World Fantasy Awards: winners & nominees

World Fantasy Awards 2026

• 🏆 Clive Barker· Life Achievement

World Fantasy Awards 2024

• 🏆 The Book of Witches· Best Anthology
• 🏆The Book of Witches — Jonathan Strahan· Best Anthology
• 🏆No One Will Come Back for Us and Other Stories — Premee Mohamed· Best Collection
• 🏆The Reformatory — Tananarive Due· Best Novel
• 🏆Half the House Is Haunted — Josh Malerman· Best Novella
• 🏆Silk and Cotton and Linen and Blood — Nghi Vo· Best Short Fiction
• ✦The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2023 — Isabel Cañas· Best Anthology
• ✦The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2023 — Shingai Njeri Kagunda· Best Anthology
• ✦The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2023 — Kristina Ten· Best Anthology
• ✦The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2023 — Isabel J. Kim· Best Anthology
• ✦The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2023 — Samantha Mills· Best Anthology
• ✦The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2023 — Linda Raquel Nieves Peréz· Best Anthology
• ✦The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2023 — Maria Dong· Best Anthology
• ✦The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2023 — KT Bryski· Best Anthology

All 54 2024 entries →

World Fantasy Awards 2023

• 🏆Africa Risen — Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki· Best Anthology
• 🏆 Africa Risen· Best Anthology
• 🏆Africa Risen — Zelda Knight· Best Anthology
• 🏆Africa Risen — Sheree Thomas· Best Anthology
• 🏆All Nightmare Long — Tim Lebbon· Best Collection
• 🏆Saint Death's Daughter — C. S. E. Cooney· Best Novel
• 🏆Pomegranates — Priya Sharma· Best Novella
• 🏆Incident at Bear Creek Lodge — Tananarive Due· Best Short Fiction
• 🏆Kinuko Y. Craft· —Artist
• ✦Other Terrors — Vince A. Liaguno· Best Anthology
• ✦ Screams from the Dark· Best Anthology
• ✦ Other Terrors· Best Anthology
• ✦ Dark Stars· Best Anthology
• ✦Dark Stars — John F. D. Taff· Best Anthology

All 34 2023 entries →

World Fantasy Awards 2022

• 🏆The Year's Best African Speculative Fiction (2021): Volume 1 — Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki· Best Anthology
• 🏆 The Year's Best African Speculative Fiction (2021): Volume 1· Best Anthology
• 🏆Midnight Doorways: Fables from Pakistan — Usman T. Malik· Best Collection
• 🏆The Jasmine Throne — Tasha Suri· Best Novel
• 🏆And What Can We Offer You Tonight — Premee Mohamed· Best Novella
• 🏆(emet) — Lauren Ring· Best Short Fiction
• ✦ When Things Get Dark· Best Anthology
• ✦The Year's Best Dark Fantasy and Horror: Volume 2 — Paula Guran· Best Anthology
• ✦ The Year's Best Dark Fantasy and Horror: Volume 2· Best Anthology
• ✦ Speculative Fiction for Dreamers: A Latinx Anthology· Best Anthology
• ✦ Professor Charlatan Bardot's Travel Anthology to the Most (Fictional) Haunted Buildings in the Weird, Wild World (2021 edition)· Best Anthology
• ✦When Things Get Dark — Ellen Datlow· Best Anthology
• ✦Professor Charlatan Bardot's Travel Anthology to the Most (Fictional) Haunted Buildings in the Weird, Wild World (2021 edition) — Eric J. Guignard· Best Anthology
• ✦Tales the Devil Told Me — Jen Fawkes· Best Collection

All 32 2022 entries →

World Fantasy Awards 2021

• 🏆The Big Book of Modern Fantasy — Jeff VanderMeer· Best Anthology
• 🏆 The Big Book of Modern Fantasy· Best Anthology
• 🏆The Big Book of Modern Fantasy — Ann VanderMeer· Best Anthology
• 🏆Where the Wild Ladies Are — Aoko Matsuda· Best Collection
• 🏆Trouble the Saints — Alaya Dawn Johnson· Best Novel
• 🏆Riot Baby — Tochi Onyebuchi· Best Novella
• 🏆Glass Bottle Dancer· Best Short Fiction
• 🏆Robin Hobb· Life Achievement
• ✦ The Valancourt Book of World Horror Stories: Volume One· Best Anthology
• ✦The Valancourt Book of World Horror Stories: Volume One — Ryan Cagle· Best Anthology
• ✦The Valancourt Book of World Horror Stories: Volume One — James D. Jenkins· Best Anthology
• ✦ Shadows & Tall Trees 8· Best Anthology
• ✦ The Book of Dragons· Best Anthology
• ✦ Edited by· Best Anthology

All 33 2021 entries →

World Fantasy Awards 2020

• 🏆 New Suns· Best Anthology
• 🏆New Suns — Nisi Shawl· Best Anthology
• 🏆Song for the Unraveling of the World — Brian Evenson· Best Collection
• 🏆Queen of the Conquered — Kacen Callender· Best Novel
• 🏆Silver in the Wood — Emily Tesh· Best Novella
• 🏆Read After Burning — Maria Dahvana Headley· Best Short Fiction
• ✦The Big Book of Classic Fantasy — Jeff VanderMeer· Best Anthology
• ✦ Echoes· Best Anthology
• ✦The Mythic Dream — Dominik Parisien· Best Anthology
• ✦ The Big Book of Classic Fantasy· Best Anthology
• ✦ The Outcast Hours· Best Anthology
• ✦Echoes — Ellen Datlow· Best Anthology
• ✦The Big Book of Classic Fantasy — Ann VanderMeer· Best Anthology
• ✦The Outcast Hours — Mahvesh Murad· Best Anthology

All 33 2020 entries →

World Fantasy Awards 2019

• 🏆 Worlds Seen in Passing: Ten Years of Tor.com Short Fiction· Best Anthology
• 🏆Worlds Seen in Passing: Ten Years of Tor.com Short Fiction — Irene Gallo· Best Anthology
• 🏆The Tangled Lands — Tobias S. Buckell· Best Collection
• 🏆The Tangled Lands — Paolo Bacigalupi· Best Collection
• 🏆Witchmark — C. L. Polk· Best Novel
• 🏆The Privilege of the Happy Ending — Kij Johnson· Best Novella
• 🏆Like a River Loves the Sky — Emma Törzs· Best Short Fiction
• 🏆Ten Deals with the Indigo Snake· Best Short Fiction
• 🏆Jack Zipes· Overall
• ✦ Robots vs. Fairies· Best Anthology
• ✦Robots vs. Fairies — Dominik Parisien· Best Anthology
• ✦Sword and Sonnet — Rachael K. Jones· Best Anthology
• ✦ Best New Horror #28· Best Anthology
• ✦ Sword and Sonnet· Best Anthology

All 34 2019 entries →

World Fantasy Awards 2018

• 🏆 The New Voices of Fantasy· Best Anthology
• 🏆The New Voices of Fantasy — Peter S. Beagle· Best Anthology
• 🏆The New Voices of Fantasy — Jacob Weisman· Best Anthology
• 🏆The Emerald Circus — Jane Yolen· Best Collection
• 🏆The Changeling — Victor LaValle· Best Novel
• 🏆Passing Strange — Ellen Klages· Best Novella
• 🏆The Birding: A Fairy Tale — Natalia Theodoridou· Best Short Fiction
• ✦The Book of Swords — Daniel Abraham· Best Anthology
• ✦ Black Feathers: Dark Avian Tales· Best Anthology
• ✦ The Djinn Falls in Love & Other Stories· Best Anthology
• ✦ The Best of Subterranean· Best Anthology
• ✦Black Feathers: Dark Avian Tales — Ellen Datlow· Best Anthology
• ✦The Djinn Falls in Love & Other Stories — Mahvesh Murad· Best Anthology
• ✦The Book of Swords — Gardner Dozois· Best Anthology

All 32 2018 entries →

World Fantasy Awards 2017

• 🏆 Dreaming in the Dark· Best Anthology
• 🏆Dreaming in the Dark — Jack Dann· Best Anthology
• 🏆A Natural History of Hell — Jeffrey Ford· Best Collection
• 🏆The Sudden Appearance of Hope — Catherine Webb· Best Novel
• 🏆The Dream-Quest of Vellitt Boe — Kij Johnson· Best Novella
• 🏆Das Steingeschöpf — G. V. Anderson· Best Short Fiction
• 🏆 Das Steingeschöpf· Best Short Fiction
• ✦ Children of Lovecraft· Best Anthology
• ✦ Clockwork Phoenix 5· Best Anthology
• ✦The Starlit Wood — Dominik Parisien· Best Anthology
• ✦The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2016 — Julian Mortimer Smith· Best Anthology
• ✦The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2016 — Kelly Link· Best Anthology
• ✦The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2016· Best Anthology
• ✦ The Starlit Wood· Best Anthology

All 50 2017 entries →

World Fantasy Awards 2016

• 🏆She Walks in Shadows — Silvia Moreno-Garcia· Best Anthology
• 🏆She Walks in Shadows — Paula R. Stiles· Best Anthology
• 🏆 She Walks in Shadows· Best Anthology
• 🏆Bone Swans — C. S. E. Cooney· Best Collection
• 🏆The Chimes — Anna Smaill· Best Novel
• 🏆The Unlicensed Magician — Kelly Barnhill· Best Novella
• 🏆Hungry Daughters of Starving Mothers· Best Short Fiction
• 🏆Andrzej Sapkowski· Overall
• ✦ Aickman's Heirs· Best Anthology
• ✦ The Doll Collection· Best Anthology
• ✦ Black Wings IV· Best Anthology
• ✦ Cassilda's Song: Tales Inspired by Robert W. Chambers' King in Yellow Mythos· Best Anthology
• ✦Aickman's Heirs — Simon Strantzas· Best Anthology
• ✦The Doll Collection — Ellen Datlow· Best Anthology

All 36 2016 entries →

World Fantasy Awards 2015

• 🏆 Monstrous Affections· Best Anthology
• 🏆Monstrous Affections — Kelly Link· Best Anthology
• 🏆Monstrous Affections — Gavin Grant· Best Anthology
• 🏆The Bitterwood Bible and Other Recountings — Angela Slatter· Best Collection
• 🏆Gifts for the One Who Comes After· Best Collection
• 🏆The Bone Clocks — David Mitchell· Best Novel
• 🏆We Are All Completely Fine — Daryl Gregory· Best Novella
• 🏆Do You Like to Look at Monsters? — Scott Nicolay· Best Short Fiction
• 🏆Sheri S. Tepper· Life Achievement
• 🏆David Mitchell· Overall
• ✦Rogues — Daniel Abraham· Best Anthology
• ✦ Fearful Symmetries· Best Anthology
• ✦Rogues — David W. Ball· Best Anthology
• ✦ Shadows & Tall Trees - 2014· Best Anthology

All 54 2015 entries →

World Fantasy Awards 2014

• 🏆Dangerous Women — George R. R. Martin· Best Anthology
• 🏆Dangerous Women — Megan Abbott· Best Anthology
• 🏆Dangerous Women — Gardner Dozois· Best Anthology
• 🏆The Ape's Wife and Other Stories — Caitlín R. Kiernan· Best Collection
• 🏆A Stranger in Olondria — Sofia Samatar· Best Novel
• 🏆Wakulla Springs — Andy Duncan· Best Novella
• 🏆Wakulla Springs — Ellen Klages· Best Novella
• 🏆The Prayer of Ninety Cats — Caitlín R. Kiernan· Best Short Fiction
• 🏆Charles Vess· —Artist
• ✦ Fearsome Journeys· Best Anthology
• ✦ Queen Victoria's Book of Spells· Best Anthology
• ✦ End of the Road· Best Anthology
• ✦ xo Orpheus: Fifty New Myths· Best Anthology
• ✦ Flotsam Fantastique: The Souvenir Book of the World Fantasy Convention 2013· Best Anthology

All 36 2014 entries →