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British Fantasy Award
...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 |
| 2019 | Glasgow |
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| 2020 | Online |
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| 2021 | Birmingham |
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| 2022 | Heathrow |
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| 2023 | Birmingham |
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Anthology, Collection, Magazine, and Press
1Provided as "Small Press" until 2015, when that was ended and replace with "Independent"[3]