The 2026 World Fantasy Awards

PREVIOUS RECIPIENTS: LIFE ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Forrest J. Ackerman • Lloyd Alexander • Ellen Asher • Betty Ballantine • Peter S. Beagle • Everett F. Bleiler • Robert Bloch • Jorge Luis Borges • Ray Bradbury • Marion Zimmer Bradley • Terry Brooks • Ginjer Buchanan • Italo Calvino • Ramsey Campbell • Edd Cartier • Hugh B. Cave • Susan Cooper • John Crowley • Peter Crowther • Roald Dahl • Ellen Datlow • Avram Davidson • L. Sprague de Camp • Charles de Lint • Samuel R. Delany • Leo & Diane Dillon • Tom Doherty • John Douglas • Harlan Ellison • Carol Emshwiller • Stephen Fabian • Philip José Farmer • Edward L. Ferman • Jack Finney • Jo Fletcher • Karen Joy Fowler • Frank Frazetta • Alan Garner • Angélica Gorodischer • Donald M. Grant • David G. Hartwell • Diana Wynne Jones • Stephen King • R.A. Lafferty • Madeleine L’Engle • Ursula K. Le Guin • Tanith Lee • Fritz Leiber • Megan Lindholm • Frank Belknap Long • Brian Lumley • George R.R. Martin • Richard Matheson • Patricia A. McKillip • Hayao Miyazaki • Michael Moorcock • C.L. Moore • Rowena Morrill • Andre Norton • Terry Pratchett • E. Hoffmann Price • Ray Russell • Andrzej Sapkowski • George Scithers • Peter Straub • Theodore Sturgeon • Sheri S. Tepper • Jack Vance • Howard Waldrop • Evangeline Walton • Donald Wandrei • Marina Warner • Manly Wade Wellman • Jack Williamson • Gahan Wilson • Terri Windling • Gene Wolfe • Elizabeth R. Wollheim • Chelsea Quinn Yarbro • Jane Yolen • Jack Zipes

Please note that past recipients may not be nominated.