World Fantasy Awards 1981
science fiction awards database
Where and When:
World Fantasy Convention,
Berkeley CA :
Eligibility Year: 1980
Judges: Paul C. Allen, C. J. Cherryh, Gardner Dozois, Donald M. Grant, Arthur W. Saha
Eligibility Year: 1980
Judges: Paul C. Allen, C. J. Cherryh, Gardner Dozois, Donald M. Grant, Arthur W. Saha
Life Achievement
Novel
- Winner: The Shadow of the Torturer, Gene Wolfe (Simon & Schuster)
- Ariosto, Chelsea Quinn Yarbro (Pocket)
- Firelord, Parke Godwin (Doubleday)
- “The Mist”, Stephen King (Dark Forces)
- Shadowland, Peter Straub (Coward, McCann & Geoghegan)
Short Fiction
- Winner: “The Ugly Chickens”, Howard Waldrop (Universe 10)
- “Cabin 33”, Chelsea Quinn Yarbro (Shadows 3)
- “Children of the Kingdom”, T. E. D. Klein (Dark Forces)
- “Unicorn Tapestry”, Suzy McKee Charnas (New Dimensions 11)
Anthology/collection
- Winner: Dark Forces, Kirby McCauley, ed. (Viking)
- Dragons of Light, Orson Scott Card, ed. (Ace)
- Mummy! A Chrestomathy of Crypt-ology, Bill Pronzini, ed. (Arbor House)
- New Terrors 1, Ramsey Campbell, ed. (Pan)
- Shadows 3, Charles L. Grant, ed. (Doubleday)
- Shatterday, Harlan Ellison (Houghton Mifflin)
Artist
Special Award, Professional
- Winner: Donald A. Wollheim, for DAW
- Tim Underwood & Chuck Miller, for Underwood-Miller
- Terry Carr, for anthologies
- Lester del Rey, for Ballantine Del Rey
- David G. Hartwell, for Pocket/Timescape/Simon & Schuster
- Edward L. Ferman, for F&SF
Special Award, Non-professional
- Winner: Pat Cadigan & Arnie Fenner, for Shayol
- Charles de Lint & Charles R. Saunders, for Triskell Press; Dragonfields
- W. Paul Ganley, for Weirdbook
- Stephen Jones & David Sutton, for Fantasy Tales; Airgedlamh
Special Convention Award
- Winner: Gahan Wilson
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