jorges Luis Borges..
Special Convention Award: Kirby McCauley.


1978

Best Novel: Our Lady of Darkness, by Fritz Leiber.
Best Short Fiction: The Chimney, by Ramsey Campbell.
Best Collection: Murgunstrumm and Others, by Hugh B. Cave.
Artist: Lee Brown Coye.
Special Award, Professional: E. F. Bleiler.
Special Award, Nonprofessional: Robert Weinberg.
Life Achievement: Frank Belknap Long.
Special Convention Award: Glenn Lord.


1977

Best Novel: Doctor Rat, by William Kotzwinkle.
Best Short Fiction: There's a Long, Long Trail A-Winding, by Russell Kirk.
Best Anthology: Frights: New Stories of Suspense and Supernatural Terror, edited by Kirby McCauley.
Artist: Roger Dean.
Special Award, Professional: Alternate World Recordings
Special Award, Nonprofessional: Whispers, edited by Stuart David Schiff.
Life Achievement: Ray Bradbury.


1976

Best Novel: Bid Time Return, by Richard Matheson (1975).
Best Short Fiction: Belsen Express, by Fritz Leiber.
Best Collection: The Enquiries of Dr. Esterzhazy, by Avram Davidson.
Artist: Frank Frazetta.
Special Award, Professional: Donald Grant, Carcosa Press.
Life Achievement: Fritz Leiber.


1975

Best Novel: The Forgotten Beasts of Eld, by Patricia McKillip.
Best Short Fiction: Pages from a Young Girl's Diary, by Robert Aickman.
Best Collection: Worse Things Waiting, by Manly Wade Wellman.
Artist: Lee Brown Coye.
Special Award, Professional: Ian and Betty Ballantine.
Special Award, Nonprofessional: Stuart David Schiff.
Life Achievement: Robert Bloch.

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