World Fantasy Awards Shortlists

The World Fantasy Awards will be presented on Sunday 2nd November, in the afternoon following the banquet, at the World Fantasy Convention in Brighton.

The British Fantasy Awards will be presented on Saturday 1st November, in the evening, at the World Fantasy Convention in Brighton. The shortlists for this can be found on the BFS website.

World Fantasy Final Ballot 2025 (for 2024)

Lifetime Achievement:
Juliet Marillier
Michael Whelan

Novel
The Tainted Cup by Robert Jackson Bennett (Del Rey/Hodderscape)
The Fox Wife by Yangsze Choo (Henry Holt & Co./Quercus)
The Bog Wife by Kay Chronister (Counterpoint Press/Titan Books)
The Bright Sword by Lev Grossman (Viking/Del Rey)
The Wings Upon Her Back by Samantha Mills (Tachyon Publications)

Novella
Crypt of the Moon Spider by Nathan Ballingrud (Tor Nightfire/Titan Books)
In the Shadow of Their Dying by Michael F. Fletcher and Anna Smith Spark (Grimdark Magazine)
Yoke of Stars by R. B. Lemberg (Tachyon Publications)
The Woods All Black by Lee Mandelo (Tordotcom)
The Butcher of the Forest by Premee Mohamed (Tordotcom/Titan Books UK)

Short Fiction:
“Our Best Selves” by Hiron Ennes (Weird Horror Magazine #9)
“Godskin” by CL Hellisen (Strange Horizons, March 4, 2024)
“The V*mpire,” by PH Lee (Reactor, October 2024)
“Raptor” by Maura McHugh (Heartwood: A Mythago Wood Anthology)
“Everything in the Garden is Lovely” by Hannah Yang (Apex Magazine #143, March 2024)

Anthology:
Heartwood: A Mythago Wood Anthology, ed. Dan Coxon (Drugstore Indian Press)
Discontinue If Death Ensues: Tales from the Tipping Point eds. Carol Gyzander & Anna Taborska (Flame Tree Press)
Northern Nights ed. Michael Kelly (Undertow Publications)
The Dagon Collection, ed. Nate Pedersen (PS Publishing)
The Crawling Moon: Queer Tales of Inescapable Dread ed. dave ring (Neon Hemlock Press)

Collection:
Ghostroots by ’Pemi Aguda (Norton/Virago)
A Sunny Place for Shady People by Mariana Enriquez, translated by Megan McDowell (Hogarth/Granta Books)
Good Night, Sleep Tight by Brian Evenson (Coffee House Press)
Kindling: Stories by Kathleen Jennings (Small Beer Press)
Craft: Stories I Wrote for the Devil by Ananda Lima (Tor Books)

Artist:
Jenni Coutts
Nico Delort
Manzi Jackson
Tran Nguyen
Liv Rainey-Smith

Special Award, Professional:
Hildur Knútsdóttir and Mary Robinette Kowal, for The Night Guest audiobook (Tor Nightfire)
Gabriela Lee, Anna Felicia Sanchez, and Sydney Paige Guerrero, for Mapping New Stars: A Sourcebook on Philippine Speculative Fiction (The University of the Philippines Press)
David Thomas Moore, for editorial work with Solaris/Rebellion
Sheree Renée Thomas, for The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction
Jacob Weisman, for Tachyon Publications

Special Award, Non-Professional:
Andy Duncan, for “It Is Always Time to Think about These Things” (Journal of the Fantastic in
the Arts, Vol. 35, Number 1)
Gavin J. Grant and Kelly Link, for Lady Churchill’s Rosebud Wristlet
Michael Kelly, for Undertow Publications and Weird Horror magazine
DeVaun Sanders, for FIYAH magazine
Steve J Shaw, for Black Shuck Books
Patrick Swenson, for Fairwood Press

Congratulations to everyone shortlisted.

Jurors:
James Brogden
Jessica Day George
Lee Murray
Jonathan Oliver
Molly Tanzer

Please Note, Judges have recused themselves from voting in any category where they have a conflict of interest.