Comme chaque année depuis 1975, les World Fantasy Awards ont dévoilé leurs finalistes.
Vous trouverez ci-dessous la liste des nominations dans les 8 catégories récompensées. Le Life Achievement Awards, qui récompense chaque année des personnes ayant rendu de grands services à la fantasy, sera décerné cette année à Juliet Marillier et Michael Whelan.
Les vainqueurs seront annoncés lors de la World Fantasy Convention 2025, qui aura lieu à Brighton (Royaume-Uni) du 30 octobre au 2 novembre.

Best Novel

• The Tainted Cup, Robert Jackson Bennett (Del Rey; Hodderscape)
• The Fox Wife, Yangsze Choo (Holt; Quercus UK)
• The Bog Wife, Kay Chronister (Counterpoint; Titan UK)
• The Bright Sword, Lev Grossman (Viking; Del Rey UK)
• The Wings Upon Her Back, Samantha Mills (Tachyon)

Best Novella

• Crypt of the Moon Spider, Nathan Ballingrud (Nightfire; Titan UK)
• In the Shadow of Their Dying, Michael F. Fletcher & Anna Smith Spark (Grimdark Magazine)
• Yoke of Stars, R.B. Lemberg (Tachyon)
• The Woods All Black, Lee Mandelo (Tordotcom)
• The Butcher of the Forest, Premee Mohamed (Tordotcom; Titan UK)

Best Short Fiction

• Our Best Selves, Hiron Ennes (Weird Horror Fall ’24)
• Godskin, CL Hellisen (Strange Horizons 3/4/24)
• The V*mpire,, PH Lee (Reactor 10/23/24)
• Raptor, Maura McHugh (Heartwood: A Mythago Wood Anthology)
• Everything in the Garden is Lovely, Hannah Yang (Apex 3/12/24)

Best Anthology

• Heartwood, Dan Coxon, ed. (Drugstore Indian)
• Discontinue If Death Ensues, Carol Gyzander & Anna Taborska, eds. (Flame Tree)
• Northern Nights, Michael Kelly, ed. (Undertow)
• The Dagon Collection, Nate Pedersen, ed. (PS Publishing)
• The Crawling Moon: Queer Tales of Inescapable Dread, dave ring, ed. (Neon Hemlock)

Best Collection

• Ghostroots, ’Pemi Aguda (Norton; Virago)
• A Sunny Place for Shady People, Mariana Enríquez, translated by Megan McDowell (Hogarth US; Granta)
• Good Night, Sleep Tight, Brian Evenson (Coffee House)
• Kindling: Stories, Kathleen Jennings (Small Beer)
• Craft: Stories I Wrote for the Devil, Ananda Lima (Tor)

Best Artist

• Jenni Coutts
• Nico Delort
• Manzi Jackson
• Tran Nguyen
• Liv Rainey-Smith

Special Award – Professional

• Sydney Paige Guerrero, Gabriela Lee & Anna Felicia Sanchez, for Mapping New Stars: A Sourcebook on Philippine Speculative Fiction (The University of the Philippines Press)
• Hildur Knútsdóttir & Mary Robinette Kowal, for The Night Guest audiobook (Nightfire)
• David Thomas Moore, for editorial work with Solaris/Rebellion
• Sheree Renée Thomas, for The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction
• Jacob Weisman, for Tachyon Publications

Special Award – Non-Professional

• Andy Duncan, for It Is Always Time to Think about These Things (Journal of the Fantastic in the Arts Vol. 35 No. 1)
• Gavin J. Grant & Kelly Link, for Lady Churchill’s Rosebud Wristlet
• Michael Kelly, for Undertow Publications and Weird Horror
• DaVaun Sanders, for Fiyah
• Steve J Shaw, for Black Shuck Books
• Patrick Swenson, for Fairwood Press

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