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Byly oznámeny nominace na World Fantasy Awards za rok 2009. Ceny budou uděleny v Columbusu v Ohiu o víkendu 28.-31. října 2010. Nominovaní jsou:

Román

• Blood of Ambrose, James Enge (Pyr)
• The Red Tree, Caitlín R. Kiernan (Roc)
• The City & The City, China Miéville (Macmillan UK/ Del Rey; č. Město a město, Laser-books 2009)
• Finch, Jeff VanderMeer (Underland; česky chystá nakl. Laser-books v edici New Weird)
• In Great Waters, Kit Whitfield (Jonathan Cape UK/Del Rey)

Novela

• The Women of Nell Gwynne’s, Kage Baker (Subterranean)
• "I Needs Must Part, the Policeman Said”, Richard Bowes (F&SF 12/09)
• "The Lion’s Den”, Steve Duffy (Nemonymous Nine: Cern Zoo)
• The Night Cache, Andy Duncan (PS)
• "Sea-Hearts”, Margo Lanagan (X6 )
• "Everland”, Paul Witcover (Everland and Other Stories)

Povídka

• "The Pelican Bar”, Karen Joy Fowler (Eclipse Three)
• "A Journal of Certain Events of Scientific Interest from the First Survey Voyage of the Southern Waters by HMS Ocelot, As Observed by Professor Thaddeus Boswell, DPhil, MSc, or, A Lullaby”, Helen Keeble (Strange Horizons 6/09)
• "Singing on a Star”, Ellen Klages (Firebirds Soaring)
• "The Persistence of Memory, or This Space for Sale”, Paul Park (Postscripts 20/21: Edison’s Frankenstein )
• "In Hiding”, R.B. Russell (Putting the Pieces in Place)
• "Light on the Water”, Genevieve Valentine (Fantasy 10/09)

Antologie

• Poe, Ellen Datlow, ed. (Solaris)
• Songs of The Dying Earth: Stories in Honor of Jack Vance, George R.R. Martin & Gardner Dozois, eds. (Subterranean/Voyager)
• Exotic Gothic 3: Strange Visitations, Danel Olson, ed. (Ash-Tree)
• Eclipse Three, Jonathan Strahan, ed. (Night Shade)
• American Fantastic Tales: Terror and the Uncanny: From Poe to the Pulps/From the 1940s to Now, Peter Straub, ed. (Library of America)
• The Very Best of Fantasy & Science Fiction: Sixtieth Anniversary Anthology, Gordon Van Gelder, ed. (Tachyon)

Sbírka

• We Never Talk About My Brother, Peter S. Beagle (Tachyon)
• Fugue State, Brian Evenson (Coffee House)
• There Once Lived a Woman Who Tried To Kill Her Neighbor’s Baby: Scary Fairy Tales, Ludmilla Petrushevskaya (Penguin)
• Northwest Passages, Barbara Roden (Prime)
• Everland and Other Stories, Paul Witcover (PS)
• The Very Best of Gene Wolfe/The Best of Gene Wolfe, Gene Wolfe (PS /Tor)

Výtvarník

• John Jude Palencar
• John Picacio
• Charles Vess
• Jason Zerrillo
• Sam Weber

Zvláštní cena - profesionálové

• Peter & Nicky Crowther for PS Publishing
• Ellen Datlow for editing anthologies
• Hayao Miyazaki for Ponyo
• Barbara & Christopher Roden for Ash-Tree Press
• Jonathan Strahan for editing anthologies
• Jacob & Rina Weisman for Tachyon Publications

Zvláštní cena - neprofesionálové

• John Berlyne for Powers: Secret Histories
• Neil Clarke, Cheryl Morgan, & Sean Wallace for Clarkesworld
• Susan Marie Groppi for Strange Horizons
• John Klima for Electric Velocipede
• Bob Colby, B. Diane Martin, David Shaw, and Eric M. Van for Readercon
• Ray Russell & Rosalie Parker for Tartarus Press

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Zdroj: LocusMag.com