Well, it's time to move The Tainted Cup by Robert Jackson Bennett up your TBR list. Not only did this phenomenal book take home this years World Fantasy Award for Best Novel but, if you recall, it also won this year's Hugo Award for Best Novel back in August.
This year's Life Achievement Awards were presented to Juliet Marillier and Michael Whelan.
Finalists for each award were chosen by members of the previous three World Fantasy Conventions. This year's jury selected the winners. This year's jurors were James Brogden, Jessica Day George, Lee Murray, Jonathan Oliver, and Molly Tanzer.
The 2025 World Fantasy Award winners are:
Best Novel
- The Tainted Cup by Robert Jackson Bennett (Del Rey)
- The Fox Wife by Yangsze Choo (Henry Holt & Co.)
- The Bog Wife by Kay Chronister (Counterpoint Press)
- The Bright Sword by Lev Grossman (Viking)
- The Wings Upon Her Back by Samantha Mills (Tachyon Publications)
Best Novella
- Yoke of Stars by R. B. Lemberg (Tachyon Publications)
- Crypt of the Moon Spider by Nathan Ballingrud (Tor Nightfire)
- In the Shadow of Their Dying by Michael F. Fletcher and Anna Smith Spark (Grimdark Magazine)
- The Woods All Black by Lee Mandelo (Tordotcom)
- The Butcher of the Forest by Premee Mohamed (Tordotcom)
Best Short Fiction
- “Raptor” by Maura McHugh (Heartwood: A Mythago Wood Anthology)
- “Our Best Selves” by Hiron Ennes (Weird Horror Magazine #9)
- “Godskin” by CL Hellisen (Strange Horizons, March 4, 2024)
- “The V*mpire,” by PH Lee (Reactor, October 2024)
- “Everything in the Garden is Lovely” by Hannah Yang (Apex Magazine #143, March 2024)
Best Anthology
- Heartwood: A Mythago Wood Anthology, edited by Dan Coxon (Drugstore Indian Press)
- Discontinue If Death Ensues: Tales from the Tipping Point edited by Carol Gyzander & Anna Taborska (Flame Tree Press)
- Northern Nights edited by Michael Kelly (Undertow Publications)
- The Dagon Collection edited by Nate Pedersen (PS Publishing)
- The Crawling Moon: Queer Tales of Inescapable Dread edited by dave ring (Neon Hemlock Press)
Best Collection
- A Sunny Place for Shady People by Mariana Enriquez, translated by Megan McDowell (Hogarth)
- Ghostroots by ’Pemi Aguda (Norton)
- Good Night, Sleep Tight by Brian Evenson (Coffee House Press)
- Kindling: Stories by Kathleen Jennings (Small Beer Press)
- Craft: Stories I Wrote for the Devil by Ananda Lima (Tor Books)
Best Artist
- Liv Rainey-Smith
- Jenni Coutts
- Nico Delort
- Manzi Jackson
- Tran Nguyen
Special Award – Professional
- Sydney Paige Guerrero, Gabriela Lee & Anna Felicia Sanchez, for Mapping New Stars: A Sourcebook on Philippine Speculative Fiction (The University of the Philippines Press)
- Hildur Knútsdóttir & Mary Robinette Kowal, for The Night Guest audiobook (Nightfire)
David Thomas Moore, for editorial work with Solaris/Rebellion - Sheree Renée Thomas, for The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction
- Jacob Weisman, for Tachyon Publications
Special Award – Non-Professional
- Steve J Shaw, for Black Shuck Books
- Andy Duncan, for “It Is Always Time to Think about These Things” (Journal of the Fantastic in the Arts Vol. 35 No. 1)
- Gavin J. Grant & Kelly Link, for Lady Churchill’s Rosebud Wristlet
- Michael Kelly, for Undertow Publications and Weird Horror
- DaVaun Sanders, for Fiyah
- Patrick Swenson, for Fairwood Press
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