The World Fantasy Awards ballot for works published in 2022 has been announced. The awards will be presented during the 2023 World Fantasy Convention, scheduled for October 26-29, 2023 at the Sheraton Crown Center in Kansas City MO.
The Life Achievement Awards, presented annually to individuals who have demonstrated outstanding service to the fantasy field, will go to Peter Crowther and John Douglas.
The World Fantasy Awards finalists are:
Best Novel
- Saint Death’s Daughter, C.S.E. Cooney (Solaris)
- Spear, Nicola Griffith (Tordotcom)
- The Ballad of Perilous Graves, Alex Jennings (Redhook; Orbit UK)
- Babel, R.F. Kuang (Harper Voyager US; Harper Voyager UK)
- Siren Queen, Nghi Vo (Tordotcom)
Best Novella
- The Bruising of Qilwa, Naseem Jamnia (Tachyon)
- The House of Drought, Dennis Mombauer (Stelliform)
- Even Though I Knew the End, C.L. Polk (Tordotcom)
- Helpmeet, Naben Ruthnum (Undertow)
- Pomegranates, Priya Sharma (Absinthe)
Best Short Fiction
- “The Devil Don’t Come with Horns”, Eugen Bacon (Other Terrors: An Inclusive Anthology)
- “Incident at Bear Creek Lodge”, Tananarive Due (Other Terrors: An Inclusive Anthology)
- “The Morning House”, Kate Heartfield (PodCastle 7/5/22)
- “Telling the Bees”, Kat Howard (Sunday Morning Transport 1/30/22)
- “Douen”, Suzan Palumbo (The Dark 3/22)
Best Anthology
- Screams from the Dark: 29 Tales of Monsters and the Monstrous, Ellen Datlow, ed. (Nightfire)
- Other Terrors: An Inclusive Anthology, Vince A. Liaguno & Rena Mason, eds. (Morrow)
- Dark Stars: New Tales of Darkest Horror, John F.D. Taff, ed. (Nightfire)
- Africa Risen: A New Era of Speculative Fiction, Sheree Renée Thomas, Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki, Zelda Knight, eds. (Tordotcom)
- Trouble the Waters: Tales from the Deep Blue, Sheree Renée Thomas, Pan Morigan, Troy L. Wiggins, eds. (Third Man)
Best Collection
- Dark Breakers, C.S.E. Cooney (Mythic Delirium)
- Breakable Things, Cassandra Khaw (Undertow)
- All Nightmare Long, Tim Lebbon (PS)
- Boys, Beasts & Men, Sam J. Miller (Tachyon)
- A Different Darkness and Other Abominations, Luigi Musolino (Valancourt)
Best Artist
- Kinuko Y. Craft
- Galen Dara
- Matt Ottley
- Lauren Raye Snow
- Charles Vess
Special Award – Professional
- Irene Gallo, for Tor.com
- Gavin J. Grant & Kelly Link, for Small Beer Press
- Tim Lebbon & Daniele Serra, for Without Walls (PS)
- Fiona Moore, for Management Lessons from Game of Thrones: Organization Theory and Strategy in Westeros (Edward Elgar)
- Matt Ottley, for The Tree of Ecstasy and Unbearable Sadness (Dirt Lane)
Special Award – Non-Professional
- Michael Kelly, for Undertow Publications
- Cristina Macía, for The Celsius Festival
- dave ring, for Neon Hemlock Press
- Lynne M. Thomas & Michael Damian Thomas, for Uncanny
- E. Catherine Tobler, for editing The Deadlands
I am OVER THE MOON to be nominated in the novella category alongside some incredible writers.
I am hugely grateful to everyone at PS Publishing and my editor Marie O’Regan. My thanks to everyone who supported the book and to the jury for including it.
I’m delighted that Peter Crowther of PS has been given a Lifetime Achievement Award.
priya sharma fiction 