Beneath Ceaseless Skies | World Fantasy Award Nominations Open

Nominations for the World Fantasy Awards are open! The WFAs are a juried award, but two of the five finalists in each category are chosen by open nominations. In the past two years, BCS has been a finalist for four WFAs, two in short fiction and two for Special Award – Non-Professional, and won the 2013 WFA for for Short Fiction.

For any BCS readers interested in nominating, here are details on how you can nominate, links to several of our best-reviewed stories of the year, and a full list of all eligible BCS stories and which World Fantasy Award category they fit in. (WFA short fiction categories are different than those for Hugos & Nebulas.)

Are You Eligible to Nominate?
If you were a member of World Fantasy Con last year (2014, Washington DC) or in 2013 (Brighton, UK), or are a member this year (2015, Saratoga Springs, NY), you are eligible to nominate.

Deadline to Nominate:
Voting closes on May 31, 2015.

How to Nominate:
Go to World Fantasy Convention 2015 — World Fantasy Awards Ballot to find the ballot in several different file formats, including PDF and DOC. Unlike two years ago, it looks like there is no online nomination form. But as in past years, in addition to snail-mailing paper ballots, nominations may be submitted by email, to rturner@arctera.com.

What BCS Stories are Eligible:
Everything published in 2014, which is BCS #138 through BCS #163, inclusive.

Here are a few of our best-reviewed stories of 2014, and which WFA category they fit in. For a list of all eligible BCS stories and their categories, see the bottom of this post.

Short Fiction (pieces up to 10,000 words):

“The Sorrow of Rain” by Richard Parks (named to the 2014 Locus Recommended Reading List)

“Crossroads and Gateways” by Helen Marshall

“The Breath of War” by Aliette de Bodard (voted a finalist for the Nebula Awards)

“The Bonedrake’s Penance” by Yoon Ha Lee

Novella (pieces longer than 10,000 words):

“Heaven Thunders The Truth” by K.J. Parker (named to the 2014 Locus Recommended Reading List)

“The Leaves Upon Her Falling Light” by Gregory Norman Bossert (whose previous BCS story “The Telling” won the 2013 World Fantasy Award for Short Fiction)

For more information on the WFA categories, see this WFC page. If you’re interested in other eligible short fiction, we recommend 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, and what WFA category they fit in. Thanks very much for considering us and our stories!

Short Fiction (up to 10,000 words):

“Alloy Point” by Sam J. Miller

“Until The Moss Has Reached Our Lips” by Matt Jones

“A House of Gold and Steel” by Marissa Lingen

“Goatskin” by K.C. Norton

“Sweet Death” by Margaret Ronald (2014 Tangent Online Recommended Reading List)

“We Were Once of the Sky” by Yosef Lindell (2014 Tangent Online Recommended Reading List)

“The Streetking” by Peter Hickman

“The Burned Man” by Hannah Strom-Martin

“The Rugmaker’s Lovers” by Brynn MacNab

“The Sorrow of Rain” by Richard Parks (2014 Locus Recommended Reading List)

“The Moon Over Red Trees” by Aliette de Bodard