2011 World Fantasy Award Nominations

The 2011 World Fantasy Award nominations have just been announced, and it is very, very gratifying to see that Swords & Dark Magic: The New Sword and Sorcery is up for an award in the category of "Best Anthology." Yours Truly is also nominated in the "Special Award, Professional" category for editing at Pyr. I'm having a happy afternoon.


Incidentaly, this means:

• 2011 Hugo Award for Best Professional Editor Long Form, nominee
• 2011 World Fantasy Award - Special Award, Professional nominee
• 2011 World Fantasy Award, Best Anthology, nominee: Swords & Dark Magic (editor, with Jonathan Strahan)
• 2011 Chesley Award for Best Art Director, nominee
• 2011 Locus Award finalist: Swords & Dark Magic (editor, with Jonathan Strahan)
• 2010 Hugo Award for Best Editor Long Form, nominee
• 2010 Chesley Award for Best Art Director, nominee
• 2010 Shirley Jackson Award nominee: Swords & Dark Magic (editor, with Jonathan Strahan)
• 2009 Hugo Award for Best Editor Long Form, nominee
• 2009 Chesley Award for Best Art Director, winner
• 2008 Hugo Award for Best Editor Long Form, nominee
• 2008 Philip K Dick Award, nominee: Fast Forward 2, (editor)
• 2007 Hugo Award for Best Editor Long Form nominee
• 2007 Chesley Award for Best Art Director nominee
• 2006 World Fantasy Award - Special Award, Professional nominee

Blood of Ambrose is a WFC Award Best Novel Nominee!!

Art by Dominic Harman

The 2009 World Fantasy Award nominees have just been posted. Words cannot express how it brightened my morning to wake up and discover that James Enge's debut book, Blood of Ambrose, is a nominee in the Best Novel category.

The full Best Novel shortlist:

Blood of Ambrose, James Enge (Pyr)
The Red Tree, Caitlín R. Kiernan (Roc)
The City & The City, China Miéville (Macmillan UK/ Del Rey)
Finch, Jeff VanderMeer (Underland)
In Great Waters, Kit Whitfield (Jonathan Cape UK/Del Rey)

The awards will be presented on Sunday, October 31st at the World Fantasy Convention, (held at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Columbus, Ohio, October 28-31). The Award Ceremony is open to all members and begins at approximately 2:30 PM. Congratulations to James and to all the nominees!