While no Tachyon titles were nominated for the 2016 World Fantasy Award, Tachyon contributors Ellen Datlow, James Morrow, Julie Dillon, and James Tiptree Jr all received recognition.

Congratulations to all the nominees.

Novel

• Kazuo Ishiguro, THE
  BURIED GIANT (Knopf/Faber & Faber)
• N. K. Jemisin, THE
  FIFTH SEASON (Orbit)
• Naomi Novik,
  UPROOTED (Del Rey Books/Macmillan UK)
• K. J. Parker,
  SAVAGES (Subterranean Press)
• Anna Smaill, THE
  CHIMES (Sceptre)
• Paul Tremblay, A
  HEAD FULL OF GHOSTS (William Morrow & Co.)

Long Fiction

• Kelly Barnhill, THE
  UNLICENSED MAGICIAN (PS Publishing)
• Usman T. Malik, “The
  Pauper Prince and the Eucalyptus Jinn” (TOR.COM, Apr. 22, 2015)
• Kim Newman,
  “Guignol” (HORROROLOGY, edited by Stephen Jones, Jo Fletcher
  Books)
• Kelly Robson,
  “Waters of Versailles” (TOR.COM, June 10, 2015)
• Bud Webster,
  “Farewell Blues” (THE MAGAZINE OF FANTASY & SCIENCE FICTION,
  Jan./Feb. 2015)

Short Fiction

• Selena Chambers,
  “The Neurastheniac” (CASSILDA’S SONG, ed. Joseph S. Pulver, Sr.
  Chaosium Inc)
• Amal El-Mohtar,
  “Pockets” (UNCANNY MAGAZINE, Jan.-Feb. 2015)
• Sam J. Miller, “The
  Heat of Us: Notes Toward an Oral History” (Uncanny Magazine,
  Jan.-Feb. 2015)
• Tamsyn Muir, “The
  Deepwater Bride” (THE MAGAZINE OF FANTASY & SCIENCE FICTION,
  July/Aug. 2015)
• Alyssa Wong, “Hungry
  Daughters of Starving Mothers” (NIGHTMARE MAGAZINE, Oct. 2015)

Anthology

• Ellen Datlow,
  ed., THE DOLL COLLECTION (Tor Books)
• S. T. Joshi, ed.,
  BLACK WINGS IV: NEW TALES OF LOVECRAFTIAN HORROR (PS Publishing)
• Silvia Moreno-Garcia
  and Paula R. Stiles, eds., SHE WALKS IN SHADOWS (Innsmouth Free
  Press)
• Joseph S. Pulver,
  Sr., ed., CASSILDA’S SONG: TALES INSPIRED BY ROBERT W. CHAMBERS’
  KING IN YELLOW MYTHOS (Chaosium Inc.)
• Simon Strantzas,
  ed., Aickman’s HEIRS (Undertow Publications)

Collection

• C. S. E. Cooney,
  BONE SWANS (Mythic Delirium Books)
• Leena Krohn, LEENA
  KROHN: COLLECTED FICTION (Cheeky Frawg Books)
• V. H. Leslie, SKEIN
  AND BONe (Undertow Publications)
• Kelly Link, GET IN
  TROUBLE (Random House)
• James Morrow,
  REALITY BY OTHER MEANS: THE BEST SHORT FICTION OF JAMES MORROW
  (Wesleyan University Press)
• Mary Rickert, YOU
  HAVE NEVER BEEN HERE (Small Beer Press)

Artist

• Richard Anderson
• Galen Dara
• Julie Dillon
• Kathleen Jennings
• Thomas S. Kuebler

Special Award –
Professional

• Neil Gaiman, Dave
  Stewart, and J. H. Williams III, THE SANDMAN: OVERTURE (Vertigo)
• Stephen Jones, for
  THE ART OF HORROR (Applause Theatre Book & Cinema Book
  Publishers)
• Robert Jordan,
  Harriet McDougal, Alan Romanczuk, and Maria Simons, THE WHEEL OF TIME
  COMPANION: THE PEOPLE, PLACES AND HISTORY OF THE BESTSELLING SERIES
  (Tor Books)
• Joe Monti, for
  contributions to the genre
• Heather J. Wood, for
  GODS, MEMES AND MONSTERS: A 21ST CENTURY BESTIARY (Stone Skin Press)

Special Award –
Nonprofessional

• Scott H. Andrews,
  for BENEATH CEASELESS SKIES: LITERARY ADVENTURE FANTASY
• Jedediah Berry and
  Eben Kling, for THE FAMILY ARCANA: A STORY IN CARDS (Ninepin Press)
• John O’Neill, for BLACK GATE: ADVENTURES IN FANTASY LITERATURE
• Alexandra Pierce and
  Alisa Krasnostein, for LETTERS TO TIPTREE (Twelfth Planet Press)
• Lynne M. Thomas and
  Michael Damian Thomas, for UNCANNY MAGAZINE
• Helen Young, for
  TALES AFTER TOLKIEN SOCIETY

For more information on THE VERY BEST OF KATE ELLIOTT, visit the Tachyon page.

Cover art by Julie Dillon

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