__notoc__ this world fantasy award is presented to individuals for their outstanding professional work in the fantasy field, and voted by a panel of judges at the world fantasy convention. after neil gaiman & charles vess won the world fantasy award for best short fiction in 1991âfor the "a midsummer night's dream" issue of the sandmanâcomics were restricted to this category. ==award winners and finalists== ===2004=== wfc 2004 was held in tempe, arizona. judges were john clute, sherwood smith, michael stackpole, alain nevant, and scott wyatt. * winner: peter crowther (for ps publishing) * john howe and alan lee (for artwork in the lord of the rings) * kelly link and gavin grant (for small beer press) * sharyn november (for firebird books) * david pringle (for interzone and services to the field) * sean wallace (for prime books) ===2005=== wfc 2005 was held in madison, wisconsin, and was chaired by meg turville-heitz. judges were alis rasmussen (kate elliott), jeffrey ford, tim lebbon, patrick nielsen hayden and jessica amanda salmonson. * winner: s. t. joshi (for scholarship) * gavin grant and kelly link (for small beer press) * sharyn november (for editing) * gordon van gelder (for f&sf) * terri windling (for editing) ===2006=== wfc 2006 was held in austin, texas. judges were steve lockley, barbara roden, victoria strauss, jeff vandermeer, and andrew wheeler. * winner: sean wallace (for prime books) * susan allison and ginjer buchanan (for ace books) * lou anders (for editing at pyr) * s.t. joshi & stefan dziemanowicz, eds. (for supernatural literature of the world: an encyclopedia, greenwood press) * peter lavery (for pan macmillan uk/tor uk) * chris roberson and allison baker (for monkeybrain books) ===2007=== wfc 2007 was held in saratoga springs, new york. judges for the event were gavin grant, ed greenwood, jeremy lassen, jeff mariotte, and carsten polzin. * winner: ellen asher (for work at sfbc) * mark finn (for blood & thunder: the life of robert e. howard, monkeybrain) * deanna hoak (for copyediting) * greg ketter (for dreamhaven books) * leonard s. marcus, ed. (for the wand in the word: conversations with writers of fantasy, candlewick) ===2008=== wfc 2008 was held in calgary, alberta, canada. from october 30 to november 2. judges for the event were peter coleborn, robert hoge, [[
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