En la Convención Mundial de Fantasía que se celebra estos días en Brighton se acaban de anunciar los ganadores de los Premios World Fantasy de este año. Los premiados, en negrita, junto al resto de nominados, son los siguientes:
Novela
- The Killing Moon, N.K. Jemisin (Orbit US; Orbit UK)
- Some Kind of Fairy Tale, Graham Joyce (Gollancz; Doubleday)
- The Drowning Girl, Caitlín R. Kiernan (Roc)
- Crandolin, Anna Tambour (Chomu)
- Alif the Unseen, G. Willow Wilson (Grove; Corvus)
Novela corta
- “Hand of Glory,” Laird Barron (The Book of Cthulhu II)
- “Let Maps to Others,” K.J. Parker (Subterranean Summer ’12)
- The Emperor’s Soul, Brandon Sanderson (Tachyon)
- “The Skull,” Lucius Shepard (The Dragon Griaule)
- “Sky,” Kaaron Warren (Through Splintered Walls)
Relato
- “The Telling,” Gregory Norman Bossert (Beneath Ceaseless Skies 11/29/12)
- “A Natural History of Autumn,” Jeffrey Ford (F&SF 7-8/12)
- “The Castle That Jack Built,” Emily Gilman (Beneath Ceaseless Skies 1/26/12)
- “Breaking the Frame,” Kat Howard (Lightspeed 8/12)
- “Swift, Brutal Retaliation,” Meghan McCarron (Tor.com 1/4/12)
Antología
- Epic: Legends of Fantasy, John Joseph Adams, ed. (Tachyon)
- Three Messages and a Warning: Contemporary Mexican Short Stories of the Fantastic, Eduardo Jiménez Mayo & Chris N. Brown, eds. (Small Beer)
- Magic: An Anthology of the Esoteric and Arcane, Jonathan Oliver, ed. (Solaris)
- Postscripts #28/#29: Exotic Gothic 4, Danel Olson, ed. (PS Publishing)
- Under My Hat: Tales from the Cauldron, Jonathan Strahan, ed. (Random House)
Colección de relatos
- At the Mouth of the River of Bees, Kij Johnson (Small Beer)
- Where Furnaces Burn, Joel Lane (PS Publishing)
- The Unreal and the Real: Selected Stories Volume One: Where on Earth and Volume Two: Outer Space, Inner Lands, Ursula K. Le Guin (Small Beer)
- Remember Why You Fear Me, Robert Shearman (ChiZine)
- Jagannath, Karin Tidbeck (Cheeky Frawg)
Ilustrador
- Vincent Chong
- Didier Graffet y Dave Senior
- Kathleen Jennings
- J.K. Potter
- Chris Roberts
Premios especial (Profesional)
- Peter Crowther & Nicky Crowther por PS Publishing
- Lucia Graves por la traducción de The Prisoner of Heaven (Weidenfeld & Nicholson; Harper) by Carlos Ruiz Zafón
- Adam Mills, Ann VanderMeer, & Jeff VanderMeer por la web Weird Fiction Review
- Brett Alexander Savory & Sandra Kasturi por ChiZine Publications
- William K. Schafer por Subterranean Press
Premio especial (No profesional)
- Scott H. Andrews por Beneath Ceaseless Skies
- L. Timmel Duchamp por Aqueduct Press
- S.T. Joshi por Unutterable Horror: A History of Supernatural Fiction, Volumes 1 & 2 (PS Publishing)
- Charles A. Tan por el blog Bibliophile Stalker
- Jerad Walters por Centipede Press
- Joseph Wrzos por Hannes Bok: A Life in Illustration (Centipede Press)
Además, Susan Cooper y Tanith Lee recibieron premios por el conjunto su carrera.