While last year’s World Fantasy Award winners were overshadowed by controversy around H. P Lovecraft and his removal from the trophy, the 2016 awards have gone off without a hitch. The shortlist for the 2016 World Fantasy Awards were released a few months ago, and just a couple of days ago all the 2016 winners were announced, including Best Novel, Long Fiction, and the rest.
This prestigious award always offers some great recommendations for fantasy fans, so without further ado here are the 2016 winners of the World Fantasy Awards.
Short Fiction
Winner
Hungry Daughters of Starving Mothers – Alyssa Wong
Shortlisted
The Neurastheniac – Selena Chambers
Pockets – Amal El-Mohtar
The Heat of Us – Sam J. Miller
The Deepwater Bride – Tamsyn Muir
Artist
Winner
Galen Dara
Shortlisted
Richard Anderson
Julie Dillon
Kathleen Jennings
Thomas S. Kuebler
Special Award – Professional
Winner
Stephen Jones for The Art of Horror
Shortlisted
Neil Gaiman, Dave Stewart, and J. H Williams for The Sandman: Overture
Robert Jordan, Harriet McDougal, Alan Romanczuk, and Maria Simons for The Wheel of Time Companion
Joe Monti for contributions to the genre
Heather J. Wood for Gods, Memes and Monsters; A 21st Century Bestiary
Special Award – Nonprofessional
Winner
John O’Neill for Black Gate: Adventures in Fantasy Literature
Shortlisted
Scott H. Andrews for Beneath Ceaseless Skies
Jedediah Berry and Eben Kling for The Family Arcana
Alexandra Perice and Alisa Krasnostein for Letters to Tiptree
Lynne M. Thomas and Michael Damian Thomas for Uncanny Magazine
Helen Young for Tales After Tolkien Society
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