Where and When: 
Seattle WA : 
June 17, 2012
Eligibility Year: 
2011
 
Sf Novel
-  Winner: Embassytown, China Miéville (Del Rey; Macmillan)
-  11/22/63, Stephen King (Scribner; Hodder & Stoughton)
-  Rule 34, Charles Stross (Ace; Orbit UK)
-  The Children of the Sky, Vernor Vinge (Tor)
-  Leviathan Wakes, James S. A. Corey (Orbit US; Orbit UK)
-  Dancing with Bears, Michael Swanwick (Night Shade)
-  Grail, Elizabeth Bear (Spectra)
-  Deadline, Mira Grant (Orbit US; Orbit UK)
-  Home Fires, Gene Wolfe (Tor; PS Publishing)
-  Vortex, Robert Charles Wilson (Tor)
-  Earthbound, Joe Haldeman (Ace)
-  Firebird, Jack McDevitt (Ace)
-  The Clockwork Rocket, Greg Egan (Night Shade)
-  The Islanders, Christopher Priest (Gollancz)
-  Heart of Iron, Ekaterina Sedia (Prime)
-  Daybreak Zero, John Barnes (Ace)
-  This Shared Dream, Kathleen Ann Goonan (Tor)
-  7th Sigma, Steven Gould (Tor)
-  All the Lives He Led, Frederik Pohl (Tor)
-  Wake Up and Dream, Ian R. MacLeod (PS Publishing)
-  The Courier's New Bicycle, Kim Westwood (Voyager Australia)
-  Zone One, Colson Whitehead (Doubleday; Harvill Secker)
  
 
Fantasy Novel
-  Winner: A Dance with Dragons, George R. R. Martin (Bantam; Harper Voyager UK)
-  Among Others, Jo Walton (Tor)
-  Snuff, Terry Pratchett (Harper; Doubleday UK)
-  The Wise Man's Fear, Patrick Rothfuss (DAW; Gollancz)
-  Deathless, Catherynne M. Valente (Tor)
-  The Kingdom of Gods, N. K. Jemisin (Orbit US; Orbit UK)
-  The Magician King, Lev Grossman (Viking)
-  The Heroes, Joe Abercrombie (Gollancz; Orbit Us)
-  The Folded World, Catherynne M. Valente (Night Shade)
-  The Cold Commands, Richard K. Morgan (Del Rey; Gollancz)
-  Raising Stony Mayhall, Daryl Gregory (Del Rey)
-  The Uncertain Places, Lisa Goldstein (Tachyon)
-  Redwood and Wildfire, Andrea Hairston (Aqueduct)
-  Heartless, Gail Carriger (Orbit US; Orbit UK)
-  Professor Moriarty: The Hound of the D'Urbervilles, Kim Newman (Titan)
-  The Dragon's Path, Daniel Abraham (Orbit US; Orbit UK)
-  The Alchemists of Kush, Minister Faust (Narmer's Palette)
-  Briarpatch, Tim Pratt (ChiZine)
-  Mr. Fox, Helen Oyeyemi (Picador UK; Riverhead)
-  The Fallen Blade, Jon Courtenay Grimwood (Orbit US; Orbit UK)
-  The Hammer, K. J. Parker (Orbit US; Orbit UK)
-  Mistification, Kaaron Warren (Angry Robot UK; Angry Robot US)
  
 
Young Adult Book
-  Winner: The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making, Catherynne M. Valente (Feiwel and Friends)
-  Planesrunner, Ian McDonald (Pyr)
-  Akata Witch, Nnedi Okorafor (Viking)
-  Goliath, Scott Westerfeld (Simon Pulse; Simon & Schuster UK)
-  Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children, Ransom Riggs (Quirk)
-  The Freedom Maze, Delia Sherman (Big Mouth House)
-  Abarat: Absolute Midnight, Clive Barker (Harper; HarperCollins UK)
-  Daughter of Smoke & Bone, Laini Taylor (Little, Brown; Hodder & Stoughton)
-  Across the Great Barrier, Patricia C. Wrede (Scholastic Press)
-  A Monster Calls, Patrick Ness (Walker UK; Candlewick)
-  Red Glove, Holly Black (McElderry)
-  Mastiff, Tamora Pierce (Random House)
-  The Highest Frontier, Joan Slonczewski (Tor)
-  Huntress, Malinda Lo (Little, Brown)
-  Beauty Queens, Libba Bray (Scholastic Press)
-  The Boy at the End of the World, Greg van Eekhout (Bloomsbury USA)
-  Across the Universe, Beth Revis (Razorbill)
-  Scrivener's Moon, Philip Reeve (Marion Lloyd)
-  Eona, Alison Goodman (Viking; Angus & Robertson)
  
 
First Novel
-  Winner: The Night Circus, Erin Morgenstern (Doubleday)
-  Mechanique: A Tale of the Circus Tresaulti, Genevieve Valentine (Prime)
-  Soft Apocalypse, Will McIntosh (Night Shade)
-  God's War, Kameron Hurley (Night Shade)
-  Ready Player One, Ernest Cline (Crown; Century)
-  Of Blood and Honey, Stina Leicht (Night Shade)
-  The Tiger's Wife, Téa Obreht (Random House; Weidenfeld & Nicholson)
-  The Girl of Fire and Thorns, Rae Carson (Greenwillow; Gollancz as Fire and Thorns)
-  Seed, Rob Ziegler (Night Shade)
-  The Desert of Souls, Howard Andrew Jones (St. Martin's)
-  Debris, Jo Anderton (Angry Robot)
-  Low Town, Daniel Polansky (Doubleday; Hodder & Stoughton)
-  Blood Red Road, Moira Young (McElderry; Marion Lloyd)
  
 
Novella
-  Winner: Silently and Very Fast, Catherynne M. Valente (WSFA)
-  “The Man Who Bridged the Mist”, Kij Johnson (Asimov's Oct/Nov 2011)
-  “Kiss Me Twice”, Mary Robinette Kowal (Asimov's Jun 2011)
-  “The Ants of Flanders”, Robert Reed (F&SF Jul/Aug 2011)
-  The Affair of the Chalk Cliffs, James P. Blaylock (Subterranean)
-  “The Ballad of Ballard and Sandrine”, Peter Straub (Conjunctions #56; Terra Incognita)
-  “The Man Who Ended History: A Documentary”, Ken Liu (Panverse Three)
-  “The Ice Owl”, Carolyn Ives Gilman (F&SF Nov/Dec 2011)
-  Gravity Dreams, Stephen Baxter (PS Publishing)
-  “The Men from Porlock”, Laird Barron (The Book of Cthulhu)
-  “Near Zennor”, Elizabeth Hand (A Book of Horrors)
-  “The Adakian Eagle”, Bradley Denton (Down These Strange Streets)
-  “Rampion”, Alexandra Duncan (F&SF May/Jun 2011)
-  Blue and Gold, K. J. Parker (Subterranean)
-  A Brood of Foxes, Kristin Livdahl (Aqueduct Press)
  
 
Novelette
-  Winner: “White Lines on a Green Field”, Catherynne M. Valente (Subterranean Fal 2011)
-  “The Summer People”, Kelly Link (Tin House: The Ecstatic; Steampunk!)
-  “What We Found”, Geoff Ryman (F&SF Sep/Oct 2011)
-  “Underbridge”, Peter S. Beagle (Naked City)
-  “The Copenhagen Interpretation”, Paul Cornell (Asimov's Jul 2011)
-  “The Choice”, Paul McAuley (Asimov's Feb 2011)
-  “Fields of Gold”, Rachel Swirsky (Eclipse Four)
-  “The Dala Horse”, Michael Swanwick (Tor.com 13 Jul 2011)
-  “The Book of Phoenix Excerpted from The Great Book)”, Nnedi Okorafor (Clarkesworld Mar 2011)
-  “The Maltese Unicorn”, Caitlín R. Kiernan (Supernatural Noir)
-  “A Long Walk Home”, Jay Lake (Subterranean Win 2011)
-  “Purple”, Robert Reed (Asimov's Mar 2011)
-  “Clean”, John Kessel (Asimov's Mar 2011)
-  “The Little Green God of Agony”, Stephen King (A Book of Horrors)
-  “Six Months, Three Days”, Charlie Jane Anders (Tor.com 8 Jun 2011)
-  “The Old Man and the Martian Sea”, Alastair Reynolds (Life on Mars)
-  “Late Bloomer”, Suzy McKee Charnas (Teeth)
-  “A Small Price to Pay for Birdsong”, K. J. Parker (Subterranean Win 2011)
-  “The Last Ride of the Glory Girls”, Libba Bray (Steampunk!)
-  “My Husband Steinn”, Eleanor Arnason (Asimov's Oct/Nov 2011)
-  “Laika's Ghost”, Karl Schroeder (Engineering Infinity)
-  “Blackwood's Baby”, Laird Barron (Ghosts by Gaslight)
-  “The Cold Step Beyond”, Ian R. MacLeod (Asimov's Jun 2011)
-  “The Projected Girl”, Lavie Tidhar (Naked City)
-  “The Vicar of Mars”, Gwyneth Jones (Eclipse Four)
-  “The Ki-Anna”, Gwyneth Jones (Engineering Infinity)
-  “Ghostweight”, Yoon Ha Lee (Clarkesworld Jan 2011)
-  “Mysteries of the Old Quarter”, Paul Park (Ghosts by Gaslight)
-  “Steam Girl”, Dylan Horrocks (Steampunk!)
  
 
Short Story
-  Winner: “The Case of Death and Honey”, Neil Gaiman (A Study In Sherlock)
-  “The Paper Menagerie”, Ken Liu (F&SF Mar/Apr 2011)
-  “The Cartographer Wasps and the Anarchist Bees”, E. Lily Yu (Clarkesworld Apr 2011)
-  “The Bread We Eat in Dreams”, Catherynne M. Valente (Apex Nov 2011)
-  “The Way It Works Out and All”, Peter S. Beagle (F&SF Jul/Aug 2011)
-  “And Weep Like Alexander”, Neil Gaiman (Fables from the Fountain)
-  “Tidal Forces”, Caitlín R. Kiernan (Eclipse Four)
-  “The Brave Little Toaster”, Cory Doctorow (TRSF)
-  “The Invasion of Venus”, Stephen Baxter (Engineering Infinity)
-  “Valley of the Girls”, Kelly Link (Subterranean Sum 2011)
-  “After the Apocalypse”, Maureen F. McHugh (After the Apocalypse)
-  “Dolly”, Elizabeth Bear (Asimov's Jan 2011)
-  “Attlee and the Long Walk”, Kage Baker (Life on Mars)
-  “For I Have Lain Me Down on the Stone of Loneliness and I’ll Not Be Back Again”, Michael Swanwick (Asimov's Aug 2011)
-  “Goodnight Moons”, Ellen Klages (Life on Mars)
-  “Pug”, Theodora Goss (Asimov's Jul 2011)
-  “Ascension Day”, Alastair Reynolds (Voices from the Past)
-  “Daddy Long Legs of the Evening”, Jeffrey Ford (Naked City)
-  “Younger Women”, Karen Joy Fowler (Subterranean Sum 2011)
-  “Mulberry Boys”, Margo Lanagan (Blood and Other Cravings)
-  “Smoke City”, Christopher Barzak (Asimov's Apr/May 2011)
-  “The Corpse Painter's Masterpiece”, M. Rickert (F&SF Sep/Oct 2011)
-  “The Server and the Dragon”, Hannu Rajaniemi (Engineering Infinity)
-  “Slow as a Bullet”, Andy Duncan (Eclipse Four)
-  “The Sandal-Bride”, Genevieve Valentine (Fantasy Mar 2011)
-  “Woman Leaves Room”, Robert Reed (Lightspeed Apr 2011)
-  “Movement”, Nancy Fulda (Asimov's Mar 2011)
-  “The Patrician”, Tansy Rayner Roberts (Love and Romanpunk)
-  “And Go Like This”, John Crowley (Naked City)
-  “Tying Knots”, Ken Liu (Clarkesworld Jan 2011)
  
 
Collection
-  Winner: The Bible Repairman and Other Stories, Tim Powers (Tachyon)
-  After the Apocalypse: Stories, Maureen F. McHugh (Small Beer)
-  Sleight of Hand, Peter S. Beagle (Tachyon)
-  The Collected Stories of Carol Emshwiller, Volume 1, Carol Emshwiller (Nonstop)
-  Two Worlds and In Between: The Best of Caitlin R. Kiernan (Volume One), Caitlín R. Kiernan (Subterranean)
-  Paradise Tales, Geoff Ryman (Small Beer)
-  The Collected Short Works of Poul Anderson, Volume 4: Admiralty, Poul Anderson (NESFA)
-  Kurt Vonnegut: Novels & Stories 1963-1973, Kurt Vonnegut (Library of America)
-  Gothic High-Tech, Bruce Sterling (Subterranean)
-  When the Great Days Come, Gardner Dozois (Prime)
-  The Inheritance and Other Stories, Robin Hobb/Megan Lindholm (Harper Voyager UK; Harper Voyager US)
-  Yellowcake, Margo Lanagan (Allen & Unwin)
-  Unpossible and Other Stories, Daryl Gregory (Fairwood)
-  Love and Romanpunk, Tansy Rayner Roberts (Twelfth Planet)
-  Somewhere Beneath Those Waves, Sarah Monette (Prime)
-  The Monkey's Wedding and Other Stories, Joan Aiken (Small Beer)
-  TVA Baby and Other Stories, Terry Bisson (PM)
-  The Universe of Things, Gwyneth Jones (Aqueduct)
-  Matilda Told Such Dreadful Lies: The Essential Lucy Sussex, Lucy Sussex (Ticonderoga)
  
 
Anthology
-  Winner: The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-eighth Annual Collection, Gardner Dozois, ed. (St. Martin's Griffin)
-  Welcome to Bordertown, Holly Black & Ellen Kushner, eds. (Random House)
-  Engineering Infinity, Jonathan Strahan, ed. (Solaris; Solaris UK)
-  Steampunk!: An Anthology of Fantastically Rich and Strange Stories, Kelly Link & Gavin J. Grant, eds. (Candlewick; Walker UK)
-  Eclipse Four, Jonathan Strahan, ed. (Night Shade)
-  The Weird, Ann VanderMeer & Jeff VanderMeer, eds. (Corvus; Tor 2012)
-  The Thackery T. Lambshead Cabinet of Curiosities, Ann VanderMeer & Jeff VanderMeer, eds. (Harper Voyager US)
-  The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year Volume Five, Jonathan Strahan, ed. (Night Shade Books)
-  Life on Mars: Tales of the New Frontier, Jonathan Strahan, ed. (Viking)
-  Naked City: Tales of Urban Fantasy, Ellen Datlow, ed. (St. Martin's)
-  Year's Best SF 16, David G. Hartwell & Kathryn Cramer, eds. (Harper Voyager)
-  Teeth: Vampire Tales, Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling, eds. (Harper)
-  The Book of Cthulhu, Ross E. Lockhart, ed. (Night Shade)
-  Ghosts by Gaslight, Jack Dann & Nick Gevers, eds. (Harper Voyager US)
-  Subterranean: Tales of Dark Fantasy 2, William Schafer, ed. (Subterranean)
-  The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Three, Ellen Datlow, ed. (Night Shade)
-  Blood and Other Cravings, Ellen Datlow, ed. (Tor)
-  The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy: 2011 Edition, Rich Horton, ed. (Prime)
-  Happily Ever After, John Klima, ed. (Night Shade)
-  A Book of Horrors, Stephen Jones, ed. (Jo Fletcher)
-  The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror: 22, Stephen Jones, ed. (Running Press; Robinson)
-  The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror: 2011 Edition, Paula Guran, ed. (Prime)
  
 
Non-fiction
-  Winner: Evaporating Genres: Essays on Fantastic Literature, Gary K. Wolfe (Wesleyan)
-  Becoming Ray Bradbury, Jonathan R. Eller (University of Illinois)
-  Musings and Meditations, Robert Silverberg (Nonstop)
-  In Other Worlds: SF and the Human Imagination, Margaret Atwood (Talese: Virago: Signal (Canada))
-  Sightings: Reviews 2002-2006, Gary K. Wolfe (Beccon)
-  Pardon This Intrusion: Fantastika in the World Storm, John Clute (Beccon)
-  Nested Scrolls:  The Autobiography of Rudolf von Bitter Rucker, Rudy Rucker (PS Publishing; Tor)
-  Denying Science, John Grant (Prometheus)
  
 
Art Book
-  Winner: Spectrum 18: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art, Cathy Fenner & Arnie Fenner, eds. (Underwood)
-  Masters of Science Fiction and Fantasy Art, Karen Haber, ed. (Rockport)
-  Out of This World: Science Fiction But Not As You Know It, Mike Ashley, ed. (British Library)
-  A Tolkien Tapestry: Pictures to Accompany The Lord of the Rings, Cor Blok (HarperCollins UK)
-  Jeffrey Jones: A Life in Art, Jeffrey Jones (IDW)
-  Hardware: The Definitive SF Works of Chris Foss, Chris Foss (Titan)
-  Fantasy+ 3: Best Hand-painted Illustrations, Vincent Zhao, ed. (CYPI/Gingko)
-  Exposé 9: Finest Digital Art in the Known Universe, Daniel Wade, ed. (Ballistic)