Begun in 1972, the British Fantasy Awards (originally named the August Derleth Fantasy Awards) have been presented annually by the British Fantasy Society. The BFS just announced their finalists for the award.


Here’s the nominees:

Best Fantasy Novel (the Robert Holdstock Award)

City of Stairs , Robert Jackson Bennett (Jo Fletcher)

, Robert Jackson Bennett (Jo Fletcher) The Relic Guild , Edward Cox (Gollancz)

, Edward Cox (Gollancz) Breed , K.T. Davies (Fox Spirit)

, K.T. Davies (Fox Spirit) Cuckoo Song , Frances Hardinge (Macmillan Children’s)

, Frances Hardinge (Macmillan Children’s) A Man Lies Dreaming , Lavie Tidhar (Hodder & Stoughton)

, Lavie Tidhar (Hodder & Stoughton) The Moon King, Neil Williamson (NewCon)

Best Horror Novel (the August Derleth Award)

The Last Plague , Rich Hawkins (Crowded Quarantine)

, Rich Hawkins (Crowded Quarantine) The Unquiet House , Alison Littlewood (Jo Fletcher)

, Alison Littlewood (Jo Fletcher) Station Eleven , Emily St. John Mandel (Knopf)

, Emily St. John Mandel (Knopf) The End , Gary McMahon (NewCon)

, Gary McMahon (NewCon) The Girl With All the Gifts , M.R. Carey (Orbit)

, M.R. Carey (Orbit) No One Gets Out Alive, Adam Nevill (Macmillan)

Best Novella

“Water For Drowning”, Ray Cluley ( This Is Horror )

) Cold Turkey , Carole Johnstone (TTA)

, Carole Johnstone (TTA) “Newspaper Heart”, Stephen Volk ( The Spectral Book of Horror Stories )

) Drive, Mark West (Pendragon)

Best Short Story

“The Girl on the Suicide Bridge”, J.A. Mains ( Beside the Seaside )

) “Ptichka”, Laura Mauro ( Horror Uncut: Tales of Social Insecurity and Economic Unease )

) “A Woman’s Place”, Emma Newman ( Two Hundred and Twenty-One Baker Streets )

) “A Change of Heart”, Gaie Sebold (Wicked Women)

Best Collection

Nick Nightmare Investigates , Adrian Cole (Alchemy & Airgedlámh)

, Adrian Cole (Alchemy & Airgedlámh) Scruffians! Stories of Better Sodomites , Hal Duncan (Lethe)

, Hal Duncan (Lethe) The Bright Day Is Done , Carole Johnstone (Gray Friar)

, Carole Johnstone (Gray Friar) Gifts for the One Who Comes After , Helen Marshall (ChiZine)

, Helen Marshall (ChiZine) Black Gods Kiss, Lavie Tidhar (PS)

Best Anthology

The Alchemy Press Book of Urban Mythic 2 , Jan Edwards & Jenny Barber, eds. (Alchemy)

, Jan Edwards & Jenny Barber, eds. (Alchemy) Terror Tales of Wales , Paul Finch, ed. (Gray Friar)

, Paul Finch, ed. (Gray Friar) Horror Uncut: Tales of Social Insecurity and Economic Unease , Joel Lane & Tom Johnstone, eds. (Gray Friar)

, Joel Lane & Tom Johnstone, eds. (Gray Friar) The Spectral Book of Horror Stories , Mark Morris, ed. (Spectral)

, Mark Morris, ed. (Spectral) Lightspeed: Women Destroy Science Fiction Special Issue, Christie Yant, ed. (Lightspeed)


Best Independent Press



The Alchemy Press (Peter Coleborn)

Fox Spirit Books (Adele Wearing)

NewCon Press (Ian Whates)

Spectral Press (Simon Marshall-Jones)

Best Non-Fiction

Rhapsody: Notes on Strange Fictions , Hal Duncan (Lethe)

, Hal Duncan (Lethe) You Are the Hero: A History of Fighting Fantasy Gamebooks , Jonathan Green (Snowbooks)

, Jonathan Green (Snowbooks) Touchstones: Essays on the Fantastic , John Howard (Alchemy)

, John Howard (Alchemy) Letters to Arkham: The Letters of Ramsey Campbell and August Derleth, 1961-1971 , S.T. Joshi, ed. (PS)

, S.T. Joshi, ed. (PS) D.F. Lewis Dreamcatcher Real-Time Reviews , D.F. Lewis (D.F. Lewis)

, D.F. Lewis (D.F. Lewis) Ginger Nuts of Horror , Jim McLeod, ed. (Jim McLeod)

, Jim McLeod, ed. (Jim McLeod) Sibilant Fricative: Essays & Reviews, Adam Roberts (Steel Quill)

Best Magazine/Periodical

Black Static, Andy Cox, ed. (TTA)

Holdfast Magazine, Laurel Sills & Lucy Smee, eds. (Laurel Sills & Lucy Smee)

Interzone, Andy Cox, ed. (TTA)

Lightspeed, John Joseph Adams, ed. (Lightspeed)

Sein und Werden, Rachel Kendall, ed. (ISMs)

Best Artist

Ben Baldwin

Vincent Chong

Les Edwards

Sarah Anne Langton

Karla Ortiz

Daniele Serra

Best Comic/Graphic Novel

Through the Woods , Emily Carroll (Margaret K. McElderry)

, Emily Carroll (Margaret K. McElderry) The Wicked + The Divine , Kieron Gillen & Jamie McKelvie (Image)

, Kieron Gillen & Jamie McKelvie (Image) Cemetery Girl , Charlaine Harris, Christopher Golden & Don Kramer (Jo Fletcher)

, Charlaine Harris, Christopher Golden & Don Kramer (Jo Fletcher) Seconds , Bryan Lee O’Malley (SelfMadeHero)

, Bryan Lee O’Malley (SelfMadeHero) Grandville Noël , Bryan Talbot (Jonathan Cape)

, Bryan Talbot (Jonathan Cape) Saga, Brian K. Vaughan & Fiona Staples (Image)

Best Film/Television Episode

Birdman: Or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)



Black Mirror: “White Christmas”



Guardians of the Galaxy



Interstellar



Under the Skin



Best Newcomer (the Sydney J. Bounds Award)

Edward Cox, for The Relic Guild (Gollancz)

(Gollancz) Sarah Lotz, for The Three (Hodder & Stoughton)

(Hodder & Stoughton) Laura Mauro, for “Ptichka” ( Horror Uncut: Tales of Social Insecurity and Economic Unease )

) Den Patrick, for The Boy with the Porcelain Blade (Gollancz)

(Gollancz) Jen Williams, for The Copper Promise (Headline)

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