2019 World Fantasy Award Nominees

The nominees for the 2019 World Fantasy Awards have been announced. The awards will be presented at the World Fantasy Convention in Los Angeles at the end of October. These are juried awards.

The nominees for best novel are:

In the Night Wood by Dale Bailey (John Joseph Adams/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt)

The Mere Wife by Maria Dahvana Headley (MCD/Farrar, Straus & Giroux)

The Poppy War by R. F. Kuang (Harper Voyager)

Witchmark by C. L. Polk (Tor.com)

Trail of Lightning by Rebecca Roanhorse (Saga Press)