Reddit’s r/Fantasy group has chosen the winners of the 2016 Stabby Awards.

BEST NOVEL OF 2016

WINNER: Morning Star by Pierce Brown

Finalists:

• The Obelisk Gate by N. K. Jemisin
• The Wheel of Osheim by Mark Lawrence
• Age of Myth by Michael J. Sullivan
• City of Blades by Robert Jackson Bennett
• Blood Mirror by Brent Weeks

BEST SELF-PUBLISHED / INDEPENDENT NOVEL OF 2016

WINNER: The Mirror’s Truth by Michael R. Fletcher

Finalists:

• Unsouled by Will Wight
• The Demons We See by Krista Ball
• The Path of Flames by Phil Tucker
• Paternus by Dyrk Ashton

BEST DEBUT NOVEL OF 2016

WINNER: Ninefox Gambit by Yoon Ha Lee

Finalists:

• All the Birds in The Sky by Charlie Jane Anders
• Steal the Sky by Megan O’Keefe
• Too Like the Lightning by Ada Palmer
• Paternus by Dyrk Ashton

BEST SHORT FICTION OF 2016

The City Born Great by N. K. Jemisin

Finalists:

• Every Heart a Doorway by Seanan McGuire
• Ghosts of The Tristan Basin by Brian McClellan
• A Fist of Permutations in Lightning and Wildflowers by Alyssa Wong
• The Census-Taker by China Mieville
• A Taste of Honey by Kai Ashante Wilson

BEST SERIALIZED FICTION OF 2016

WINNER: The Wicked + The Divine by Kieron Gillen and Jaime McKelvie

Finalists:

• Twig by Wildbow / J.C. McCrae
• Paper Girls by Brian K Vaughn
• The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl by Ryan North and Erica Henderson
• Genrenaughts by Michael Underwood

BEST ANTHOLOGY / COLLECTION / PERIODICAL OF 2016

WINNER: Sharp Ends by Joe Abercrombie

Finalists:

• The Paper Menagerie and Other Stories by Ken Liu
• Unfettered II: New Tales by Masters of Fantasy, Edited by Shawn Speakman
• Los Nefilm by T Frohock
• The Starlit Wood: New Fairy Tales, Edited by Dominik Parisien and Navah Wolfe

BEST ARTWORK RELEASED IN 2016

WINNER: Age of Myth by Marc Simonetti – cover art for Age of Myth by Michael J Sullivan

Finalists:

• Cover for The Bonehunters from the Malazan Book of the Fallen series by Noah Bradley
• My mum spent 24 months freehand stitching these three unbelievable scenes from Dune posted by /u/SummerRay
• I made a Stranger Things Poster by /u/akidneythief
• The Cosmere star chart by Issac Stewart for Brandon Sanderson’s Cosmere collection, the Arcanum Unbounded

BEST FANTASY SITE FOR 2016

WINNER: Tor.com – Science fiction. Fantasy. The universe. And related subjects.

Finalists:

• Fantasy-Faction
• Pornokitsch
• 17th Shard
• Watchers On The Wall

BEST GAME (ANY FORMAT) OF 2016

WINNER: The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt – Blood and Wine

Finalists:

• Overwatch
• Stardew Valley
• Dark Souls III
• Dishonored 2

BEST TV SERIES / MOVIE OF 2016

WINNER: Stranger Things – TV Series

Finalists:

• Westworld
• Game of Thrones
• Rogue One
• Deadpool

BEST RELATED WORK OF 2016

WINNER: Tim Gerard Reynolds for his readings of numerous audiobooks in 2016, including The Age of Myth by Michael J. Sullivan, The Wheel of Osheim by Mark Lawrence, The Cycle of Galand by Edward W. Robertson, Unbound edited by Shawn Speakman, Dawn of Wonder: the Wakening by Jonathan Renshaw, and Morning Star by Pierce Brown, among others.

Finalists:

• The Geek Feminist Revolution by Kameron Hurley – a series of essays on feminism, geek culture, and a writer’s journey by double Hugo Award-winning essayist and science fiction and fantasy novelist Kameron Hurley.
• Sarah Gailey’s Women of Harry Potter articles on Tor.com, which are a series of articles that have thus far covered Hermoine, Ginny, Molly Weasley, Dolores Umbridge, and Luna.
• The Disney Read-Watch on tor.com written by Mari Ness, which includes a post on the original work and another on the film.
• The Dragonlance Reread on Tor.com by Mahvesh Murad and Jared Shurin aka /u/pornokitsch, which has been going through the old tie-in novels over the past two years.

BEST ACTIVE /r/FANTASY AUTHOR (‘best overall redditor- author edition’)

WINNER: Mark Lawrence – /u/MarkLawrence

Finalists:

• Michael J Sullivan – /u/MichaelJSullivan
• Janny Wurts – /u/JannyWurts
• Josiah Bancroft – /u/JosiahBancroft
• Django Wexler – /u/DjangoWexler

r/FANTASY BEST COMMUNITY MEMBER (‘best overall redditor- non-author edition’)

WINNER: /u/pornokitsch – Smart articles and educational comments

Finalists:

• /u/Esmerelda-Weatherwax – Discussions, someone who celebrates joys rather than condemning disappointments
• /u/lrich1024 – For the awesome Bingo challenge
• /u/The_Real_JS – Running the yearly census and also the new Under Appreciated Authors threads
• /u/RuinEleint – Whose reading lists totally put me to shame

BEST POST / COMMENT IN 2016

WINNER: The indomitable /u/CourtneySchafer writes a superb response to questions about women in fantasy – /u/CourtneySchafer

Finalists:

• u/KristaDBall ‘s There’s Room For All of Us at the Fantasy Inn
• /u/lrich1024 and the Bingo Post
• If you put a werewolf on the moon, how would it affect the werewolf’s transformation? from /u/Ray661
• /u/JannyWurts ‘s reply to a poster in a Simple Question thread looking to read a female fantasy author, she gave him a couple in about every single sub genre

BEST r/FANTASY ORIGINAL REVIEW

WINNER: u/CourtneySchafer’s review of Wars of Light and Shadow by Janny Wurts

Finalists:

• u/pornokitsch’s Author Appreciation for Robert Chambers
• /u/domilea ‘s review of Assassin’s Apprentice by Robin Hobb
• /u/KristaDBall ‘s “Krista Recommends” Thor’s goats, a greenie, and a sexy prince walk into a bar
• u/CommodoreBelmont ‘s Author Appreciation thread for Roger Zelazny

[Thanks to Bartimaeus for the story.]