As announced at the earth-shattering banquet this evening at the specular Renaissance Hotel of sunny Austin, Texas (land of adjectives), these are your 2006 World Fantasy Awards:

• Novel: Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami
• Novella: Voluntary Committal by Joe Hill
• Short Fiction: "CommComm" by George Saunders
• Anthology: The Fair Folk edited by Marvin Kaye
• Collection: The Keyhole Opera by Bruce Holland Rogers
• Artist: James Jean
• Special Award: Professional: Sean Wallace (for Prime Books)
• Special Award: Non-Professional: David Howe and Stephen Walker (for Telos Books)
• Lifetime Achievement: Stephen Fabian
• Lifetime Achievement: John Crowley

Your World Fantasy Judges have been the mighty Jeff VanderMeer, the lovely Barbara Roden, the all-seeing Victoria Strauss, the canny Steve Lockley, and the over-dramatic Andrew Wheeler. Congratulations to all of the winners (and all of the nominees), thank you for being such a wonderful audience, and good night.

The full list of nominees is available on the World Fantasy Awards website.