The shortlists for the 2015 British Fantasy Awards have been announced! Four nominees in each category were decided by the votes of British Fantasy Society members, the attendees of FantasyCon 2014, and those of FantasyCon 2015. The winners will be announced at the awards ceremony on Sunday, 25 October 2015, at FantasyCon 2015 in Nottingham. You can find more information on the awards here, and see the full list of nominees below. Congratulations to all the nominees!

Best Anthology

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

Horror Uncut: Tales of Social Insecurity and Economic Unease, ed. by Joel Lane and Tom Johnstone (Gray Friar Press)

Lightspeed: Women Destroy Science Fiction Special Issue, ed. Christie Yant (Lightspeed Magazine)

The Spectral Book of Horror Stories, ed. Mark Morris (Spectral Press)

Terror Tales of Wales, ed. Paul Finch (Gray Friar Press)

Best Artist

Ben Baldwin

Vincent Chong

Les Edwards

Sarah Anne Langton

Karla Ortiz

Daniele Serra

Best Collection

Black Gods Kiss, Lavie Tidhar (PS Publishing)

The Bright Day Is Done, Carole Johnstone (Gray Friar Press)

Gifts for the One Who Comes After, Helen Marshall (ChiZine Publications)

Nick Nightmare Investigates, Adrian Cole (The Alchemy Press and Airgedlámh Publications)

Scruffians! Stories of Better Sodomites, Hal Duncan (Lethe Press)

Best Comic/Graphic Novel

Cemetery Girl, Charlaine Harris, Christopher Golden and Don Kramer (Jo Fletcher Books)

Grandville Noël, Bryan Talbot (Jonathan Cape)

Saga, Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples (Image Comics)

Seconds, Bryan Lee O’Malley (SelfMadeHero)

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

The Wicked + The Divine, Kieron Gillen and Jamie McKelvie (Image Comics)

The Robert Holdstock Award for Best Fantasy Novel

Breed, KT Davies (Fox Spirit Books)

City of Stairs, Robert Jackson Bennett (Jo Fletcher Books)

Cuckoo Song, Frances Hardinge (Macmillan Children’s Books)

A Man Lies Dreaming, Lavie Tidhar (Hodder & Stoughton)

The Moon King, Neil Williamson (NewCon Press)

The Relic Guild, Edward Cox (Gollancz)

Best Film/Television Episode

Birdman: Or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance), Alejandro González Iñárritu (Fox Searchlight Pictures)

Black Mirror: White Christmas, Charlie Brooker (Channel 4)

Guardians of the Galaxy, James Gunn and Nicole Perlman (Marvel Studios)

Interstellar, Christopher Nolan and Jonathan Nolan (Paramount Pictures)

Under the Skin, Walter Campbell and Jonathan Glazer (Film4 et al)

The August Derleth Award for Best Horror Novel

The End, Gary McMahon (NewCon Press)

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

The Last Plague, Rich Hawkins (Crowded Quarantine Publications)

No One Gets Out Alive, Adam Nevill (Macmillan)

Station Eleven, Emily St John Mandel (Knopf)

The Unquiet House, Alison Littlewood (Jo Fletcher Books)

Best Independent Press

The Alchemy Press (Peter Coleborn)

Fox Spirit Books (Adele Wearing)

NewCon Press (Ian Whates)

Spectral Press (Simon Marshall-Jones)

Best Magazine/Periodical

Black Static, ed. Andy Cox (TTA Press)

Holdfast Magazine, ed. Laurel Sills and Lucy Smee (Laurel Sills and Lucy Smee)

Interzone, ed. by Andy Cox (TTA Press)

Lightspeed, ed. John Joseph Adams (Lightspeed Magazine)

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

The Sydney J. Bounds Award for Best Newcomer

Edward Cox, for The Relic Guild (Gollancz)

Sarah Lotz, for The Three (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)

Jen Williams, for The Copper Promise (Headline)

Best Non-Fiction

D.F. Lewis Dreamcatcher Real-Time Reviews, D.F. Lewis (D.F. Lewis)

Ginger Nuts of Horror, ed. Jim McLeod (Jim McLeod)

Letters to Arkham: The Letters of Ramsey Campbell and August Derleth, 1961–1971, ed. S.T. Joshi (PS Publishing)

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

Sibilant Fricative: Essays & Reviews, Adam Roberts (Steel Quill Books )

Touchstones: Essays on the Fantastic, John Howard (The Alchemy Press)

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

Best Novella

Cold Turkey, Carole Johnstone (TTA Press)

Drive, Mark West (Pendragon Press)

Newspaper Heart, Stephen Volk (The Spectral Book of Horror Stories)

Water For Drowning, Ray Cluley (This Is Horror)

Best Short Story