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The British Fantasy Awards are administered annually by the British Fantasy Society (BFS) and were first awarded 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 Best Fantasy Novel (the Robert Holdstock Award), Best Horror Novel (the August Derleth Award), Best Novella, Best Short Story, Best Independent Press, Best Artist, Best Anthology, Best Collection, Best Comic/Graphic Novel, Best Non-Fiction, and Best Newcomer (the Sydney J. Bounds Award), while the Karl Edward Wagner Award for “important contribution to the genre or the Society”is given at the discretion of the BFS committee.[1] The membership of the BFS vote to determine the shortlists of the awards, the winners being decided by juries.

Nominees and winners

1999

August Derleth Award (Best Novel)

Anthology

Artist

  • Bob Covington

Collection

Short Story

Small Press

  • Andy Cox, The Third Alternative

Special Award

2000

August Derleth Award (Best Novel)

Anthology

Artist

Collection

Short Story

Small Press

Special Award

2004

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

August Derleth Award (Best Novel)

Short Fiction

Collection

Anthology

Small Press

Artist

Special Award

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)

Best Novella

Best Short Story

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

Best Small Press

Best Artist

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

Special Award

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)

Best Novella

Best Short Story

Best Collection

Best Anthology

Best Small Press

  • PS Publishing, Peter Crowther

Best Artist

Special Award

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)

  • Dusk, 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, Gary Couzens (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

  • Vincent Chong (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

Special Award

2008

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

August Derleth Fantasy Award (Best Novel)

Best Novella

Best Short Story

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

Best Anthology

Best Collection

Best Newcomer

Special Award

Best Non-Fiction

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)

Best Novella

Best Short Fiction

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

Best Collection

Best Anthology

PS Publishing Best Small Press

  • Elastic Press (Andrew Hook)

Best Non-Fiction

Best Magazine/Periodical

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

Best Artist

Best Comic/Graphic Novel

Best Television

Best Film

Sydney J. Bounds Award (Best Newcomer)

Karl Edward Wagner Award (Special Award)

2010

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

August Derleth Fantasy Award (Best Novel)

Best Novella

Best Short Fiction

Best Collection

Best Anthology

PS Publishing Best Small Press

Best Non-Fiction

Best Magazine/Periodical

  • Murky Depths, edited and published by Terry Martin

Best Artist

  • Vincent Chong, 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

Best Television

Best Film

Sydney J. Bounds Award (Best Newcomer)

Karl Edward Wagner Award (Special Award)

2011

Karl Edward Wagner Special Award

Best Novel

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

Best Novella

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, Johnny Mains (Ed.) (Noose & Gibbet)

Best Collection

Best Non-Fiction

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

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

Robert Holdstock Award for best fantasy novel

Best novella

Best short fiction

Best anthology

Best collection

Best screenplay

Best magazine/periodical

  • Black Static edited by Andy Cox and TTA Press

Best comic/graphic novel

PS Publishing Independent Press Award

Best artist

  • Daniele Serra

Best non-fiction

2013

August Derleth Award for best horror novel

Robert Holdstock Award for best fantasy novel

Best novella

Best short story

Best anthology

Best collection

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

Best screenplay

Best magazine/periodical

Best comic/graphic novel

PS Publishing Independent Press Award

Best artist

  • Sean Phillips

Best non-fiction

The Karl Edward Wagner Award

The Sydney J. Bounds Award for Best Newcomer

2014

August Derleth Award for best horror novel

Robert Holdstock Award for best fantasy novel

Best novella

Best short story

Best anthology

Best collection

Best film/television episode

Best magazine/periodical

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

Best comic/graphic novel

PS Publishing Independent Press Award

Best artist

  • Joey Hi-Fi

Best non-fiction

The Karl Edward Wagner Award

The Sydney J. Bounds Award for Best Newcomer

2015

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

August Derleth Award for best horror novel

Robert Holdstock Award for best fantasy novel

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

Best film/television episode

Best magazine/periodical

  • Holdfast Magazine, edited by Laurel Sills & Lucy Smee

Best comic/graphic novel

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

The Sydney J. Bounds Award for Best Newcomer

2016

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

Best anthology

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, Margrét Helgadóttir

Best comic/graphic novel

Best fantasy novel (the Robert Holdstock Award)

Best film/television production

Best horror novel (the August Derleth Award)

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

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

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

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][7][8]

References

  1. ^ British Fantasy Awards Constitution, http://www.britishfantasysociety.org/the-british-fantasy-awards-constitution-ii/
  2. ^ "1999 Award Winners & Nominees". Worlds Without End. Retrieved 22 July 2009.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g Edwards, Jan. "The British Fantasy Awards: a Short History". (with additions from) David Sutton. Retrieved 20 June 2011.
  4. ^ Pechanec, Jan (22 August 2007). "CENY: nominace na British Fantasy Awards 2007" (in Czech). Sarden. Retrieved 20 June 2011.
  5. ^ a b Barnett, David (6 October 2011). "British Fantasy Award winner returns prize". The Guardian. Retrieved 6 October 2011.
  6. ^ "Locus Online News » 2015 British Fantasy Awards Winners". www.locusmag.com. Retrieved 2 November 2015.
  7. ^ Jones, Stephen (1 November 2011). "Putting The "Con" Into FantasyCon". Archived from the original on 7 October 2011. Retrieved 7 November 2011. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  8. ^ Paul, David (9 October 2011). "A literary spat turns ugly as the winner of award is... organiser's live-in lover". Daily Express. Retrieved 9 October 2011.
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