Sofia Samatar's acceptance speech. In September 2014, the administrators of the World Fantasy Award announced they were "in discussion" about the future of the award trophy. In November 2015, at the 2015 awards, they announced that the Lovecraft bust would no longer be used beginning the following year. Lenika Cruz, associate editor of The Atlantic, defended the decision, stating that "Lovecraft's removal is about more than just the writer himself; it's not an indictment of his entire oeuvre". S. T. Joshi, however, expressed anger at the decision, and returned his two World Fantasy Awards and urged a boycott of the convention. References External links World Fantasy Convention Past and present winners Excerpts and synopses for WFA winning and nominated novels 1975 establishments in the United States Awards established in 1975 Fantasy awards American literary awards World Fantasy