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The World Fantasy Award winners for 2016 were announced at the World Fantasy Convention held in Columbus, Ohio from 27-30 October.

Novels

The Chimes, Anna Smaill (Sceptre)

The Buried Giant, Kazuo Ishiguro (Knopf; Faber & Faber)

The Fifth Season, N.K. Jemisin (Orbit US; Orbit UK)

Uprooted, Naomi Novik (Del Rey; Macmillan UK)

Savages, K.J. Parker (Subterranean)

A Head Full of Ghosts, Paul Tremblay (Morrow)

Long Fiction

The Unlicensed Magician, Kelly Barnhill (PS)

“The Pauper Prince and the Eucalyptus Jinn”, Usman T. Malik (Tor.com 4/22/15)

“Guignol”, Kim Newman (Horrorology)

“Waters of Versailles”, Kelly Robson (Tor.com 6/10/15)

“Farewell Blues”, Bud Webster (F&SF 1-2/15)

Short Fiction

“Hungry Daughters of Starving Mothers”, Alyssa Wong (Nightmare 10/15)

“The Neurastheniac”, Selena Chambers (Cassilda’s Song)

“Pockets”, Amal El-Mohtar (Uncanny 1-2/15)

“The Heat of Us: Notes Toward an Oral History”, Sam J. Miller (Uncanny 1-2/15)

“The Deepwater Bride”, Tamsyn Muir (F&SF 7-8/15)

Anthology

She Walks in Shadows, Silvia Moreno-Garcia & Paula R. Stiles, eds. (Innsmouth Free Press)

The Doll Collection, Ellen Datlow, ed. (Tor)

Black Wings IV, S.T. Joshi, ed. (PS)

Cassilda’s Song, Joseph S. Pulver, Sr., ed. (Chaosium)

Aickman’s Heirs, Simon Strantzas, ed. (Undertow)

Collection

Bone Swans, C.S.E. Cooney (Mythic Delirium)

Leena Krohn: Collected Fiction, Leena Krohn (Cheeky Frawg)

Skein and Bone, V.H. Leslie (Undertow)

Get in Trouble, Kelly Link (Random House)

Reality by Other Means: The Best Short Fiction of James Morrow, James Morrow (Wesleyan)

You Have Never Been Here, Mary Rickert (Small Beer)

Artist

Galen Dara

Richard Anderson

Julie Dillon

Kathleen Jennings

Thomas S. Kuebler

Special Award, Professional

Stephen Jones, for The Art of Horror (Applause Theatre & Cinema)

Neil Gaiman, Dave Stewart, & J.H. Williams III, for The Sandman: Overture (Vertigo)

Robert Jordan, Harriet McDougal, Alan Romanczuk, & Maria Simons, for The Wheel of Time Companion (Tor)

Joe Monti, for contributions to the genre

Heather J. Wood, for Gods, Memes and Monsters: A 21st Century Bestiary (Stone Skin)

Special Award, Nonprofessional

John O’Neill, for Black Gate

Scott H. Andrews, for Beneath Ceaseless Skies

Jedediah Berry & Eben Kling, for The Family Arcana: A Story in Cards (Ninepin)

Alexandra Pierce & Alisa Krasnostein, for Letters to Tiptree (Twelfth Planet)

Lynne M. Thomas & Michael Damian Thomas, for Uncanny

Helen Young, for Tales After Tolkien Society

The Lifetime Achievement Awards, presented annually to individuals who have demonstrated outstanding service to the fantasy field, will go to David G. Hartwell and Andrzej Sapkowski.