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World Fantasy Award わーるどふぁんたじーしょう

Edition 49 (2023)

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Winners

12 people
Peter Crowther ぴーたー くらうざー Winner
John Douglas じょん だぐらす Winner
C.S.E. Cooney しー えす いー くーにー Winner

A darkly comic fantasy novel about a girl with necromantic gifts who is drawn into family debt and political upheaval.

A sharply imaginative coming-of-age story where death, family, and politics intertwine.

480 pages
fantasynecromancyfamilypoliticscoming of age
Priya Sharma ぷりや しゃるま Winner

A novella that reworks the Persephone myth while layering climate collapse over family rupture.

A mythic retelling that folds climate dread into family pain.

102 pages
novellamyth retellingclimate changefamilyhorror
Tananarive Due たななりーぶ でゅー Winner
Incident at Bear Creek Lodge

A horror story collected in Other Terrors, recognized for its unsettling atmosphere in a confined setting.

A short story whose tension grows inside an isolated space.

short fictionhorrorhauntingclosed setting
Sheree Renée Thomas しぇりー るねー とーます Winner

An anthology of 32 original stories showcasing the breadth of African and African diasporic fantasy and science fiction.

A wide-ranging anthology that maps the current reach of African speculative fiction.

432 pages
anthologyAfrican literaturescience fictionfantasyshort fiction
Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki おげねちょぶえ どなるど えくぺき Winner

An anthology of 32 original stories showcasing the breadth of African and African diasporic fantasy and science fiction.

A wide-ranging anthology that maps the current reach of African speculative fiction.

432 pages
anthologyAfrican literaturescience fictionfantasyshort fiction
Zelda Knight ぜるだ ないと Winner

An anthology of 32 original stories showcasing the breadth of African and African diasporic fantasy and science fiction.

A wide-ranging anthology that maps the current reach of African speculative fiction.

432 pages
anthologyAfrican literaturescience fictionfantasyshort fiction
Tim Lebbon てぃむ れぼん Winner

A short fiction collection that gathers a wide range of terrors, from urban hauntings to apocalyptic dread.

A dense horror collection that strings together one nightmare after another.

417 pages
short story collectionhorrorhauntingapocalyptic tone
Kinuko Y. Craft きぬこ わい くらふと Winner
Matt Ottley まっと おっとりー Winner
The Tree of Ecstasy and Unbearable Sadness

A multi-modal work that combines text, music, and illustration to tell an allegorical story of a boy's experience of psychosis.

A sensory book that crosses picture book, music, and allegory.

130 pages
picture bookmental illnessallegorymusicillustration
Michael Kelly まいける けりー Winner
Undertow Publications

A special award recognizing an independent press whose catalog and editorial direction have helped shape weird fiction and horror.

An award for the press as a whole rather than for a single title.

publisherhorroreditingindependent press