Comments: Looking at the 2006 World Fantasy Award nominees, I am struck by the fact that there have been so few works of young adult fantasy nominated for this award. For example, despite their immense popularity, none of the Harry Potter or Percy Jackson novels were even nominated for a World Fantasy Award. One thing that jumps out is that unlike the Nebula Awards, which have the Andre Norton Award attached to them, and the Locus Awards, the World Fantasy awards have no category for honoring young adult fiction. Given the large volume of young adult fantasy fiction that is published every year, this seems to me to be something of a missed opportunity for the World Fantasy Awards.
Best Novel
Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami
Other Nominees:
The Limits of Enchantment by Graham Joyce
Lunar Park by Bret Easton Ellis
Od Magic by Patricia A. McKillip
A Princess of Roumania by Paul Park
Vellum by Hal Duncan
Best Novella
Voluntary Committal by Joe Hill
Other Nominees:
Another War by Simon Morden
The Imago Sequence by Laird Barron
In the Machine by Michael Cunningham
Magic for Beginners by Kelly Link
UOUS by Tanith Lee
Best Short Fiction
CommComm by George Saunders
Other Nominees:
Best New Horror by Joe Hill
The Other Grace by Holly Phillips
La Peau Verte by Caitlín R. Kiernan
Two Hearts by Peter S. Beagle
Best Anthology
The Fair Folk edited by Marvin Kaye
Other Nominees:
Adventure, Vol. 1 edited by Chris Roberson
Nova Scotia: New Scottish Speculative Fiction edited by Neil Williamson and Andrew J. Wilson
Polyphony, Volume 5 edited by Deborah Layne and Jay LakeWeird Shadows Over Innsmouth edited by Stephen Jones
Best Collection
The Keyhole Opera by Bruce Holland Rogers
Other Nominees:
20th Century Ghosts by Joe Hill
In the Palace of Repose by Holly Phillips
Magic for Beginners by Kelly Link
To Charles Fort, with Love by Caitlín R. Kiernan
Lifetime Achievement
Stephen Fabian
John Crowley
Other Nominees:
None
Best Artist
James Jean
Other Nominees:
Kinuko Y. Craft
Dave McKean
Edward Miller (aka Les Edwards)
John Jude Palencar
Special Award, Professional
Sean Wallace
Other Nominees:
Susan Allison and Ginjer Buchanan
Lou Anders
S.T. Joshi and Stefan Dziemianowicz
Peter Lavery
Chris Roberson and Allison Baker
Special Award, Non-Professional
David Howe and Stephen Walker
Other Nominees:
The Friends of Arthur Machen
Leo Grin
Jess Nevins
Rodger Turner, Neil Walsh, and Wayne MacLaurin
Go to previous year's nominees: 2005
Go to subsequent year's nominees: 2007
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