Awards & Winners

World Fantasy Award for Best Novella

World Fantasy Award

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 as one of the three most prestigious speculative fiction awards, along with the Hugo and Nebula Awards. The World Fantasy Award for Best Novella is given each year for fantasy novellas published in English. A work of fiction is defined by the organization as a novella if it is between 10,000 and 40,000 words in length; awards are also given out for longer pieces in the novel category and shorter lengths in the short story category. The World Fantasy Award for Best Novella has been awarded annually since 1982, though between 1975—when the World Fantasy Awards were instated—and 1982 the short fiction category covered works of up to 40,000 words. 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. The panel of judges is typically made up of fantasy authors and is chosen each year by the World Fantasy Awards Administration, which has the power to break ties. The final results are presented at the World Fantasy Convention at the end of October.
Date Established : 1982

Check all the winners of World Fantasy Award for Best Novella presented under World Fantasy Award since 1982 .


Richard Bowes

Honored for : If Angels Fight

Nominations 2009 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Richard Bowes If Angels Fight
Peter S. Beagle Uncle Chaim and Aunt Rifke and the Angel
Albert E. Cowdrey The Overseer
Neil Gaiman Odd and the Frost Giants
Nisi Shawl Good Boy

Elizabeth Hand

Honored for : Illyria

Nominations 2008 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Elizabeth Hand Illyria
Robert Edric The Mermaids
Ian R. MacLeod The Master Miller's Tale
Kim Newman Cold Snap
Lucius Shepard Stars Seen Through Stone

Jeffrey Ford

Honored for : Botch Town

Nominations 2007 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Jeffrey Ford Botch Town
Kim Newman The Man Who Got Off the Ghost Train
Norman Partridge Dark Harvest
M. Rickert Map of Dreams
Ysabeau S. Wilce The Lineaments of Gratified Desire

Joe Hill

Honored for : Voluntary Committal

Nominations 2006 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Joe Hill Voluntary Committal
Laird Barron The Imago Sequence
Michael Cunningham In the Machine
Tanith Lee UOUS
Kelly Link Magic for Beginners
Simon Morden Another War

Michael Shea

Honored for : The Growlimb

Nominations 2005 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Michael Shea The Growlimb
Leena Krohn Tainaron
Kim Newman Soho Golem
Lisa Tuttle My Death
Gene Wolfe Golden City Far

Greer Gilman

Honored for : A Crowd of Bone

Nominations 2004 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Greer Gilman A Crowd of Bone
Glen Hirshberg Dancing Men
Jeffrey Ford The Empire of Ice Cream
Simon Clark Exorcising Angels
Kelly Link The Hortlak

Zoran Živkovi?

Honored for : The Library

Nominations 2003 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Zoran Živkovi? The Library
Charles de Lint Seven Wild Sisters
Paul Di Filippo A Year in the Linear City
Neil Gaiman Coraline
Elizabeth Hand The Least Trumps

S. P. Somtow

Honored for : The Bird Catcher

Nominations 2002 »

Nominee Nominated Work
S. P. Somtow The Bird Catcher
Elizabeth Hand Cleopatra Brimstone
Lucius Shepard Eternity and Afterward
Ursula K. Le Guin The Finder
Paul Di Filippo Karuna, Inc.
Glen Hirshberg Struwwelpeter

Steve Rasnic Tem, Melanie Tem

Honored for : The Man on the Ceiling

Nominations 2001 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Steve Rasnic Tem The Man on the Ceiling
Michael Bishop Blue Kansas Sky
Elizabeth Hand Chip Crockett's Christmas Carol
Glen Hirshberg Mr Dark's Carnival
Susanna Clarke Mr. Simonelli or the Fairy Widower
David F. Case Pelican Cay
Ted Chiang Seventy-two Letters

Laurel Winter

Honored for : Sky Eyes

Nominations 2000 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Jeff VanderMeer The Transformation of Martin Lake
Laurel Winter Sky Eyes
Tanith Lee Scarlet and Gold
Michael Meddor The Wizard Retires
Lucius Shepard Crocodile Rock
Connie Willis The Winds of Marble Arch

Jeff VanderMeer

Honored for : The Transformation of Martin Lake

Nominations 2000 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Jeff VanderMeer The Transformation of Martin Lake
Laurel Winter Sky Eyes
Tanith Lee Scarlet and Gold
Michael Meddor The Wizard Retires
Lucius Shepard Crocodile Rock
Connie Willis The Winds of Marble Arch

Ian R. MacLeod

Honored for : The Summer Isles

Nominations 1999 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Ian R. MacLeod The Summer Isles
George R. R. Martin The Hedge Knight
A. S. Byatt Cold
Ursula K. Le Guin Dragonfly
Peter Straub Mr. Clubb and Mr. Cuff

Richard Bowes

Honored for : Streetcar Dreams

Nominations 1998 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Richard Bowes Streetcar Dreams
Brian Hodge The Dripping of Sundered Wineskins
Ellen Kushner The Fall of the Kings
Kim Newman Coppola's Dracula
Douglas E Winter The Zombies of Madison County

Mark Helprin

Honored for : A City in Winter

Nominations 1997 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Mark Helprin A City in Winter
Suzy McKee Charnas Beauty and the Opéra or The Phantom Beast
George R. R. Martin Blood of the Dragon
Susan Palwick GI Jesus
Michael Marshall Smith Hell Hath Enlarged Herself

Michael Swanwick

Honored for : Radio Waves

Nominations 1996 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Michael Swanwick Radio Waves
Nina Kiriki Hoffman Home for Christmas
Ursula K. Le Guin Ether OR
Jonathan Lethem The Insipid Profession of Jonathan Hornebom
Tim Powers Where They Are Hid
Michael Marshall Smith More Tomorrow & Other Stories

Elizabeth Hand

Honored for : Last Summer at Mars Hill

Nominations 1995 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Elizabeth Hand Last Summer at Mars Hill
Brian Aldiss The God Who Slept With Women
Robert Devereaux A Slow Red Whisper of Sand
Kim Newman Out of the Night, When the Full Moon Is Bright\u2026
Lucius Shepard The Last Time
Peter Straub Fee

Terry Lamsley

Honored for : Under the Crust

Nominations 1994 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Terry Lamsley Under the Crust: Supernatural Tales of Buxton
Jack Cady The Night We Buried Road Dog
Harlan Ellison Mefisto in Onyx
Elizabeth Hand The Erl-King
Walter Jon Williams Wall, Stone, Craft

Peter Straub

Honored for : The Ghost Village

Nominations 1993 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Peter Straub The Ghost Village
Jonathan Carroll Uh Oh City
Charles de Lint Paperjack
Bradley Denton The Territory
Nina Kiriki Hoffman Unmasking

Robert Holdstock, Garry Kilworth

Honored for : The Ragthorn

Nominations 1992 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Robert Holdstock The Ragthorn
C. J. Cherryh Gwydion and the Dragon
Charles de Lint Our Lady of the Harbour
Kristine Kathryn Rusch The Gallery of His Dreams
Darrell Schweitzer To Become a Sorcerer
S. P. Somtow The Pavilion of Frozen Women

Pat Murphy

Honored for : Bones

Nominations 1991 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Pat Murphy Bones
Jonathan Carroll Black Cocktail
Joe Haldeman The Hemingway Hoax
F. Paul Wilson The Barrens

John Crowley

Honored for : Great Work of Time

Nominations 1990 »

Nominee Nominated Work
John Crowley Great Work of Time
Michael Bishop Apartheid, Superstrings, and Mordecai Thubana
Joe R. Lansdale On the Far Side of the Cadillac Desert with Dead Folks
Lucius Shepard The Father of Stones
Howard Waldrop A Dozen Tough Jobs

George R. R. Martin

Honored for : Dark Visions

Nominations 1989 »

Nominee Nominated Work
George R. R. Martin The Skin Trade
Lucius Shepard The Scalehunter's Beautiful Daughter
Sheri S. Tepper The Gardener
Jane Yolen The Devil's Arithmetic

Ursula K. Le Guin

Honored for : Buffalo Gals, Won't You Come Out Tonight

Nominations 1988 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Ursula K. Le Guin Buffalo Gals, Won't You Come Out Tonight
Scott Baker Nesting Instinct
Robert R. McCammon Best Friends
George R. R. Martin The Pear-Shaped Man
Alan Moore A Hypothetical Lizard
Alan Rodgers The Boy Who Came back From the Dead
Lucius Shepard Shades

Orson Scott Card

Honored for : Hatrack River

Nominations 1987 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Orson Scott Card Hatrack River
Clive Barker The Hellbound Heart
Tim Powers Night Moves and Other Stories
J. N. Williamson The Night Seasons
Connie Willis Chance

T. E. D. Klein

Honored for : Nadelman's God

Nominations 1986 »

Nominee Nominated Work
T. E. D. Klein Nadelman's God
Peter Dickinson Flight
David Morrell Dead Image
Kate Wilhelm The Gorgon Field
Chelsea Quinn Yarbro Do I Dare to Eat a Peach?

Geoff Ryman

Honored for : The Unconquered Country

Nominations 1985 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Geoff Ryman The Unconquered Country
Clive Barker Jacqueline Ess: Her Will and Testament
Stephen King The Ballad of the Flexible Bullet
Gerald Pearce In the Sumerian Marshes
Lucius Shepard The Man Who Painted the Dragon Griaule

Kim Stanley Robinson

Honored for : Black Air

Nominations 1984 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Kim Stanley Robinson Black Air
Scott Baker The Lurking Duck
Michael Bishop The Monkey's Bride
Tanith Lee Nunc Dimittis
Elizabeth A. Lynn The Red Hawk

Karl Edward Wagner

Honored for : Beyond Any Measure

Nominations 1983 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Charles L. Grant Confess the Seasons
Karl Edward Wagner Beyond Any Measure
Stephen King The Breathing Method
Fritz Leiber Horrible Imaginings

Charles L. Grant

Honored for : Confess the Seasons

Nominations 1983 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Charles L. Grant Confess the Seasons
Karl Edward Wagner Beyond Any Measure
Stephen King The Breathing Method
Fritz Leiber Horrible Imaginings

Parke Godwin

Honored for : The Fire When It Comes

Nominations 1982 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Parke Godwin The Fire When It Comes
C. J. Cherryh Ealdwood
Robert Holdstock Mythago Wood
Karl Edward Wagner The River of Night's Dreaming