Grand Master of Fantasy (World Fantasy Award)

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literary award

The Grand Master of Fantasy (World Fantasy Award) is a prestigious lifetime achievement honor presented at the World Fantasy Convention to recognize an author’s outstanding and enduring contributions to the fantasy genre.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
World Fantasy Award for Life Achievement	12
Grand Master of Fantasy (World Fantasy Award) canonical	1
World Fantasy Award Grand Master	1
World Fantasy Lifetime Achievement Award	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10172959 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Grand Master of Fantasy (World Fantasy Award)
Context triple: [Fritz Leiber, awardReceived, Grand Master of Fantasy (World Fantasy Award)]

A. World Fantasy Award
The World Fantasy Award is a prestigious annual literary prize honoring outstanding works and contributions in the fantasy genre.
B. Mythopoeic Fantasy Award
The Mythopoeic Fantasy Award is a literary prize honoring outstanding works of fantasy that reflect the spirit and themes of myth and imaginative literature.
C. International Fantasy Award
The International Fantasy Award was a mid-20th-century literary prize recognizing outstanding works of fantasy and science fiction.
D. SFWA Grand Master Award
The SFWA Grand Master Award is a prestigious lifetime achievement honor presented by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Association to recognize an author’s outstanding contributions to the science fiction and fantasy genres.
E. British Fantasy Award
The British Fantasy Award is a prestigious annual honor presented by the British Fantasy Society recognizing outstanding works in fantasy, horror, and speculative fiction.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Grand Master of Fantasy (World Fantasy Award)
Target entity description: The Grand Master of Fantasy (World Fantasy Award) is a prestigious lifetime achievement honor presented at the World Fantasy Convention to recognize an author’s outstanding and enduring contributions to the fantasy genre.

A. World Fantasy Award
The World Fantasy Award is a prestigious annual literary prize honoring outstanding works and contributions in the fantasy genre.
B. Mythopoeic Fantasy Award
The Mythopoeic Fantasy Award is a literary prize honoring outstanding works of fantasy that reflect the spirit and themes of myth and imaginative literature.
C. International Fantasy Award
The International Fantasy Award was a mid-20th-century literary prize recognizing outstanding works of fantasy and science fiction.
D. SFWA Grand Master Award
The SFWA Grand Master Award is a prestigious lifetime achievement honor presented by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Association to recognize an author’s outstanding contributions to the science fiction and fantasy genres.
E. British Fantasy Award
The British Fantasy Award is a prestigious annual honor presented by the British Fantasy Society recognizing outstanding works in fantasy, horror, and speculative fiction.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (23)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	literary award ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	World Fantasy Award Grand Master ⓘ linked to: Grand Master of Fantasy (World Fantasy Award) World Fantasy Lifetime Achievement Award ⓘ linked to: Grand Master of Fantasy (World Fantasy Award)
associatedEvent	annual World Fantasy Convention ⓘ
awardCategory	lifetime achievement in fantasy ⓘ
awardType	career award ⓘ
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
domain	imaginative fiction ⓘ
field	fantasy literature ⓘ speculative fiction ⓘ
frequency	annual ⓘ
genre	fantasy ⓘ
givenFor	enduring contributions to the fantasy genre ⓘ outstanding contributions to the fantasy genre ⓘ
honours	authors ⓘ
notableCharacteristic	considered one of the most prestigious honors in fantasy literature ⓘ
organizer	World Fantasy Convention organizers ⓘ linked to: World Fantasy Convention board
partOf	World Fantasy Awards ⓘ linked to: World Fantasy Award
presentedAt	World Fantasy Convention ⓘ
recognizes	body of work rather than a single work ⓘ
scope	international ⓘ
selectionProcess	chosen by World Fantasy Convention organizers or jury ⓘ
status	active ⓘ

How these facts were elicited