Novel
•  Those Across the River, Christopher Buehlman (Ace)
•  11/22/63, Stephen King (Scribner; Hodder & Stoughton as 11.22.63)
•  A Dance with Dragons, George R.R. Martin (Bantam; Harper Voyager UK)
•  Osama, Lavie Tidhar (PS Publishing)
•  Among Others, Jo Walton (Tor)

Novella
•  "Near Zennor", Elizabeth Hand (A Book of Horrors)
•  "A Small Price to Pay for Birdsong", K.J. Parker (Subterranean Winter 2011)
•  "Alice Through the Plastic Sheet", Robert Shearman (A Book of Horrors)
•  "Rose Street Attractors", Lucius Shepard (Ghosts by Gaslight)
•  Silently and Very Fast, Catherynne M. Valente (WSFA Press; Clarkesworld)

Short Fiction
•  "X for Demetrious", Steve Duffy (Blood and Other Cravings)
•  "Younger Women", Karen Joy Fowler (Subterranean Summer 2011)
•  "The Paper Menagerie", Ken Liu (F&SF 3-4/11)
•  "A Journey of Only Two Paces", Tim Powers (The Bible Repairman and Other Stories)
•  "The Cartographer Wasps and the Anarchist Bees", E. Lily Yu (Clarkesworld 4/11)

Anthology
•  Blood and Other Cravings, Ellen Datlow, ed. (Tor)
•  A Book of Horrors, Stephen Jones, ed. (Jo Fletcher Books)
•  The Thackery T. Lambshead Cabinet of Curiosities, Ann & Jeff VanderMeer, eds. (Harper Voyager US)
•  The Weird, Ann & Jeff VanderMeer, eds. (Corvus; Tor, published May 2012)
•  Gutshot, Conrad Williams, ed. (PS Publishing)

Collection
•  Bluegrass Symphony, Lisa L. Hannett (Ticonderoga)
•  Two Worlds and In Between, Caitlín R. Kiernan (Subterranean Press)
•  After the Apocalypse, Maureen F. McHugh (Small Beer)
•  Mrs Midnight and Other Stories, Reggie Oliver (Tartarus)
•  The Bible Repairman and Other Stories, Tim Powers (Tachyon/Subterranean Press)

Artist
•  John Coulthart
•  Julie Dillon
•  Jon Foster
•  Kathleen Jennings
•  John Picacio

Special Award Professional
•  John Joseph Adams, for editing - anthology and magazine
•  Jo Fletcher, for editing - Jo Fletcher Books
•  Eric Lane, for publishing in translation - Dedalus books
•  Brett Alexander Savory & Sandra Kasturi, for ChiZine Publications
•  Jeff VanderMeer & S.J. Chambers, for The Steampunk Bible

Special Award Non-Professional
•  Kate Baker, Neil Clarke, Cheryl Morgan & Sean Wallace, for Clarkesworld
•  Cat Rambo, for Fantasy
•  Raymond Russell & Rosalie Parker, for Tartarus Press
•  Charles Tan, for Bibliophile Stalker blog
•  Mark Valentine, for Wormwood

2012 World Fantasy Lifetime Achievement Awards The convention is pleased to announce that the 2012 World Fantasy Lifetime Achievement Awards will be presented to Alan Garner and George R.R. Martin. For more information...

The Life Achievement Award can only be presented once to a single individual. At previous conventions including the one held in Columbus, OH 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

Eligibility
All registered members of the 2010 (in Columbus, OH) and the 2011 World Fantasy Convention (in San Diego, CA) and the members of this convention in Canada are eligible to vote before the deadline. Once the ballot form has been released, all nominated material must have been published in 2011 or have a 2011 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 and Judges
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 2012 World Fantasy Awards judges are:
John Berlyne  • James P. Blaylock  • Stephen Gallagher  • Mary Kay Kare  • Jacques Post

The awards will be presented at the World Fantasy Convention Banquet.

Categories
There are nine award categories:
• LIFE ACHIEVEMENT
• NOVEL
• NOVELLA - 10,000 to 40,000 words
• SHORT FICTION - under 10,000 words
• ANTHOLOGY - multiple authors - 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