British Fantasy Award
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The British Fantasy Awards are administered annually by the British Fantasy Society and were first awarded in 1971. The membership of the BFS vote to determine recommendations, short-lists and winners of the awards. The current award categories are Best Novel, Best Novella, Best Short Story, Best Small Press, Best Artist, Best Anthology, Best Collection, and the Karl Edward Wagner Award is given at the discretion of the BFS committee.
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[edit] 2005 Nominations
[edit] Best Novel (The August Derleth Fantasy Award)
- Abarat: Days of Magic, Nights of War, Clive Barker (Voyager)
- The Queen of Sinister, Mark Chadbourn (Gollancz)
- Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell, Susanna Clarke (Bloomsbury)
- The Water Room, Christopher Fowler (Doubleday)
- The Dark Tower, Stephen King (Hodder & Stoughton)
[edit] Best Novella
- Breathe, Christopher Fowler (Telos Publications)
- Dead Man's Hand, Tim Lebbon (Necessary Evil Press)
- The Ice Maiden, Steve Lockley & Paul Lewis (Pendragon Press)
- My Death, Lisa Tuttle (PS Publishing)
- Twisted Root of Jaarfindor, Sean Wright (Crowswing Books)
[edit] Best Short Story
- The Problem of Susan Neil Gaiman (Flights: Extreme Visions of Fantasy, Roc)
- The Black Phone, Joe Hill (The Third Alternative #39)
- You Will Hear the Locust Sing, Joe Hill (The Third Alternative #37)
- Black Static, Paul Meloy (The Third Alternative #40)
- Roads Were Burning, Adam Roberts (Postscripts #1)
[edit] Best Anthology
- The Year's Best Fantasy & Horror: Seventeenth Annual Collection, Ellen Datlow & Kelly Link & Gavin J. Grant (eds.) (St Martin's Press)
- The Alsiso Project, Andrew Hook (ed.) (Elastic Press)
- The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror: Volume 15, Stephen Jones (ed.) (Robinson/Carroll & Graf)
- Acquainted with the Night, Barbara & Christopher Roden (eds.) (Ash Tree Press)
- The Thackery T. Lambshead Pocket Guide to Eccentric & Discredited Diseases, Jeff Vandermeer & Mark Roberts (eds.) (Tor UK)
[edit] Best Collection
- Somnambulists, Allen Ashley (Elastic Press)
- Darker Ages, Paul Finch (Sarob Press)
- Out of His Mind, Stephen Gallagher (PS Publishing)
- Things That Never Happen, M. John Harrison (Gollancz)
- Trujillo and Other Stories, Lucius Shepard (PS Publishing)
[edit] Best Artist
- John Coulthart
- Allen Koszowski
- Les Edwards / Edward Miller
- Richard Marchand
- David Magitis
- Ian Simmons
[edit] Best Small Press
- The Alien Online (ed. Ariel)
- Elastic Press (Andrew Hook)
- Pendragon Press (Christopher Teague)
- Postscripts (ed. Peter Crowther)
- PS Publishing (Peter Crowther)
- Scheherazade (ed. Elizabeth Counihan)
- The Third Alternative (ed. Andy Cox)
- Telos Publications (David J. Howe & Stephen James Walker)
[edit] 2004 Nominations
[edit] August Derleth Award (Novel)
- Full Dark House, Christopher Fowler (Doubleday UK) (winner)
- Felaheen, Jon Courtenay Grimwood (Earthlight)
- Lost boy lost girl, Peter Straub (HarperCollins UK)
- Nobody True, James Herbert (Macmillan)
- The Poison Master, Liz Williams (Tor UK)
- Vampyrrhic Rites, Simon Clark (Hodder & Stoughton)
[edit] Anthology
- The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror: Volume Fourteen, Stephen Jones, ed. (Robinson) (winner)
- Beneath the Ground, Joel Lane, ed. (Alchemy Press)
- By Moonlight Only, Stephen Jones, ed. (PS Publishing)
- Crimewave 7: The Last Sunset, Andy Cox, ed. (TTA Press)
- The Thackery T. Lambshead Pocket Guide to Eccentric & Discredited Diseases, Jeff VanderMeer & Mark Roberts, eds. (Night Shade Books)
- William Hope Hodgson's Night Lands, Volume 1: Eternal Love, Andy W. Robertson, ed. (Wildside)
[edit] Collection
- Told by the Dead, Ramsey Campbell (PS Publishing) (winner)
- Demonized, Christopher Fowler (Serpent's Tail)
- More Tomorrow & Other Stories, Michael Marshall Smith (Earthling Publications)
- Things That Never Happen, M. John Harrison (Night Shade Books)
- The White Hands and Other Weird Tales, Mark Samuels (Tartarus)
[edit] Short Fiction
- "American Waitress", Christopher Fowler (Crimewave 7: The Last Sunset) (winner)
- "Exorcising Angels", Simon Clark & Tim Lebbon (Exorcising Angels)
- "Fear the Dead", Ramsey Campbell (The Fear Within)
- "The White Hands", Mark Samuels (The White Hands and Other Weird Tales)
- Wonderland, Mark Chadbourn (Telos)
[edit] Small Press
- PS Publishing (winner)
- The Alien Online (Ariel, ed.)
- Elastic Press
- Scheherazade (Elizabeth Counihan, ed.)
- The Third Alternative (Andy Cox, ed.)
[edit] Artist
- Les Edwards (winner)
- Dave Bezzina
- Deirdre Counihan
- Bob Covington
- Dominic Harman
[edit] Karl Edward Wagner Award (special award)
- Peter Jackson (for The Lord of the Rings film)