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An international award for creators of the Fantasy genre. It's been around since 1975.

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See the complete list of winners on the official website.

Award Categories:

Anthology (1988-present)
Artist (1975-present)
Collection (1988-present)
Collection/Anthology (1975-1987)
Convention Award (1978-1997, 2013)
Life Achievement (1975-present, multiple awards since 1984)
Long Fiction (2016-present)
Novel (1975-present)
Novella (1982-2015)
Short Fiction (1975-present)
Special - Non-Pro (1975-present)
Special - Pro (1975-present)

World Fantasy Award winners and nominees include:

Novel

Winners of the World Fantasy Award - Novel

1975-2000

The Forgotten Beasts of Eld (Patricia A. McKillip, 1975)
Bid Time Return (Richard Matheson, 1976)
Doctor Rat (William Kotzwinkle, 1977)
Our Lady of Darkness (Fritz Leiber, 1978)
Gloriana (Michael Moorcock, 1979)
Watchtower (Elizabeth A. Lynn, 1980)
The Shadow of the Torturer (Gene Wolfe, 1981)
Little, Big (John Crowley, 1982)
Nifft the Lean (Michael Shea, 1983)
The Dragon Waiting (John M. Ford, 1984)
Mythago Wood (Robert Holdstock, 1985)
Bridge of Birds (Barry Hughart, 1985)
Song of Kali (Dan Simmons, 1986)
Perfume (Patrick Suskind, 1987)
Replay (Ken Grimwood, 1988)
Koko (Peter Straub, 1989)
Lyonesse: Madouc (Jack Vance, 1990)
Only Begotten Daughter (James Morrow, 1991)
Boy's Life (Robert R. McCammon, 1992)
Last Call (Tim Powers, 1993)
Glimpses (Lewis Shiner, 1994)
Towing Jehovah (James Morrow, 1995)
The Prestige (Christopher Priest, 1996)
Godmother Night (Rachel Pollack, 1997)
The Physiognomy (Jeffrey Ford, 1998)
The Antelope Wife (Louise Erdrich, 1999)
Thraxas (Martin Scott, 2000)

2001-2025

Declare (Tim Powers, 2001)
Galveston (Sean Stewart, 2001)
The Other Wind (Ursula K. Le Guin, 2002)
The Facts of Life (Graham Joyce, 2003)
Ombria in Shadow (Patricia A. McKillip, 2003)
Tooth and Claw (Jo Walton, 2004)
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell (Susanna Clarke, 2005)
Kafka on the Shore (Haruki Murakami, 2006)
Soldier of Sidon (Gene Wolfe, 2007)
Ysabel (Guy Gavriel Kay, 2008)
The Shadow Year (Jeffrey Ford, 2009)
Tender Morsels (Margo Lanagan, 2009)
The City & the City (China Miéville, 2010)
Who Fears Death (Nnedi Okorafor, 2011)
Osama (Lavie Tidhar, 2012)
Alif the Unseen (G. Willow Wilson , 2013)
A Stranger in Olondria (Sofia Samatar, 2014)
The Bone Clocks (David Mitchell, 2015)
The Chimes (Anna Smaill, 2016)
The Sudden Appearance of Hope (Claire North, 2017)
The Changeling (Victor LaValle, 2018)
Jade City (Fonda Lee, 2018)
Witchmark (C. L. Polk, 2019)
Queen of the Conquered (Kacen Callender, 2020)
Trouble the Saints (Alaya Dawn Johnson, 2021)
The Jasmine Throne (Tasha Suri, 2022)
Saint Death's Daughter (C.S.E. Cooney, 2023)

Selected nominees:

The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant - nominated 1978
Harpist In The Wind - nominated 1980
Pet Sematary - nominated 1984
The Vampire Lestat - nominated 1986
IT - nominated 1987
The Silence of the Lambs - nominated 1989
Good Omens - nominated 1991
Tigana - nominated 1991
Anno Dracula - nominated 1993
The Iron Dragon's Daughter - nominated 1994
A Game of Thrones - nominated 1997
Sailing to Sarantium - nominated 1999
The Amber Spyglass - nominated 2001
Perdido Street Station - nominated 2001
American Gods - nominated 2002
The Curse of Chalion - nominated 2002
The Scar - nominated 2003
Iron Council - nominated 2005
The Lies of Locke Lamora - nominated 2007
The Graveyard Book - nominated 2009
The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms - nominated 2011

Novella

Winners of the World Fantasy Award - Novella

1975-2000

The Fire When It Comes (Parke Godwin, 1982)
Confess the Seasons (Charles L. Grant, 1983)
Beyond Any Measure (Karl Edward Wagner, 1983)
Black Air (Kim Stanley Robinson, 1984)
The Unconquered Country (Geoff Ryman, 1985)
Nadelman's God (T.E.D. Klein, 1986)
Hatrack River (Orson Scott Card, 1987)
Buffalo Gals, Won't You Come Out Tonight (Ursula K. Le Guin, 1988)
The Skin Trade (George R.R. Martin, 1989)
Great Work of Time (John Crowley, 1990)
Bones (Pat Murphy, 1991)
The Ragthorn (Robert Holdstock and Garry Kilworth, 1992)
The Ghost Village (Peter Straub, 1993)
Under the Crust (Terry Lamsley, 1994)
Last Summer at Mars Hill (Elizabeth Hand, 1995)
Radio Waves (Michael Swanwick, 1996)
A City in Winter (Mark Helprin, 1997)
Streetcar Dreams (Richard Bowes, 1998)
The Summer Isles (Ian MacLeod, 1999)
The Transformation of Martin Lake (Jeff VanderMeer, 2000)
Sky Eyes (Laurel Winter, 2000)

2001-2025

The Man on the Ceiling (Steve Rasnic Tem and Melanie Tem, 2001)
The Bird Catcher (S.P. Somtow, 2002)
The Library (Zoran Zivkovic, 2003)
A Crowd of Bone (Greer Gilman, 2004)
The Growlimb (Michael Shea, 2005)
Voluntary Committal (Joe Hill, 2006)
Botch Town (Jeffrey Ford, 2007)
Illyria (Elizabeth Hand, 2008)
If Angels Fight (Richard Bowes, 2009)
Sea-Hearts (Margo Lanagan, 2010)
The Maiden Flight of McCauley's Bellerophon (Elizabeth Hand, 2011)
A Small Price to Pay for Birdsong (K.J. Parker, 2012)
Let Maps to Others (K.J. Parker , 2013)
Wakulla Springs (Andy Duncan and Ellen Klages, 2014)
We Are All Completely Fine (Daryl Gregory, 2015)
No Award (2016, 2017, 2018)
The Privilege of the Happy Ending (Kij Johnson, 2019)
Silver in the Wood (Emily Tesh, 2020)
Riot Baby (Tochi Onyebuchi, 2021)
And What Can We Offer You Tonight (Premee Mohamad, 2022)
Pomegranates (Priya Sharma, 2023)

Coraline - nominated 2003

Short Fiction

A Midsummer Night's Dream - won 1991 (notable in that after Neil Gaiman won this award, the rules were changed so that comics and graphic novels could never be nominated in this category again)

Special Awards

Life Achievement

Winners of the World Fantasy Award - Life Achievement

1975-2000

Robert Bloch (1975)
Fritz Leiber (1976)
Ray Bradbury (1977)
Frank Belknap Long (1978)
Jorge Luis Borges (1979)
Manly Wade Wellman (1980)
C. L. Moore (1981)
Italo Calvino (1982)
Roald Dahl (1983)
L. Sprague de Camp / Richard Matheson / E. Hoffmann Price / Jack Vance / Donald Wandrei (1984)
Theodore Sturgeon (1985)
Avram Davidson (1986)
Jack Finney (1987)
Everett F. Bleiler (1988)
Evangeline Walton (1989)
R. A. Lafferty (1990)
Ray Russell (1991)
Edd Cartier (1992)
Harlan Ellison (1993)
Jack Williamson (1994)
Ursula K. Le Guin (1995)
Gene Wolfe (1996)
Madeline L'Engle (1997)
Edward L. Ferman / Andre Norton (1998)
Hugh B. Cave (1999)
Marion Zimmer Bradley / Michael Moorcock (2000)

2001-2025

Frank Frazetta / Philip José Farmer (2001)
Forrest J. Ackerman / George Scithers (2002)
Lloyd Alexander / Donald M. Grant (2003)
Stephen King / Gahan Wilson (2004)
Tom Doherty / Carol Emshwiller (2005)
John Crowley / Stephen Fabian (2006)
Betty Ballantine / Diana Wynne Jones (2007)
Leo Dillon / Diane Dillon / Patricia McKillip (2008)
Ellen Asher / Jane Yolen (2009)
Brian Lumley / Terry Pratchett / Peter Straub (2010)
Peter S. Beagle / Angélica Gorodischer (2011)
Alan Garner / George R. R. Martin (2012)
Susan Cooper / Tanith Lee (2013)
Ellen Datlow / Chelsea Quinn Yarbro (2014)
Ramsey Campbell / Sheri S. Tepper (2015)
David G. Hartwell / Andrzej Sapkowski (2016)
Terry Brooks / Marina Warner (2017)
Charles de Lint / Betsy Wollheim (2018)
Hayao Miyazaki / Jack Zipes (2019)
Rowena Morrill / Karen Joy Fowler (2020)
Megan Lindholm / Howard Waldrop (2021)
Samuel R. Delany / Terri Windling (2022)
Peter Crowther / John Douglas (2023)