World Fantasy Awards 1980
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Where and When:
World Fantasy Convention,
Baltimore MD :
November 2, 1980
Eligibility Year: 1979
Judges: Stephen R. Donaldson, Frank Belknap Long, andrew j. offutt, Ted White, Susan Wood
Eligibility Year: 1979
Judges: Stephen R. Donaldson, Frank Belknap Long, andrew j. offutt, Ted White, Susan Wood
Life Achievement
Novel
- Winner: Watchtower, Elizabeth A. Lynn (Berkley Putnam)
- The Dancers of Arun, Elizabeth A. Lynn (Berkley Putnam)
- The Dark Bright Water, Patricia Wrightson (Atheneum)
- Harpist in the Wind, Patricia A. McKillip (Atheneum)
- The Last Call of Mourning, Charles L. Grant (Doubleday)
- The Palace, Chelsea Quinn Yarbro (St. Martin's)
Short Story
- Winner (tie): “Mackintosh Willy”, Ramsey Campbell (Shadows 2)
- Winner (tie): “The Woman Who Loved the Moon”, Elizabeth A. Lynn (Amazons!)
- “The Button Molder”, Fritz Leiber (Whispers #13/14 Oct 1979)
- “Petey”, T. E. D. Klein (Shadows 2)
- “Saturday's Shadow”, William F. Nolan (Shadows 2)
Anthology/collection
- Winner: Amazons!, Jessica Amanda Salmonson, ed. (DAW)
- Nightmares, Charles L. Grant, ed. (Playboy)
- Shadows 2, Charles L. Grant, ed. (Doubleday)
- Thieves' World, Robert Asprin, ed. (Ace)
- Whispers II, Stuart David Schiff, ed. (Doubleday)
- The Year's Finest Fantasy, Volume 2, Terry Carr, ed. (Berkley)
Artist
Special Award, Professional
- Winner: Donald M. Grant, for publishing, Donald M. Grant
- Pat LoBrutto, for Doubleday
- James Turner, for Arkham House
- Donald A. Wollheim, for DAW
- Lester del Rey, for Ballantine Del Rey Fantasy
Special Award, Non-professional
- Winner: Paul C. Allen, for Fantasy Newsletter
- Pat Cadigan & Arnie Fenner, for Shayol
- Harry O. Morris, for Nyctalops
- Stuart David Schiff, for Whispers and Whispers Press
Special Convention Award
- Winner: Stephen King
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