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2021 British Fantasy Awards Winners
The winners for the 2021 August Derleth and Robert Holdstock awards have been announced at FantasyCon.
August Derleth Award for Best Horror Novel:
WINNER:
- Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia (Jo Fletcher)
SHORTLIST:
- Plain Bad Heroines by Emily M. Danforth (Borough)
- The Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham Jones (Saga)
- The Hollow Places by T. Kingfisher (Saga)
- Beneath the Rising by Premee Mohamed (Solaris)
- Survivor Song by Paul Tremblay (Titan)
Robert Holdstock Award for Best Fantasy Novel:
WINNER:
- The Once and Future Witches by Alix E. Harrow (Redhook)
SHORTLIST:
- Threading the Labyrinth by Tiffani Angus (Unsung Stories)
- The City We Became by N.K. Jemisin (Orbit)
- Dark River by Rym Kechacha (Unsung Stories)
- The Bone Shard Daughter by Andrea Stewart (Orbit)
- By Force Alone by Lavie Tidhar (Tor)
Our congrats to Silvia Moreno-Garcia and Alix E. Harrow and all the shortlist authors.
Locus has the results from all categories.
2021 Arthur C. Clarke Award Winner
The 2021 Arthur C. Clark Award has been announced.
WINNER:
- The Animals in that Country by Laura Jean McKay (Scribe)
FINALISTS:
- The Infinite by Patience Agbabi (Canongate)
- The Vanished Birds by Simon Jimenez (Titan)
- Vagabonds by Hao Jingfang (Head of Zeus)
- Edge of Heaven by R. B. Kelly (NewCon)
- Chilling Effect by Valerie Valdes (Orbit)
Our congrats to Laura Jean McKay and all the finalists.
2020 Otherwise Award Winner
The 2020 Otherwise Award, for works of speculative fiction which explore and expand gender, has been announced.
Winner:
- Ife-Iyoku, the Tale of Imadeyunuagbon by Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki (Dominion)
Honor List:
- City of a Thousand Feelings by Anya Johanna DeNiro (Aqueduct)
- Helicopter Story by Isabel Fall (Clarkesworld 1/20)
- Custom Options Available by Amy Griswold (Fireside 1/20)
- Depart, Depart by Sim Kern (Stelliform)
- The Four Profound Weaves by R.B. Lemberg (Tachyon)
- The Seep by Chana Porter (Soho)
- The Moon Room by Maria Romasco Moore (Kaleidotrope Spring ’20)
- The Mermaid, the Witch, and the Sea by Maggie Tokuda-Hall (Candlewick)
Our congrats to Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki and all the Honor List members. You can read more details about each selection on the official Otherwise website.
