Eligibility
All registered members of the 2011 World Fantasy Convention in California, the
2012 World Fantasy Convention in Canada and the 2013 event in Brighton
will be eligible to vote before the deadline. Once the ballot form has been released, all nominated
material must have been published in 2012 or have a 2012 cover date. Only living persons may be
nominated. When listing stories or other material that may not be familiar to all the judges,
please include pertinent information such as author, editor, publisher, magazine name and date, etc.
Nominations
You may nominate up to five items in each category, in no particular order.
You don't have to nominate items in every category but you must nominate in more
than one. The items are not point-rated. The two items receiving the most nominations
(except for those ineligible) will be placed on the final ballot. The remainder are added by the judges.
The awards will be presented at the World Fantasy Convention Banquet on the Sunday afternoon.
Categories
There are nine award categories:
LIFE ACHIEVEMENT
NOVEL
NOVELLA - 10,000 to 40,000 words
SHORT FICTION - under 10,000 words
ANTHOLOGY - multiple author - original or reprint - single or multiple editors
COLLECTION - single author - original or reprint - single or multiple editors
ARTIST
SPECIAL AWARD - PROFESSIONAL
SPECIAL AWARD - NON-PROFESSIONAL
| The Life Achievement Award can only be presented once to a single individual. At previous conventions up to and including the one held in Columbus, Ohio in 2010, Life Achievement Awards have been presented to: | |||||
| • Forrest J. Ackerman | • Lloyd Alexander | • Ellen Asher | • Betty Ballantine | ||
| • Everett F. Bleiler | • Robert Bloch | • Jorge Luis Borges | • Ray Bradbury | ||
| • Marion Zimmer Bradley | • Italo Calvino | • Edd Cartier | • Hugh B. Cave | ||
| • John Crowley | • Roald Dahl | • Avram Davidson | • L. Sprague de Camp | ||
| • Leo & Diane Dillon | • Tom Doherty | • Harlan Ellison | • Carol Emshwiller | ||
| • Stephen Fabian | • Philip José Farmer | • Edward L. Ferman | • Jack Finney | ||
| • Frank Frazetta | • Donald M. Grant | • Diana Wynne Jones | • Stephen King | ||
| • R.A. Lafferty | • Madeleine L'Engle | • Ursula K. Le Guin | • Fritz Leiber | ||
| • Frank Belknap Long | • Brian Lumley | • Richard Matheson | • Patricia McKillip | ||
| • Michael Moorcock | • C.L. Moore | • Andre Norton | • Terry Pratchett | ||
| • E. Hoffmann Price | • Ray Russell | • George Scithers | • Peter Straub | ||
| • Theodore Sturgeon | • Jack Vance | • Evangeline Walton | • Donald Wandrei | ||
| • Manly Wade Wellman | • Jack Williamson | • Gahan Wilson | • Gene Wolfe | ||
| • Jane Yolen | |||||
