World Fantasy Award for Best Novel
World Fantasy Award for Best Novel | |
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Awarded for | The best fantasy story of 40,000 words or more published in English in the prior calendar year |
Presented by | World Fantasy Convention |
First awarded | 1975 |
Currently held by | David Mitchell (The Bone Clocks) |
Official website | worldfantasy.org/awards/ |
The World Fantasy Awards are given each year by the World Fantasy Convention for the best fantasy fiction published in English during the previous calendar year. The awards have been described by book critics such as The Guardian as a "prestigious fantasy prize",[1] and one of the three most prestigious speculative fiction awards, along with the Hugo and Nebula Awards (which cover both fantasy and science fiction).[2][3] The World Fantasy Award for Best Novel is given each year for fantasy novels published in English or translated into English. A work of fiction is defined by the organization as a novel if it is 40,000 words or longer; awards are also given out for pieces of shorter lengths in the short story and novella categories. The World Fantasy Award for Best Novel has been awarded annually since 1975.[4]
World Fantasy Award nominees and winners are decided by attendees and judges at the annual World Fantasy Convention. A ballot is posted in June for attendees of the current and previous two conferences to determine two of the finalists, and a panel of five judges adds three or more nominees before voting on the overall winner.[4][5] The panel of judges is typically made up of fantasy authors[6] and is chosen each year by the World Fantasy Awards Administration, which has the power to break ties.[4] The final results are presented at the World Fantasy Convention at the end of October.[5] Winners were presented with a statue in the form of a bust of H. P. Lovecraft through the 2015 awards; future ceremonies will present a different, unannounced statuette.[7]
During the 41 nomination years, 142 authors have had works nominated; 41 of them have won, including ties. Five authors have won twice: Gene Wolfe, out of eight nominations; Tim Powers, out of five; Patricia McKillip, out of four; Jeffrey Ford, out of three; and James K. Morrow for both of his nominations. Wolfe has the most nominations for an author who has won at least once, while Stephen King has the most nominations without winning, at nine, followed by Charles L. Grant at six and Jonathan Carroll at five.
Winners and nominees
In the following table, the years correspond to the date of the ceremony, rather than when the novel was first published. Each year links to the corresponding "year in literature". Entries with a blue background and an asterisk (*) next to the writer's name have won the award; those with a white background are the other nominees on the shortlist.
* Winners
Notes
- ↑ The Club Dumas, originally published in Spanish in 1993, was initially nominated for its 1997 English publication, but the nomination was withdrawn when a 1996 English translation came to light. It was replaced on the ballot with Dry Water by Eric Nylund. "The Locus Index to SF Awards: 1998 World Fantasy Awards". Locus. Archived from the original on 2013-09-20. Retrieved 2013-09-20.
References
- ↑ Flood, Alison (2014-09-17). "World Fantasy awards pressed to drop HP Lovecraft trophy in racism row". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 2015-01-18. Retrieved 2015-01-30.
- ↑ Tan, Corrie (2013-09-17). "'It's not like I can sell awards for money'". The Star. Star Publications. Archived from the original on 2013-09-24. Retrieved 2013-09-24.
- ↑ Hermann, Brenda (1991-12-20). "Comic Book Wins Fiction Award For First, And Maybe Last, Time". Chicago Tribune. Tribune Company. Archived from the original on 2013-09-24. Retrieved 2013-09-24.
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- ↑ Walling, René (2011-06-28). "The Coming of the Great Old Ones: A Statistical Look at the World Fantasy Awards for Best Novel". Tor.com. Tor Books. Archived from the original on 2013-08-22. Retrieved 2013-09-24.
- ↑ Flood, Alison (2015-11-09). "World Fantasy award drops HP Lovecraft as prize image". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 2015-11-18. Retrieved 2015-11-20.
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- 1 2 3 4 5 "World Fantasy Awards 2010". Science Fiction Awards Database. Locus Science Fiction Foundation. Archived from the original on 2015-06-30. Retrieved 2013-09-20.
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- 1 2 3 4 5 "World Fantasy Awards 2012". Science Fiction Awards Database. Locus Science Fiction Foundation. Archived from the original on 2015-06-30. Retrieved 2013-09-17.
- 1 2 3 4 5 "World Fantasy Awards 2013". Science Fiction Awards Database. Locus Science Fiction Foundation. Archived from the original on 2015-06-30. Retrieved 2013-09-17.
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- 1 2 3 4 5 "World Fantasy Awards 2015". Science Fiction Awards Database. Locus Science Fiction Foundation. 2015-11-09. Archived from the original on 2015-11-02. Retrieved 2015-11-09.
External links
- World Fantasy Convention official site
- World Fantasy Awards, complete list of all winning and nominated works
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