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The World Fantasy Convention is an annual gathering (almost a reunion)
of professionals, collectors, and others interested in the field of
Light and Dark Fantasy art and literature."
The World Fantasy Convention recognizes excellence in fantasy writing and this year has awarded the following honours:
Best Novel:
A Stranger in Olondria by
Sofia Samatar

"Jevick, the pepper merchant’s son, has been raised on stories of
Olondria, a distant land where books are as common as they are rare in
his home—but which his mother calls th
e Ghost Country. When his father
dies and Jevick takes his place on the yearly selling trip to Olondria,
Jevick’s life is as close to perfect as he can imagine. Just as he
revels in Olondria’s Rabelaisian Feast of Birds, he is pulled
drastically off course and becomes haunted by the ghost of an illiterate
young girl. In desperation, Jevick seeks the aid of
Olondrian priests and quickly becomes a pawn in the struggle between the
empire’s two most powerful cults. Even as the country simmers on the
cusp of war, he must face his ghost and learn her story before he has
any chance of freeing himself by setting her free: an ordeal that
challenges his understanding of art and life, home and exile, and the
limits of that most seductive of necromancies, reading." publisher
Best Artist:
Charles Vess
Life Achievement Winners:
Ellen Datlow
Chelsea Quinn Yarbro
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