The shortlists for the 2021 British Fantasy Awards have been released, along with the names of the jurors who will decide the winners, which will be announced at FantasyCon in September.

BEST NEWCOMER (THE SYDNEY J. BOUNDS AWARD)

Jurors: Mohsin Siddiqui, Rhian Bowley, Shellie Horst, Tom Lloyd, Sammy Smith

• 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 & 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

Jurors: Rachel Pattinson, Martyn Sullivan, Amit Khaira, Sarah Pinborough, Arabella Sophia

• 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

Jurors: David G Wilson, Trudy Lynn, Susan Maxwell, Jessica Lévai, Kevin McVeigh

• 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

Jurors: Paul Yates, Kayden Weir, Alex Gushurst-Moore, Tatiana Dengo Villalobos

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

BEST COMIC / GRAPHIC NOVEL

Jurors: Rebecca Gault, Alicia Fitton, Edward Partridge, Michele Howe, Hannah Barton

• 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 Cartmell (Titan)
• Venus in the Blind Spot, Junji Ito (VIZ Media LLC)

BEST MAGAZINE / PERIODICAL

Jurors: Samuel Poots, Vanessa Jae, Adri Joy, Devin Martin, Kate Coe

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

BEST INDEPENDENT PRESS

Jurors: Rowena Andrews, Anna Slevin, Ann Landmann, Cheyenne Heckermann, Amy Brennan

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

BEST AUDIO

Jurors: Jackson Eflin, Kat Kourbeti, Tam Moules, Arden Fitzroy, Pete Sutton

• 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

Jurors: Abbi Shaw, Lauren McClelland, Caroline Oakley, Emma Varney, Ginger Lee Thomason

• After Sundown, ed. Mark Morris (Flame Tree Press)
• Black Cranes: Tales of Unquiet Women, ed. Lee Murray & Genevieve 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

Jurors: Laura Braswell, Danny Boland, Steve J Shaw, Allyson Bird, Alia McKellar

• 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

Jurors: Raquel Alemán Cruz, Chris White, Carrianne Dillon, Aaron S. Jones, Hannah Zurcher

• 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

Jurors: Timy Takács, Phillip Irving, Ellis Saxey, Kshoni Gunputh, Alasdair Stuart

• The Flame and the Flood, Shona Kinsella (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)

Jurors: Rhian Drinkwater, Judith Schofield, Fabienne Schwizer, Ben Appleby-Dean, Ai Jiang

• 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)

Jurors: Aoife Roantree, Steven Poore, Sue York, S.D. Howarth, Kate Towner

• The Bone Shard Daughter, Andrea Stewart (Orbit)
• By Force Alone, Lavie Tidhar (Tor Books)
• 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 2020 British Fantasy Awards winners were announced February 22, as selected by the listed jurors.

Best Fantasy Novel (the Robert Holdstock Award)

Jury: Martha Bradley, Stewart Hotston, Hazel Impey, Edward Partridge, Abbi Shaw

• The Bone Ships – RJ Barker (Orbit)

Best Horror Novel (the August Derleth Award)

Jury: Ben Appleby-Dean, Gabino Iglesias, Siobhan O’Brien Holmes, Ross Warren, Susan York

• The Reddening – Adam Nevill (Ritual Limited)

Best Newcomer (the Sydney J Bounds Award)

Jury: Barbara Barrett, Danny Hussain, Steven Poore, Natalie Ross, João F Silva

• Ta-Nehisi Coates, for The Water Dancer (Penguin)

Best Novella

Jury: Rachel Aitken, Abigail Baumbach, Steve Howarth, Gagandeep Kaur, Mark West

• Ormeshadow – Priya Sharma (Tordotcom)

Best Short Fiction

Jury: G.V. Anderson, Charlotte Bhaskar, Niamh Brown, Peter Haynes, Devin Martin

• The Pain-Eater’s Daughter – Laura Mauro (Undertow)

Best Anthology

Jury: Rosemarie Cawkwell, Elaine Gallagher, Peter Green, Ian Hunter, Caroline Mersey, 

• New Suns: Original Speculative Fiction for People of Color, ed. Nisi Shawl (Solaris)

Best Collection

Jury: Samantha Martin, Henrietta Rose-Inned, Kyle Tam, Heather Valentine, Neil Williamson

• Sing Your Sadness Deep – Laura Mauro (Undertow)

Best Non-Fiction

Jury: Lee Fletcher, Kat Kourbeti, Kevin McVeigh, Samuel Poots, Kelly Richards

• The Dark Fantastic: Race and the Imagination from Harry Potter to the Hunger Games – Ebony Elizabeth Thomas (New York University Press)

Best Independent Press

Jury: Dave Brzeski, Adri Joy, Kate Macdonald, Eleanor Pender, Alasdair Stuart

• Rebellion Publishing

Best Magazine / Periodical

Jury: Phoebe Barton, Louise Carey, Charles Christian, Lila Garrott, Yilin Wang

• Fiyah

Best Audio

Jury: Eunice Hung, Catherine Mann, Nemo Martin, Tam Moules, Lucy Whiteley

• PodCastle

Best Comic / Graphic Novel

Jury: Hannah Barton, Jay Faulkner, Sarah Hale, Christopher Napier, Jessica Steiner

• DIE – Kieron Gillen & Stephanie Hans (Image)

Best Artist

Jury: Amy Brennan, Amber Culley, Ana Miljani?, Babs Nienhuis, Christie Walsh

• Ben Baldwin

Best Film / Television Production

Jury: Ifeanyi Barbara Chidi, Jackie Fallis, James T Harding, Katherine Inskip, Aaron Jones

• Us – Jordan Peele (Monkeypaw Productions et al.)

Karl Edward Wagner Special Award

• Craig Lockley for his long, long service to the BFS

The shortlists for the 2020 British Fantasy Awards have been released by Katherine Fowler, BFA Administrator, along with the names of the jurors who will decide the winners.

Best Fantasy Novel (the Robert Holdstock Award)

Jury: Martha Bradley, Stewart Hotston, Hazel Impey, Edward Partridge, Abbi Shaw

• The Bone Ships – RJ Barker (Orbit)
• The Migration – Helen Marshall (Titan)
• The Poison Song – Jen Williams (Headline)
• The Ten Thousand Doors of January – Alix E Harrow (Orbit)

Best Horror Novel (the August Derleth Award)

Jury: Ben Appleby-Dean, Gabino Iglesias, Siobhan O’Brien Holmes, Ross Warren, Susan York

• 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)

Jury: Barbara Barrett, Danny Hussain, Steven Poore, Natalie Ross, João F Silva

• 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

Jury: Rachel Aitken, Abigail Baumbach, Steve Howarth, Gagandeep Kaur, Mark West

• The Ascent to Godhood – Neon Yang (Tordotcom)
• Butcher’s Table – Nathan Ballingrud (Gallery / Saga Press)
• The Deep – Rivers Solomon (Gallery / Saga Press)
• Ormeshadow – Priya Sharma (Tordotcom)
• Ragged Alice – Gareth L Powell (Tordotcom)
• The Survival of Molly Southbourne – Tade Thompson (Tordotcom)

Best Short Fiction

Jury: G.V. Anderson, Charlotte Bhaskar, Niamh Brown, Peter Haynes, Devin Martin

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

Best Anthology

Jury: Rosemarie Cawkwell, Elaine Gallagher, Peter Green, Ian Hunter, Caroline Mersey, 

• 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

Jury: Samantha Martin, Henrietta Rose-Inned, Kyle Tam, Heather Valentine, Neil Williamson

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

Best Non-Fiction

Jury: Lee Fletcher, Kat Kourbeti, Kevin McVeigh, Samuel Poots, Kelly Richards

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

Best Independent Press

Jury: Dave Brzeski, Adri Joy, Kate Macdonald, Eleanor Pender, Alasdair Stuart

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

Best Magazine / Periodical

Jury: Phoebe Barton, Louise Carey, Charles Christian, Lila Garrott, Yilin Wang

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

Best Audio

Jury: Eunice Hung, Catherine Mann, Nemo Martin, Tam Moules, Lucy Whiteley

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

Best Comic / Graphic Novel

Jury: Hannah Barton, Jay Faulkner, Sarah Hale, Christopher Napier, Jessica Steiner

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

Best Artist

Jury: Amy Brennan, Amber Culley, Ana Miljani?, Babs Nienhuis, Christie Walsh

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

Best Film / Television Production

Jury: Ifeanyi Barbara Chidi, Jackie Fallis, James T Harding, Katherine Inskip, Aaron Jones

• 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)

[Thanks to James Davis Nicoll for the story.]

The winners of the 2019 British Fantasy Awards were announced October 20 at FantasyCon in Glasgow, Scotland.

Best Fantasy Novel (the Robert Holdstock Award)

• The Bitter Twins, by Jen Williams (Headline)

Best Horror Novel (the August Derleth Award)

• Little Eve, by Catriona Ward (W&N)

Best Newcomer (the Sydney J Bounds Award)

• Tasha Suri, for Empire of Sand (Orbit)

Best Novella

• 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)

Best Anthology

• 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)

Best Non-Fiction

• Noises and Sparks, by Ruth EJ Booth (Shoreline of Infinity)

Best Independent Press

• Unsung Stories

Best Magazine / Periodical

• Uncanny Magazine

Best Audio

• Breaking the Glass Slipper (www.breakingtheglassslipper.com)

Best Comic / Graphic Novel

• Widdershins, Vol. 7, by Kate Ashwin

Best Artist

• Vince Haig

Best Film / Television Production

• Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, Phil Lord & Rodney Rothman

The Karl Edward Wagner Award (special award for contribution to genre)

• Ian Whates

[Thanks to Mark Hepworth for the story.]

Foundryside by Robert Jackson Bennett, UK cover

The Loosening Skin by Aliya Whiteley

Empire of Sand by Tasha Suri

Priest of Bones by Peter McLean

The Bitter Twins by Jen Williams

The Green Man’s Heir by Juliet E McKenna

Following two rounds of nomination and voting from the members of the British Fantasy Society and FantasyCon, The British Fantasy Awards has reached its jury stage.

For 2019, the shortlisted entrants are:

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 Books)
• The Green Man’s Heir, by Juliet E McKenna (Wizard’s Tower Press)
• The Loosening Skin, by Aliya Whiteley (Unsung Stories)
• Priest of Bones, by Peter McLean (Jo Fletcher Books)

Best Horror Novel (the August Derleth Award)

• The Cabin at the End of the World, by Paul Tremblay (Titan Books)
• Little Eve, by Catriona Ward (W&N)
• 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)
• Noises 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
• Gingernuts 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

List of Jurors for 2019

The winners will be announced October 20, 2019, at FantasyCon in Glasgow, Scotland. Tickets and further information can be found on www.fantasycon.org.

[Thanks to JJ for the story.]

The 2018 British Fantasy Award winners have been announced:

Best Anthology

• New Fears, ed. Mark Morris (Titan Books)

Best Artist

• Jeffrey Alan Love

Best Audio

• Anansi Boys (by Neil Gaiman, adapted by Dirk Maggs for Radio 4)

Best Collection

• Strange Weather, by Joe Hill (Gollancz)

Best Comic / Graphic Novel

• Monstress, Vol. 2, by Marjorie Liu & Sana Takeda (Image)

The Robert Holdstock Award for Best Fantasy Novel

• The Ninth Rain, by Jen Williams (Headline)

Best Film / Television Production

• Get Out, by Jordan Peele (Universal Pictures)

The August Derleth Award for Best Horror Novel

• The Changeling, by Victor LaValle (Spiegel & Grau)

Best Independent Press

• Unsung Stories

Best Magazine / Periodical

• Shoreline of Infinity, ed. Noel Chidwick

Best Newcomer (the Sydney J Bounds Award)

• Jeanette Ng, for Under the Pendulum Sun (Angry Robot)

Best Non-Fiction

• Gender Identity and Sexuality in Science Fiction and Fantasy, ed. FT Barbini (Luna Press)

Best Novella

• Passing Strange, by Ellen Klages (Tor.com)

Best Short Story

• “Looking for Laika,” by Laura Mauro (in Interzone #273) (TTA Press)

The Karl Edward Wagner Award for special services to the Fantasy genre and/or the British Fantasy Society

• N.K. Jemisin

Next year’s British Fantasy Awards ceremony will be at Fantasy Con: Cities of Steel in Glasgow on October 20, 2019.

Delighted. The Karl Wagner award goes to @nkjemisin #britishfantasyawards this is an award for a lifetime contribution to the genre on many areas. Cited were her books, blogs, speeches

— Prof. Farah Mendlesohn (@effjayem) October 21, 2018

The BRILLIANT @sennydreadful wins Best Novel at the British Fantasy Awards with The Ninth Rain! pic.twitter.com/HULdAZzllt

— Nazia¹²? (@Gambit589) October 21, 2018

A huge congratulations to the brilliant @MarkMorris10 and all the New Fears contributors for today's British Fantasy Award win for Best Anthology – we're so proud of you all! pic.twitter.com/lK2SI7w1h4

— Titan Books (@TitanBooks) October 21, 2018

Congratulations to Joe Hill, who just won the British Fantasy Award for best collection:STRANGE WEATHER. That’s my boy, and I couldn’t be more proud or happy.

— Stephen King (@StephenKing) October 21, 2018

Following two rounds of nomination and voting by members of the British Fantasy Society and FantasyCon, the British Fantasy Awards has reached its jury stage. The 2018 shortlisted entrants are:

Best Anthology

• 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)
• New Fears, ed. Mark Morris (Titan Books)
• Pacific Monsters, ed. Margret Helgadottir (Fox Spirit)

Best Artist

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

Best Audio

• Anansi Boys (by Neil Gaiman, adapted by Dirk Maggs for 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

• Norse Mythology, by Neil Gaiman (Bloomsbury)
• Strange Weather, by Joe Hill (Gollancz)
• 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

• Bitch Planet Vol 2: President Bitch, by Kelly Sue DeConnick, Taki Soma & Valentine de Landro (Image)
• Grim & Bold, by Joshua Cornah (Kristell Ink)
• Monstress, Vol. 2, by Marjorie Liu & Sana Takeda (Image)
• 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)

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

Best Film / Television Production

• Black Mirror, Series 4, by Charlie Brooker (Netflix)
• Get Out, by Jordan Peele (Universal Pictures)
• 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 Zack Snyder, Allan Heinberg & Jason Fuchs (Warner Bros.)

Best Horror Novel (the August Derleth Award)

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

Best Independent Press

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

Best Magazine / Periodical

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

Best Newcomer (the Sydney J Bounds Award)

• RJ Barker, for Age of Assassins (Orbit)
• SA Chakraborty, for The City of Brass (HarperVoyager)
• Ed McDonald, for Blackwing (Orion)
• Jeanette Ng, for Under the Pendulum Sun (Angry Robot)
• 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

• 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)
• Passing Strange, by Ellen Klages (Tor.com)
• A Pocketful of Crows, by Joanne Harris (Gollancz)

Best Short Story

• “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)
• “Looking for Laika,” by Laura Mauro (in Interzone #273) (TTA Press)
• “Shepherd’s Business,” by Stephen Gallagher (in New Fears) (Titan Books)

The Award winners for each category will be announced on 21st October at FantasyCon 2018.

[Thanks to Mark Hepworth for the story.]