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World Fantasy Award 2010

The 2010 World Fantasy Award went to American Fantastic Tales: Terror and the Uncanny: From Poe to the Pulps/From the 1940s to Now by Peter Straub (Anthology), The Very Best of Gene Wolfe/The Best of Gene Wolfe by Gene Wolfe and There Once Lived a Woman Who Tried To Kill Her Neighbor's Baby: Scary Fairy Tales by Ludmilla Petrushevskaya (Collection) and The City & the City by China Miéville (Novel). 17 books were nominated across 3 categories.

Winners

Anthology

  1. American Fantastic Tales: Terror and the Uncanny: From Poe to the Pulps/From the 1940s to Now by Peter Straubsource (opens in a new tab)

Collection

  1. The Very Best of Gene Wolfe/The Best of Gene Wolfe by Gene Wolfesource (opens in a new tab)
  2. There Once Lived a Woman Who Tried To Kill Her Neighbor's Baby: Scary Fairy Tales by Ludmilla Petrushevskayasource (opens in a new tab)

Novel

  1. The City & the City by China Miévillesource (opens in a new tab)

Nominees

Anthology

  1. Eclipse Three by Jonathan Strahansource (opens in a new tab)
  2. Exotic Gothic 3: Strange Visitations by Danel Olsonsource (opens in a new tab)
  3. Poe by Ellen Datlowsource (opens in a new tab)
  4. Songs of The Dying Earth: Stories in Honor of Jack Vance by George R. R. Martin and Gardner Dozoissource (opens in a new tab)
  5. The Very Best of Fantasy & Science Fiction: Sixtieth Anniversary Anthology by Gordon Van Geldersource (opens in a new tab)

Collection

  1. Everland and Other Stories by Paul Witcoversource (opens in a new tab)
  2. Fugue State by Brian Evensonsource (opens in a new tab)
  3. Northwest Passages by Barbara Rodensource (opens in a new tab)
  4. We Never Talk About My Brother by Peter S. Beaglesource (opens in a new tab)

Novel

  1. Blood of Ambrose by James Engesource (opens in a new tab)
  2. Finch by Jeff VanderMeersource (opens in a new tab)
  3. In Great Waters by Kit Whitfieldsource (opens in a new tab)
  4. The Red Tree by Caitlín R. Kiernansource (opens in a new tab)

About the World Fantasy Award

Best Novel, Best Collection and Best Anthology nominees and winners. 2006-2023 rows cite sfadb.com because the official nominees table at worldfantasy.org/awards/nominees/ files the 2013 ballot under 2012 and drops some winner flags; every Novel title was checked against that table, and Collection and Anthology rows were parsed from the sfadb.com year pages. 2024 and 2025 cite the official results pages. Anthologies are credited to their editors. Translators are recorded only where the cited page names them. Tied winners: Novel 2009 and 2018, Collection 2010 and 2015. sfadb typos fixed: The Essential Peter S. Beagle (2024), The Valancourt Book of World Horror Stories (2021).

Organization: World Fantasy Convention. Years are award years, which can differ from publication years. Official site (opens in a new tab)

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