British Fantasy Award

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The British Fantasy Awards are awarded annually by the British Fantasy Society (BFS), first in 1976. Prior to that they were known as The August Derleth Fantasy Awards (see August Derleth Award). First awarded in 1972 (The Knight of Swords by Michael Moorcock) only for novels, the number of award categories increased and in 1976 the BFS renamed them collectively the British Fantasy Awards. The current award categories are:^[1]

• Best Fantasy Novel (the Robert Holdstock Award)
• Best Horror Novel (the August Derleth Award
• Best Novella
• Best Short Fiction
• Best Independent Press
• Magazine/periodical
• Best Artist
• Best Anthology
• Best Collection
• Best Comic/Graphic Novel
• Best Non-Fiction
• Best Audio
• Film/television production
• Best Newcomer (the Sydney J. Bounds Award)
• The Karl Edward Wagner Award for "important contribution to the genre or the Society" is given at the discretion of the BFS committee.

The membership of the BFS vote to determine the shortlists of the awards, the winners being decided by juries.

Nominees and winners[]

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1999[]

August Derleth Award (Best Novel)[]

• Stephen King, Bag of Bones (Scribner).^[2]
• Stephen Laws, Chasm
• Robert Holdstock, Gate of Ivory, Gate of Horn
• Jonathan Carroll, Kissing the Beehive
• Michael Marshall Smith, One of Us
• Charles de Lint, Someplace to be Flying
• Graham Joyce, The Stormwatcher
• Simon Clark, Vampyrrhic

Anthology[]

• Stephen Jones and David Sutton, Dark Terrors 4: the Gollancz Book of Horror
• Gahan Wilson, The Cleft and Other Odd Tales
• Steve Savile, ‘’Scaremongers 2 - Redbrick Eden’’
• Richard Ford, ‘’The Granta Book of the American Long Story’’
• Robert Silverberg, ‘’Legends : short novels by the masters of modern fantasy’’
• Jeff VanderMeer, ‘’Leviathan 2’’
• Stephen Jones, ‘’The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror 09’’

Artist[]

• Bob Covington

Collection[]

• Ramsey Campbell, Ghosts and Grisly Things
• Avram Davidson, The Avram Davidson Treasury: A Tribute Collection
• Brian Lumley, A Coven of Vampires
• Ray Bradbury, Driving Blind
• Tim Lebbon, Faith in the Flesh
• Graham Masterton, Manitou Man
• Mike Chinn, The Paladin mandates
• Christopher Fowler, Personal Demons
• Jo Fletcher, Shadows of Light and Dark

Short Story[]

• Stephen Laws, The Song My Sister Sang
• Charles de Lint, China Doll [Newford]
• Ramsey Campbell, Never To Be Heard
• Tanith Lee, Jedella Ghost

Small Press[]

• Andy Cox, The Third Alternative

Special Award[]

• Diana Wynne Jones

2000[]

August Derleth Award (Best Novel)[]

• Graham Joyce, Indigo

Anthology[]

• Stephen Jones, The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror 10

Artist[]

• Les Edwards

Collection[]

• Peter Crowther, Lonesome Roads

Short Story[]

• Tim Lebbon, White

Small Press[]

• Darren Floyd, Razorblade Press

Special Award[]

• Anne McCaffrey

2004[]

The 2004 awards were presented at FantasyCon XXVIII held in 2004 at the Quality Hotel, Bentley, Walsall.^[3]

August Derleth Award (Best Novel)[]

• Full Dark House, Christopher Fowler (Doubleday UK) (winner)
• Felaheen, Jon Courtenay Grimwood (Earthlight)
• Lost Boy, Lost Girl, Peter Straub (HarperCollins UK)
• Nobody True, James Herbert (Macmillan)
• The Poison Master, Liz Williams (Tor UK)
• Vampyrrhic Rites, Simon Clark (Hodder & Stoughton)

Short Fiction[]

• "American Waitress", Christopher Fowler (Crimewave 7: The Last Sunset) (winner)
• "Exorcising Angels", Simon Clark & Tim Lebbon (Exorcising Angels)
• "Fear the Dead", Ramsey Campbell (The Fear Within)
• "The White Hands", Mark Samuels (The White Hands and Other Weird Tales)
• "Wonderland", Mark Chadbourn (Telos)

Collection[]

• Told by the Dead, Ramsey Campbell (PS Publishing) (winner)
• Demonized, Christopher Fowler (Serpent's Tail)
• More Tomorrow & Other Stories, Michael Marshall Smith (Earthling Publications)
• Things That Never Happen, M. John Harrison (Night Shade Books)
• The White Hands and Other Weird Tales, Mark Samuels (Tartarus)

Anthology[]

• The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror: Volume Fourteen, Stephen Jones, ed. (Robinson) (winner)
• Beneath the Ground, Joel Lane, ed. (Alchemy Press)
• By Moonlight Only, Stephen Jones, ed. (PS Publishing)
• Crimewave 7: The Last Sunset, Andy Cox, ed. (TTA Press)
• The Thackery T. Lambshead Pocket Guide to Eccentric & Discredited Diseases, Jeff VanderMeer & Mark Roberts, eds. (Night Shade Books)
• William Hope Hodgson's Night Lands, Volume 1: Eternal Love, Andy W. Robertson, ed. (Wildside)

Small Press[]

• PS Publishing (Peter Crowther, ed.) (winner)
• The Alien Online (Ariel, ed.)
• Elastic Press
• Scheherazade (Elizabeth Counihan, ed.)
• The Third Alternative (Andy Cox, ed.)

Artist[]

• Les Edwards (winner)
• Dave Bezzina
• Deirdre Counihan
• Bob Covington
• Dominic Harman

Special Award[]

• Peter Jackson (for The Lord of the Rings films)

2005[]

The 2005 awards were presented at FantasyCon 2005, held 30 September–2 October 2005 at the Quality Hotel, Bentley Walsall.^[3]

August Derleth Fantasy Award (Best Novel)[]

• The Dark Tower VII: The Dark Tower, Stephen King (Hodder & Stoughton) (winner)
• Abarat: Days of Magic, Nights of War, Clive Barker (Voyager)
• Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell, Susanna Clarke (Bloomsbury)
• The Queen of Sinister, Mark Chadbourn (Gollancz)
• The Water Room, Christopher Fowler (Doubleday)

Best Novella[]

• Breathe, Christopher Fowler (Telos Publishing) (winner)
• Dead Man's Hand, Tim Lebbon (Necessary Evil Press)
• My Death, Lisa Tuttle (PS Publishing)
• The Ice Maiden, Steve Lockley & Paul Lewis (Pendragon Press)
• Twisted Root of Jaarfindor, Sean Wright (Crowswing Books)

Best Short Story[]

• "Black Static", Paul Meloy (The Third Alternative #40) (winner)
• "Roads Were Burning", Adam Roberts (Postscripts #1)
• "The Problem of Susan" Neil Gaiman (Flights: Extreme Visions of Fantasy, Roc)
• "The Black Phone", Joe Hill (The Third Alternative #39)
• "You Will Hear the Locust Sing", Joe Hill (The Third Alternative #37)

Best Collection[]

• Out of His Mind, Stephen Gallagher (PS Publishing) (winner)
• Somnambulists, Allen Ashley (Elastic Press)
• Darker Ages, Paul Finch (Sarob Press)
• Things That Never Happen, M. John Harrison (Gollancz)
• Trujillo and Other Stories, Lucius Shepard (PS Publishing)

Best Anthology[]

• The Alsiso Project, Andrew Hook (ed.) (Elastic Press) (winner)
• Acquainted with the Night, Barbara & Christopher Roden (eds.) (Ash Tree Press)
• The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror: Volume 15, Stephen Jones (ed.) (Robinson/Carroll & Graf)
• The Thackery T. Lambshead Pocket Guide to Eccentric & Discredited Diseases, Jeff Vandermeer & Mark Roberts (eds.) (Tor UK)
• The Year's Best Fantasy & Horror: Seventeenth Annual Collection, Ellen Datlow & Kelly Link & Gavin J. Grant (eds.) (St Martin's Press)

Best Small Press[]

• Elastic Press (Andrew Hook) (winner)
• The Alien Online (ed. Ariel)
• Pendragon Press (ed. Christopher Teague)
• Postscripts (Peter Crowther)
• PS Publishing (Peter Crowther)
• Scheherazade (ed. Elizabeth Counihan)
• The Third Alternative (ed. Andy Cox)
• Telos Publications (David J. Howe & Stephen James Walker)

Best Artist[]

• Les Edwards / Edward Miller (winner)
• John Coulthart
• Allen Koszowski
• Richard Marchand
• David Magitis
• Ian Simmons

Special Award[]

• Nigel Kneale

2006[]

The 2006 awards were presented at FantasyCon 2006 held 22–24 September 2006 at Britannia Hotel, Nottingham.^[3]

August Derleth Fantasy Award (Best Novel)[]

• Anansi Boys, Neil Gaiman

Best Novella[]

• , Stuart Young

Best Short Story[]

• "Best New Horror", Joe Hill

Best Collection[]

• 20th Century Ghosts, Joe Hill

Best Anthology[]

• The Elastic Book of Numbers,

Best Small Press[]

• PS Publishing, Peter Crowther

Best Artist[]

• Les Edwards

Special Award[]

• Stephen Jones

2007[]

The 2007 awards were presented at FantasyCon XXXI held 21–23 September 2007 at Britannia Hotel, Nottingham.^[3][4]

August Derleth Fantasy Award (Best Novel)[]

• , Tim Lebbon (Spectra) (winner)
• Breeding Ground, Sarah Pinborough, (Leisure Books)
• Bridge of Dreams, Chaz Brenchley, (Ace Books)
• Jack of Ravens: Kingdom of the Serpent, Book 1, Mark Chadbourn, (Gollancz)
• Nova Swing, M. John Harrison, (Gollancz)
• The Devil You Know, Mike Carey, (Orbit Books)
• The Face of Twilight, Mark Samuels, (PS Publishing)
• The Lies of Locke Lamora, Scott Lynch, (Gollancz)
• The Unblemished, Conrad Williams, (Earthling Publications)

Best Novella[]

• Kid, Paul Finch (Choices, Pendragon Press) (winner)
• The Memory of Joy, Eric Brown, (Choices, Pendragon Press)
• She Loves Monsters, Simon Clark, (Necessary Evil Press)
• The Wife's Djinn, Ian McDonald (Asimov's Science Fiction, July 2006)
• Rough Cut, Gary McMahon (Pendragon Press)

Best Short Story[]

• "Whisper Lane", Mark Chadbourn (BFS: A Celebration, the British Fantasy Society) (winner)
• "The Little Drummer Boy", Marion Arnott (Extended Play: The Elastic Book of Music, Elastic Press)
• "Puca Muc", Steve Lockley & Paul Lewis (Shrouded by Darkness, Telos Publishing)
• "The Disappeared", Sarah Singleton, (Time Pieces, NewCon Press)
• "31/10", Stephen Volk (Dark Corners, Gray Friar Press)
• "The Veteran", Conrad Williams (Postscripts #6, PS Publishing)

Best Collection[]

• Fragile Things, Neil Gaiman (Headline) (winner)
• Lost, The District, and Other Stories, Joel Lane (Night Shade Books)
• The Man From the Club Diogenes, Kim Newman (Monkeybrain)
• And Other Tales Unbecoming of Horror, Mike O'Driscoll (Elastic Press)
• The Ephémère, Neil Williamson (Elastic Press)

Best Anthology[]

• Extended Play: The Elastic Book of Music, (Elastic Press) (winner)
• The Year's Best Fantasy & Horror: 19th Annual Collection, Ellen Datlow, Kelly Link & Gavin J. Grant (Wed Martin's Press)
• Shrouded by Darkness: Tales of Terror, Alison LR Davies (Telos Publishing)
• The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror 17, Stephen Jones (Robinson Publishing)
• Choices, Christopher Teague, (Pendragon Press)

Best Small Press[]

• PS Publishing, Peter Crowther (winner)
• TTA Press, Andy Cox
• Elastic Press, Andrew Hook
• Telos Publishing, David J. Howe & Stephen James Walker
• Pendragon Press, Christopher Teague

Best Artist[]

• (winner)
• Les Edwards / Edward Miller
• Dean Harkness
• John Picacio

Best Non-Fiction[]

• The Days of the Dodo, Allen Ashley (Dodo Press)
• Films and the Hellraiser: Their Legacy, Paul Kane (Macfarland & Co.)
• Cinema Macabre, Mark Morris (PS Publishing)
• Into the Unknown: The Life of Fantastic Nigel Kneale, Andy Murray (Headpress)
• James Tiptree Jr.: The Double Life of Alice B. Sheldon, Julie Phillips (Wed Martin's Press)

Best Newcomer[]

• Joe Hill (winner)

Special Award[]

• Ellen Datlow

2008[]

The 2008 awards were presented at FantasyCon 2008 held at Britannia Hotel, Nottingham.^[3]

August Derleth Fantasy Award (Best Novel)[]

• , Ramsey Campbell (PS Publishing)

Best Novella[]

• The Scalding Rooms, (PS Publishing)

Best Short Story[]

• "My Stone Desire", Joel Lane (Black Static #1, TTA Press)

Best Anthology[]

• The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror 18, Stephen Jones (Robinson)

Best Collection[]

• Old Devil Moon, Christopher Fowler (Serpents Tail)

Best Newcomer[]

• Scott Lynch

Special Award[]

• Ray Harryhausen

Best Non-Fiction[]

• Whispers of Wickedness Reviews (website), Peter Tennant (ed.)

Best Artist[]

Best Small Press[]

• PS Publishing, Peter Crowther

2009[]

The 2009 awards were presented at FantasyCon 2009 held at Britannia Hotel, Nottingham.^[3]

August Derleth Fantasy Award (Best Novel)[]

• , William Heaney (aka Graham Joyce) (Gollancz)

Best Novella[]

• , Tim Lebbon (Humdrumming)

Best Short Fiction[]

• "Do You See", Sarah Pinborough from Myth-Understandings, ed. by Ian Whates (Newcon Press)

Best Collection[]

• , (Screaming Dreams)

Best Anthology[]

• , ed. Stephen Jones (Constable & Robinson)

PS Publishing Best Small Press[]

• Elastic Press (Andrew Hook)

Best Non-Fiction[]

• , Basil Copper ed. Stephen Jones (PS Publishing)

Best Magazine/Periodical[]

• Postscripts, ed. Peter Crowther and Nick Gevers (PS Publishing)

Best Artist[]

Best Comic/Graphic Novel[]

• Locke & Key, by Joe Hill and Gabriel Rodriguez (IDW Publishing)

Best Television[]

• Doctor Who, head writer Russell T Davies (BBC Wales)

Best Film[]

• The Dark Knight, directed by Christopher Nolan (Warner Bros.)

Sydney J. Bounds Award (Best Newcomer)[]

• Joseph D'Lacey, for (Bloody Books)

Karl Edward Wagner Award (Special Award)[]

• Hayao Miyazaki

2010[]

The 2010 awards were presented at FantasyCon 2010 held 17–19 September 2010.^[3]

August Derleth Fantasy Award (Best Novel)[]

• , (Virgin Horror)

Best Novella[]

• , Sarah Pinborough (PS Publishing)

Best Short Fiction[]

• "", Michael Marshall Smith (Nightjar)

Best Collection[]

• , Robert Shearman (Big Finish)

Best Anthology[]

• , ed. Stephen Jones (Constable & Robinson)

PS Publishing Best Small Press[]

• Telos Publishing, David Howe and Stephen James Walker

Best Non-Fiction[]

• Ansible, David Langford

Best Magazine/Periodical[]

• Murky Depths, edited and published by Terry Martin

Best Artist[]

• , for work including covers for The Witnesses Are Gone (PS Publishing) and The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror 20 (Constable & Robinson)

Best Comic/Graphic Novel[]

• Batman: Whatever Happened to the Caped Crusader?, Neil Gaiman and Andy Kubert (DC Comics/Titan Books) (winner)

Best Television[]

• Doctor Who, head writer: Russell T Davies (BBC Wales)

Best Film[]

• Let The Right One In, directed by Tomas Alfredson (EFTI)

Sydney J. Bounds Award (Best Newcomer)[]

• for Living With Ghosts (DAW)

Karl Edward Wagner Award (Special Award)[]

• Robert Holdstock

2011[]

Karl Edward Wagner Special Award[]

• Terry Pratchett

Best Novel[]

• No award. (Winner announced as Demon Dance by Sam Stone (House Of Murky Depths), but Stone returned the award.)^[5]

Best Novella[]

• Humpty’s Bones by Simon Clark (novelist) Telos Publishing

Best Short Story[]

• "Fool's Gold" by Sam Stone, from The Bitten Word, Ed. Ian Whates (Newcon Press)

Best Anthology[]

• Back From The Dead: The Legacy of the Pan Book Of Horror Stories, (Ed.) (Noose & Gibbet)

Best Collection[]

• Full Dark, No Stars by Stephen King (Hodder & Stoughton)

Best Non-Fiction[]

• Altered Visions: The Art Of Vincent Chong Telos Publishing

Best Artist[]

Best Comic/Graphic Novel[]

• At The Mountains Of Madness: A Graphic Novel, Ian Culbard (Selfmadehero)

Best Magazine/Periodical[]

• Black Static, Andy Cox (Ed.) (TTA Press)

Best Small Press[]

• Telos Publishing

Best Film[]

• Inception

Best Television[]

• Sherlock

Sydney J. Bounds Award For Best Newcomer[]

• Robert Jackson Bennet, for Mr Shivers (Orbit)

2012[]

August Derleth Award for best horror novel[]

• The Ritual by Adam Nevill

Robert Holdstock Award for best fantasy novel[]

• Among Others by Jo Walton

Best novella[]

• Gorel and the Pot Bellied God by Lavie Tidhar

Best short fiction[]

• The Coffin-Maker’s Daughter by Angela Slatter

Best anthology[]

• The Weird edited by Jeff and Ann VanderMeer

Best collection[]

• Everyone's Just So So Special by Robert Shearman

Best screenplay[]

• Midnight in Paris by Woody Allen

Best magazine/periodical[]

• Black Static edited by Andy Cox and TTA Press

Best comic/graphic novel[]

• Locke and Key by Joe Hill and Gabriel Rodriguez

PS Publishing Independent Press Award[]

• Chomu Press, Quentin S. Crisp

Best artist[]

• Daniele Serra

Best non-fiction[]

• Supergods: Our World in the Age of the Super Hero by Grant Morrison

2013[]

August Derleth Award for best horror novel[]

• Last Days by Adam Nevill

Robert Holdstock Award for best fantasy novel[]

• Some Kind of Fairy Tale by Graham Joyce

Best novella[]

• The Nine Deaths of Dr. Valentine by

Best short story[]

• Shark! Shark! by

Best anthology[]

• Magic: An Anthology of the Esoteric and Arcane edited by Jonathan Oliver

Best collection[]

• Remember Why You Fear Me: The Best Dark Fiction of Robert Shearman by Robert Shearman

Best screenplay[]

• The Cabin in the Woods by Joss Whedon and Drew Goddard

Best magazine/periodical[]

• Interzone edited by Andy Cox

Best comic/graphic novel[]

• Saga by Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples

PS Publishing Independent Press Award[]

• ChiZine Publications, Brett Alexander Savory and Sandra Kasturi

Best artist[]

• Sean Phillips

Best non-fiction[]

• Pornokitsch by and

The Karl Edward Wagner Award[]

• Iain M. Banks

The Sydney J. Bounds Award for Best Newcomer[]

• Hair Side, Flesh Side by

2014[]

August Derleth Award for best horror novel[]

• The Shining Girls by Lauren Beukes

Robert Holdstock Award for best fantasy novel[]

• A Stranger in Olondria by Sofia Samatar

Best novella[]

• Beauty by Sarah Pinborough

Best short story[]

• Signs of the Times by Carole Johnstone

Best anthology[]

• End of the Road edited by Jonathan Oliver

Best collection[]

• Monsters in the Heart by Stephen Volk

Best film/television episode[]

• Game of Thrones: The Rains of Castamere written by David Benioff and D. B. Weiss

Best magazine/periodical[]

• Clarkesworld edited by Neil Clarke, Sean Wallace and Kate Baker

Best comic/graphic novel[]

• Demeter by Becky Cloonan

PS Publishing Independent Press Award[]

• The Alchemy Press,

Best artist[]

• Joey Hi-Fi

Best non-fiction[]

• Speculative Fiction 2012 edited by and

The Karl Edward Wagner Award[]

• Farah Mendlesohn

The Sydney J. Bounds Award for Best Newcomer[]

• Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie

2015[]

The 2015 winners were presented on Oct 25, 2015 at FantasyCon 2015 in Nottingham.^[6]

August Derleth Award for best horror novel[]

• No One Gets Out Alive by Adam Nevill

Robert Holdstock Award for best fantasy novel[]

• Cuckoo Song, by Frances Hardinge

Best novella[]

• "Newspaper Heart" by Stephen Volk (in The Spectral Book of Horror Stories)

Best short story[]

• "A Woman’s Place" by Emma Newman (in Two Hundred and Twenty-One Baker Streets)

Best anthology[]

• Lightspeed: Women Destroy Science Fiction Special Issue, edited by Christie Yant

Best collection[]

• Nick Nightmare Investigates by Adrian Cole

Best film/television episode[]

• Guardians of the Galaxy

Best magazine/periodical[]

• Holdfast Magazine, edited by Laurel Sills & Lucy Smee

Best comic/graphic novel[]

• Through the Woods, by Emily Carroll

Best Independent Press[]

• Fox Spirit Books

Best artist[]

• Karla Ortiz

Best non-fiction[]

• Letters to Arkham: The Letters of Ramsey Campbell and August Derleth, 1961-1971, edited by S. T. Joshi

The Karl Edward Wagner Award[]

• Juliet E. McKenna

The Sydney J. Bounds Award for Best Newcomer[]

• The Three by Sarah Lotz

2016[]

The 2016 BFAs were awarded on 25 September 2016, at the FantasyCon 2016, "FantasyCon by the Sea", in the Grand Hotel, Scarborough.

Best anthology[]

• The Doll Collection, ed. Ellen Datlow (winner)
• African Monsters, ed. Margret Helgadottir and Jo Thomas
• Aickman's Heirs, ed. Simon Strantzas
• Best British Horror 2015, ed.
• The 2nd Spectral Book of Horror Stories, ed. Mark Morris

Best artist[]

• Julie Dillon (winner)
• Ben Baldwin
• Vincent Chong
• Evelinn Enoksen
• Sarah Anne Langton
• Jeffrey Alan Love

Best collection[]

• Ghost Summer: Stories, Tananarive Due (winner)
• Monsters, Paul Kane
• Probably Monsters, Ray Cluley
• Scar City, Joel Lane
• Skein and Bone, V.H. Leslie
• The Stars Seem So Far Away, Margret Helgadottir

Best comic/graphic novel[]

• Bitch Planet, Kelly Sue DeConnick, Valentine De Landro, Robert Wilson IV and Cris Peter (winner)
• Ms. Marvel, Vol. 2: Generation Why, G. Willow Wilson, Jacob Wyatt and Adrian Alphona
• Nimona, Noelle Stevenson
• Red Sonja, Gail Simone and Walter Geovani
• Saga, Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples
• The Sandman: Overture, Neil Gaiman, J.H. Williams III and Dave Stewart

Best fantasy novel (the Robert Holdstock Award)[]

• Uprooted, Naomi Novik (winner)
• Half a War, Joe Abercrombie
• Sorcerer to the Crown, Zen Cho
• Signal to Noise, Silvia Moreno-Garcia
• Guns of the Dawn, Adrian Tchaikovsky
• The Iron Ghost, Jen Williams

Best film/television production[]

• Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell, Peter Harness (winner)
• Inside No. 9: The Trial of Elizabeth Gadge, Reece Shearsmith and Steve Pemberton
• Jessica Jones: AKA WWJD?, Scott Reynolds
• Mad Max: Fury Road, George Miller, Brendan McCarthy and Nico Lathouris
• Midwinter of the Spirit, Stephen Volk
• Star Wars: The Force Awakens, by Lawrence Kasdan, J. J. Abrams and Michael Arndt

Best horror novel (the August Derleth Award)[]

• Rawblood, Catriona Ward (winner)
• A Cold Silence, Alison Littlewood
• The Death House, Sarah Pinborough
• Lost Girl, Adam Nevill
• The Silence, Tim Lebbon
• Welcome to Night Vale, Joseph Fink and Jeffrey Cranor

Best independent press[]

• Angry Robot (Marc Gascoigne) (winner)
• The Alchemy Press (Peter Coleborn and Jan Edwards)
• Fox Spirit Books (Adele Wearing)
• Newcon Press (Ian Whates)

Best magazine/periodical[]

• Beneath Ceaseless Skies, ed. Scott H. Andrews (winner)
• Black Static, ed. Andy Cox
• Holdfast Magazine, ed. Laurel Sills and Lucy Smee
• Interzone, ed. Andy Cox
• Strange Horizons, ed. Niall Harrison

Best newcomer (the Sydney J. Bounds Award)[]

• Zen Cho, for Sorcerer to the Crown (winner)
• Becky Chambers, for The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet
• Peter Newman, for The Vagrant
• Steven Poore, for The Heir to the North
• Marc Turner, for When the Heavens Fall

Best non-fiction[]

• Letters to Tiptree, ed. Alexandra Pierce and Alisa Krasnostein (winner)
• The Art of Horror: An Illustrated History, ed. Stephen Jones
• Fantasy-Faction, ed. Marc Aplin and Jennie Ivins
• Ginger Nuts of Horror, ed. Jim Mcleod
• King for a Year, ed. Mark West
• Matrilines, Kari Sperring

Best novella[]

• The Pauper Prince and the Eucalyptus Jinn, Usman T. Malik (winner)
• Albion Fay, Mark Morris
• Binti, Nnedi Okorafor
• The Bureau of Them, Cate Gardner
• Witches of Lytchford, Paul Cornell

Best short fiction[]

• Fabulous Beasts, Priya Sharma (winner)
• The Blue Room, V.H. Leslie
• Dirt Land, Ralph Robert Moore
• Hippocampus, Adam Nevill
• Strange Creation, Frances Kay
• When The Moon Man Knocks, Cate Gardner

BFS Special Award (the Karl Edward Wagner Award)[]

• the FantasyCon Redcloaks, Past and Present

2017[]

Best Newcomer(the Sydney J. Bounds Award)[]

• James Bennett, for Chasing Embers
• Daniel Godfrey, for New Pompeii
• Erica L Satifka, for Stay Crazy
• Phil Sloman, for Becoming David
• Martin Owton, for Exile

Best Magazine / Periodical[]

• Black Static
• Ginger Nuts of Horror
• Interzone
• Tor.com
• Uncanny Magazine

Best Non-fiction[]

• Blood Spectrum – Gary Couzens
• The Geek Feminist Revolution – Kameron Hurley
• Ginger Nuts of Horror ed. Jim McLeod
• This Spectacular Darkness – Joel Lane, ed. Mark Valentine
• The Women of Harry Potter series – Sarah Gailey
• Words are my Matter: Writings about Life and Books, 2000-2016 – Ursula K. Le Guin

Best Comic / Graphic Novel[]

• 2000AD (progs 1963-2011) ed. Matt Smith
• Monstress, Vol 1: Awakening – Marjorie Liu & Sana Takeda
• Patsy Walker, A.K.A. Hellcat! (#2-13) – Kate Leth & Brittney Williams
• Saga (#33-40) – Brian K Vaughan & Fiona Staples
• Sixpack and Dogwelder: Hard Travelin’ Heroz (#1-5) – Garth Ennis & Russ Braun
• Skal (Chapter 3, pages 1-19) – Jennie Gyllblad

Best Independent Press[]

• Alchemy Press
• Fox Spirit Books
• Grimbold Press
• NewCon Press
• TTA Press

Best Artist[]

• Ben Baldwin
• Evelinn Enoksen
• Sarah Anne Langton
• Daniele Serra

Best Anthology[]

• Asian Monsters ed. Margrét Helgadóttir
• Dead Letters ed. Conrad Williams
• Fight Like a Girl ed. Joanne Hall & Roz Clarke
• People of Colour Destroy Science Fiction ed. Nalo Hopkinson & Kristine Ong Muslim
• The Starlit Wood: New Fairy Tales ed. Dominik Parisien & Navah Wolfe
• Something Remains ed. Peter Coleborn and Pauline E Dungate

Best Collection[]

• The Parts We Play – Stephen Volk
• Secret Language – Neil Williamson
• Sharp Ends – Joe Abercrombie
• Some Will Not Sleep – Adam Nevill
• A Tiding of Magpies – Pete Sutton
• The Unheimlich Menoeuvre – Tracy Fahey

Best Film / Television Production[]

• Arrival
• Black Mirror series 3
• Captain America: Civil War
• Deadpool
• High Rise

Best Novella[]

• Arrival of Missives – Aliya Whiteley
• The Ballad of Black Tom – Victor LaValle
• Bodies of Water – VH Leslie
• Every Heart a Doorway – Seanan McGuire
• The Grieving Stones – Gary McMahon
• Hammers on Bone – Cassandra Khaw

Best Short Fiction[]

• Charmed Life – Simon Avery
• Greenteeth – Gary Budden
• The Watcher – Sammy HK Smith
• Waxy – Camilla Grudova
• White Rabbit – Georgina Bruce
• The Women’s Song – Nadine West

Best Horror Novel (the August Derleth Award)[]

• 13 Minutes – Sarah Pinborough
• Disappearance at Devil’s Rock – Paul Tremblay
• The Hidden People – Alison Littlewood
• The Searching Dead – Ramsey Campbell

Best Fantasy Novel (the Robert Holdstock Award)[]

• The High King’s Vengeance – Steven Poore
• The Silver Tide – Jen Williams
• The Summer Goddess – Joanne Hall
• The Tiger and the Wolf – Adrian Tchaikovsky

The Special Award (the Karl Edward Wagner Award)[]

• Jan Edwards

2018[]

The 2018 awards were presented on 21 October 2018 at FantasyCon 2018, held at the Queen Hotel, Chester.^[7][8]

Best Anthology[]

• New Fears, ed. Mark Morris (Titan Books)
• 2084, ed. George Sandison (Unsung Stories)
• Dark Satanic Mills: Great British Horror Book 2, ed. Steve Shaw (Black Shuck Books)
• Imposter Syndrome, ed. James Everington & Dan Howarth (Dark Minds Press)
• Pacific Monsters, ed. Margret Helgadottir (Fox Spirit)

Best Artist[]

• Jeffrey Alan Love
• Ben Baldwin
• Victo Ngai
• Daniele Sera
• Sophie E Tallis
• Sana Takeda

Best Audio[]

• Anansi Boys (by Neil Gaiman, adapted by Dirk Maggs for BBC Radio 4)
• Brave New Words podcast (Ed Fortune and Starburst Magazine)
• Breaking the Glass Slipper podcast (Lucy Hounsom, Charlotte Bond & Megan Leigh)
• Ivory Towers (by Richard H Brooks, directed by Karim Kronfli for 11th Hour Audio Productions)
• PseudoPod podcast (Alasdair Stuart and Escape Artists)
• Tea & Jeopardy podcast (Emma & Peter Newman)

Best Collection[]

• Strange Weather, by Joe Hill (Gollancz)
• Norse Mythology, by Neil Gaiman (Bloomsbury)
• Tanith by Choice, by Tanith Lee (Newcon Press)
• Tender: Stories, by Sofia Samatar (Small Beer Press)
• You Will Grow Into Them, by Malcolm Devlin (Unsung Stories)

Best Comic / Graphic Novel[]

• Monstress, Vol. 2, by Marjorie Liu & Sana Takeda (Image)
• Bitch Planet Vol 2: President Bitch, by Kelly Sue DeConnick, Taki Soma & Valentine de Landro (Image)
• Grim & Bold, by Joshua Cornah (Kristell Ink)
• Tomorrow, by Jack Lothian & Garry Mac (BHP Comics)
• The Wicked + The Divine Vol 5: Imperial Phase Part 1, by Kieron Gillen & Jamie McKelvie (Image)

Best Fantasy Novel (the Robert Holdstock Award)[]

• The Ninth Rain, by Jen Williams (Headline)
• Age of Assassins, by RJ Barker (Orbit)
• The Court of Broken Knives, by Anna Smith Spark (HarperVoyager)
• Under the Pendulum Sun, by Jeannette Ng (Angry Robot)

Best Film / Television Production[]

• Get Out, by Jordan Peele (Universal Pictures)
• Black Mirror, Series 4, by Charlie Brooker (Netflix)
• The Good Place, Season 1, by Michael Schur (Netflix)
• Star Wars: The Last Jedi, by Rian Johnson (Lucasfilm)
• Stranger Things, Season 2, by Matt & Ross Duffer (Netflix)
• Twin Peaks: the Return, by Mark Frost & David Lynch (Sky Atlantic)
• Wonder Woman, by Patty Jenkins, Zack Snyder, Allan Heinberg & Jason Fuchs (Warner Bros.)

Best Horror Novel (the August Derleth Award)[]

• The Changeling, by Victor LaValle (Canongate)
• Behind Her Eyes, by Sarah Pinborough (Harper Collins)
• The Boy on the Bridge, by MR Carey (Orbit)
• The Crow Garden, by Alison Littlewood (Jo Fletcher Books)
• Relics, by Tim Lebbon (Titan Books)

Best Independent Press[]

• Unsung Stories
• Fox Spirit
• Grimbold Books
• Newcon Press
• Salt Publishing

Best Magazine / Periodical[]

• Shoreline of Infinity, ed. Noel Chidwick
• Black Static, ed. Andy Cox (TTA Press)
• Gingernuts of Horror, ed. Jim Mcleod
• Grimdark Magazine, ed. Adrian Collins
• Interzone, ed. Andy Cox (TTA Press)

Best Newcomer (the Sydney J Bounds Award)[]

• Jeannette Ng, for Under the Pendulum Sun (Angry Robot)
• RJ Barker, for Age of Assassins (Orbit)
• SA Chakraborty, for The City of Brass (HarperVoyager)
• Ed McDonald, for Blackwing (Orion)
• Anna Smith Spark, for The Court of Broken Knives (HarperVoyager)

Best Non-Fiction[]

• Gender Identity and Sexuality in Science Fiction and Fantasy, ed. FT Barbini (Luna Press)
• Gingernuts of Horror, ed. Jim Mcleod
• Luminescent Threads, ed. Alexandra Pierce & Mimi Mondal (12th Planet Press)
• No Time to Spare: Thinking About What Matters, by Ursula K Le Guin (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt)
• Paperbacks from Hell: The Twisted History of 70s and 80s Horror Fiction, by Grady Hendrix (Quirk)
• Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me, by Maura McHugh (Electric Dreamhouse Press)

Best Novella[]

• Passing Strange, by Ellen Klages (Tor.com)
• Brother's Ruin, by Emma Newman (Tor.com)
• Cottingley, by Alison Littlewood (Newcon Press)
• The Murders of Molly Southbourne, by Tade Thompson (Tor.com)
• Naming the Bones, by Laura Mauro (Dark Minds Press)
• A Pocketful of Crows, by Joanne Harris (Gollancz)

Best Short Story[]

• Looking for Laika, by Laura Mauro (in Interzone #273) (TTA Press)
• The Anniversary, by Ruth EJ Booth (in Black Static #61) (TTA Press)
• Four Abstracts, by Nina Allan (in New Fears) (Titan Books)
• Illumination, by Joanne Hall (in Book of Dragons) (Kristell Ink)
• The Little Gift, by Stephen Volk (PS Publishing)
• Shepherd's Business, by Stephen Gallagher (in New Fears) (Titan Books)

The Special Award (the Karl Edward Wagner Award)[]

• N.K. Jemisin

2019[]

The winners were announced on 20th October 2019, at FantasyCon in Glasgow, Scotland. ^[9]

Best Fantasy Novel (the Robert Holdstock Award)[]

• The Bitter Twins, by Jen Williams (Headline)
• Empire of Sand, by Tasha Suri (Orbit)
• Foundryside, by Robert Jackson Bennett (Jo Fletcher)
• The Green Man's Heir, by Juliet E. McKenna (Wizard's Tower)
• The Loosening Skin, by Aliya Whiteley (Unsung Stories)
• Priest of Bones, by Peter McLean (Jo Fletcher)

Horror Novel (the August Derleth Award)[]

• Little Eve, by Catriona Ward (W&N)
• The Cabin at the End of the World, by Paul Tremblay (Titan)
• The Way of the Worm, by Ramsey Campbell (PS Publishing)
• Wolf's Hill, by Simon Bestwick (Snowbooks)

Best Newcomer (the Sydney J Bounds Award)[]

• Tomi Adeyemi, for The Children of Blood and Bone (Macmillan Children’s Books)
• Cameron Johnston, for The Traitor God (Angry Robot)
• RF Kuang, for The Poppy War (HarperVoyager)
• Tasha Suri, for Empire of Sand (Orbit)
• Marian Womack, for Lost Objects (Luna Press Publishing)
• Micah Yongo, for Lost Gods (Angry Robot)

Best Novella[]

• Binti: The Night Masquerade, by Nnedi Okorafor (Tor.com)
• Breakwater, by Simon Bestwick (Tor Books)
• The Land of Somewhere Safe, by Hal Duncan (NewCon Press)
• The Last Temptation of Dr Valentine, by John Llewellyn Probert (Black Shuck Books)
• The Only Harmless Great Thing, by Brooke Bolander (Tor.com)
• The Tea Master and the Detective, by Aliette de Bodard (Subterranean Press)

Best Short Fiction[]

• Down Where Sound Comes Blunt, by GV Anderson (F&SF March/April 2018)
• Her Blood the Apples, Her Bones the Trees, by Georgina Bruce (The Silent Garden: A Journal of Esoteric Fabulism)
• In the Gallery of Silent Screams, by Carole Johnstone & Chris Kelso (Black Static #65)
• A Son of the Sea, by Priya Sharma (All the Fabulous Beasts)
• Telling Stories, by Ruth EJ Booth (The Dark #43)
• Thumbsucker, by Robert Shearman (New Fears 2)

Best Anthology[]

• The Devil and the Deep: Horror Stories of the Sea, ed. Ellen Datlow (Night Shade Books)
• Humanagerie, ed. Sarah Doyle & Allen Ashley (Eibonvale Press)
• New Fears 2, ed. Mark Morris (Titan Books)
• This Dreaming Isle, ed. Dan Coxon (Unsung Stories)
• Year’s Best Weird Fiction, Vol. 5, ed. Robert Shearman & Michael Kelly (Undertow Publications)

Best Collection[]

• All the Fabulous Beasts, by Priya Sharma (Undertow Publications)
• The Future is Blue, by Catherynne M Valente (Subterranean Press)
• How Long ‘til Black Future Month?, by NK Jemisin (Orbit)
• Lost Objects, by Marian Womack (Luna Press Publishing)
• Octoberland, by Thana Niveau (PS Publishing)
• Resonance & Revolt, by Rosanne Rabinowitz (Eibonvale Press)

Best Non-Fiction[]

• The Evolution of African Fantasy and Science Fiction, ed. Francesca T Barbini (Luna Press Publishing)
• The Full Lid, by Alasdair Stuart (alasdairstuart.com/the-full-lid)
• Ginger Nuts of Horror (www.gingernutsofhorror.com)
• Les Vampires, by Tim Major (PS Publishing)
• Noise and Sparks, by Ruth EJ Booth (Shoreline of Infinity)

Best Independent Press[]

• Fox Spirit Books
• Luna Press Publishing
• NewCon Press
• Unsung Stories

Best Magazine / Periodical[]

• Black Static
• Ginger Nuts of Horror
• Interzone
• Shoreline of Infinity
• Uncanny Magazine

Best Audio[]

• Bedtime Stories for the End of the World (endoftheworldpodcast.com)
• Blood on Satan’s Claw, by Mark Morris (Bafflegab)
• Breaking the Glass Slipper (www.breakingtheglassslipper.com)
• PodCastle (podcastle.org)
• PsuedoPod (pseudopod.org)

Best Comic / Graphic Novel[]

• 100 Demon Dialogues, by Lucy Bellwood (Toonhound Studios)
• B.P.R.D. Hell on Earth, Vol. 1, by Mike Mignola, John Arcudi, Guy Davis, Tyler Crook & Dave Stewart (Dark Horse)
• Hellboy: The Complete Short Stories, Vol. 1, by Mike Mignola and others (Dark Horse)
• The Prisoner, by Robert S Malan & John Cockshaw (Luna Press Publishing)
• Saga #49-54, by Brian K Vaughan & Fiona Staples (Image Comics)
• Widdershins, Vol. 7, by Kate Ashwin

Best Artist[]

• Vince Haig
• David Rix
• Daniele Serra
• Sophie E Tallis

Best Film / Television Production[]

• Annihilation, Alex Garland
• Avengers: Infinity War, Christopher Markus & Stephen McFeely
• Black Panther, Ryan Coogler & Joe Robert Cole
• The Haunting of Hill House, Mike Flanagan
• Inside No. 9, series 4, Steve Pemberton & Reece Shearsmith
• Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, Phil Lord & Rodney Rothman

The Special Award (the Karl Edward Wagner Award)[]

• Ian Whates

2020[]

The 2020 awards were presented at an online event owing to the Coronavirus Crisis ^[10]

Best Fantasy Novel (the Robert Holdstock Award)[]

• The Bone Ships, by R.J. Barker (Orbit)
• The Migration, by Helen Marshall (Titan)
• The Poison Song, by Jen Williams (Headline)
• The Ten Thousand Doors of January, by Alix E Harrow (Orbit)

Best Horror Novel (the August Derleth Award)[]

• The Institute, Stephen King (Hodder & Stoughton)
• The Migration, Helen Marshall (Titan)
• Mistletoe, Alison Littlewood (Jo Fletcher Books)
• The Plague Stones, James Brogden (Titan)
• The Reddening, Adam Nevill (Ritual Limited)
• The Twisted Ones, T. Kingfisher (Titan)

Best Newcomer (the Sydney J Bounds Award)[]

• Ta-Nehisi Coates, for The Water Dancer (Penguin)
• Alix E Harrow, for The Ten Thousand Doors of January (Orbit)
• Penny Jones, for Suffer Little Children (Black Shuck Books)
• Tamsyn Muir, for Gideon the Ninth (Tordotcom)
• Nina Oram, for The Joining (Luna Press)

Best Novella[]

• The Ascent to Godhood, by Neon Yang (Tordotcom)
• Butcher’s Table, by Nathan Ballingrud (Gallery / Saga Press)
• The Deep, by Rivers Solomon, with Daveed Diggs, William Hutson and Jonathan Snipes (Hodder & Stoughton)
• Ormeshadow, by Priya Sharma (Tordotcom)
• Ragged Alice, by Gareth L. Powell (Tordotcom)
• The Survival of Molly Southbourne, by Tade Thompson (Tordotcom)

Best Short Fiction[]

• Dendrochronology, by Penny Jones (Hersham Horror)
• I Say, I Say, I Say, by Robert Shearman (The Shadow Booth)
• The Pain-Eater’s Daughter, by Laura Mauro (Undertow)
• Tomorrow, When I Was Young, by Julie Travis (Eibonvale Press)

Best Anthology[]

• A Secret Guide to Fighting Elder Gods, ed. Jennifer Brozek (Pulse Publishing)
• The Big Book of Classic Fantasy, ed. Ann & Jeff VanderMeer (Vintage)
• New Suns: Original Speculative Fiction for People of Color, ed. Nisi Shawl (Solaris)
• Once Upon a Parsec: The Book of Alien Fairy Tales, ed. David Gullen (NewCon)
• Wonderland, ed. Marie O’Regan & Paul Kane (Titan)
• The Woods, ed. Phil Sloman (Hersham Horror)

Best Collection[]

• The Boughs Withered When I Told Them My Dreams, by Maura McHugh (NewCon)
• Growing Things, by Paul Tremblay (Titan)
• This House of Wounds, by Georgina Bruce (Undertow)
• Of Wars, And Memories, And Starlight, by Aliette de Bodard (Subterranean Press)
• Sing Your Sadness Deep, by Laura Mauro (Undertow)

Best Non-Fiction[]

• Coffinmaker’s Blues: Collected Writings on Terror, by Stephen Volk (PS Publishing)
• The Dark Fantastic: Race and the Imagination from Harry Potter to the Hunger Games, by Ebony Elizabeth Thomas (New York University Press)
• The Full Lid, by Alasdair Stuart
• Joanna Russ (Modern Masters of SF), by Gwyneth Jones (University of Illinois Press)
• Notes from the Borderland, by Lynda E Rucker, for Black Static (TTA Press)
• The Pleasant Profession of Robert E Heinlein, by Farah Mendlesohn (Unbound)

Best Independent Press[]

• Aqueduct Press
• Black Shuck Books
• Luna Press
• NewCon Press
• Rebellion Publishing
• Undertow Publications

Best Magazine / Periodical[]

• Black Static
• The Dark
• F&SF
• Fiyah
• Ginger Nuts of Horror
• Shoreline of Infinity

Best Audio[]

• Breaking the Glass Slipper
• PodCastle
• PseudoPod
• Speculative Spaces

Best Comic / Graphic Novel[]

• 2000AD, ed. Matt Smith (Rebellion)
• Basketful of Heads #1, by Joe Hill (DC)
• B.P.R.D. The Devil You Know, Vol. 3: Ragna Rok, by Mike Mignola, Scott Allie, Laurence Campbell et al. (Dark Horse)
• DCeased #1-6, by Tom Taylor, Trevor Hairsine, Stefano Gaudiano et al. (DC)
• DIE, by Kieron Gillen & Stephanie Hans (Image)
• The Ozone Diary, by Pentti Otsamo & Tero Mielonen (Luna Press)

Best Artist[]

• Ben Baldwin
• Vince Haig
• Jackie Morris
• David Rix

Best Film / Television Production[]

• Game of Thrones: The Long Night – David Benioff & DB Weiss (HBO / Sky Atlantic)
• Us – Jordan Peele (Monkeypaw Productions et al.)
• Watchmen: It’s Summer and We’re Running Out of Ice – Damon Lindelof (HBO / Sky Atlantic)
• The Witcher: Rare Species – Haily Hall (Netflix)

The Special Award (the Karl Edward Wagner Award)[]

• Craig Lockley

2021[]

The 2021 awards were presented at Fantasycon 2021 in Birmingham ^[11][12]

Best Newcomer (The Sydney J. Bounds Award)[]

• Tiffani Angus, for Threading the Labyrinth (Unsung Stories)
• Dan Coxon, for Green Fingers & Only the Broken Remain (Black Shuck Books)
• Sean Hogan, for England’s Screaming (PS Publishing) & Three Mothers, One Father (Black Shuck Books)
• Kathleen Jennings, for Flyaway (Tordotcom)
• Simon Jimenez, for The Vanished Birds (Titan)
• Rym Kechacha, for Dark River (Unsung Stories)

Best Film / Television Production[]

• Birds of Prey
• The Boys: What I Know (Season 2, episode 8)
• The Haunting of Bly Manor: The Romance of Certain Old Clothes (Season 1, episode 8)
• The Invisible Man
• The Lighthouse
• Saint Maud

Best Non-Fiction[]

• The Full Lid, Alasdair Stuart, ed. Marguerite Kenner
• It’s the End of the World: But What Are We Really Afraid Of?, Adam Roberts (Elliot & Thompson)
• Notes from the Borderland, Lynda E. Rucker (in “Black Static”, TTA Press)
• Ties that Bind: Love in Fantasy and Science Fiction, ed. Francesca T Barbini (Luna Press Publishing)
• The Unstable Realities of Christopher Priest, Paul Kincaid (Gylphi Limited)
• Women Make Horror: Filmmaking, Feminism, Genre, ed. Alison Peirse (Rutgers University Press)

Best Artist[]

• Warwick Fraser-Coombe
• David Rix
• Vincent Sammy
• Daniele Serra

Best Comic / Graphic Novel[]

• The Daughters of Ys, Jo Rioux & M.T. Andersen (First Second)
• DIE Vol. 2: Split the Party, Kieron Gillen & Stephanie Hans (Image Comics)
• John Constantine: Hellblazer, Vol. 1: Marks of Woe, Simon Spurrier & Aaron Campbell (DC Comics)
• The Magic Fish, Trung Le Nguyen (Random House Graphic)
• Rivers of London: The Fey and the Furious, Ben Aaronovitch & Andrew Cartmel (Titan)
• Venus in the Blind Spot, Junji Ito (VIZ Media LLC)

Best Magazine / Periodical[]

• Black Static
• The Dark
• FIYAH
• Ginger Nuts of Horror
• Shoreline of Infinity
• Strange Horizons

Best Independent Press[]

• Black Shuck Books
• Flame Tree Press
• Luna Press Publishing
• Unsung Stories

Best Audio[]

• Breaking the Glass Slipper, Megan Leigh, Lucy Hounson & Charlotte Bond
• The Magnus Archives, Rusty Quill
• PodCastle, Escape Artists
• PseudoPod, Escape Artists
• The Sandman, Dirk Maggs & Neil Gaiman (Audible Originals)
• Stellar Firma, Rusty Quill

Best Anthology[]

• After Sundown, ed. Mark Morris (Flame Tree Press)
• Black Cranes: Tales of Unquiet Women, ed. Lee Murray & Geneve Flynn (Omnium Gatherum Media)
• Dominion: An Anthology of Speculative Fiction from Africa and the African Diaspora, ed. Zelda Knight & Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki (Aurelia Leo)
• Shadows & Tall Trees, Vol. 8, ed. Michael Kelly (Undertow Publications)

Best Short Fiction[]

• 8-Bit Free Will, John Wiswell (in PodCastle 654, Escape Artists)
• Daylight Robbery, Anna Taborska (in “Bloody Britain”, Shadow Publishing)
• Infinite Tea in the Demara Café, Ida Keogh (in “London Centric: Tales of Future London, Newcon Press)
• We Do Like to be Beside, Pete Sutton (in “Alchemy Press Book of Horrors 2”, Alchemy Press)

Best Collection[]

• Bloody Britain, Anna Taborska (Shadow Publishing)
• Only the Broken Remain, Dan Coxon (Black Shuck Books)
• The Watcher in the Woods, Charlotte Bond (Black Shuck Books)
• We All Hear Stories in the Dark, Robert Shearman (PS Publishing)

Best Novella[]

• The Flame and the Flood, (Fox Spirit)
• Honeybones, Georgina Bruce (TTA Press)
• The Order of the Pure Moon Reflected in Water, Zen Cho (Tordotcom)
• Ring Shout, P. Djèlí Clark (Tordotcom)
• A Song for the End, Kit Power (Horrific Tales Publishing)
• Triggernometry, Stark Holborn (Rattleback Books)

Best Horror Novel (The August Derleth Award)[]

• Beneath the Rising, Premee Mohamed (Rebellion)
• The Hollow Places, T. Kingfisher (Titan)
• Mexican Gothic, Silvia Moreno-Garcia (Jo Fletcher Books)
• The Only Good Indians, Stephen Graham Jones (Titan)
• Plain Bad Heroines, Emily Danforth (The Borough Press)
• Survivor Song, Paul Tremblay (Titan)

Best Fantasy Novel (The Robert Holdstock Award)[]

• The Bone Shard Daughter, Andrea Stewart (Orbit)
• By Force Alone, Lavie Tidhar (Head of Zeus)
• The City We Became, N.K. Jemisin (Orbit)
• Dark River, Rym Kechacha (Unsung Stories)
• The Once and Future Witches, Alix E. Harrow (Orbit)
• Threading the Labyrinth, Tiffani Angus (Unsung Stories)

The Special Award (the Karl Edward Wagner Award)[]

• Alasdair Stuart

Award controversy of 2011[]

In 2011, British writer Sam Stone won the British Fantasy Award but returned it three days later after editor and anthologist Stephen Jones posted a blog entry pointing out that three of the winning entries (and many of the shortlisted works) were published by Telos Publishing, a company owned by David Howe. At the time, Howe was also chair of the British Fantasy Society, British Fantasy Award coordinator, and partner of Stone.^[5][13][14]

References[]

External links[]

• British Fantasy Society Awards
• Excerpts and synopses of BFA Award winning and nominated novels