The British Fantasy Awards (BFA) are awarded annually by the British Fantasy Society (BFS), first in 1976. Prior to that they were known as The August Derleth Fantasy Awards (see August Derleth Award). First awarded in 1972 (to The Knight of Swords by Michael Moorcock) only for novels, the number of award categories increased and in 1976 the BFS renamed them collectively to the British Fantasy Awards. As of 2023 the award categories are:[1]
- Best Fantasy Novel (the Robert Holdstock Award)
- Best Horror Novel (the August Derleth Award)
- Best Novella
- Best Short Fiction
- Best Anthology
- Best Collection
- Magazine/Periodical
- Best Independent Press
- Best Artist
- Best Audio
- Best Non-Fiction
- Best Newcomer (the Sydney J. Bounds Award)
- The Karl Edward Wagner Award for "important contribution to the genre or the Society" is given at the discretion of the BFS committee.
The membership of the BFS vote to determine the shortlists of the awards, the winners being decided by juries.
Conventional Fiction Writing
1Previously "Best Short Story", before 2008.
2Was originally presented as a single award known as "Best Novel", the August Derleth Fantasy Award, until split in 2012.[2][3]
Year | Location | Best Short Fiction1 | Best Novella | Best Fantasy Novel2
(the Robert Holdstock Award) |
Best Horror Novel2
(the August Derleth Award) |
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1972 | The Knight of the Swords, Michael Moorcock | ||||
1973 | The Fallible Fiend, L Sprague de Camp | The King of the Swords, Michael Moorcock | |||
1974 | The Jade Man's Eyes, Michael Moorcock | Hrolf Kraki's Saga, Poul Anderson | |||
1975 | "Sticks", Karl Edward Wagner | The Sword and the Stallion, Michael Moorcock | |||
1976 | The Second Book of Fritz Leiber, Fritz Leiber | The Hollow Lands, Michael Moorcock | |||
1977 | "Two Suns Setting", Karl Edward Wagner | The Dragon and the George, Gordon Dickson | |||
1978 | "In the Bag", Ramsey Campbell | A Spell for Chameleon, Piers Anthony | |||
1979 | "Jeffty is Five", Harlan Ellison | The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever, Stephen R. Donaldson | |||
1980 | "The Button Molder", Fritz Leiber | Death's Master, Tanith Lee | |||
1981 | "The Stains", Robert Aickman | To Wake The Dead, Ramsey Campbell | |||
1982 | The Dark Country, Dennis Etchison | Cujo, Stephen King | |||
1983 | "The Breathing Method", Stephen King | Sword of the Lictor, Gene Wolfe | |||
1984 | "Neither Brute Nor Human", Karl Edward Wagner | Floating Dragon, Peter Straub | |||
1985 | "In the Hills, the Cities", Clive Barker | Incarnate, Ramsey Campbell | |||
1986 | "The Forbidden", Clive Barker | The Ceremonies, T. E. D. Kline | |||
1987 | "The Olympic Runner", Dennis Etchison | It, Stephen King | |||
1988 | "Leaks", Steve Rasnic Tem | The Hungry Moon, Ramsey Campbell | |||
1989 | "Fruiting Bodies", Brian Lumley | The Influence, Ramsey Campbell | |||
1990 | "On the Far Side of the Cadillac Desert With Dead Folks", Joe Lansdale | Carrion Comfort, Dan Simmons | |||
1991 | "The Man Who Drew Cats", Michael Marshall Smith | Midnight Sun, Ramsey Campbell | |||
1992 | "The Dark Land", Michael Marshall Smith | Outside the Dog Museum, Jonathan Carroll | |||
1993 | "Night Shift Sister", Nicholas Royle | Dark Sister, Graham Joyce | |||
1994 | "The Dog Park", Dennis Etchison | The Long Lost, Ramsey Campbell | |||
1995 | "The Temptation of Dr. Stein", Paul McAuley | Only Forward, Michael Marshall Smith | |||
1996 | "More Tomorrow", Michael Marshall Smith | Requiem, Graham Joyce | |||
1997 | "Dancing About Architecture", Martin Simpson | The Tooth Fairy, Graham Joyce | |||
1998 | "Wageslaves", Christopher Fowler | Tower of the King's Daughter, Chaz Brenchley | |||
1999 | "The Song My Sister Sang", Stephen Laws | Bag of Bones, Stephen King | |||
2000 | White, Tim Lebbon | Indigo, Graham Joyce | |||
2001 | Naming of Parts, Tim Lebbon | Perdido Street Station, China Mieville | |||
2002 | "Goblin City Lights", Simon Clark | The Night of the Triffids, Simon Clark | |||
2003 | The Fairy Feller's Master Stroke, Mark Chadbourn | The Scar, China Mieville | |||
2004 | Walsall | "American Waitress", Christopher Fowler | Full Dark House, Christopher Fowler | ||
2005 | Walsall | "Black Static", Paul Meloy | Breathe, Christopher Fowler | The Dark Tower VII: The Dark Tower, Stephen King | |
2006 | Nottingham | "Best New Horror", Joe Hill | The Mask Behind the Face, Stuart Young | Anansi Boys, Neil Gaiman | |
2007 | Nottingham | "Whisper Lane", Mark Chadbourn | Kid, Paul Finch | Dusk, Tim Lebbon | |
2008 | Nottingham | My Stone Desire, Joel Lane | The Scalding Rooms, Conrad Williams | The Grin of the Dark, Ramsey Campbell | |
2009 | Nottingham | Do You See, Sarah Pinborough | The Reach of Children, Tim Lebbon | Memoirs of a Master Forger, William Heaney | |
2010 | Nottingham | "What Happens When You Wake Up in the Night", Michael Marshall Smith | The Language of Dying, Sarah Pinborough | One, Conrad Williams | |
2011 | Brighton | Fool's Gold, Sam Stone | Humpty's Bones, Simon Clark | N/A | |
2012 | Brighton | "The Coffin-Maker's Daughter", Angela Slatter | Gorel and the Pot Bellied God, Lavie Tidhar | Among Others, Jo Walton | The Ritual, Adam Nevill |
2013 | Brighton | "Shark! Shark!", Ray Cluley | The Nine Deaths of Dr Valentine, John Llewellyn Probert | Some Kind of Fairy Tale, Graham Joyce | Last Days, Adam Nevill |
2014 | York | "Signs of the Times", Carole Johnstone | Beauty, Sarah Pinborough | A Stranger in Olondria, Sofia Samatar | The Shining Girls, Lauren Beukes |
2015 | Nottingham | "A Woman's Place", Emma Newman | Newspaper Heart, Stephen Volk | Cuckoo Song, Frances Hardinge | No One Gets Out Alive, Adam Nevill |
2016 | Scarborough | "Fabulous Beasts", Priya Sharma | The Pauper Prince and the Eucalyptus Jinn, Usman T. Malik | Uprooted, Naomi Novik | Rawblood, Catriona Ward |
2017 | Peterborough | "White Rabbit", Georgina Bruce | The Ballad of Black Tom, Victor LaValle | The Tiger and the Wolf, Adrian Tchaikovsky | Disappearance at Devil's Rock, Paul G. Tremblay |
2018 | Chester | "Looking for Laika", Laura Mauro | Passing Strange, Ellen Klages | The Ninth Rain, Jen Williams | The Changeling, Victor LaValle |
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Anthology, Collection, Magazine, and Press
1Provided as "Small Press" until 2015, when that was ended and replace with "Independent"[3]
Year | Location | Best Collection | Best Anthology | Magazine/Periodical | Small/Independent Press1 |
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1977 | Anduril | ||||
1978 | Fantasy Tales 1 | ||||
1979 | Fantasy Tales 2 | ||||
1980 | Fantasy Tales 3 | ||||
1981 | Airgedlamh | ||||
1982 | Fantasy Tales | ||||
1983 | Fantasy Tales | ||||
1984 | Ghosts & Scholars | ||||
1985 | Whispers | ||||
1986 | Fantasy Tales | ||||
1987 | Fantasy Tales | ||||
1988 | Dagon | ||||
1989 | Dagon | ||||
1990 | Dagon | ||||
1991 | Best New Horror, Stephen Jones and Ramsey Campbell | Dagon | |||
1992 | Darklands, Nicholas Royle | Peeping Tom | |||
1993 | Darklands 2, Nicholas Royle | Peeping Tom | |||
1994 | Dark Voices 5, ed. David Sutton and Stephen Jones | Dementia 13 | |||
1995 | The Earthwire, Joel Lane | Necrofile | |||
1996 | Last Rites and Resurrections: Stories from The Third Alternative, ed. Andy Cox | The Third Alternative | |||
1997 | The Nightmare Factory, Thomas Ligotti | H. P. Lovecraft: a Life | |||
1998 | Dark Terrors 3: the Gollancz Book of Horror, Stephen Jones and David Sutton | Interzone | |||
1999 | Ghosts and Grisly Things, Ramsey Campbell | Dark Terrors 4: the Gollancz Book of Horror, ed. Stephen Jones and David Sutton | The Third Alternative | ||
2000 | Lonesome Roads, Peter Crowther | The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror 10, ed. Stephen Jones | Razorblade Press | ||
2001 | Where the Bodies Are Buried, Kim Newman | Hideous Progeny: a Frankenstein Anthology, ed. Brian Willis | Peter Crowther | ||
2002 | Aftershocks, Paul Finch | The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror 12, ed. Stephen Jones | Peter Crowther | ||
2003 | Ramsey Campbell, Probably: On Horror and Sundry Fantasies, Ramsey Campbell | Keep Out the Night, ed. Stephen Jones | Peter Crowther | ||
2004 | Walsall | Told by the Dead, Ramsey Campbell | The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror 14, ed. Stephen Jones | Peter Crowther | |
2005 | Walsall | Out of His Mind, Stephen Gallagher | The Alsiso Project, ed. Andrew Hook | Elastic Press | |
2006 | Nottingham | 20th Century Ghosts, Joe Hill | The Elastic Book of Numbers, ed. Allen Ashley | Peter Crowther | |
2007 | Nottingham | Fragile Things, Neil Gaiman | Extended Play: The Elastic Book of Music, ed. Gary Couzens | Peter Crowther | |
2008 | Nottingham | Old Devil Moon, Christopher Fowler | The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror 18, ed. Stephen Jones | Peter Crowther | |
2009 | Nottingham | Bull Running for Girls, Allyson Bird | The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror 19, ed. Stephen Jones | Postscripts, ed. Peter Crowther and Nick Gevers | Elastic Press |
2010 | Nottingham | Love Songs for the Shy And Cynical, Robert Shearman | The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror 20, ed. Stephen Jones | Murky Depths, ed. Terry Martin | Telos Publishing |
2011 | Brighton | Full Dark, No Stars, Stephen King | Back from the Dead: The Legacy of the Pan Book of Horror Stories, ed. Johnny Mains | Black Static, ed. Andy Cox | Telos Publishing |
2012 | Brighton | Everyone's Just So So Special, Robert Shearman | The Weird, ed. Jeff VanderMeer and Ann VanderMeer | Black Static, ed. Andy Cox | Chômu Press |
2013 | Brighton | Remember Why You Fear Me, Robert Shearman | Magic: an Anthology of the Esoteric and Arcane, ed. Jonathan Oliver | Interzone, ed. Andy Cox | ChiZine Publications |
2014 | York | Monsters in the Heart, Stephen Volk | End of the Road, ed. Jonathan Oliver | Clarkesworld, ed. Neil Clarke, Sean Wallace and Kate Baker | The Alchemy Press |
2015 | Nottingham | Nick Nightmare Investigates, Adrian Cole | Lightspeed: Women Destroy Science Fiction Special Issue, ed. Christie Yant | Holdfast Magazine, ed. Laurel Sills and Lucy Smee | Fox Spirit Books |
2016 | Scarborough | Ghost Summer: Stories, Tananarive Due | The Doll Collection, ed. Ellen Datlow | Beneath Ceaseless Skies, ed. Scott H. Andrews | Angry Robot |
2017 | Peterborough | Some Will Not Sleep, Adam Nevill | People of Colour Destroy Science Fiction, ed. Nalo Hopkinson & Kristine Ong | Tor.com | Grimbold Books |
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Multimedia
1Was initially conferred 1973-1980 as "Best Comic"; it was revived in 2009 as "Best Comic / Graphic Novel".[3] The category was removed at the 2022 AGM[4]
2Awarded only to films from 1973 to 1990, this honor was renewed 2009–2011, (though split into two separate categories), and again starting in 2014 as "Best Film / Television Episode", and then "Best Film / Television Production" from 2016 onward. In the two years 2012–2013, the BFS decided to present for extraordinary contributions to screenplay literature to Woody Allen for Midnight in Paris (2012) and co-writers Drew Goddard and Joss Whedon for Cabin in the Woods (2013).[3] The category was again removed following the 2022 AGM.
Location | Best Comic / Graphic Novel1 | Best Artist | Best Television / Film Production2 | Best Audio (Podcasts, Audiobooks, etc.) | |
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1973 | Conan | Tales from the Crypt | |||
1974 | Conan | Legend of Hell House | |||
1975 | Savage Sword of Conan | The Exorcist | |||
1976 | Savage Sword of Conan | Monty Python and the Holy Grail | |||
1977 | Howard the Duck #3 | Michael Kaluta | The Omen | ||
1978 | Marvel Premiere 38: Weirdworld | Steve Fabian | Carrie | ||
1979 | Savage Sword of Conan #30: The Scarlet Citadel, Roy Thomas and Frank Brunner | Boris Vallejo | Close Encounters of the Third Kind | ||
1980 | Heavy Metal | Steve Fabian | Alien | ||
1981 | Dave Carson | The Empire Strikes Back | |||
1982 | Dave Carson | Raiders of the Lost Ark | |||
1983 | Dave Carson | Blade Runner | |||
1984 | Rowena Morrill | Videodrome | |||
1985 | Steve Fabian | Ghostbusters | |||
1986 | JK Potter | A Nightmare on Elm Street | |||
1987 | JK Potter | Aliens | |||
1988 | JK Potter | Hellraiser | |||
1989 | Dave Carson | Beetlejuice | |||
1990 | Dave Carson | Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade | |||
1991 | Les Edwards | ||||
1992 | Jim Pitts | ||||
1993 | Jim Pitts | ||||
1994 | Les Edwards | ||||
1995 | Martin McKenna | ||||
1996 | Josh Kirby | ||||
1997 | Jim Burns | ||||
1998 | Jim Burns | ||||
1999 | Bob Covington | ||||
2000 | Les Edwards | ||||
2001 | Jim Burns | ||||
2002 | Jim Burns | ||||
2003 | Les Edwards | ||||
2004 | Walsall | Les Edwards | |||
2005 | Walsall | Les Edwards | |||
2006 | Nottingham | Les Edwards | |||
2007 | Nottingham | Vincent Chong | |||
2008 | Nottingham | Vincent Chong | |||
2009 | Nottingham | Locke and Key, Joe Hill and Gabriel Rodriguez | Vincent Chong | Film: The Dark Knight
Television: Doctor Who |
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2010 | Nottingham | Whatever Happened to the Caped Crusader?, Neil Gaiman and Andy Kubert | Vincent Chong | Film: Let The Right One In
Television: Doctor Who |
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2011 | Brighton | At the Mountains of Madness: a Graphic Novel, Ian Culbard | Vincent Chong | Film: Inception
Television: Sherlock |
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2012 | Brighton | Locke and Key, Joe Hill and Gabriel Rodriguez | Daniele Serra | Screenplay: Midnight in Paris, Woody Allen | |
2013 | Brighton | Saga, Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples | Sean Phillips | Screenplay: The Cabin in the Woods, Joss Whedon and Drew Goddard | |
2014 | York | Demeter, Becky Cloonan | Joey Hi-Fi | "The Rains of Castamere", David Benioff and D.B. Weiss | |
2015 | Nottingham | Through the Woods, Emily Carroll | Karla Ortiz | Guardians of the Galaxy | |
2016 | Scarborough | Bitch Planet, Kelly Sue DeConnick, Valentine De Landro, Robert Wilson IV and Cris Peter | Julie Dillon | Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell, Peter Harness | |
2017 | Peterborough | Monstress, Vol 1: Awakening, Marjorie Liu & Sana Takeda | Daniele Serra | Arrival | |
2018 | Chester | Monstress, Vol 2: The Blood, Marjorie Liu & Sana Takeda | Jeffrey Alan Love | Get Out | Anansi Boys |
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Nominees and winners (other awards)
Year | Location | Best Non-Fiction | Best Newcomer
(Sydney J. Bounds Award) |
Special Award
(Karl Edward Wagner Award) |
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1972 | ||||
1973 | Robert E. Howard | |||
1974 | ||||
1975 | ||||
1976 | ||||
1977 | ||||
1978 | ||||
1979 | ||||
1980 | ||||
1981 | Stephen King | |||
1982 | ||||
1983 | Karl Edward Wagner | |||
1984 | ||||
1985 | Manly Wade Wellman | |||
1986 | Les Flood | |||
1987 | Charles L Grant | |||
1988 | ||||
1989 | Ronald Chetwynd-Hayes | |||
1990 | Nancy A. Collins | Peter Coleborn | ||
1991 | Dorothy Lumley | |||
1992 | Melanie Tem | Andrew I. Porter | ||
1993 | Conrad Williams | Michael Moorcock | ||
1994 | Poppy Z. Brite | Dave Sutton | ||
1995 | Maggie Furey | John Jarrold | ||
1996 | Mike O’Driscoll and Steve Lockley | |||
1997 | Jo Fletcher | |||
1998 | D. F. Lewis | |||
1999 | Diana Wynne Jones | |||
2000 | Anne McCaffrey | |||
2001 | Peter Haining | |||
2002 | ||||
2003 | Alan Garner | |||
2004 | Walsall | Peter Jackson | ||
2005 | Walsall | Nigel Kneale | ||
2006 | Nottingham | Stephen Jones | ||
2007 | Nottingham[5][6] | Cinema Macabre, Mark Morris (PS Publishing) | Joe Hill | Ellen Datlow |
2008 | Nottingham | Whispers of Wickedness Reviews (website), ed. Peter Tennant | Scott Lynch | Ray Harryhausen |
2009 | Nottingham | Basil Copper: A Life in Books, Basil Copper, ed. Stephen Jones | Joseph D'Lacey | Hayao Miyazaki |
2010 | Nottingham | Ansible, David Langford | Kari Sperring | Robert Holdstock |
2011 | Brighton | Altered Visions: The Art of Vincent Chong | Robert Jackson Bennet | Terry Pratchett |
2012 | Brighton | Supergods: Our World in the Age of the Super Hero, Grant Morrison, ed. Jonathan Cape | Kameron Hurley | Peter Crowther and Nicky Crowther |
2013 | Brighton | Pornokitsch, Anne C. Perry and Jared Shurin | Helen Marshall | Iain M. Banks |
2014 | York | Speculative Fiction 2012, ed. Justin Landon and Jared Shurin | Ann Leckie | Farah Mendlesohn |
2015 | Nottingham | Letters to Arkham: The Letters of Ramsey Campbell and August Derleth, 1961-1971, ed. S. T. Joshi | Sarah Lotz | Juliet E. McKenna |
2016 | Scarborough | Letters to Tiptree, ed. Alexandra Pierce and Alisa Krasnostein | Zen Cho | The FantasyCon Redcloaks, Past and Present |
2017 | Peterborough | The Geek Feminist Revolution, Kameron Hurley | Erica L. Satifka | Jan Edwards |
2018 | Chester |
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2019 | Glasgow |
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Ian Whates |
2020 | Online[7] |
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2021 | Birmingham[8][9] |
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2022[10][11] | Heathrow |
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Award controversy of 2011
In 2011, British writer Sam Stone won the British Fantasy Award but returned it three days later after editor and anthologist Stephen Jones posted a blog entry pointing out that three of the winning entries (and many of the shortlisted works) were published by Telos Publishing, a company owned by David Howe. At the time, Howe was also chair of the British Fantasy Society, British Fantasy Award coordinator, and partner of Stone.[13][14][15]
References
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