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The IAFA William L. Crawford Fantasy Award (short: Crawford Award) is a literary award given to a writer whose first fantasy book was published during the preceding calendar year. It's one of several awards presented by the International Association for the Fantastic in the Arts (IAFA) and is presented at the International Conference of the Fantastic in the Arts[1] each March in Orlando.

AwardedforA debut fantasy novel published in the previous calendar year
PresentedbyInternational Association for the Fantastic in the Arts (IAFA)
Firstaward1985; 41 years ago (1985)
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Crawford Award
Awarded forA debut fantasy novel published in the previous calendar year
Presented byInternational Association for the Fantastic in the Arts (IAFA)
First award1985; 41 years ago (1985)
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In order to be eligible, a title must be the author’s first fantasy book; it is permissible for an author active in different genres to be submitted, so long as it is their first fantasy book. In addition to novels and novellas, collections of poetry, short stories, and fiction aimed at younger readers are all eligible.

The Prize was conceived and established with the help of Andre Norton, who continued to sponsor it for many years.[2] The award is named after the publisher and editor William L. Crawford (1911-1984).[3] It was administered by noted Locus reviewer, Gary K. Wolfe from 1985 to 2023. As of 2026, the administrator is critic Farah Mendlesohn.

Winners and finalists

* Winner † Runner-up / 2nd place †† 3rd place § Commendation

More information Year, Author ...
Year Author Work Ref.
1985 Charles de Lint* Moonheart [4]
1986 Nancy Willard* Things Invisible to See [5]
1987 Judith Tarr* The Hound and the Falcon trilogy [6]
Paul Hazel The Finnbranch trilogy [6]
Guy Gavriel Kay The Fionavar Tapestry series [6]
Greg Bear The Infinity Concerto [6]
Serpent Mage
Timothy Findley Not Wanted on the Voyage [6]
Dan Simmons Song of Kali [6]
Tad Williams Tailchaser's Song [6]
1988 Elizabeth Marshall Thomas* Reindeer Moon [7]
Pat O'Shea The Hounds of the Morrigan [7]
Connie Willis Lincoln's Dreams [7]
Richard Grant Rumors of Spring [7]
Bruce Fergusson The Shadow of His Wings [7]
Heather Gladney Teot's War [7]
Emma Bull War for the Oaks [7]
Geoff Ryman The Warrior Who Carried Life [7]
1989 Michaela Roessner* Walkabout Woman [8]
Lewis Shiner Deserted Cities of the Heart [8]
Melanie Rawn Dragon Prince [8]
Mary Tannen Second Sight [8]
Elizabeth Moon Sheepfarmer's Daughter [8]
1990 Jeanne Larsen* Silk Road [9]
Tanya Huff Child of the Grove [9]
The Last Wizard
Zohra Greenhalgh Contrarywise [9]
Milorad Pavić Dictionary of the Khazars [9]
Matt Ruff Fool on the Hill [9]
Brian Brett The Fungus Garden [9]
Alida Van Gores Mermaid's Song [9]
Elizabeth Moon The Deed of Paksenarrion series [9]
1991 Michael Scott Rohan* Winter of the World trilogy [10]
Tom Holt Expecting Someone Taller [10]
Michael Kandel In Between Dragons [10]
Elyse Guttenberg Sunder, Eclipse & Seed [10]
Tom De Haven Walker of Worlds [10]
1992 Greer Ilene Gilman* Moonwise [11]
Faren Miller The Illusionists [11]
Güneli Gün On the Road to Baghdad [11]
1993 Susan Palwick* Flying in Place [12]
Robert Antoni Divina Trace [12]
Nick Bantock Griffin and Sabine [12]
1994 Judith Katz* Running Fiercely Toward a High Thin Sound [13]
Roseanne Daryl Thomas The Angel Carver [13]
Noriko Ogiwara Dragon Sword and Wind Child [13]
Christina Askounis The Dream of Stone [13]
Martha Wells The Element of Fire [13]
Poppy Z. Brite Lost Souls [13]
Bev Jafek The Man Who Took a Bite Out of His Wife [13]
Patrice Kindl Owl in Love [13]
Wendy Walker The Secret Service [13]
Elizabeth Willey The Well-Favored Man [13]
1995 Jonathan Lethem* Gun, with Occasional Music [14]
Steve Weiner The Museum of Love [14]
Flynn Connolly The Rising of the Moon [14]
1996 Sharon Shinn* The Shape-Changer's Wife [15]
1997 Candas Jane Dorsey* Black Wine [16]
Liz Jensen Egg Dancing [16]
Ian McDowell Mordred's Curse [16]
Lucy Sussex The Scarlet Rider [16]
Paul Witcover Waking Beauty [16]
Larissa Lai When FOX is a Thousand [16]
1998 Chitra Bannerjee Divakaruni* Mistress of Spices [17]
Jean Hegland† Into the Forest [17]
Marella Sands†† Skyknife [17]
Stephen Dedman The Art of Arrow-Cutting [17]
J. S. Russell Celestial Dogs [17]
David B. Coe Children of Amarid [17]
Matthew Woodring Stover Iron Dawn [17]
Ian McDowell Merlin's Gift [17]
Mordred's Curse
1999 David B. Coe* Children of Amarid [18]
The Outlanders
James Stoddard† The High House [18]
Anne Bishop†† Daughter of the Blood [18]
Rafi Zabor The Bear Comes Home [18]
Michael H. Payne The Blood Jaguar [18]
Nalo Hopkinson Brown Girl in the Ring [18]
Kristen Britain Green Rider [18]
Marcos Donnelly Prophets for the End of Time [18]
Garth Stein Raven Stole the Moon [18]
Elizabeth Kerner Song of the Silence: The Tale of Lanen Kaelar [18]
2000 Anne Bishop* Black Jewels Trilogy [19]
Elizabeth Haydon† Rhapsody: Child of Blood [19]
Steven Kotler The Angle Quickest for Flight [19]
Kristine Smith Code of Conduct [19]
Michael Cisco The Divinity Student [19]
China Miéville King Rat [19]
Joanne Bertin The Last Dragonlord [19]
Lilian Nattel The River Midnight [19]
Thomas Harlan The Shadow of Ararat [19]
Jan Lars Jensen Shiva 3000 [19]
2001 Kij Johnson* The Fox Woman [20]
2002 Jasper Fforde* The Eyre Affair [21]
2003 Alexander C. Irvine* A Scattering of Jades [22]
Sarah Singleton The Crow Maiden [22]
Naomi Kritzer Fires of the Faithful [22]
Scott Nicholson The Red Church [22]
Charles Dickinson A Shortcut in Time [22]
James A. Hetley The Summer Country [22]
Michael Chabon Summerland [22]
Caitlin Sweet A Telling of Stars [22]
2004 K. J. Bishop* The Etched City [23]
2005 Steph Swainston* The Year of Our War [24]
2006 Joe Hill* 20th Century Ghosts [25]
Judith Berman Bear Daughter [25]
Frances Hardinge Fly by Night [25]
Holly Phillips In the Palace of Repose [25]
Sarah Monette Melusine [25]
Anna Tambour Spotted Lily [25]
Hal Duncan Vellum [25]
2007 M. Rickert* Map of Dreams [26]
Theodora Goss In the Forest of Forgetting [26]
Scott Lynch The Lies of Locke Lamora [26]
Daniel Abraham A Shadow in Summer [26]
Alan DeNiro Skinny Dipping in the Lake of the Dead: Stories [26]
Keith Donohue The Stolen Child [26]
Naomi Novik Temeraire[a] [26]
2008 Christopher Barzak* One for Sorrow [27]
Ysabeau S. Wilce Flora Segunda [27]
Ron Currie Jr. God Is Dead [27]
Laird Barron The Imago Sequence and Other Stories [27]
Ellen Klages Portable Childhoods [27]
2009 Daryl Gregory* Pandemonium [28]
Doug Dorst Alive in Necropolis [28]
David J. Schwartz Superpowers [28]
Felix Gilman Thunderer [28]
J. M. McDermott Last Dragon [28]
2010 Jedediah Berry* The Manual of Detection [29]
Robert V.S. Redick§ The Red Wolf Conspiracy[b] [29]
The Ruling Sea[b]
Michal Ajvaz§ The Other City[b] [29]
Deborah Biancotti A Book of Endings [29]
Kari Sperring Living with Ghosts [29]
Ali Shaw The Girl With Glass Feet [29]
2011 Karen Lord* Redemption in Indigo [30]
Robert Jackson Bennett§ Mr. Shivers [30]
Amelia Beamer§ The Loving Dead[c] [30]
Lauren Beukes Zoo City [30]
N. K. Jemisin The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms [30]
Anna Kendall Crossing Over [30]
2012 Genevieve Valentine* Mechanique: A Tale of the Circus Tresaulti [31]
Erin Morgenstern The Night Circus [31]
Téa Obreht The Tiger's Wife [31]
Stina Leicht Of Blood and Honey [31]
Ransom Riggs Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children [31]
2013 Karin Tidbeck* Jagganath: Stories [32]
Rachel Hartman† Seraphina [32]
Saladin Ahmed Throne of the Crescent Moon [32]
Roz Kaveney Rituals [32]
Kiini Ibura Salaam Ancient, Ancient [32]
2014 Sofia Samatar* A Stranger in Olondria [33]
Yoon Ha Lee Conservation of Shadows [33]
Helene Wecker The Golem and the Jinni [33]
N. A. Sulway Rupetta [33]
2015[d] Zen Cho* Spirits Abroad [34]
Stephanie Feldman* The Angel of Losses [34]
Ghalib Islam Fire in the Unnameable Country [34]
Sarah Tolmie The Stone Boatmen [34]
Greg Bechtel Boundary Problems [34]
Jessie Burton The Miniaturist [34]
2016 Kai Ashante Wilson* The Sorcerer of the Wildeeps [35]
Natasha Pulley The Watchmaker of Filigree Street [35]
Ken Liu The Grace of Kings [35]
Indra Das The Devourers [35]
Seth Dickinson The Traitor Baru Cormorant [35]
Adrienne Celt The Daughters [35]
2017 Charlie Jane Anders* All the Birds in the Sky [36]
Rose Lemberg Marginalia to Stone Bird [36]
Maria Turtschaninoff Maresi [36]
Michael Wehunt Greener Pastures [36]
2018 Carmen Maria Machado* Her Body and Other Parties [37]
S. A. Chakraborty The City of Brass [37]
Ruthanna Emrys Winter Tide [37]
Sam J. Miller The Art of Starving [37]
K. Arsenault Rivera The Tiger's Daughter [37]
Sandra Unerman Spellhaven [37]
2019 R. F. Kuang* The Poppy War [38]
P. Djèlí Clark The Black God's Drums [38]
Rachel Fellman The Breath of the Sun [38]
Kate Heartfield Armed in Her Fashion [38]
John Schoffstall Half-Witch [38]
Rebecca Roanhorse Trail of Lightning [38]
2020 Tamsyn Muir* Gideon the Ninth [39]
Alix E. Harrow† The Ten Thousand Doors of January [39]
Jenn Lyons The Ruin of Kings [39]
Emily Tesh Silver in the Wood [39]
2021 Nghi Vo* The Empress of Salt and Fortune [40]
Michael DeLuca Night Roll [40]
Julian Jarboe Everyone on the Moon Is Essential Personnel [40]
Kathleen Jennings Flyaway [40]
C. J. LaVigne In Veritas [40]
Premee Mohamed Beneath the Rising [40]
2022 Usman T. Malik* Midnight Doorways: Fables from Pakistan [41]
E. Lily Yu On Fragile Waves [41]
Isabel Yap Never Have I Ever [41]
2023 Simon Jimenez* The Spear Cuts Through Water [42]
Maya Deane Wrath Goddess Sing [42]
Naseem Jamnia The Bruising of Qilwa [42]
Alex Jennings The Ballad of Perilous Graves [42]
Jacob Kerr The Green Man of Eshwood Hall [42]
2024 Vajra Chandrasekera* The Saint of Bright Doors [43]
Juhani Karila Summer Fishing in Lapland [43]
B. Pladek Dry Land [43]
Wole Talabi Shigidi and the Brass Head of Obalufon [43]
Emma Törzs Ink Blood Sister Scribe [43]
2025 Jared Pechaček* The West Passage [44]
Meihan Boey The Formidable Miss Cassidy [44]
Gareth Brown The Book of Doors [44]
Ricardo Chavez (text) The Book of Denial [44]
Alejandro Magallanes (art)
Lawrence Schimel (translation)
Cécile Cristofari Elephants in Bloom [44]
L. B. Hazelthorn Rare Birds [44]
Sung-il Kim (text) Blood of the Old Kings [44]
Anton Hur (translation)
John Wiswell Someone You Can Build a Nest In [44]
2026 Christopher Caldwell* Call and Response [45]
Ibi Zoboi (S)kin [45]
Natalia Theodoridou Sour Cherry [45]
Emily Yu-Xuan Qin Aunt Tigress [45]
Caskey Russell The Door on the Sea [45]
Martin Cahill Audition for the Fox [45]
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Notes

  1. [a]
    Released in the United States as His Majesty's Dragon
  2. [b]
    This work was ruled ineligible. Nevertheless, the jury found that it was "highly regarded" and wished to honor it with a special commendation.
  3. [c]
    Some nominators viewed this book as centrally a science fiction work, which would disqualify it for the Crawford Award. Science fiction books are excluded from eligibility under the terms set by Andre Norton, the award's founder.
  4. [d]
    In 2015, the selection resulted in a tie for the first time in the award's history. Zen Cho and Stephanie Feldman were named co-winners.

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