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World Fantasy Award 2013

The 2013 World Fantasy Award went to Postscripts #28/#29: Exotic Gothic 4 by Danel Olson (Anthology), Where Furnaces Burn by Joel Lane (Collection) and Alif the Unseen by G. Willow Wilson (Novel). 15 books were nominated across 3 categories.

Winners

Anthology

  1. Postscripts #28/#29: Exotic Gothic 4 by Danel Olsonsource (opens in a new tab)

Collection

  1. Where Furnaces Burn by Joel Lanesource (opens in a new tab)

Novel

  1. Alif the Unseen by G. Willow Wilsonsource (opens in a new tab)

Nominees

Anthology

  1. Epic: Legends of Fantasy by John Joseph Adamssource (opens in a new tab)
  2. Magic: An Anthology of the Esoteric and Arcane by Jonathan Oliversource (opens in a new tab)
  3. Three Messages and a Warning: Contemporary Mexican Short Stories of the Fantastic by Eduardo Jiménez Mayo and Chris N. Brownsource (opens in a new tab)
  4. Under My Hat: Tales from the Cauldron by Jonathan Strahansource (opens in a new tab)

Collection

  1. At the Mouth of the River of Bees by Kij Johnsonsource (opens in a new tab)
  2. Jagannath: Stories by Karin Tidbecksource (opens in a new tab)
  3. Remember Why You Fear Me by Robert Shearmansource (opens in a new tab)
  4. The Unreal and the Real: Selected Stories Volume One: Where on Earth by Ursula K. Le Guinsource (opens in a new tab)

Novel

  1. Crandolin by Anna Tamboursource (opens in a new tab)
  2. Some Kind of Fairy Tale by Graham Joycesource (opens in a new tab)
  3. The Drowning Girl by Caitlín R. Kiernansource (opens in a new tab)
  4. The Killing Moon by N. K. Jemisinsource (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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