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World Fantasy Awards/1980s-2000s
Full results of the awards are available at the World Fantasy Convention website[1]. Nominees and winners of the non-professional (aka fan) categories are provided below.
1980s
1980
Special Non-Professional
- Paul C. Allen for Fantasy Newsletter - winner
- Harry O. Morris for Nyctalops - nominee
- Pat Cadigan for Shayol - nominee
- Arnie Fenner for Shayol - nominee
- Stuart David Schiff for Whispers & Whispers Press
Conventions
- Stephen King - winner
1981
Special Non-Professional
- Pat Cadigan for Shayol - winner
- Arnie Fenner for Shayol - winner
- Stephen Jones and David Sutton for Fantasy Tales - nominee
- Charles De Lint for Triskell Press & Dragonfields - nominee
- Charles Saunders for Triskell Press & Dragonfields - nominee
- W. Paul Ganley for Weirdbook - nominee
Conventions
1982
Special Non-Professional
- Paul C. Allen and Robert A. Collins for Fantasy Newsletter - winner
- W. Paul Ganley, for Weirdbook - nominee
- Stephen Jones & David Sutton for Fantasy Tales - nominee
- Ken Keller, for Trumpet - nominee
Conventions
- Joseph Payne Brennan - winner
- Roy Krenkel - winner
1983
Special Non-Professional
- Stuart David Schiff for Whispers - winner
- Robert T. Garcia for American Fantasy - nominee
- Stephen Jones & David Sutton, for Fantasy Tales - nominees
- Francesco Cova for Kadath - nominee
- W. Paul Ganley for Weirdbook - nominee
Conventions
- Arkham House - winner
1984
Special Non-Professional
- Stephen Jones & David Sutton, for Fantasy Tales - winners
- Robert M. Price for Crypt of Cthulhu - nominee
- Robert A. Collins for Fantasy Newsletter - nominee
- W. Paul Ganley for Weirdbook - nominee
- Douglas E. Winter for reviewing - nominee
Conventions
- Donald M. Grant - winner
1985
Special Non-Professional
- Stuart David Schiff for Whispers and Whispers Press - winner
- Paul Mikol and Scot Stadalsky for Dark Harvest - nominee
- Jeff Conner for Scream/Press - nominee
- W. Paul Ganley for Weirdbook Press - nominee
Conventions
- Evangeline Walton - winner
1986
Special Non-Professional
- Douglas E. Winter for reviewing - winner
- Paul Mikol and Scot Stadalsky for Dark Harvest - nominee
- Jeff Conner for Scream/Press - nominee
- David B. Silva for The Horror Show - nominee
- W. Paul Ganley for Weirdbook Press - nominee
Conventions
- Donald A. Wollheim - winner
1987
Special Non-Professional
- Jeff Conner for Scream/Press - winner
- Stephen Jones and David Sutton for Fantasy Tales - nominee
- David B. Silva for The Horror Show - nominee
- Stuart David Schiff for Whispers and Whispers Press - nominee
Conventions
- Andre Norton - winner
1988
Special Non-Professional
- Robert and Nancy Garcia for American Fantasy - winner
- Paul Mikol and Scot Stadalsky for Dark Harvest - nominee
- Stephen Jones and David Sutton for Fantasy Tales - nominee
- David B. Silva for The Horror Show - nominee
1989
Special Non-Professional
- Kristine Kathryn Rusch and Dean Wesley Smith for Pulphouse - winner
- Dean R. Koontz for books - nominee
- Carl T. Ford for Dagon Press - nominee
- Peggy Nadramia for Grue - nominee
- Paul Olson for Horrorstruck - nominee
1990
Special Non-Professional
- Peggy Nadramia for Grue - winner
- Richard Chizmar for Cemetery Dance - nominee
- Joe Stefko and Tracy Cocoman for Charnel House - nominee
- David B. Silva for The Horror Show - nominee
1991
Special Non-Professional
- Richard Chizmar for Cemetery Dance - winner
- Barry Hoffman for Gauntlet - nominee
- Marc Michaud for Necronomicon Press - nominee
- Steve Pasechnick for Strange Plasma - nominee
1992
Special Non-Professional
- W. Paul Ganley for Weirbook/Weirdbook Press - winner
- Crispin Burnham for Eldritch Tales - nominee
- Joe Stefko and Tracy Cocoman for Charnel House - nominee
- Barry Hoffman for Gauntlet - nominee
- Peggy Nadramia for Grue - nominee
1993
Special Non-Professional
- Doug and Tomi Lewis for Roadkill Press - winner
- John and Kim Betancourt for Wildside Press - nominee
- Richard Chizmar for editing and Cemetery Dance - nominee
- George Hatch for Horror's Head Press - nominee
- Joe Stefko and Tracy Cocoman for Charnel House - nominee
- Stanislaus Tal for Tal Publications - nominee
1994
Special Non-Professional
- Marc Michaud for Necronomicon Press - winner
- Richard Chizmar for CD Press - nominee
- George Hatch for Horror's Head Press - nominee
- Brian Stableford for small press reviews - nominee
- Joe Stefko and Tracy Cocoman for Charnel House - nominee
1995
Special Non-Professional
- Bryan Cholfin for Broken Mirrors Press and Crank! - winner
- Michael Andre-Druissi for Lexicon Urthus - nominee
- John and Kim Betancourt for Wildside Press - nominee
- Richard Chizmar for CD Press - nominee
- David Sutton for Voices From Shadow - nominee
1996
Special Non-Professional
- Marc Michaud for Necronomicon Press - winner
- Fedogan & Bremer for book publishing - nominee
- Robert K.J. Killheffer, Meg Hamel and Jenna A. Felice for Century - nominee
- Steve Pasechnick for Edgewood Press - nominee
- Robert Weinberg for contributions to the genre - nominee
1997
Special Non-Professional
- Barbara and Christopher Roden for Ash-Tree Press - winner
- Fedogan & Bremer for book publishing - nominee
- Paula Guran for Dark Echo - nominee
Conventions
- Hugh B. Cave - winner
1998
Special Non-Professional
- Fedogan & Bremer for book publishing - winner
- Richard Chizmar for Cemetery Dance Magazine and CD Publications - nominee
- Chris Logan Edwards for Tigereyes Press - nominee
- Barry Hoffman for Gauntlet Magazine and Gauntlet book publishing - nominee
- Jeff VanderMeer and Tom Winstead for Ministry of Whimsy Press - nominee
1999
Special Non-Professional
- Richard Chizmar for Cemetery Dance Publications- winner
- David Marshall for Pumpkin Books - nominee
- Stephen Pasechnick for Edgewood Press - nominee
- Jacob Weisman for Tachyon Publications - nominee