Nominations for the 2013 World Fantasy Awards close soon! The WFAs are a juried award, but two of the five finalists in each category are chosen not by the judges but by reader nominations. Last year, BCS was a finalist for three WFAs, two for Short Story and one for Special Award Non-Professional for our editor, and won for Short Story.
For any BCS readers interested in nominating , here are details on how you can nominate and links to several of our best-reviewed stories of the year.
Nominations close on May 31, so plan to do it soon.
Are You Eligible to Nominate?
If you were a member of World Fantasy Con last year (2013, Brighton) or in 2012 (Toronto), or are a member this year (2014, Washington DC), you are eligible to nominate.
Deadline to Nominate:
Voting closes on May 31, 2014.
How to Nominate:
Go to World Fantasy Convention 2014 — World Fantasy Awards Ballot to find the ballot, as a PDF. Unlike last year, it looks like there is no online nomination form. But as in past years, nominations may also be emailed to rturner@arctera.com.
What BCS Stories are Eligible:
Everything published in 2013, which is BCS #112 through BCS #137, inclusive.
Here are links to a few of our best-reviewed stories of 2012, including which WFA category they fit in (Short Story or Novella–the categories are different than for Hugos or Nebulas). For a list of all eligible BCS stories, click “Show hidden text” at the bottom of this post.
Short Story:
“Boat in Shadows, Crossing,” by Tori Truslow (finalist for the BSFA Award for Best Short Fiction of 2013)
“Misbegotten,” by Raphael Ordoñez (named to Locus Recommended Reading List)
“Cherry Blossoms on the River of Souls,” by Richard Parks (Locus Recommended Reading List and Best SF&F of the Year 8)
“On the Origin of Song,” by Naim Kabir (Locus Recommended Reading List and Year’s Best SF&F 2014)
For more information on the WFA categories, see this WFC page. If you’re interested in other eligible short fiction, check out our authors’ other stories in other magazines, like the ones listed in our BCS Authors Elsewhere posts.
Thanks very much for your interest in Beneath Ceaseless Skies!
All World Fantasy Award-Eligible Stories from BCS
Here is the full list of all BCS stories that are eligible for the World Fantasy Awards. Thanks very much for considering us and our stories!
Short Story:
“Stitched Wings,” by Beth Cato
“Whistler’s Grove,” by A.E. Decker
“Kurtana,” by Christian K. Martinez
“Walking Still,” by C.T. Hutt
“Moreau’s Daughter,” by Holly Messinger
“Your Figure Will Assume Beautiful Outlines,” by Claire Humphrey
“A Death for the Ageless,” by Margaret Ronald
“Forsaken Beneath the Stars,” by Jason S. Ridler
“Pheth’s Aviary,” by Matthew Kressel
“Not the Worst of Sins,” by Alan Baxter
“A Feast for Dust,” by Gemma Files
“The Adventure of the Pyramid of Bacconyus,” by Caleb Wilson
“Cherry Blossoms on the River of Souls,” by Richard Parks (named to the 2013 Locus Recommended Reading List)
“Walls of Skin, Soft as Paper,” by Adam Callaway
“Blow ‘Em Down,” by Rebecca Gomez Farrell
“On the Origin of Song,” by Naim Kabir (named to the 2013 Locus Recommended Reading List)
“The Black Veil,” by M. Bennardo
“The Goblin King’s Concubine,” by Raphael Ordoñez
“Ill-Met at Midnight,” by David Tallerman
“The Study of Monstrosities,” by Greg Kurzawa
“The Crooked Mile,” by Dan Rabarts
“Artificial Nocturne,” by E. Catherine Tobler
“Last Rites for a Vagabond,” by Justin Howe
“Gods of the Lower Case: a new tale of the Antique Lands,” by Noreen Doyle
“The Girl Who Welcomed Death to Svalgearyen,” by Barbara A. Barnett
“Cold, Cold War,” by Ian McHugh
“A Sixpenny Crossing,” by Don Allmon
“The Penitent,” by M. Bennardo (named to the 2013 Locus Recommended Reading List)
“Singing Like a Hundred Dug-up Bones,” by Alex Dally MacFarlane
“Our Dead Selves Lie Like Footsteps in Our Wake,” by Jeff Isacksen
“The Clockwork Trollop,” by Debra Doyle & James D. Macdonald
“The Barber and the Count,” by Michael Haynes
“The Mermaid Caper,” by Rich Larson
“Blood, Stone, Water,” by A.J. Fitzwater
“Armistice Day,” by Marissa Lingen
“Blood Remembers,” by Alec Austin
“A Family for Drakes,” by Margaret Ronald
“Bakemono, or The Thing That Changes,” by A.B. Treadwell
“Sate My Thirst with Ink and Blood,” by Adam Callaway
“The Crimson Kestrel,” by Leslianne Wilder
“Boat in Shadows, Crossing,” by Tori Truslow (finalist for the BSFA Award for Best Short Fiction of 2013)
“Misbegotten,” by Raphael Ordoñez (named to the 2013 Locus Recommended Reading List)
“Death Sent,” by Christian K. Martinez
“The Crows Her Dragon’s Gate,” by Benjanun Sriduangkaew
“The Language of True Things,” by Nick Scorza
“Beheaded by Peasants,” by James L. Sutter
“The Coffinmaker’s Love,” by Alberto Yáñez
“Now Ix, He Was a Lover,” by Hannah Strom-Martin
“On the Weaponization of Flora and Fauna,” by Alec Austin & Marissa Lingen
“The Clay Farima,” by Henry Szabranski
“Two Captains,” by Gemma Files
“The Drowned Man,” by Laura E. Price
“The Stone Oaks,” by Stephen Case
Novella:
“Else This, Nothing Ever Grows,” by Sylvia Linsteadt
“Dreams of Peace,” by Dana Beehr
Thanks very much for considering our stories!