The World Fantasy Convention has announced the finalists for the 2023 World Fantasy Awards, which are given to works published in 2022.
Dale Bailey, Kelly Robson, Ginny Smith, A. C. Wise, and Ian Whates served as judges for this year’s awards. The winners will be announced at their annual convention, which this year takes place on October 26-29 in Kansas City, Missouri. Two Lifetime Achievement Awards will also be given to Peter Crowther and John Douglas during the ceremony as well.
Here are the finalists by category:
NOVEL
- Saint Death’s Daughter by C. S. E. Cooney (Solaris)
- Spear by Nicola Griffith (Tordotcom Publishing)
- The Ballad of Perilous Graves by Alex Jennings (Redhook/Orbit UK)
- Babel: Or the Necessity of Violence: An Arcane History of the Oxford Translators’ Revolution by R. F. Kuang (Harper Voyager)
- Siren Queen by Nghi Vo (Tordotcom Publishing)
NOVELLA
- The Bruising of Qilwa by Naseem Jamnia (Tachyon Publications)
- The House of Drought by Dennis Mombauer (Stelliform Press)
- Even Though I Knew the End by C. L. Polk (Tordotcom Publishing)
- Helpmeet by Naben Ruthnum (Undertow Publications)
- Pomegranates by Priya Sharma (Absinthe Books)
SHORT FICTION
- “The Devil Don’t Come with Horns” by Eugen Bacon (Other Terrors: An Inclusive Anthology)
- “Incident at Bear Creek Lodge” by Tananarive Due (Other Terrors: An Inclusive Anthology)
- “The Morning House” by Kate Heartfield (PodCastle, July 5 2022)
- “Telling the Bees” by Kat Howard (The Sunday Morning Transport, Jan. 30 2022)
- “Douen” by Suzan Palumbo (The Darkmagazine, March 2022)
ANTHOLOGY
- Screams from the Dark: 29 Tales of Monsters and the Monstrous, ed. Ellen Datlow (Tor Nightfire)
- Other Terrors: An Inclusive Anthology, eds. Vince Liguano and Rena Mason (William Morrow)
- Dark Stars: New Tales of Darkest Horror, ed. John F. D. Taff (Tor Nightfire)
- Africa Risen: A New Era of Speculative Fiction, eds. Sheree Renée Thomas, Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki, and Zelda Knight (Tordotcom Publishing)
- Trouble the Waters: Tales from the Deep Blue, eds. Sheree Renée Thomas, Pan Morigan, and Troy Wiggins (Third Man Books)
COLLECTION
- Dark Breakers by C. S. E. Cooney (Mythic Delirium Books)
- Breakable Things by Cassandra Khaw (Undertow Publications)
- All Nightmare Long by Tim Lebbon (PS Publishing)
- Boys, Beasts & Men by Sam J. Miller (Tachyon Publications)
- A Different Darkness and Other Abominations by Luigi Musolino (Valancourt Books)
ARTIST
- Kinuko Y. Craft
- Galen Dara
- Matt Ottley
- Lauren Raye Snow
- Charles Vess
SPECIAL AWARD – PROFESSIONAL
- Irene Gallo, for Tor.com
- Gavin J. Grant and Kelly Link, for Small Beer Press
- Tim Lebbon and Daniele Serra, for Without Walls(PS Publishing)
- Fiona Moore, for Management Lessons from Game of Thrones: Organization Theory and Strategy in Westeros(Edward Elgar Publishing)
- Matt Ottley, for The Tree of Ecstasy and Unbearable Sadness(Dirt Lane Press)
SPECIAL AWARD – NON-PROFESSIONAL
- Michael Kelly, for Undertow Publications
- Cristina Macía, for The Celsius Festival
- Lynne M. Thomas and Michael Damian Thomas, for Uncanny Magazine
- Dave Ring, for Neon Hemlock Press
- Catherine Tobler, for editing The Deadlands
Congratulations to all the finalists!
