Winners of the 2020 World Fantasy Awards Announced

The winners of the 2020 World Fantasy Award have been announced.

The awards recognize excellence in fantasy-themed literature and art, and have been part of the World Fantasy Convention since its inception in 1975.

NOVEL

• Queen of the Conquered, by Kacen Callender (Orbit)

NOVELLA

• Silver in the Wood, by Emily Tesh (Tor.com)

SHORT FICTION

• “Read After Burning,” by Maria Dahvana Headley, (A People’s Future of the United States)

ANTHOLOGY

• New Suns: Original Speculative Fiction by People of Color, edited by Nisi Shawl (Solaris)

COLLECTION

• Song For the Unraveling of the World: Stories, by Brian Evenson (Coffee House Press)

ARTIST

• Kathleen Jennings

SPECIAL AWARD – PROFESSIONAL

• Ebony Elizabeth Thomas, for The Dark Fantastic: Race and the Imagination from Harry Potter to the

SPECIAL AWARD – NON-PROFESSIONAL

• Bodhisattva Chattopadhyay, Laura E Goodin and Esko Suoranta, for Fafnir – Nordic Journal of Science Fiction and Fantasy Research

LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT

• Rowena Morrill
• Karen Joy Fowler