Living Canon

World Fantasy Awards

The World Fantasy Awards, presented at the annual World Fantasy Convention since 1975, honor the best fantasy fiction across novels, novellas, short fiction, collections, and anthologies.

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  Yoke of Stars by R. B. Lemberg

  2025World FantasyNovella
• The Tainted Cup by Robert Jackson Bennett

  2025World FantasyNovel
• "Raptor" by Maura McHugh

  2025World FantasyShort Fiction
• The Reformatory by Tananarive Due

  2024World FantasyNovel
• "Silk and Cotton and Linen and Blood" by Nghi Vo

  2024World FantasyShort Fiction
• "Half the House Is Haunted" by Josh Malerman

  2024World FantasyNovella
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  Saint Death's Daughter by C. S. E. Cooney

  2023World FantasyNovel
• Pomegranates by Priya Sharma

  2023World FantasyNovella
• "Incident at Bear Creek Lodge" by Tananarive Due

  2023World FantasyShort Fiction
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  The Jasmine Throne by Tasha Suri

  2022World FantasyNovel
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  And What Can We Offer You Tonight by Premee Mohamed

  2022World FantasyNovella
• "(emet)" by Lauren Ring

  2022World FantasyShort Fiction
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  Trouble the Saints by Alaya Dawn Johnson

  2021World FantasyNovel
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  Riot Baby by Tochi Onyebuchi

  2021World FantasyNovella
• "Glass Bottle Dancer" by Celeste Rita Baker

  2021World FantasyShort Fiction
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  Silver in the Wood by Emily Tesh

  2020World FantasyNovella
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  Queen of the Conquered by Kacen Callender

  2020World FantasyNovel
• "Read After Burning" by Maria Dahvana Headley

  2020World FantasyShort Fiction
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  Witchmark by C. L. Polk

  2019World FantasyNovel
• Lightspeed by "Ten Deals with the Indigo Snake"

  2019World FantasyShort Fiction
• "The Privilege of the Happy Ending" by Kij Johnson

  2019World FantasyNovella
• "Like a River Loves the Sky" by Emma Törzs

  2019World FantasyShort Fiction
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  The Changeling by Victor LaValle

  2018World FantasyNovel
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  Passing Strange by Ellen Klages

  2018World FantasyNovella
• Orbit Books by Jade City

  2018World FantasyNovel
• "The Birding: A Fairy Tale" by Natalia Theodoridou

  2018World FantasyShort Fiction
• The Sudden Appearance of Hope by Claire North

  2017World FantasyNovel
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  The Dream-Quest of Vellitt Boe by Kij Johnson

  2017World FantasyNovella
• "Das Steingeschöpf" by G. V. Anderson

  2017World FantasyShort Fiction
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  The Unlicensed Magician by Kelly Barnhill

  2016World FantasyNovella
• The Chimes by Anna Smaill

  2016World FantasyNovel
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  "Hungry Daughters of Starving Mothers" by Alyssa Wong

  2016World FantasyShort Fiction
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  We Are All Completely Fine by Daryl Gregory

  2015World FantasyNovella
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  The Bone Clocks by David Mitchell

  2015World FantasyNovel
• Do You Like to Look at Monsters? by Scott Nicolay

  2015World FantasyShort Fiction
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  A Stranger in Olondria by Sofia Samatar

  2014World FantasyNovel
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  "Wakulla Springs" by Andy Duncan

  2014World FantasyNovella
• "The Prayer of Ninety Cats" by Caitlín R. Kiernan

  2014World FantasyShort Fiction
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  Alif the Unseen by G. Willow Wilson

  2013World FantasyNovel
• "The Telling" by Gregory Norman Bossert

  2013World FantasyShort Fiction
• "Let Maps to Others" by K. J. Parker

  2013World FantasyNovella
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  Osama by Lavie Tidhar

  2012World FantasyNovel
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  "The Paper Menagerie" by Ken Liu

  2012World FantasyShort Fiction
• "A Small Price to Pay for Birdsong" by K. J. Parker

  2012World FantasyNovella
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  Who Fears Death by Nnedi Okorafor

  2011World FantasyNovel
• "The Maiden Flight of McCauley's Bellerophon" by Elizabeth Hand

  2011World FantasyNovella
• "Fossil-Figures" by Joyce Carol Oates

  2011World FantasyShort Fiction
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  The City & the City by China Miéville

  2010World FantasyNovel
• "The Pelican Bar" by Karen Joy Fowler

  2010World FantasyShort Fiction
• "Sea-Hearts" by Margo Lanagan

  2010World FantasyNovella
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  The Shadow Year by Jeffrey Ford

  2009World FantasyNovel
• Allen & Unwin,Alfred A. Knopf by Tender Morsels

  2009World FantasyNovel
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  "If Angels Fight" by Richard Bowes

  2009World FantasyNovella
• "26 Monkeys, Also the Abyss" by Kij Johnson

  2009World FantasyShort Fiction
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  Ysabel by Guy Gavriel Kay

  2008World FantasyNovel
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  Illyria by Elizabeth Hand

  2008World FantasyNovella
• "Singing of Mount Abora" by Theodora Goss

  2008World FantasyShort Fiction
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  Soldier of Sidon by Gene Wolfe

  2007World FantasyNovel
• "Journey Into the Kingdom" by M. Rickert

  2007World FantasyShort Fiction
• "Botch Town" by Jeffrey Ford

  2007World FantasyNovella
• Voluntary Committal by Joe Hill

  2006World FantasyNovella
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  Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami

  2006World FantasyNovel
• "CommComm" by George Saunders

  2006World FantasyShort Fiction
• Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke

  2005World FantasyNovel
• "The Growlimb" by Michael Shea

  2005World FantasyNovella
• "Singing My Sister Down" by Margo Lanagan

  2005World FantasyShort Fiction
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  Tooth and Claw by Jo Walton

  2004World FantasyNovel
• "Don Ysidro" by Bruce Holland Rogers

  2004World FantasyShort Fiction
• "A Crowd of Bone" by Greer Gilman

  2004World FantasyNovella
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  The Facts of Life by Graham Joyce

  2003World FantasyNovel
• Ace Books by Ombria in Shadow

  2003World FantasyNovel
• "The Library" by Zoran Živković

  2003World FantasyNovella
• "Creation" by Jeffrey Ford

  2003World FantasyShort Fiction
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  The Other Wind by Ursula K. Le Guin

  2002World FantasyNovel
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  "The Bird Catcher" by S. P. Somtow

  2002World FantasyNovella
• "Queen for a Day" by Albert E. Cowdrey

  2002World FantasyShort Fiction
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  The Man on the Ceiling by Steve Rasnic Tem

  2001World FantasyNovella
• Declare by Tim Powers

  2001World FantasyNovel
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  Ace Books by Galveston

  2001World FantasyNovel
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  "The Pottawatomie Giant" by Andy Duncan

  2001World FantasyShort Fiction
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  Thraxas by Martin Scott

  2000World FantasyNovel
• Palace Corbie Eight(Merrimack Books) by "The Transformation of Martin Lake"

  2000World FantasyNovella
• "The Chop Girl" by Ian R. MacLeod

  2000World FantasyShort Fiction
• "Sky Eyes" by Laurel Winter

  2000World FantasyNovella
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  The Antelope Wife by Louise Erdrich

  1999World FantasyNovel
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  "The Summer Isles" by Ian R. MacLeod

  1999World FantasyNovella
• "The Specialist's Hat" by Kelly Link

  1999World FantasyShort Fiction
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  The Physiognomy by Jeffrey Ford

  1998World FantasyNovel
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  "Streetcar Dreams" by Richard Bowes

  1998World FantasyNovella
• "Dust Motes" by P. D. Cacek

  1998World FantasyShort Fiction
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  Godmother Night by Rachel Pollack

  1997World FantasyNovel
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  A City in Winter by Mark Helprin

  1997World FantasyNovella
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  "Thirteen Phantasms" by James Blaylock

  1997World FantasyShort Fiction
• The Prestige by Christopher Priest

  1996World FantasyNovel
• "The Grass Princess" by Gwyneth Jones

  1996World FantasyShort Fiction
• "Radio Waves" by Michael Swanwick

  1996World FantasyNovella
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  Towing Jehovah by James K. Morrow

  1995World FantasyNovel
• "The Man in the Black Suit" by Stephen King

  1995World FantasyShort Fiction
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  "Last Summer at Mars Hill" by Elizabeth Hand

  1995World FantasyNovella
• The Lodger by Fred Chappell

  1994World FantasyShort Fiction
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  Glimpses by Lewis Shiner

  1994World FantasyNovel
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  "Under the Crust" by Terry Lamsley

  1994World FantasyNovella
• Still Dead(Mark V. Ziesing) by "This Year's Class Picture"

  1993World FantasyShort Fiction
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  Last Call by Tim Powers

  1993World FantasyNovel
• "The Ghost Village" by Peter Straub

  1993World FantasyNovella
• "Graves" by Joe Haldeman

  1993World FantasyShort Fiction
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  Boy's Life by Robert R. McCammon

  1992World FantasyNovel
• "The Somewhere Doors" by Fred Chappell

  1992World FantasyShort Fiction
• "The Ragthorn" by Robert Holdstock

  1992World FantasyNovella
• William Morrow and Company by Thomas the Rhymer

  1991World FantasyNovel
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  Only Begotten Daughter by James K. Morrow

  1991World FantasyNovel
• "Bones" by Pat Murphy

  1991World FantasyNovella
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  "A Midsummer Night's Dream" by Neil Gaiman

  1991World FantasyShort Fiction
• Madouc by Jack Vance

  1990World FantasyNovel
• "The Illusionist" by Steven Millhauser

  1990World FantasyShort Fiction
• "Great Work of Time" by John Crowley

  1990World FantasyNovella
• Koko by Peter Straub

  1989World FantasyNovel
• "Winter Solstice, Camelot Station" by John M. Ford

  1989World FantasyShort Fiction
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  "The Skin Trade" by George R. R. Martin

  1989World FantasyNovella
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  Replay by Ken Grimwood

  1988World FantasyNovel
• "Friend's Best Man" by Jonathan Carroll

  1988World FantasyShort Fiction
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  "Buffalo Gals, Won't You Come Out Tonight" by Ursula K. Le Guin

  1988World FantasyNovella
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  Perfume by Patrick Süskind

  1987World FantasyNovel
• "Red Light" by David Schow

  1987World FantasyShort Fiction
• "Hatrack River" by Orson Scott Card

  1987World FantasyNovella
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  Song of Kali by Dan Simmons

  1986World FantasyNovel
• "Paper Dragons" by James Blaylock

  1986World FantasyShort Fiction
• "Nadelman's God" by T. E. D. Klein

  1986World FantasyNovella
• Victor Gollancz by Mythago Wood

  1985World FantasyNovel
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  Bridge of Birds by Barry Hughart

  1985World FantasyNovel
• Asimov's Science Fiction by "Still Life with Scorpion"

  1985World FantasyShort Fiction
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  "The Unconquered Country" by Geoff Ryman

  1985World FantasyNovella
• "The Bones Wizard" by Alan Ryan

  1985World FantasyShort Fiction
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  The Dragon Waiting by John M. Ford

  1984World FantasyNovel
• "Elle Est Trois, (La Mort)" by Tanith Lee

  1984World FantasyShort Fiction
• "Black Air" by Kim Stanley Robinson

  1984World FantasyNovella
• Whispers by "Beyond Any Measure"

  1983World FantasyNovella
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  Nifft the Lean by Michael Shea

  1983World FantasyNovel
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  "The Gorgon" by Tanith Lee

  1983World FantasyShort Fiction
• "Confess the Seasons" by Charles L. Grant

  1983World FantasyNovella
• Yankee by "Do the Dead Sing?"

  1982World FantasyShort Fiction
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  Little, Big by John Crowley

  1982World FantasyNovel
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  "The Fire When It Comes" by Parke Godwin

  1982World FantasyNovella
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  "The Dark Country" by Dennis Etchison

  1982World FantasyShort Fiction
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  The Shadow of the Torturer by Gene Wolfe

  1981World FantasyNovel
• "The Ugly Chickens" by Howard Waldrop

  1981World FantasyShort Fiction
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  Watchtower by Elizabeth A. Lynn

  1980World FantasyNovel
• Amazons!(DAW Books) by "The Woman Who Loved the Moon"

  1980World FantasyShort Fiction
• "Mackintosh Willy" by Ramsey Campbell

  1980World FantasyShort Fiction
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  Gloriana by Michael Moorcock

  1979World FantasyNovel
• "Naples" by Avram Davidson

  1979World FantasyShort Fiction
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  Our Lady of Darkness by Fritz Leiber

  1978World FantasyNovel
• "The Chimney" by Ramsey Campbell

  1978World FantasyShort Fiction
• Doctor Rat by William Kotzwinkle

  1977World FantasyNovel
• "There's a Long, Long Trail A-Winding" by Russell Kirk

  1977World FantasyShort Fiction
• Bid Time Return by Richard Matheson

  1976World FantasyNovel
• "Belsen Express" by Fritz Leiber

  1976World FantasyShort Fiction
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  The Forgotten Beasts of Eld by Patricia A. McKillip

  1975World FantasyNovel
• "Pages from a Young Girl's Journal" by Robert Aickman

  1975World FantasyShort Fiction

• Best Novel
• Best Novella
• Best Short Fiction

See also

• Arthur C. Clarke Award
• Booker Prize
• Caldecott Medal
• Carnegie Medal
• Costa Book Awards
• Edgar Awards
• Giller Prize
• Hugo Awards
• International Booker Prize
• Kirkus Prize
• Lambda Literary Awards
• Locus Awards
• National Book Award
• National Book Critics Circle Award
• Nebula Awards
• Newbery Medal
• Nobel Prize in Literature
• PEN/Faulkner Award
• PEN/Hemingway Award
• Pulitzer Prizes
• Women’s Prize for Fiction