The 2009 World Fantasy Award winners were announced Sunday at the World Fantasy Convention, held October 29 - November 1, 2009, in San José, California.
Some winners included:
• Lifetime Achievement: Ellen Asher & Jane Yolen
• Best Novel (tie): The Shadow Year, Jeffrey Ford (Morrow) & Tender Morsels, Margo Lanagan (Allen & Unwin; Knopf)
• Best Novella: “If Angels Fight”, Richard Bowes (F&SF 2/08)
• Best Short Story: “26 Monkeys, Also the Abyss”, Kij Johnson (Asimov’s 7/08)
I voted for 26 Monkeys, Also the Abyss on my Hugo Ballot for Best Science Fiction and Fantasy Short Story of the Year. It lost to a hard SF story, Exhalation by Ted Chiang.