World Fantasy Award
The World Fantasy Award is given each year at the World Fantasy Convention. The award is meant to recognize outstanding talent in the Fantasy genre although occasionally, a work of horror may slip in.
| 1975 | |
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| Life Achievement: | Robert Bloch |
| Best Novel: | The Forgotten Beasts Of Eld by Patricia McKillip |
| Best Short Fiction: | "Pages from a Young Girl's Diary" by Robert Aickman |
| Best Anthology/Collection: | Worse Things Waiting by Manly Wade Wellman |
| Best Artist: | Lee Brown Coye |
| Special Award - Professional: | Betty and Ian Ballantine |
| Special Award - Non-Professional: | Stuart David Schiff |
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| 1976 | |
| Life Achievement: | Fritz Leiber |
| Best Novel: | Bid Time Return by Richard Matheson |
| Best Short Fiction: | "Belsen Express" by Fritz Leiber |
| Best Anthology/Collection: | The Enquiries Of Dr. Esterhazy by Avram Davidson |
| Best Artist: | Frank Franzetta |
| Special Award - Professional: | Donald Grant |
| Special Award - Non-Professional: | Carcosa Press - K. E. Wagner, D. Drake, etc. |
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| 1977 | |
| Life Achievement: | Ray Bradbury |
| Best Novel: | Doctor Rat by William Kotzwinkle |
| Best Short Fiction: | "There's a Long-Long Trail A-Winding" by Russell Kirk |
| Best Anthology/Collection: | Freights by Kirby McCauley |
| Best Artist: | Roger Dean |
| Special Award - Professional: | Alternate World Recordings |
| Special Award - Non-Professional: | Whispers - Stuart David Schiff |
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| 1978 | |
| Life Achievement: | Frank Belknap Long |
| Best Novel: | Our Lady of Darkness by Fritz Leiber |
| Best Short Fiction: | "The Chimney" by Ramsey Campbell |
| Best Anthology/Collection: | Murgunstrumm And Others by Hugh B. Cave |
| Best Artist: | Lee Brown Coye |
| Special Award - Professional: | E. F. Bleiler |
| Special Award - Non-Professional: | Robert Weinberg |
| Convention Award: | Glenn Lord |
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| 1979 | |
| Life Achievement: | Jorge Luis Borges |
| Best Novel: | Gloriana by Michael Moorcock |
| Best Short Fiction: | "Naples" by Avram Davidson |
| Best Anthology/Collection: | Shadows (Charles L. Grant, ed.) |
| Best Artist (tie): | Alicia Austin; Dale Enzenbacher |
| Special Award - Professional: | Edward L. Ferman |
| Special Award - Non-Professional: | Donald H. Tuck |
| Convention Award: | Kirby McCauley |
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| 1980 | |
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| Life Achievement: | Manly Wade Wellman |
| Best Novel: | Watchtower by Elizabeth A. Lynn |
| Best Short Fiction (tie): | "The Woman Who Loved the Moon" by Elizabeth A. Lynn; "Mackintosh Willy" by Ramsey Campbell |
| Best Anthology/Collection: | Amazons by Jessica Amanda Salmonson |
| Best Artist: | Don Maitz |
| Special Award - Professional: | Donald M. Grant |
| Special Award - Non-Professional: | Fantasy Newsletter (Paul Allen, ed.) |
| Convention Award: | Stephen King |
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| 1981 | |
| Life Achievement: | C. L. Moore |
| Best Novel: | The Shadow of the Torturer by Gene Wolfe |
| Best Short Fiction: | "The Ugly Chicken" by Howard Waldrop |
| Best Anthology/Collection: | Dark Forces (Kirby McCauley, ed.) |
| Best Artist: | Michael Whelan |
| Special Award - Professional: | Donald A. Wollheim |
| Special Award - Non-Professional: | Pat Cadigan and Arnold Fenner, Shayol |
| Convention Award: | Gahan Wilson |
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| 1982 | |
| Life Achievement: | Italo Calvino |
| Best Novel: | Little, Big by John Crowley |
| Best Novella: | "The Fire When it Comes" by Parke Godwin |
| Best Short Fiction: | "The Dark Country" by Dennis Etchison |
| Best Anthology/Collection: | Elsewhere (Terri Windling & Mark Arnold, eds.) |
| Best Artist: | Michael Whelan |
| Special Award - Professional: | Edward L. Ferman |
| Special Award - Non-Professional: | Fantasy Newsletter (Robert Collins, ed.) |
| Convention Award: | Joseph Payne Brennan, Roy Krenkel |
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| 1983 | |
| Life Achievement: | Roald Dahl |
| Best Novel: | Nifft the Lean by Michael Shea |
| Best Novella (tie): | "Confess the Seasons" by Charles L. Grant; "Beyond All Measure" by Karl Edward Wagner |
| Best Short Fiction: | "The Gorgon" by Tanith Lee |
| Best Anthology/Collection: | Nightmare Seasons by Charles L. Grant |
| Best Artist: | Michael Whelan |
| Special Award - Professional: | Donald M. Grant |
| Special Award - Non-Professional: | Whispers (Stuart David Schiff, ed.) |
| Convention Award: | Arkham House |
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| 1984 | |
| Life Achievement: | L. Sprague de Camp, Richard Matheson, E. Hoffman Price, Jack Vance, Donald Wandrei |
| Best Novel: | The Dragon Waiting by John M. Ford |
| Best Novella: | "Black Air" by Kim Stanley Robinson |
| Best Short Fiction: | "Elle Est Troi (La Mort)" by Tanith Lee |
| Best Anthology/Collection: | High Spirits by Robertson Davies |
| Best Artist: | Stephen Gervais |
| Special Award - Professional (tie): | Ian and Betty Ballantine; Joy Chant and George Sharp - The High Kings |
| Special Award - Non-Professional: | Fantasy Tales (Stephen Jones&Daivd A. Sutton, eds.) |
| Convention Award: | Donald M. Grant |
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| 1985 | |
| Life Achievement: | Theodore Sturgeon |
| Best Novel (tie): | The Bridge of Birds by Barry Hughart; Mythago Wood by Robert Holdstock |
| Best Novella: | "The Unconquered Country" by Geoff Ryman |
| Best Short Fiction: | "Still Life with Scorpion" by Scott Baker |
| Best Anthology/Collection: | Clive Barker's Books of Blood, Vols. I-III by Clive Barker |
| Best Artist: | Edward Gorey |
| Special Award - Professional: | The Mysteries of Harris Burdick by Chris Van Allsburg |
| Special Award - Non-Professional: | Whispers by Stuart David Schiff |
| Convention Award: | Evangeline Walton |
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| 1986 | |
| Life Achievement: | Avram Davidson |
| Best Novel: | Song of Kali by Dan Simmons |
| Best Novella: | "Naldelman's God" by T. E. D. Klein |
| Best Short Fiction: | "Paper Dragons" by James Blaylock |
| Best Anthology/Collection: | Imaginary Lands (Robin McKinley, ed.) |
| Best Artist (tie): | Jeff Jones; Thomas Canty |
| Special Award - Professional: | Doubleday - Pay LoBrutto |
| Special Award - Non-Professional: | Douglas E. Winter |
| Convention Award: | Donald A. Wollheim |
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| 1987 | |
| Life Achievement: | Jack Finney |
| Best Novel: | Perfume by Patrick Suskind |
| Best Novella: | "Hatrack River" by Orson Scott Card |
| Best Short Fiction: | "Red Light" by David J. Schow |
| Best Anthology/Collection: | Tales of the Quintana Roo by James Tiptree, Jr. |
| Best Artist: | Robert Gould |
| Special Award - Professional: | Favorite Tales from Around the World by Jane Yolen |
| Special Award - Non-Professional (tie): | Scream Press (Jeff Connor, ed.); Weirdbook (W. Paul Ganley, ed.) |
| Convention Award: | Andre Norton |
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| 1988 | |
| Life Achievement: | Everett F. Bleiler |
| Best Novel: | Replay by Ken Grimwood |
| Best Novella: | "Buffalo Gals Won't You Come Out Tonight" by Ursula K. Le Guin |
| Best Short Fiction: | "Friends' Best Man" by Jonathan Carroll |
| Best Anthology (tie): | The Architecture of Fear (Kathryn Cramer, Peter D. Pautz, eds.); Dark Descent (David G. Hartwell, ed.) |
| Best Collection: | The Jaguar Hunter by Lucius Shepard |
| Best Artist: | J. K. Potter |
| Special Award - Professional: | David G. Hartwell, Arbor/Tor Anthologies |
| Special Award - Non-Professional (tie): | The Horror Show by David B. Silva; American Fantasy by Robert and Nancy Garcia |
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| 1989 | |
| Life Achievement: | Evangeline Walton |
| Best Novel: | Koko by Peter Straub |
| Best Novella: | "The Skin Trade" by George R. R. Martin |
| Best Short Fiction: | "Winter Solstice, Camelot Station" by John M. Ford |
| Best Anthology: | The Year's Best Fantasy: First Annual Collection (Ellen Datlow, Terri Windling, eds.) |
| Best Collection (tie): | Angry Candy by Harlan Ellison; Stories From the Old Hotel by Gene Wolfe |
| Best Artist: | Edward Gorey |
| Special Award - Professional (tie): | Robert Weinberg; "A Biographical Dictionary of Science Fiction& Fantasy Artists" by Terri Windling |
| Special Award - Non-Professional: | Pulphouse (Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Dean Wesley Smith (eds.) |
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| 1990 | |
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| Best Novel: | "Madouc" by Jack Vance |
| Best Novella: | "Great Work of Time" by John Crowley |
| Best Short Fiction: | "The Illusionist" by Stephen Millhauser |
| Best Anthology: | "The Year's Best Fantasy: Second Annual Collection" (Ellen Datlow, Terri Windling, eds.) |
| Best Collection: | Richard Matheson - Collected Stories |
| Best Artis: | Tom Canty |
| Lifetime Achievement Award: | R. A. Lafferty |
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| 1991 | |
| Best Novel (tie): | "Only Begotten Daughter" by James Morrow; "Thomas the Rhymer" by Ellen Kushner |
| Best Novella: | "Bones" by Pat Murphy |
| Best Short Fiction: | "A Midsummer Night's Dream" by Neil Gaiman & Charles Vess |
| Best Collection: | "The Start of the End of it All and Other Stories" (Carol Emshwiller, ed.) |
| Best Anthology: | "Best New Horror" (Stephen Jones & Ramsey Campbell, eds. |
| Best Artist: | Dave McKean |
| Special Award/Professional: | Arnie Fenner |
| Special Award/Non-Professional: | "Cemetary Dance" by Richard Chizmar |
| Life Achievement Award: | Ray Russell |
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| 1992 | |
| Life Achievement Award: | Edd Cartier |
| Best Novel: | Boy's Life by Robert R. McCammon |
| Best Novella: | "The Ragthorn" by Robert Holdstock & Garry Kilworth |
| Best Short Story: | "The Somewhere Doors" by Fred Chappell |
| Best Collection: | The Ends of the Earth by Lucius Shepard |
| Best Artist: | Tim Hildebrandt |
| Best Anthology: | The Year's Best Fantasy & Horror: Fourth Annual Collection (Ellen Datlow, Terri Windling, eds.) |
| Special Award/Professional: | Weird Tales (George Scithers & Darrell Schweitzer, eds.) |
| Special Award/Non-Professional: | Weirdbook (W. Paul Ganley, ed.) |
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| 1993 | |
| Life Achievement Award: | Harlan Ellison |
| Best Novel: | Last Call by Tim Powers |
| Best Novella: | "The Ghost Village" by Peter Straub |
| Best Short Story (tie): | "This Year's Class Picture" by Dan Simmons; "Graves" by Joe Haldeman |
| Best Collection: | "The Sons of Noah and Other Stories" by Jack Cady |
| Best Anthology: | "Metahorror" by Dennis Etchison, ed. |
| Special Award/Professional: | Dell Abyss (Jeanne Cavelos, ed.) |
| Special Award/Non-Professional: | Roadkill Press (Doug and Tomi Lewis, eds.) |
| Best Artist: | James Gurney |
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| 1994 | |
| Life Achievement Award: | Jack Williamson |
| Best Novel: | Glimpses by Lewis Shiner |
| Best Novella: | "Under the Crust" by Terry Lamsley |
| Best Short Story: | "The Lodger" by Fred Chappell |
| Best Collection: | "Alone with the Horrors" by Ramsey Campbell |
| Best Anthology: | "Full Spectrum 4" (Lou Aronica, Amy Stout & Betsy Mitchell, eds.) |
| Special Award/Professional: | Underwood-Miller for publishing |
| Special Award/Non-Professional: | Marc Michaud for Necronomicon Press |
| Best Artist (tie): | Alan Clarke; J.K. Potter |
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| 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 Collection: | "The Calvin Coolidge Home for Dead Comedians and A Conflagration Artist" by Bradley Denton |
| Best Anthology: | "Little Deaths" (Ellen Datlow, ed.) |
| Special Award/Professional: | Ellen Datlow for editing |
| Special Award/Non-Professional: | Bryan Cholfin for Broken Mirrors Press |
| Best Artist: | Jacek Yerka |
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| 1996 | |
| Best Novel: | The Prestige by Christopher Priest |
| Best Novella: | "Radio Waves" by Michael Swanwick |
| Best Short Story: | "The Grass Princess" by Gwyneth Jones |
| Best Collection: | "Seven Tales and a Fable" by Gwyneth Jones |
| Best Anthology: | "The Penguin Book of Modern Fantasy Women" (A. Susan Williams & Richard Glyn Jones, eds.) |
| Special Award/Professional: | Richard Evans for editing |
| Special Award/Non-Professional: | Marc Michaud for Necronomicon Press |
| Best Artist: | Gahan Wilson |
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| 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 |
| Best Anthology: | " Starlight 1" |
| Best Collection: | "The Wall Of The Sky, The Wall Of The Eye" by Jonathan Lethem |
| Best Artist: | Moebius |
| Special Award/Professional: | Michael J. Weldon for "The Psychotronic Video Guide" |
| Special Award/Non-Professional: | Barbara&Christopher Roden for Ash-Tree Press |
| Special Convention Award: | Hugh B. Cave |
| Life Achievement: | Madeleine L'Engle |
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| 1998 | |
| Best Novel: | The Physiognomy by Jeffry Ford |
| Best Novella: | "Streetcar Dreams" by Richard Bowes |
| Best Short Story: | "Dust Motes" by P.D. Cacek |
| Best Anthology: | "Bending the Landscape: Fantasy" (Nicola Griffith & Stephen Pagel, eds.) |
| Best Collection: | "The Throne of Bones" by Brian McNaughton |
| Best Artist: | Alan Lee |
| Special Award/Professional: | "The Encyclopedia of Fantasy" (John Clute & John Grant, eds. |
| Special Award/Non-Professional: | Fedogan & Bremer for book publishing |
| Life Achievement (tie): | Edward L. Ferman for The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction; Andre Norton |
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| 1999 | |
| Best Novel: | The Antelope Wife by Louise Erdrich |
| Best Novella: | "The Summer Isles" by Ian R. MacLeod |
| Best Short Story: | "The Specialist's Hat" by Kelly Link |
| Best Anthology: | "Dreaming Down Under" (Jack Dann & Janeen Webb, eds.) |
| Best Collection: | "Black Glass" by Karen Joy Fowler |
| Best Artist: | Charles Vess |
| Special Award/Professional: | Jim Turner (Golden Gryphon) |
| Special Award/Non-Professional: | Richard Chizmar (Cemetary Dance) |
| Life Achievement: | Hugh B. Cave |
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| 2000 | |
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| Best Novel: | Thraxas by Martin Scott |
| Best Novella (tie): | "The Transformation of Martin Lake" by Jeff VanderMeer; "Sky Eyes" by Laurel Winter |
| Best Short Story: | "The Chop Girl" by Ian R. MacLeod |
| Best Anthology: | "Silver Birch, Blood Moon" (Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling, eds.) |
| Best Collection (tie): | "Moonlight and Vines" by Charles de Lint; "Reave the Just and Other Tales" by Stephen R. Donaldson |
| Best Artist: | Jason Van Hollander |
| Special Award/Professional: | Gordon Van Gelder (St. Martin's, F&SF) |
| Special Award/Non-Professional: | British Fantasy Society |
| Life Achievement: | Marion Zimmer Bradley, Michael Moorcock |
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| 2001 | |
| Best Novel (tie): | Declare by Tim Powers; Galveston by Sean Stewart |
| Best Novella: | "The Man on the Ceiling" by Steve Rasnic Tem & Melanie Tem |
| Best Short Fiction: | "The Pottawatomie Giant" by Andy Duncan |
| Best Anthology: | "Dark Matter: A Century of Speculative Fiction from the African Diaspora" (Sheree R. Thomas, ed.) |
| Best Collection: | "Beluthahatchie and Other Stories" by Andy Duncan |
| Best Artist: | Shaun Tan |
| Special Award/Professional: | Tom Shippey for "J.R.R. Tolkien: Author of the Century" |
| Special Award/Non-Professional: | Bill Sheehan for "At the Foot of the Story Tree; An Inquiry into the Fiction of Peter Straub" |
| Life Achievement: | Philip José Farmer, Frank Frazetta |
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