World Fantasy Special Award—Professional
This World Fantasy Award is presented to individuals for their outstanding professional work in the fantasy field, and voted by a panel of judges at the World Fantasy Convention.
After Neil Gaiman & Charles Vess won the World Fantasy Award for Best Short Fiction in 1991—for the "A Midsummer Night's Dream" issue of The Sandman—comics were restricted to this category.[1][2]
Award winners and finalists
2004
WFC 2004 was held in Tempe, Arizona. Judges were John Clute, Sherwood Smith, Michael Stackpole, Alain Nevant, and Scott Wyatt.
- Winner: Peter Crowther (for PS Publishing)
- John Howe and Alan Lee (for artwork in The Lord of the Rings)
- Kelly Link and Gavin Grant (for Small Beer Press)
- Sharyn November (for Firebird Books)
- David Pringle (for Interzone and services to the field)
- Sean Wallace (for Prime Books)
2005
WFC 2005 was held in Madison, Wisconsin, and was chaired by Meg Turville-Heitz. Judges were Alis Rasmussen (Kate Elliott), Jeffrey Ford, Tim Lebbon, Patrick Nielsen Hayden and Jessica Amanda Salmonson.
- Winner: S. T. Joshi (for scholarship)
- Gavin Grant and Kelly Link (for Small Beer Press)
- Sharyn November (for editing)
- Gordon Van Gelder (for F&SF)
- Terri Windling (for editing)
2006
WFC 2006 was held in Austin, Texas. Judges were Steve Lockley, Barbara Roden, Victoria Strauss, Jeff VanderMeer, and Andrew Wheeler.
- Winner: Sean Wallace (for Prime Books)
- Susan Allison and Ginjer Buchanan (for Ace Books)
- Lou Anders (for editing at Pyr)
- S.T. Joshi & Stefan Dziemanowicz, eds. (for Supernatural Literature of the World: An Encyclopedia, Greenwood Press)
- Peter Lavery (for Pan MacMillan UK/Tor UK)
- Chris Roberson and Allison Baker (for MonkeyBrain Books)
2007
WFC 2007 was held in Saratoga Springs, New York. Judges for the event were Gavin Grant, Ed Greenwood, Jeremy Lassen, Jeff Mariotte, and Carsten Polzin.
- Winner: Ellen Asher (for work at SFBC)
- Mark Finn (for Blood & Thunder: The Life of Robert E. Howard, MonkeyBrain)
- Deanna Hoak (for copyediting)
- Greg Ketter (for DreamHaven Books)
- Leonard S. Marcus, ed. (for The Wand in the Word: Conversations with Writers of Fantasy, Candlewick)
2008
WFC 2008 was held in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. from October 30 to November 2. Judges for the event were Peter Coleborn, Robert Hoge, Dennis L. McKiernan, Mark Morris, and Steve Pasechnick.
- Winner: Peter Crowther (for PS Publishing)
- Allison Baker and Chris Roberson (for MonkeyBrain Books)
- Alan Beatts and Jude Feldman (for Borderlands Books)
- Gordon Van Gelder (for F&SF)
- Jeremy Lassen and Jason Williams (for Night Shade Books)
- Shawna McCarthy (for Realms of Fantasy)
2009
WFC 2009 was held in San Jose, California. Judges were Jenny Blackford, Peter Heck, Ellen Klages, Chris Roberson, and Delia Sherman.
- Winner: Kelly Link & Gavin J. Grant (for Small Beer Press and Big Mouth House)
- Farah Mendlesohn (for Rhetorics of Fantasy)
- Stephen H. Segal & Ann VanderMeer (for Weird Tales)
- Jerad Walters (for A Lovecraft Retrospective: Artists Inspired by H.P. Lovecraft)
- Jacob Weisman (for Tachyon Publications)
2010
WFC 2010 was held in Columbus, Ohio in October 2010. Judges were Greg Ketter, Kelly Link, Jim Minz, Jürgen Snoeren, and Gary K. Wolfe.[1]
- Winner: Jonathan Strahan (for editing anthologies)
- Peter & Nicky Crowther (for PS Publishing)
- Ellen Datlow (for editing anthologies)
- Hayao Miyazaki (for Ponyo)
- Barbara & Christopher Roden (for Ash-Tree Press)
- Jacob & Rina Weisman (for Tachyon Publications)