Here are your 2024 World Fantasy Award finalists
Yael Goldstein-Love, Wole Talabi, Kelly Link, and Martha Wells headline
While the Hugos are your home for delicious Awards circuit drama, the SFFH community is rife with awards recognizing its incredible talents–chief among those the World Fantasy Awards. Celebrating their 50th year, the World Fantasy Convention announced the finalists for the 2024 World Fantasy Awards, including nominations for Yael Goldstein-Love, Alix E. Harrow, Ginjer Buchanan, Jo Fletcher, Wole Talabi, Kelly Link, and Martha Wells.
Judges this year included Douglas A. Anderson, Stephanie Feldman, Thomas Olde Heuvelt, Pat Murphy, and Dr. Angela Slatter.
"Our sincere congratulations to all the nominees," said Awards Administration Peter Dennis Pautz in the official announcement. "And our heartiest congratulations to our Life Achievement awardees: Ginjer Buchanan and Jo Fletcher."
2024 World Fantasy Award Finalists
Lifetime Achievement
- Ginjer Buchanan
- Jo Fletcher
Best Novel
- The Reformatory by Tananarive Due
- The Possibilities by Yael Goldstein-Love
- Starling House by Alix E. Harrow
- Shigidi and the Brass Head of Obalufon by Wole Talabi
- Looking Glass Sound by Catriona Ward
- Witch King by Martha Wells
Best Novella
- The Crane Husband by Kelly Barnhill
- Thornhedge by T. Kingfisher
- “Prince Hat Underground” by Kelly Link (White Cat, Black Dog)
- “Half the House Is Haunted” by Josh Malerman (Spin a Black Yarn)
- A Season of Monstrous Conceptions by Lina Rather
- Mammoths at the Gates by Nghi Vo
Best Short Fiction
- “How to Raise a Kraken in Your Bathtub” by P. Djèlí Clark
(Uncanny 1-2/23) - “Once Upon a Time at The Oakmont” by P. A. Cornell (Fantasy 10/23)
- “John Hollowback and the Witch” by Amal El-Mohtar (The Book of Witches)
- “Waystation City” by A. T. Greenblatt (Uncanny 1-2/23)
- “The Sound of Children Screaming” by Rachael K. Jones (Nightmare 10/23)
- “Silk and Cotton and Linen and Blood” by Nghi Vo (New Suns 2)
Best Anthology
- Christmas and Other Horrors edited by Ellen Datlow
- Year’s Best Canadian Fantasy & Science Fiction: Volume One edited by Stephen Kotowych
- The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2023 edited by R.F. Kuang & John Joseph Adams
- Out There Screaming: An Anthology of New Black Horror edited by Jordan Peele & John Joseph Adams
- The Book of Witches edited by Jonathan Strahan
Best Collection
- The Essential Peter S. Beagle, Volumes 1 & 2 by Peter S. Beagle
- The Fortunate Isles by Lisa L. Hannett
- White Cat, Black Dog by Kelly Link
- No One Will Come Back for Us and Other Stories by Premee Mohamed
- Jackal, Jackal by Tobi Ogundiran
- Jewel Box by E. Lily Yu
Best Artist
- Audrey Benjaminsen
- Rovina Cai
- Stefan Koidl
- Charles Vess
- Alyssa Winans
Special Award – Professional
- Bill Campbell, for Rosarium Books
- E. M. Carroll, for A Guest in the House
- M. John Harrison, for Wish I Was Here: An Anti-Memoir
- Stephen Jones, for The Weird Tales Boys
- Liza Groen Trombi, for Locus
Special Award – Non-Professional
- Scott H. Andrews, for Beneath Ceaseless Skies
- Trevor Kennedy, for Phantasmagoria
- Brian J. Showers, for Swan River Press
- Lynne M. Thomas & Michael Damian Thomas, for Uncanny Magazine
- Julian Yap & Fran Wilde, for The Sunday Morning Transport
The World Fantasy Convention takes place October 17-20 in Niagara Falls, NY.
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