World Fantasy Special Award—Professional

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The World Fantasy Awards are given each year by the World Fantasy Convention for the best fantasy fiction and art published in English during the preceding calendar year. The awards have been described by sources such as The Guardian as a "prestigious fantasy prize",<ref name="AwardBust"/> and one of the three most renowned speculative fiction awards, along with the Hugo and Nebula Awards (which cover both fantasy and science fiction).<ref name="STARquote"/><ref name="CHICquote"/> The World Fantasy Special Award—Professional is given each year to individuals for their professional work in the preceding calendar year in fields related to fantasy that is not covered by other World Fantasy Award categories. These have included editors of magazines and novels, publishers, and authors of non-fiction works. Occasionally, especially in the first few years of the award, some publishing companies were nominated along with individual editors and publishers. The nomination reasons were not specified in the first year of the award, and have sometimes not been specified beyond "contributions to the genre". Individuals are also eligible for the Special Award—Non-professional category for their non-professional work. The World Fantasy Special Award—Professional has been awarded annually since 1975.<ref name="Locusrules"/>

World Fantasy Award nominees and winners are decided by attendees and judges at the annual World Fantasy Convention. A ballot is posted in June for attendees of the current and previous two conferences to determine two of the finalists, and a panel of five judges adds three or more nominees before voting on the overall winner.<ref name="Locusrules"/><ref name="WFArules"/> The panel of judges is typically made up of fantasy authors<ref name="TORstats"/> and is chosen each year by the World Fantasy Awards Administration, which has the power to break ties.<ref name="Locusrules"/> The final results are presented at the World Fantasy Convention at the end of October.<ref name="WFArules"/> Winners were presented with a statue in the form of a bust of H. P. Lovecraft through the 2015 awards; more recent winners receive a statuette of a tree.<ref name="AwardBust2"/>

During the 51 nomination years, 177 individuals and 4 publishing companies have been nominated; 62 people have won, including ties and co-nominees. For his work at Donald M. Grant, Publisher Donald M. Grant has won three times out of eight nominations, and six other nominees have won twice. Ian Ballantine and Betty Ballantine have won twice out of two nominations each for their non-fiction and publishing work, and Peter Crowther twice out of four nominations for his work at PS Publishing. Edward L. Ferman won twice out of six nominations for his work at The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, Stephen Jones twice out of seven for his editing and anthology work, and Gordon Van Gelder twice out of seven nominations for his editing work in both books and The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction. Ellen Datlow has received the most nominations with ten, winning once, for her editing and anthology work, and David Pringle has the most nominations without winning with five, for his work at Interzone and for "contributions to the genre".

Winners and nominees

In the following table, the years correspond to the date of the ceremony, rather than when the work was performed. The table includes the stated reason the individual (or company) was nominated, which may not have been the only fantasy-related professional work they did during the previous calendar year. "N/A" in the reason column represents a nomination where no reason was given. Entries with a yellow background and an asterisk (*) next to the individual's name have won the award; the other entries are the other nominees on the shortlist.

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Year Winner or nominee Reason(s) Ref.
1975 Template:Sortname* N/A <ref name="Loc75"/>
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Template:Sortname N/A <ref name="Loc75"/>
1976 Template:Sortname* publishing <ref name="Loc76"/>
Template:Sortname publishing and editing <ref name="Loc76"/>
Arkham House publishing <ref name="Loc76"/>
Template:Sortname Howard Phillips Lovecraft: Dreamer on the Nightside <ref name="Loc76"/>
Template:Sortname Lovecraft at Last <ref name="Loc76"/>
Template:Sortname Lovecraft: A Biography <ref name="Loc76"/>
1977 Template:Sortname* Alternate World Recordings <ref name="Loc77"/>
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Arkham House publishing <ref name="Loc77"/>
Template:Sortname Template:Sort <ref name="Loc77"/>
DAW Books publishing <ref name="Loc77"/>
Ballantine Books publishing <ref name="Loc77"/>
1978 Template:Sortname* N/A <ref name="Loc78"/>
Template:Sortname Template:Sort <ref name="Loc78"/>
Template:Sortname DAW Books <ref name="Loc78"/>
Template:Sortname Ballantine Books <ref name="Loc78"/>
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1979 Template:Sortname* Template:Sort <ref name="Loc79"/>
Template:Sortname Donald M. Grant, Publisher <ref name="Loc79"/>
1980 Template:Sortname* Donald M. Grant, Publisher <ref name="Loc80"/>
Template:Sortname Doubleday <ref name="Loc80"/>
Template:Sortname Arkham House <ref name="Loc80"/>
Template:Sortname DAW Books <ref name="Loc80"/>
Template:Sortname Ballantine Del Rey Fantasy <ref name="Loc80"/>
1981 Template:Sortname* DAW Books <ref name="Loc81"/>
Template:Sortname Underwood–Miller <ref name="Loc81"/>
Template:Sortname
Template:Sortname anthologies <ref name="Loc81"/>
Template:Sortname Ballantine Del Rey <ref name="Loc81"/>
Template:Sortname Timescape Books <ref name="Loc81"/>
Template:Sortname Template:Sort <ref name="Loc81"/>
1982 Template:Sortname* Template:Sort <ref name="Loc82"/>
Template:Sortname Timescape Books <ref name="Loc82"/>
Template:Sortname Template:Sort <ref name="Loc82"/>
Template:Sortname Underwood–Miller <ref name="Loc82"/>
Template:Sortname
Template:Sortname Donald M. Grant, Publisher <ref name="Loc82"/>
1983 Template:Sortname* Donald M. Grant, Publisher <ref name="Loc83"/>
Template:Sortname Ballantine Del Rey <ref name="Loc83"/>
Template:Sortname Timescape Books <ref name="Loc83"/>
Template:Sortname Doubleday <ref name="Loc83"/>
Template:Sortname writing and reviewing <ref name="Loc83"/>
1984 Template:Sortname* The High Kings <ref name="Loc84"/>
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Template:Sortname*
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Template:Sortname*
Template:Sortname Template:Sort <ref name="Loc84"/>
Template:Sortname Doubleday <ref name="Loc84"/>
Template:Sortname Dark Valley Destiny <ref name="Loc84"/>
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Template:Sortname
Template:Sortname Template:Sort <ref name="Loc84"/>
1985 Template:Sortname* Template:Sort <ref name="Loc85"/>
Template:Sortname Template:Sort <ref name="Loc85"/>
Template:Sortname Doubleday <ref name="Loc85"/>
Template:Sortname Asimov's Science Fiction <ref name="Loc85"/>
Template:Sortname Underwood–Miller <ref name="Loc85"/>
Template:Sortname
Template:Sortname Fantasists on Fantasy <ref name="Loc85"/>
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1986 Template:Sortname* Doubleday <ref name="Loc86"/>
Template:Sortname editing <ref name="Loc86"/>
Template:Sortname Donald M. Grant, Publisher <ref name="Loc86"/>
Template:Sortname Template:Sort <ref name="Loc86"/>
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1987 Template:Sortname* Favorite Folktales from Around the World <ref name="Loc87"/>
Template:Sortname Ace Books <ref name="Loc87"/>
Template:Sortname Interzone <ref name="Loc87"/>
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Template:Sortname Arbor House <ref name="Loc87"/>
Template:Sortname Donald M. Grant, Publisher <ref name="Loc87"/>
Template:Sortname Template:Sort <ref name="Loc87"/>
1988 Template:Sortname* Arbor House, Tor Books, anthologies <ref name="Loc88"/>
Template:Sortname service to the field <ref name="Loc88"/>
Template:Sortname Ace Books, Armadillo <ref name="Loc88"/>
Template:Sortname Bantam Spectra <ref name="Loc88"/>
Template:Sortname Template:Sort <ref name="Loc88"/>
Template:Sortname Asimov's Science Fiction, anthologies <ref name="Loc88"/>
Template:Sortname Weird Tales <ref name="Loc88"/>
1989 Template:Sortname* editing <ref name="Loc89"/>
Template:Sortname* Template:Sort <ref name="Loc89"/>
Template:Sortname Omni, anthologies <ref name="Loc89"/>
Template:Sortname writing <ref name="Loc89"/>
Template:Sortname Dark Harvest <ref name="Loc89"/>
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1990 Template:Sortname* Mark V. Ziesing <ref name="Loc90"/>
Template:Sortname editing <ref name="Loc90"/>
Template:Sortname Dark Harvest <ref name="Loc90"/>
Template:Sortname
Template:Sortname Underwood–Miller <ref name="Loc90"/>
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1991 Template:Sortname* designing, Mark V. Ziesing, and Ursus <ref name="Loc91"/>
Template:Sortname editing <ref name="Loc91"/>
Template:Sortname Dark Harvest <ref name="Loc91"/>
Template:Sortname
Template:Sortname Interzone <ref name="Loc91"/>
Template:Sortname Template:Sort <ref name="Loc91"/>
1992 Template:Sortname* Weird Tales <ref name="Loc92"/>
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Template:Sortname writing and editing <ref name="Loc92"/>
Template:Sortname publishing <ref name="Loc92"/>
Template:Sortname publishing, Pulphouse Publishing <ref name="Loc92"/>
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Template:Sortname editing <ref name="Loc92"/>
1993 Template:Sortname* editing Dell Abyss <ref name="Loc93"/>
Template:Sortname anthologies <ref name="Loc93"/>
Template:Sortname editing <ref name="Loc93"/>
Template:Sortname Batman: Gothic <ref name="Loc93"/>
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Template:Sortname Dinotopia <ref name="Loc93"/>
1994 Template:Sortname* publishing, Underwood–Miller <ref name="Loc94"/>
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Template:Sortname reviewing <ref name="Loc94"/>
Template:Sortname editing <ref name="Loc94"/>
Template:Sortname book editing <ref name="Loc94"/>
Template:Sortname publishing <ref name="Loc94"/>
Template:Sortname Template:Sort <ref name="Loc94"/>
1995 Template:Sortname* editing <ref name="Loc95"/>
Fedogan & Bremer book publishing <ref name="Loc95"/>
Template:Sortname reviewing <ref name="Loc95"/>
Template:Sortname Mark V. Ziesing <ref name="Loc95"/>
Template:Sortname Template:Sort <ref name="Loc95"/>
1996 Template:Sortname* contributions to the genre <ref name="Loc96"/>
Template:Sortname editing and anthologies <ref name="Loc96"/>
Template:Sortname editing The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction <ref name="Loc96"/>
Template:Sortname editing <ref name="Loc96"/>
Template:Sortname Microcosmic God: Volume II: The Complete Stories of Theodore Sturgeon and for his work with the Literary Estate of Theodore Sturgeon <ref name="Loc96"/>
1997 Template:Sortname* Template:Sort <ref name="Loc97"/>
Template:Sortname editing and anthologies <ref name="Loc97"/>
Template:Sortname contributions to the genre <ref name="Loc97"/>
Template:Sortname editing The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction <ref name="Loc97"/>
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1998 Template:Sortname* Template:Sort <ref name="Loc98"/>
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Template:Sortname editing and anthologies <ref name="Loc98"/>
Template:Sortname editing and anthologies <ref name="Loc98"/>
Template:Sortname editing and anthologies <ref name="Loc98"/>
Template:Sortname editing books at St. Martin's Press and editing The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction <ref name="Loc98"/>
1999 Template:Sortname* Golden Gryphon Press <ref name="Loc99"/>
Template:Sortname editing <ref name="Loc99"/>
Template:Sortname Interzone <ref name="Loc99"/>
Template:Sortname editing The Avram Davidson Treasury <ref name="Loc99"/>
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Template:Sortname Superman: The Complete History <ref name="Loc99"/>
2000 Template:Sortname* editing books at St. Martin's Press and editing The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction <ref name="Loc00"/>
Template:Sortname Wildside Press <ref name="Loc00"/>
Template:Sortname DNA Publications <ref name="Loc00"/>
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Template:Sortname Millennium Movies <ref name="Loc00"/>
2001 Template:Sortname* J. R. R. Tolkien: Author of the Century <ref name="Loc01"/>
Template:Sortname editing Sci Fiction and anthologies <ref name="Loc01"/>
Template:Sortname Subterranean Press <ref name="Loc01"/>
Template:Sortname Golden Gryphon Press <ref name="Loc01"/>
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Template:Sortname Spectrum 7: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art <ref name="Loc01"/>
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2002 Template:Sortname* editing the Fantasy Masterworks series <ref name="Loc02"/>
Template:Sortname* editing <ref name="Loc02"/>
Template:Sortname editing <ref name="Loc02"/>
Template:Sortname Clive Barker: The Dark Fantastic <ref name="Loc02"/>
Template:Sortname Fantasy of the 20th Century: An Illustrated History <ref name="Loc02"/>
2003 Template:Sortname* Template:Sort <ref name="Loc03"/>
Template:Sortname Paper Tiger art books <ref name="Loc03"/>
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Template:Sortname Subterranean Press <ref name="Loc03"/>
Template:Sortname Golden Gryphon Press <ref name="Loc03"/>
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2004 Template:Sortname* PS Publishing <ref name="Loc04"/>
Template:Sortname artwork in The Lord of the Rings <ref name="Loc04"/>
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Template:Sortname Small Beer Press <ref name="Loc04"/>
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Template:Sortname Firebird Books <ref name="Loc04"/>
Template:Sortname Interzone and services to the field <ref name="Loc04"/>
Template:Sortname Prime Books <ref name="Loc04"/>
2005 Template:Sortname* scholarship <ref name="Loc05"/>
Template:Sortname Small Beer Press <ref name="Loc05"/>
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Template:Sortname editing <ref name="Loc05"/>
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2006 Template:Sortname* Prime Books <ref name="Loc06"/>
Template:Sortname Ace Books <ref name="Loc06"/>
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Template:Sortname editing at Pyr <ref name="Loc06"/>
Template:Sortname Supernatural Literature of the World: An Encyclopedia <ref name="Loc06"/>
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Template:Sortname Pan MacMillan UK and Tor UK <ref name="Loc06"/>
Template:Sortname MonkeyBrain Books <ref name="Loc06"/>
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2007 Template:Sortname* work at Science Fiction Book Club <ref name="Loc07"/>
Template:Sortname Blood & Thunder: The Life & Art of Robert E. Howard <ref name="Loc07"/>
Template:Sortname copyediting <ref name="Loc07"/>
Template:Sortname DreamHaven Books <ref name="Loc07"/>
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2008 Template:Sortname* PS Publishing <ref name="Loc08"/>
Template:Sortname MonkeyBrain Books <ref name="Loc08"/>
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Template:Sortname Borderlands Books <ref name="Loc08"/>
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Template:Sortname Night Shade Books <ref name="Loc08"/>
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Template:Sortname Realms of Fantasy <ref name="Loc08"/>
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2009 Template:Sortname* Small Beer Press and Big Mouth House <ref name="Loc09"/>
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Template:Sortname Rhetorics of Fantasy <ref name="Loc09"/>
Template:Sortname Weird Tales <ref name="Loc09"/>
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Template:Sortname Template:Sort <ref name="Loc09"/>
Template:Sortname Tachyon Publications <ref name="Loc09"/>
2010 Template:Sortname* editing anthologies <ref name="Loc10"/>
Template:Sortname PS Publishing <ref name="Loc10"/>
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Template:Sortname editing anthologies <ref name="Loc10"/>
Template:Sortname Ponyo <ref name="Loc10"/>
Template:Sortname Ash-Tree Press <ref name="Loc10"/>
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Template:Sortname Tachyon Publications <ref name="Loc10"/>
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2011 Template:Sortname* Angry Robot <ref name="Loc11"/>
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Template:Sortname editing at Pyr <ref name="Loc11"/>
Template:Sortname Bragelonne <ref name="Loc11"/>
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Template:Sortname ChiZine Publications <ref name="Loc11"/>
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2012 Template:Sortname* publishing in translation – Dedalus Books <ref name="Loc12"/>
Template:Sortname editing – Jo Fletcher Books <ref name="Loc12"/>
Template:Sortname editing – anthology and magazine <ref name="Loc12"/>
Template:Sortname ChiZine Publications <ref name="Loc12"/>
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2013 Template:Sortname* Template:Sort <ref name="Loc13"/>
Template:Sortname ChiZine Publications <ref name="Loc13"/>
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Template:Sortname PS Publishing <ref name="Loc13"/>
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Template:Sortname Subterranean Press <ref name="Loc13"/>
Template:Sortname Weird Fiction Review <ref name="Loc13"/>
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2014 Template:Sortname* art direction of Tor.com <ref name="Loc14"/>
Template:Sortname* Subterranean Press <ref name="Loc14"/>
Template:Sortname magazine and anthology editing <ref name="Loc14"/>
Template:Sortname editing at Ace Books <ref name="Loc14"/>
Template:Sortname Wonderbook: The Illustrated Guide to Creating Imaginative Fiction <ref name="Loc14"/>
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Template:Sortname Centipede Press <ref name="Loc14"/>
2015 Template:Sortname* ChiZine Publications <ref name="Loc15"/>
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Template:Sortname editing anthologies and Nightmare and Fantasy magazines <ref name="Loc15"/>
Template:Sortname Odyssey Writing workshops <ref name="Loc15"/>
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Template:Sortname Centipede Press <ref name="Loc15"/>
2016 Template:Sortname* Template:Sort <ref name="Loc16"/>
Template:Sortname contributions to the genre <ref name="Loc16"/>
Template:Sortname Gods, Memes and Monsters: A 21st Century Bestiary <ref name="Loc16"/>
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2017 Template:Sortname* Children's Fantasy Literature: An Introduction <ref name="Loc17"/>
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Template:Sortname Aqueduct Press <ref name="Loc17"/>
Template:Sortname Template:Sort <ref name="Loc17"/>
Template:Sortname contributions to the genre <ref name="Loc17"/>
Template:Sortname contributions to the genre <ref name="Loc17"/>
2018 Template:Sortname* Writing Madness <ref name="Loc18"/>
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Template:Sortname Template:Sort <ref name="Loc18"/>
Template:Sortname art direction at Tor Books and Tor.com <ref name="Loc18"/>
Template:Sortname DreamHaven Books <ref name="Loc18"/>
Template:Sortname The New Annotated Frankenstein <ref name="Loc18"/>
2019 Template:Sortname* The Writer's Map: An Atlas of Imaginary Lands <ref name="Loc19"/>
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Template:Sortname art direction at Tor Books and Tor.com <ref name="Loc19"/>
Template:Sortname Tolkien: Maker of Middle-earth exhibition <ref name="Loc19"/>
2020 Template:Sortname* The Dark Fantastic: Race and the Imagination from Harry Potter to the Hunger Games (New York University Press) <ref name="Loc20"/>
Template:Sortname Template:Sort <ref name="Loc20"/>
Template:Sortname The New Annotated H.P. Lovecraft: Beyond Arkham (Liveright) <ref name="Loc20"/>
Template:Sortname We Need Diverse Books <ref name="Loc20"/>
Template:Sortname Contributions to the genre <ref name="Loc20"/>
2021 Template:Sortname* Template:Sort <ref name="Loc21"/>
Template:Sortname The Palgrave Handbook of Contemporary Gothic (Palgrave Macmillan) <ref name="Loc21"/>
Template:Sortname Jo Fletcher Books <ref name="Loc21"/>
Template:Sortname Beowulf: A New Translation (MCD x FSG Originals US/Scribe UK) <ref name="Loc21"/>
Template:Sortname The Monster Theory Reader (University of Minnesota Press) <ref name="Loc21"/>
2022 Template:Sortname* Monstress Volume Six: The Vow (Image Comics) <ref name="Loc22"/>
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Template:Sortname Never Say You Can't Survive (Tor.com Publishing) <ref name="Loc22"/>
Template:Sortname Old Gods of Appalachia (podcast) <ref name="Loc22"/>
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Template:Sortname Tor.com <ref name="Loc22"/>
Template:Sortname Subterranean Press <ref name="Loc22"/>
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2023 Template:Sortname* The Tree of Ecstasy and Unbearable Sadness (Dirt Lane Press) <ref name="Loc23"/>
Template:Sortname Tor.com <ref name="Loc23"/>
Template:Sortname Small Beer Press <ref name="Loc23"/>
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Template:Sortname Without Walls (PS Publishing) <ref name="Loc23"/>
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Template:Sortname Management Lessons from Game of Thrones: Organization Theory and Strategy in Westeros (Edward Elgar Publishing) <ref name="Loc23"/>
2024 Template:Sortname* Locus <ref name="Loc24"/>
Template:Sortname Rosarium Books <ref name="Loc24"/>
Template:Sortname A Guest in the House (First Second Books) <ref name="Loc24"/>
Template:Sortname Wish I Was Here: An Anti-Memoir (Serpent's Tail) <ref name="Loc24"/>
Template:Sortname The Weird Tales Boys (PS Publishing) <ref name="Loc24"/>
2025 Template:Sortname* Mapping New Stars: A Sourcebook on Philippine Speculative Fiction (The University of the Philippines Press) <ref name="Loc25" />
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Template:Sortname The Night Guest audiobook (Nightfire) <ref name="Loc25" />
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Template:Sortname editorial work with Solaris Books/Rebellion Developments <ref name="Loc25" />
Template:Sortname The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction <ref name="Loc25" />
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See also

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