World Fantasy Special Award: Non-Professional
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This World Fantasy Award is presented to individuals for outstanding non-professional work in the fantasy field, and voted by a panel of judges at the World Fantasy Convention.
[edit] Award winners and finalists
[edit] 2004
WFC 2004 was held in Tempe, Arizona. Judges were John Clute, Sherwood Smith, Michael Stackpole, Alain Nevant, and Scott Wyatt.
- Winner: Ray Russell and Rosalie Parker (for Tartarus Press)
- Deborah Layne and Jay Lake (for Wheatland Press)
- Paul Miller (for Earthling Publications)
- Dave Truesdale (for Tangent Online)
- Rodger Turner, Neil Walsh, and Wayne MacLaurin (for SF Site)
[edit] 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: Robert Morgan (for Sarob Press)
- Ariel (for The Alien Online)
- Matthew Cheney (for The Mumpsimus)
- Barbara & Christopher Roden (for All Hallows magazine)
- Michael Walsh (for Old Earth Books)
[edit] 2006
WFC 2006 was held in Austin, Texas. Judges were Steve Lockley, Barbara Roden, Victoria Strauss, Jeff VanderMeer, and Andrew Wheeler.
- Winner: David Howe and Stephen Walker (for Telos Books)
- The Friends of Arthur Machen (for Faunus, Machenalia, and The Life of Arthur Machen)
- Leo Grin (for The Cimmerian)
- Jess Nevins (for The Encyclopedia of Fantastic Victoriana, from MonkeyBrain Books)
- Rodger Turner, Neil Walsh, and Wayne MacLaurin (for SF Site)
[edit] 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: Gary K. Wolfe (for reviews and criticism in Locus and elsewhere)
- Leslie Howle (for her work at Clarion West)
- Leo Grin (for The Cimmerian)
- Susan Marie Groppi (for Strange Horizons)
- John Klima (for Electric Velocipede)
[edit] See also
- World Fantasy Award for Best Novel
- World Fantasy Award for Best Novella
- World Fantasy Award for Best Short Fiction
- World Fantasy Award for Best Anthology
- World Fantasy Award for Best Collection
- World Fantasy Award for Best Artist
- World Fantasy Award for Life Achievement
- World Fantasy Award
- World Fantasy Convention
- World Fantasy Convention Award
- World Fantasy Special Award: Professional

