This World Fantasy Award is given to the fantasy short story voted best by a panel of judges, and presented each year at the World Fantasy Convention.
After Neil Gaiman and Charles Vess won the 1991 Short Fiction award in 1991—for the "A Midsummer Night's Dream" issue of The Sandman— comics were restricted to the Special Award: Professional category.
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