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2012 British Fantasy Awards Posted at 9:15 AM by Dave Post

Dave Post

Among OthersThe Ritual

The 2012 British Fantasy Awards were presented yesterday, September 30th, at FantasyCon in Brighton, England.  This year the award has been split into two awards in the best Novel category: The Robert Holdstock Award for best fantasy novel and The August Derleth Award for best horror novel.

The Robert Holdstock Award:  Among Others by Jo Walton (Tor, 2011)

The August Derleth Award:  The Ritual by Adam Nevill (Pan Macmillan, 2011)

See the complete list of winners in all categories on the BFS site.  Congratulations to all the winners and nominees.  Among Others has now won 3 out of the 5 awards it’s been nominated for including the Hugo and Nebula awards.

2012 British Fantasy Awards Shortlist Posted at 6:57 AM by Dave Post

Dave Post
The Heroes 11/22/63 Cyber Circus
A Dance with Dragons The Ritual Among Others
 

The British Fantasy Society has announced the shortlist for the 2012 British Fantasy Awards. This year there will be two awards in the best novel category: The August Derleth Award for best horror novel and The Robert Holdstock Award for best fantasy novel. The shortlist is:

See the official press release for the complete shortlist of all categories. Congratulations to all the nominees!

So what do you think of this lineup? How about the split between fantasy and horror? I think it’s pretty cool but only 6 novels made the list for 2 categories? Will it always be an even split between fantasy and horror in the shortlist? I can see this getting messey.

2011 British Fantasy Society Award Posted at 8:11 PM by Dave Post

Dave Post

Demon DanceThe results for the 2011 British Fantasy Society Awards have been announced at Fantasycon in Brighton, England.  The award for best novel, also known as the August Derleth Award, goes to:

Demon Dance by Sam Stone (The House of Murky Depths, 2010)

Demon Dance is book 3 of the Vampire Gene Trilogy.  Book 2, Futile Flame, was nominated for the 2010 BFS.  Congratulations to Sam Stone and all the nominees.

There is no official press release yet but you can see the complete list of winners for all categories on Dark Wolf’s Fantasy Reviews website.

 

Update 10/06/11: Locus is reporting that BFS Best Novel winner, Sam Stone, is returning her prize over alleged improprieties in how the awards were managed this year.

 

 

2011 British Fantasy Society Award Shortlist Posted at 8:50 AM by Dave Post

Dave Post

Apartment 16 Demon Dance The Leaping Pretty Little Dead Things The Silent Land

The 2011 British Fantasy Society Award Shortlist has been announced. Then nominees for Best Novel are:

See the complete list on the BFS site.

So there does not seem to be much fantasy in the list… unless you’re calling this "Dark Fantasy" instead of Horror.

2010 British Fantasy Awards Winners Posted at 12:58 PM by Dave Post

Dave Post

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The winners of the 2010 British Fantasy Awards have been announced at the British Fantasy Awards ceremony at FantasyCon 2010.

Best Novel

  • One, Conrad Williams (Virgin)

Best Novella

  • The Language of Dying, Sarah Pinborough (PS)

Best Short Story

  • What Happens When You Wake Up In The Night, Michael Marshall Smith (Nightjar)

Best Anthology

  • The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror 20, ed. Stephen Jones (Constable and Robinson)

Best Collection

  • Love Songs for the Shy and Cynical, Robert Shearman (Big Finish)

PS Publishing Award for Best Small Press

  • Telos Publishing (David Howe)

Best Comic/Graphic Novel

  • Whatever Happened to the Caped Crusader? Neil Gaiman and Andy Kubert (DC)

Best Artist

  • Vincent Chong, for work including covers for The Witnesses are Gone (PS) and Mammoth Book of Best New Horror 20 (Constable and Robinson)

Best Non-Fiction

  • Ansible Link, David Langford (http://news.ansible.co.uk)

Best Magazine

  • Murky Depths, ed. Terry Martin (The House of Murky Depths)

Best Television

  • Doctor Who (BBC1)

Best Film

  • Let the Right One In, dir. Tomas Alfredson (EFTI)

Best Newcomer (Sydney J. Bounds Award):

  • Kari Sperring for Living With Ghosts (DAW)

The British Fantasy Society Special Award (Karl Edward Wagner Award):

  • Robert Holdstock

Congrats to Conrad Williams and all the other winners and nominees.

2010 British Fantasy Society Award Nominees Posted at 8:41 PM by Dave Post

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The nominees for the 2010 British Fantasy Society Award have been announced.

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Best Novel

Best Novella

  • Old Man Scratch, Rio Youers (PS)
  • Roadkill, Rob Shearman, from Roadkill/Siren Beat (Twelfth Planet) and Love Songs for the Shy and Cynical (Big Finish)
  • The Language of Dying, Sarah Pinborough (PS)
  • The Witnesses Are Gone, Joel Lane (PS)
  • Vardoger, Stephen Volk (Gray Friar)

Best Short Story

  • Careful What You Wish For, Justin Carroll, in Dragontales: Short Stories of Flame, Tooth and Scale, ed. Holly Stacey (Wyvern)
  • George Clooney’S MoustachE, Rob Shearman, in The BFS Yearbook 2009, ed. Guy Adams (BFS)
  • My Brother’S Keeper, Nina Allan, Black Static #12
  • The Confessor’S Tale, Sarah Pinborough, in Hellbound Hearts, ed. Marie O’Regan and Paul Kane (Pocket)
  • What Happens When You Wake Up In The Night, Michael Marshall Smith (Nightjar)

Best Anthology

  • Cern Zoo: Nemonymous 9, ed. D.F. Lewis (Megazanthus)
  • Dragontales: Short Stories Of Flame, Tooth And Scale, ed. Holly Stacey (Wyvern)
  • Hellbound Hearts, ed. Marie O’Regan and Paul Kane (Pocket)
  • Songs of the Dying Earth: Stories in Honour of Jack Vance, ed. George R.R. Martin and Gardner Dozois (HarperVoyager)
  • The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror 20, ed. Stephen Jones (Constable and Robinson)

Best Collection

  • Cyberabad Days, Ian McDonald (Gollancz)
  • Just Behind You, Ramsey Campbell (PS)
  • Love Songs for the Shy and Cynical, Robert Shearman (Big Finish)
  • Once & Future Cities, Allen Ashley (Eibonvale)
  • The Terrible Changes, Joel Lane (Ex Occidente)

PS Publishing Award for Best Small Press

  • Newcon Press (Ian Whates)
  • Screaming Dreams (Steve Upham)
  • Subterranean Press (William Schafer)
  • Telos Publishing (David Howe)
  • TTA Press (Andy Cox)

Best Comic/Graphic Novel

  • Fables, Bill Willingham and Mark Buckingham (Vertigo)
  • Freakangels, Warren Ellis and Paul Duffield (Avatar & warrenellis.com)
  • Locke and Key, Joe Hill and Gabriel Rodriguez (IDW)
  • The Girly Comic, ed. Selina Lock (Factor Fiction)
  • Whatever Happened to the Caped Crusader? Neil Gaiman and Andy Kubert (DC)

Best Artist

  • Charles Vess, for work including Neil Gaiman’s Blueberry Girl
  • Les Edwards, for work including the cover of Cemetery Dance #62
  • Shaun Tan
  • Steve Upham, for work including the Estronomicon Sketchbook Special
  • Vincent Chong, for work including covers for The Witnesses are Gone (PS) and Mammoth Book of Best New Horror 20 (Constable and Robinson)

Best Non-Fiction

  • Ansible Link, David Langford (http://news.ansible.co.uk)
  • Case Notes, Peter Tennant, Black Static
  • It Lives Again! HORROR MOVIES IN THE NEW MILLENNIUM, Axelle Carolyn (Telos)
  • John Scalzi, WHATEVER (http://scalzi.com/whatever)
  • Knowing Darkness: Artists Inspired By Stephen King, George Beahm and various artists (Centipede Press)

Best Magazine

  • Black Static, ed. Andy Cox (TTA)
  • Cemetery Dance, ed. Richard Chizmar (Cemetery Dance)
  • Interzone, ed. Andy Cox (TTA)
  • Midnight Street, ed. Trevor Denyer (Immediate Direction)
  • Murky Depths, ed. Terry Martin (The House of Murky Depths)
  • Theaker’s Quarterly Fiction, ed. Stephen Theaker and John Greenwood (Silver Age)

Best Television

  • Battlestar Galactica (Sci Fi/Sky 1)
  • Being Human (BBC3)
  • Doctor Who (BBC1)
  • Lost (ABC/Sky 1)
  • Torchwood: Children of Earth (BBC1)

Best Film

  • Avatar, dir. James Cameron (Twentieth Century Fox)
  • Coraline, dir. Henry Selick (Focus)
  • District 9, dir. Neill Blomkamp (Tristar)
  • Let the Right One In, dir. Tomas Alfredson (EFTI)
  • Watchmen, dir. Zack Snyder (Warner)

See the official BFS press release for more information.  The winners will be announced at the awards ceremony at FantasyCon 2010 in September.

So what other novels were in the running?  Check out the BFS Long List released at the tail end of March.

2010 British Fantasy Award – The Long List Posted at 10:12 AM by Dave Post

Dave Post

British Fantasy SocietyThe British Fantasy Society released it’s long list of books recommended for the 2010 award.  Ninety-five books made the list which is the basis for the short list voting that starts in June.  The winner will be announced at FantasyCon 2010 which takes place September 17-19.

I’ve linked the books we’ve got in our database already (too few!) and I’ll be adding in the rest (too many!) over the course of the week, same as last time.  There are a ton of new authors in this list that are new to WWEnd as well so it may be next week before I’m finished.  Wish me luck.

So, what looks good to you?  Have you read any of these that you would recommend?

 

 Update – April 12: Done!

The 2009 British Fantasy Society (August Derleth) Award Posted at 4:11 PM by Dave Post

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Memoirs of a Master ForgerThe 2009 BFS August Derleth Award winner is:

Memoirs of a Master Forger, William Heaney, (Gollancz)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2009 British Fantasy Award Short List Posted at 8:47 PM by Dave Post

Dave Post

Memoirs of a Master ForgerThe Midnight ManRain DogsThe Graveyard BookThe Victoria VanishesThieving Fear

The finalists for the 2009 British Fantasy Award have been announced.  The nominees for best novel are:

Memoirs of a Master Forger by William Heaney (Gollancz)
The Midnight Man  by Simon Clark (Severn House)
Rain Dogs  by Gary McMahon (Humdrumming)
The Graveyard Book  by Neil Gaiman (Bloomsbury)
The Victoria Vanishes by Christopher Fowler (Little Brown)
Thieving Fear by Ramsey Campbell (PS Publishing)

Get the complete list of nominees for all categories here.