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# Here are the winners of the 2026 World Fantasy Award
- URL: https://www.andrewliptak.com/world-fantasy-award-once-was-willem-mr-carey-books/
- Published: 2026-10-28T16:28:57.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-28T16:28:57.000Z
- Author: Andrew Liptak
- Tags: Awards, Fantasy, Books, Book List, News

Over the weekend, the World Fantasy Convention held its annual (52nd) event Oakland, California, a four-day celebration of all things fantasy. As part of the programming, the convention announced the winners of the World Fantasy Award. 

Here's the full list of winners (I've marked them in **bold**) and nominees: 

### Best Novel

- *Audition for the Fox* by Martin Cahill
- ***Once Was Willem* by M.R. Carey**
- *The Secret Market of the Dead* by Giovanni De Feo
- *The Everlasting* by Alix E. Harrow
- *The Adventures of Mary Darling* by Pat Murphy

### Best Long Fiction

- *The River Has Roots* by Amal El-Mohtar
- “The Secret Diary of Mina Harker"by Theodora Goss (*Letters from an Imaginary Country*)
- “Uncertain Sons”by Thomas Ha (*Uncertain Sons and Other Stories*)
- *The Death of Mountains* by Jordan Kurella
- “The Spotter”by Josh Malerman (*You, Human: An Anthology of Dark Science Fiction, Vol. 2*)
- ***Psychopomp & Circumstance* by Eden Royce**
- *A Mouthful of Dust* by Nghi Vo

### Best Short Fiction

- **“**[**The Hungry Mouth at the Edge of Space and the Goddess Knitting at Home**](https://reactormag.com/the-hungry-mouth-renan-bernardo/?ref=andrewliptak.com)**”by Renan Bernardo (*Reactor* 8/27/25)**
- “[In My Country](https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/ha%5F04%5F25/?ref=andrewliptak.com)”by Thomas Ha (*Clarkesworld* 4/25)
- “[10 Visions of the Future; or, Self-Care for the End of Days](https://www.uncannymagazine.com/article/10-visions-of-the-future-or-self-care-for-the-end-of-days/?ref=andrewliptak.com)”by Samantha Mills (*Uncanny* 3-4/25)
- “[St. Dymphna’s School for Borderland Girls](https://www.weirdhorrormagazine.com/st-dymphnas-school-for-borderland-girls?ref=andrewliptak.com)”by Jocelyn Szczepaniak-Gillece (*Weird Horror* Spring ‘25)
- “[Unfinished Architectures of the Human-Fae War](https://www.uncannymagazine.com/article/unfinished-architectures-of-the-human-fae-war/?ref=andrewliptak.com)"by Caroline M. Yoachim (*Uncanny* 5-6/25)

### Best Anthology

- *Night & Day* edited by Ellen Datlow
- ***Storyteller: A Tanith Lee Tribute Anthology* edited by Julie C. Day, Carina Bissett and Craig Laurance Gidney**
- *The Best Weird Fiction of the Year: Volume 1*, editedby Michael Kelly
- *Year’s Best Canadian Fantasy & Science Fiction: Volume Three* editedby Stephen Kotowych
- *Bog People: A Working-Class Anthology of Folk Horror* editedby Hollie Starling

### Best Collection

- *Letters from an Imaginary Country* by Theodora Goss
- ***Uncertain Sons and Other Stories* by Thomas Ha**
- *The Essential Patricia A. McKillip* by Patricia A. McKillip
- *The Eleventh Hour: A Quintet of Stories* by Salman Rushdie
- *Black Hole Heart and Other Stories* by K.A. Teryna and translated by Alex Shvartsman

### Best Artist

- Galen Dara
- **Kathleen Jennings**
- Daniele Serra
- Rachel Smythe
- Charles Vess

### Special Award – Professional

- Clive Bloom, for *London Uncanny: A Gothic Guide to the Capital in Weird History and Fiction*
- **Jaymee Goh, Jill Roberts & Jacob Weisman, for Tachyon Publications**
- Tim Lucas, for *Succubus*
- Blumhouse & Dave Schilling, for *Horror’s New Wave: 15 Years of Blumhouse*
- Becky Siegel Spratford, for *Why I Love Horror: Essays on Horror Literature*
- Richard Wolinsky, for *Space Ships! Ray Guns! Martian Octopods!: Interviews with Science Fiction Legends*

### Special Award – Non-Professional

- Scott H. Andrews, for *Beneath Ceaseless Skies*
- Andy Cox, for *Remains*
- Patrick Swenson, for Fairwood Press and for the Rainforest Writers Village Retreat
- Elise C. Tobler, for *The Deadlands*
- **Wendy Wagner, for *Nightmare***

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Congratulations to all of the winners – what did you read on the list?