World Fantasy Awards 2017
science fiction awards database
Where and When:
World Fantasy Convention,
San Antonio, TX :
November 5, 2017
Eligibility Year: 2016
Judges: Elizabeth Engstrom, Daryl Gregory, Nalo Hopkinson, Juliet Marillier, Betsy Mitchell
Eligibility Year: 2016
Judges: Elizabeth Engstrom, Daryl Gregory, Nalo Hopkinson, Juliet Marillier, Betsy Mitchell
Life Achievement
- Winner: Terry Brooks
- Winner: Marina Warner
Novel
- Winner: The Sudden Appearance of Hope, Claire North (Redhook; Orbit UK)
- Borderline, Mishell Baker (Saga)
- Lovecraft Country, Matt Ruff (Harper)
- The Obelisk Gate, N. K. Jemisin (Orbit)
- Roadsouls, Betsy James (Aqueduct)
Long Fiction
- Winner: The Dream-Quest of Vellitt Boe, Kij Johnson (Tor.com)
- The Ballad of Black Tom, Victor LaValle (Tor.com)
- “Bloodybones”, Paul F. Olson (Whispered Echoes)
- Every Heart a Doorway, Seanan McGuire (Tor.com)
- A Taste of Honey, Kai Ashante Wilson (Tor.com)
Short Fiction
- Winner: “Das Steingeschöpf”, G. V. Anderson (Strange Horizons 12 Dec 2016)
- “The Fall Shall Further the Flight in Me”, Rachael K. Jones (Clockwork Phoenix 5)
- “Little Widow”, Maria Dahvana Headley (Nightmare Sep 2016)
- “Our Talons Can Crush Galaxies”, Brooke Bolander (Uncanny Nov/Dec 2016)
- “Seasons of Glass and Iron”, Amal El-Mohtar (The Starlit Wood)
Anthology
- Winner: Dreaming in the Dark, Jack Dann, ed. (PS Australia)
- The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2016, Karen Joy Fowler & John Joseph Adams, eds. (Mariner)
- Children of Lovecraft, Ellen Datlow, ed. (Dark Horse)
- Clockwork Phoenix 5, Mike Allen, ed. (Mythic Delirium)
- The Starlit Wood, Dominik Parisien & Navah Wolfe, eds. (Saga)
Collection
- Winner: A Natural History of Hell, Jeffrey Ford (Small Beer)
- On the Eyeball Floor and Other Stories, Tina Connolly (Fairwood)
- The Paper Menagerie and Other Stories, Ken Liu (Saga; Head of Zeus)
- Sharp Ends, Joe Abercrombie (Orbit US; Gollancz)
- Vacui Magia, L. S. Johnson (Traversing Z Press)
Artist
Special Award, Professional
- Winner: Michael Levy & Farah Mendlesohn, for Children's Fantasy Literature: An Introduction
- L. Timmel Duchamp, for Aqueduct Press
- C. C. Finlay, for editing F&SF
- Kelly Link, for contributions to the genre
- Joe Monti, for contributions to the genre
Special Award, Non-professional
- Winner: Neile Graham, for fostering excellence in the genre through her role as Workshop Director, Clarion West
- Scott H. Andrews, for Beneath Ceaseless Skies
- Malcolm R. Phifer & Michael C. Phifer, for The Fantasy Illustration Library, Volume Two: Gods and Goddesses
- Brian White, for Fireside Fiction Company
- Lynne M. Thomas & Michael Damian Thomas, for Uncanny
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