Objavljeni su finalisti za ovogodišnju World Fantasy Award. Nagrade se svake godine dodjeljuju najboljem djelu fantastike objavljenom u prethodnoj godini. Ovogodišnje nagrade će biti dodjeljene u sklopu World Fantasy Convention koja bi se trebala održati od 04. do 07. studenog, u Montrealu, Kanadi. Tema konvencije je “Fantasy, Imagination, and the Dreams of Youth.”
Kad smo već kod same nagrade treba spomenuti da će uskoro u prijevodu kod nakladničke kuće Hangar 7 izaći Grad žada (Jade City) Fonde Lee koja je nagradu odnijela 2018. godine. A nakon što izađe Grad žada, nešto kasnije ove godine će kod istog nakladnika izaći i prijevod romana Grad i grad (The City & the City) Chine Miévillea koji je World Fantasy Award osvojio 2010. godine.
Roman:
- Piranesi Susanna Clarke (Bloomsbury)
- Trouble the Saints Alaya Dawn Johnson (Tor Books)
- The Only Good Indians Stephen Graham Jones (Saga Press/Titan UK)
- Mexican Gothic Silvia Moreno-Garcia (Del Rey US/Jo Fletcher Books UK)
- The Midnight Bargain C. L. Polk (Erewhon Books US/Orbit UK)
Novela:
- Ring Shout, or Hunting Ku Kluxes in the End Times P. Djèlí Clark (Tordotcom)
- “Stepsister” Leah Cypess (The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction,May/June 2020)
- Flyaway Kathleen Jennings (Tordotcom)
- The Four Profound Weaves R. B. Lemberg (Tachyon Publications)
- Riot Baby Tochi Onyebuchi (Tordotcom)
Kratka priča:
- “Glass Bottle Dancer” Celeste Rita Baker (Lightspeed, April 2020)
- “The Women Who Sing for Sklep” Kay Chronister (Thin Places)
- “The Nine Scents of Sorrow” Jordan Taylor (Uncanny Magazine, July/Aug. 2020)
- “My Country Is a Ghost” Eugenia Triantafyllou (Uncanny Magazine,January/February 2020)
- “Open House on Haunted Hill” John Wiswell (Diabolical Plots, June 15 2020)
Antologija:
- Edited By, urednica Ellen Datlow (Subterranean Press)
- The Valancourt Book of World Horror Stories, Vol. 1, urednici James D. Jenkins i Ryan Cagle (Valancourt Books)
- Shadows & Tall Trees 8, urednik Michael Kelly (Undertow Publications)
- The Book of Dragons, urednik Jonathan Strahan (Harper Voyager)
- The Big Book of Modern Fantasy, urednici Ann i Jeff VanderMeer (Vintage Books)
Zbirka:
- The Best of Jeffrey Ford Jeffrey Ford (PS Publishing)
- Velocities: Stories Kathe Koja (Meerkat Press)
- Where the Wild Ladies Are Aoko Matsuda, prijevod Polly Barton (Soft Skull Press US/Tilted Axis UK)
- We All Hear Stories in the Dark Robert Shearman (PS Publishing)
- Nine Bar Blues: Stories of an Ancient Future Sheree Renée Thomas (Third Man Books)
Umjetnik:
- Rovina Cai
- Jeffrey Alan Love
- Reiko Murakami
- Daniele Serra
- Charles Vess
Posebna nagrada za profesionalni rad:
- Clive Bloom, za The Palgrave Handbook of Contemporary Gothic (Palgrave Macmillan)
- C. Finlay, za The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction editing
- Jo Fletcher, za knjige Jo Fletcher
- Maria Dahvana Headley, za Beowulf: A New Translation (MCD X FSG Originals US/Scribe UK)
- Jeffrey Andrew Weinstock, za The Monster Theory Reader (University of Minnesota Press)
Posebna nagrada za neprofesionalni rad:
- Scott H. Andrews, za Beneath Ceaseless Skies: Literary Adventure Fantasy
- Brian Attebery, za Journal of the Fantastic in the Arts
- Michael Kelly, za Undertow Publications
- Arley Sorg i Christie Yant, za Fantasy Magazine
- Lynne M. Thomas i Michael Damian Thomas, za Uncanny Magazine