Table of Contents

Conventional Fiction Writing
Anthology, Collection, Magazine, and Press
Multimedia
Nominees and winners (other awards)
Award controversy of 2011
References
External links

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:


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.

1972The Knight of the Swords, Michael Moorcock
1973The Fallible Fiend, L Sprague de CampThe King of the Swords, Michael Moorcock
1974The Jade Man's Eyes, Michael MoorcockHrolf Kraki's Saga, Poul Anderson
1975"Sticks", Karl Edward WagnerThe Sword and the Stallion, Michael Moorcock
1976The Second Book of Fritz Leiber, Fritz LeiberThe Hollow Lands, Michael Moorcock
1977"Two Suns Setting", Karl Edward WagnerThe Dragon and the George, Gordon Dickson
1978"In the Bag", Ramsey CampbellA Spell for Chameleon, Piers Anthony
1979"Jeffty is Five", Harlan EllisonThe Chronicles of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever, Stephen R. Donaldson
1980"The Button Molder", Fritz LeiberDeath's Master, Tanith Lee
1981"The Stains", Robert AickmanTo Wake The Dead, Ramsey Campbell
1982The Dark Country, Dennis EtchisonCujo, Stephen King
1983"The Breathing Method", Stephen KingSword of the Lictor, Gene Wolfe
1984"Neither Brute Nor Human", Karl Edward WagnerFloating Dragon, Peter Straub
1985"In the Hills, the Cities", Clive BarkerIncarnate, Ramsey Campbell
1986"The Forbidden", Clive BarkerThe Ceremonies, T. E. D. Klein
1987"The Olympic Runner", Dennis EtchisonIt, Stephen King
1988"Leaks", Steve Rasnic TemThe Hungry Moon, Ramsey Campbell
1989"Fruiting Bodies", Brian LumleyThe Influence, Ramsey Campbell
1990"On the Far Side of the Cadillac Desert With Dead Folks", Joe LansdaleCarrion Comfort, Dan Simmons
1991"The Man Who Drew Cats", Michael Marshall SmithMidnight Sun, Ramsey Campbell
1992"The Dark Land", Michael Marshall SmithOutside the Dog Museum, Jonathan Carroll
1993"Night Shift Sister", Nicholas RoyleDark Sister, Graham Joyce
1994"The Dog Park", Dennis EtchisonThe Long Lost, Ramsey Campbell
1995"The Temptation of Dr. Stein", Paul McAuleyOnly Forward, Michael Marshall Smith
1996"More Tomorrow", Michael Marshall SmithRequiem, Graham Joyce
1997"Dancing About Architecture", Martin SimpsonThe Tooth Fairy, Graham Joyce
1998"Wageslaves", Christopher FowlerTower of the King's Daughter, Chaz Brenchley
1999"The Song My Sister Sang", Stephen LawsBag of Bones, Stephen King
2000White, Tim LebbonIndigo, Graham Joyce
2001Naming of Parts, Tim LebbonPerdido Street Station, China Miéville
2002"Goblin City Lights", Simon ClarkThe Night of the Triffids, Simon Clark
2003The Fairy Feller's Master Stroke, Mark ChadbournThe Scar, China Miéville
2004Walsall"American Waitress", Christopher FowlerFull Dark House, Christopher Fowler
2005Walsall"Black Static", Paul MeloyBreathe, Christopher FowlerThe Dark Tower VII: The Dark Tower, Stephen King
2006Nottingham"Best New Horror", Joe HillThe Mask Behind the Face, Stuart YoungAnansi Boys, Neil Gaiman
2007Nottingham"Whisper Lane", Mark ChadbournKid, Paul FinchDusk, Tim Lebbon
2008NottinghamMy Stone Desire, Joel LaneThe Scalding Rooms, Conrad WilliamsThe Grin of the Dark, Ramsey Campbell
2009NottinghamDo You See, Sarah PinboroughThe Reach of Children, Tim LebbonMemoirs of a Master Forger, William Heaney
2010Nottingham"What Happens When You Wake Up in the Night", Michael Marshall SmithThe Language of Dying, Sarah PinboroughOne, Conrad Williams
2011BrightonFool's Gold, Sam StoneHumpty's Bones, Simon ClarkN/A
2012Brighton"The Coffin-Maker's Daughter", Angela SlatterGorel and the Pot Bellied God, Lavie TidharAmong Others, Jo WaltonThe Ritual, Adam Nevill
2013Brighton"SharkShark", Ray CluleyThe Nine Deaths of Dr Valentine, John Llewellyn ProbertSome Kind of Fairy Tale, Graham JoyceLast Days, Adam Nevill
2014York"Signs of the Times", Carole JohnstoneBeauty, Sarah PinboroughA Stranger in Olondria, Sofia SamatarThe Shining Girls, Lauren Beukes
2015Nottingham"A Woman's Place", Emma NewmanNewspaper Heart, Stephen VolkCuckoo Song, Frances HardingeNo One Gets Out Alive, Adam Nevill
2016Scarborough"Fabulous Beasts", Priya SharmaThe Pauper Prince and the Eucalyptus Jinn, Usman T. MalikUprooted, Naomi NovikRawblood, Catriona Ward
2017Peterborough"White Rabbit", Georgina BruceThe Ballad of Black Tom, Victor LaValleThe Tiger and the Wolf, Adrian TchaikovskyDisappearance at Devil's Rock, Paul G. Tremblay
2018Chester"Looking for Laika", Laura MauroPassing Strange, Ellen KlagesThe Ninth Rain, Jen WilliamsThe Changeling, Victor LaValle
2019Glasgow*"Down Where Sound Comes Blunt", G. V. Anderson * "Her Blood the Apples, Her Bones the Trees", Georgina Bruce * "In the Gallery of Silent Screams", Carole Johnstone & Chris Kelso * "A Son of the Sea", Priya Sharma * "Telling Stories", Ruth EJ Booth * "Thumbsucker", Robert Shearman*The Tea Master and the Detective, Aliette de Bodard *Binti: The Night Masquerade, Nnedi Okorafor * Breakwater, Simon Bestwick * The Land of Somewhere Safe, Hal Duncan * The Last Temptation of Dr Valentine, John Llewellyn Probert * The Only Harmless Great Thing, Brooke Bolander*The Bitter Twins, Jen Williams * Empire of Sand, Tasha Suri * Foundryside, Robert Jackson Bennett * The Green Man's Heir, Juliet E. McKenna * The Loosening Skin, Aliya Whiteley * Priest of Bones, Peter McLean*Little Eve, Catriona Ward * The Cabin at the End of the World, Paul G. Tremblay * The Way of the Worm, Ramsey Campbell * Wolf's Hill, Simon Bestwick
2020Online*"The Pain-Eater's Daughter", Laura Mauro *"Dendrochronology", Penny Jones * "I Say (I Say, I Say)", Robert Shearman * Tomorrow, When I Was Young, Julie Travis*Ormeshadow, Priya Sharma * The Ascent to Godhood, Neon Yang * "Butcher's Table", Nathan Ballingrud * The Deep, Rivers Solomon, with Daveed Diggs, William Hutson and Jonathan Snipes * Ragged Alice, Gareth L. Powell * The Survival of Molly Southbourne, Tade Thompson*The Bone Ships, R. J. Barker * The Migration, Helen Marshall * The Poison Song, Jen Williams * The Ten Thousand Doors of January, Alix E. Harrow*The Reddening, Adam Nevill *The Institute, Stephen King * The Migration, Helen Marshall * Mistletoe, Alison Littlewood * The Plague Stones, James Brogden * The Twisted Ones, T. Kingfisher
2021Birmingham*"Infinite Tea in the Demara Café", Ida Keogh *"8-Bit Free Will", John Wiswell *"Daylight Robbery", Anna Taborska *"We Do Like to be Beside", Pete Sutton*Ring Shout, P. Djèlí Clark *The Flame and the Flood, Shona Kinsella *Honeybones, Georgina Bruce *The Order of the Pure Moon Reflected in Water, Zen Cho *A Song for the End, Kit Power *Triggernometry, Stark Holborn*The Once and Future Witches, Alix E. Harrow *The Bone Shard Daughter, Andrea Stewart *By Force Alone, Lavie Tidhar *The City We Became, N.K. Jemisin *Dark River, Rym Kechacha *Threading the Labyrinth, Tiffani Angus*Mexican Gothic, Silvia Moreno-Garcia *Beneath the Rising, Premee Mohamed *The Hollow Places, T. Kingfisher *The Only Good Indians, Stephen Graham Jones *Plain Bad Heroines, Emily Danforth *Survivor Song, Paul G. Tremblay
2022Heathrow*Bathymetry, Lorraine Wilson *Fill the Thickened Lung with Breath, C.A. Yates *A Flight of Birds, E.M. Faulds *Henrietta, T.H. Dray *O2 Arena, Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki *Sky Eyes, Julie Travis*Defekt, Nino Cipri *& This is How to Stay Alive, Shingai Njeri Kagunda *Matryoshka, Penny Jones *A Spindle Splintered, Alix E. Harrow *These Lifeless Things, Premee Mohamed *Treacle Walker, Alan Garner*She Who Became the Sun, Shelley Parker-Chan *The Black Coast, Mike Brooks *The Jasmine Throne, Tasha Suri *Sistersong, Lucy Holland *This is Our Undoing, Lorraine Wilson *The Unbroken, C.L. Clark*The Last House on Needless Street, Catriona Ward *The Book of Accidents, Chuck Wendig *A Broken Darkness, Premee Mohamed *A Dowry of Blood, S.T. Gibson *My Heart Is a Chainsaw, Stephen Graham Jones *Nothing but Blackened Teeth, Cassandra Khaw
2023Birmingham*Morta, James Bennett* *The Call of El Tunche, Shona Kinsella *A Moment of Zugzwang, Neil Williamson *The Tails That Make You, Eliza Chan*The Queen of the High Fields, Rhiannon A. Grist* *And Then I Woke Up, Malcolm Devlin *The Entropy of Loss, Stewart Hotston *Interference, Terry Grimwood *Ogres, Adrian Tchaikovsky *Pomegranates, Priya Sharma **The Spear Cuts Through Water, Simon Jimenez* *The Bone Orchard, Sara A. Mueller *Cast Long Shadows, Cat Hellisen *Glitterati, Oliver K. Langmead *The Oleander Sword, Tasha Suri *Path of War, David Green*Just Like Home, Sarah Gailey* *Full Immersion, Gemma Amor *The Hollows, Daniel Church *Miracle Growth, Tim Mendees *Sundial, Catriona Ward
2024Chester*The Brazen Head of Westinghouse, Tim Major, (IZ Digital) *Professor Flotsam’s Cabinet of Peculiarities, Shona Kinsella, (Great British Horror 8) *The Pilfered Quill, Rachel Rener & David Green, (From the Arcane) *The Ripe Fruit in the Garden, C.A. Yates, (Great British Horror 8) *Turn Again, O My Sweetness, C.A. Yates, (At the Lighthouse)*The Last Dragoners of Bowbazar, Indra Das, (Subterranean Press) *The Darkness in the Pines, David Green, (Eerie River Publishing) *The Last Day and the First, Tim Lebbon, (PS Publishing) *They Shut Me Up, Tracy Fahey (PS Publishing) *Thornhedge, T. Kingfisher, (Titan) *Untethered Sky, Fonda Lee, (Tordotcom)*Talonsister, Jen Williams, (Titan) *A Day of Fallen Night, Samantha Shannon, (Bloomsbury) *At Eternity’s Gates, David Green, (Eerie River Publishing) *Beyond Sundered Seas, David Green, (Eerie River Publishing) *Shigidi and the Brass Head of Obalufon, Wole Talabi, (Daw Books)*Don't Fear the Reaper, Stephen Graham Jones, (Titan) *A House with Good Bones, T. Kingfisher, (Titan) *Boys in the Valley, Philip Fracassi, (Orbit) *How to Sell a Haunted House, Grady Hendrix, (Titan) *Looking Glass Sound, Catriona Ward, (Viper) *One Life Left, David Green, (Eerie River Publishing)
2025Brighton*Loneliness Universe, Eugenia Triantafyllou, (Uncanny Magazine) *Godskin, CL Hellisen, (Strange Horizons) *The Oracle at Dairy, Tiffani Angus, (Trembling with Fear via HorrorTree.com) *The Witch’s Pillowbook, Priya Sharma, (Bound in Blood: Stories of Cursed Books, Damned Libraries and Unearthly, Titan Books) *Jinx, Carlie St. George, (PseudoPod)*The Last to Drown, Lorraine Wilson, (Luna Press) *Charlie Says, Neil Williamson, (Black Shuck Books) *What Feasts at Night, T. Kingfisher, (Titan Books) *Millionaires Day, Kit Power, (French Press)*Masquerade, O.O. Sangoyomi, Forge Books *The Green Man’s War, Juliet E. McKenna, Wizard's Tower Press *Fathomfolk, Eliza Chan, Orbit Books *Long Live Evil, Sarah Rees Brennan, Orbit Books *A Shadow Over Haven, David Green, Eerie River Publishing*My Darling Dreadful Thing, Johanna van Veen, Poisoned Pen Press *Withered Hill, David Barnett – Canelo Horror *The Ravening, Daniel Church, Angry Robot *Among The Living, Tim Lebbon, Titan Books *Bury Your Gays, Chuck Tingle, Titan Books *Feast While You Can, Mikaella Clements and Onjuli Datta, Simon & Schuster

Anthology, Collection, Magazine, and Press

1Provided as "Small Press" until 2015, when that was ended and replace with "Independent"

1977Anduril
1978Fantasy Tales 1
1979Fantasy Tales 2
1980Fantasy Tales 3
1981Airgedlamh
1982Fantasy Tales
1983Fantasy Tales
1984Ghosts & Scholars
1985Whispers
1986Fantasy Tales
1987Fantasy Tales
1988Dagon
1989Dagon
1990Dagon
1991Best New Horror, Stephen Jones and Ramsey CampbellDagon
1992Darklands, Nicholas RoylePeeping Tom
1993Darklands 2, Nicholas RoylePeeping Tom
1994Dark Voices 5, ed. David Sutton and Stephen JonesDementia 13
1995The Earthwire, Joel LaneNecrofile
1996Last Rites and Resurrections: Stories from The Third Alternative, ed. Andy CoxThe Third Alternative
1997The Nightmare Factory, Thomas LigottiH. P. Lovecraft: a Life
1998Dark Terrors 3: the Gollancz Book of Horror, Stephen Jones and David SuttonInterzone
1999Ghosts and Grisly Things, Ramsey CampbellDark Terrors 4: the Gollancz Book of Horror, ed. Stephen Jones and David SuttonThe Third Alternative
2000Lonesome Roads, Peter CrowtherThe Mammoth Book of Best New Horror 10, ed. Stephen JonesRazorblade Press
2001Where the Bodies Are Buried, Kim NewmanHideous Progeny: a Frankenstein Anthology, ed. Brian WillisPeter Crowther
2002Aftershocks, Paul FinchThe Mammoth Book of Best New Horror 12, ed. Stephen JonesPeter Crowther
2003Ramsey Campbell, Probably: On Horror and Sundry Fantasies, Ramsey CampbellKeep Out the Night, ed. Stephen JonesPeter Crowther
2004WalsallTold by the Dead, Ramsey CampbellThe Mammoth Book of Best New Horror 14, ed. Stephen JonesPeter Crowther
2005WalsallOut of His Mind, Stephen GallagherThe Alsiso Project, ed. Andrew HookElastic Press
2006Nottingham20th Century Ghosts, Joe HillThe Elastic Book of Numbers, ed. Allen AshleyPeter Crowther
2007NottinghamFragile Things, Neil GaimanExtended Play: The Elastic Book of Music, ed. Gary CouzensPeter Crowther
2008NottinghamOld Devil Moon, Christopher FowlerThe Mammoth Book of Best New Horror 18, ed. Stephen JonesPeter Crowther
2009NottinghamBull Running for Girls, Allyson BirdThe Mammoth Book of Best New Horror 19, ed. Stephen JonesPostscripts, ed. Peter Crowther and Nick GeversElastic Press
2010NottinghamLove Songs for the Shy And Cynical, Robert ShearmanThe Mammoth Book of Best New Horror 20, ed. Stephen JonesMurky Depths, ed. Terry MartinTelos Publishing
2011BrightonFull Dark, No Stars, Stephen KingBack from the Dead: The Legacy of the Pan Book of Horror Stories, ed. Johnny MainsBlack Static, ed. Andy CoxTelos Publishing
2012BrightonEveryone's Just So So Special, Robert ShearmanThe Weird, ed. Jeff VanderMeer and Ann VanderMeerBlack Static, ed. Andy CoxChômu Press
2013BrightonRemember Why You Fear Me, Robert ShearmanMagic: an Anthology of the Esoteric and Arcane, ed. Jonathan OliverInterzone, ed. Andy CoxChiZine Publications
2014YorkMonsters in the Heart, Stephen VolkEnd of the Road, ed. Jonathan OliverClarkesworld, ed. Neil Clarke, Sean Wallace and Kate BakerThe Alchemy Press
2015NottinghamNick Nightmare Investigates, Adrian ColeLightspeed: Women Destroy Science Fiction Special Issue, ed. Christie YantHoldfast Magazine, ed. Laurel Sills and Lucy SmeeFox Spirit Books
2016ScarboroughGhost Summer: Stories, Tananarive DueThe Doll Collection, ed. Ellen DatlowBeneath Ceaseless Skies, ed. Scott H. AndrewsAngry Robot
2017PeterboroughSome Will Not Sleep, Adam NevillPeople of Colour Destroy Science Fiction, ed. Nalo Hopkinson & Kristine OngTor.comGrimbold Books
2018Chester* Strange Weather, Joe Hill *Norse Mythology, Neil Gaiman * Tanith by Choice, Tanith Lee * Tender: Stories, Sofia Samatar * You Will Grow into Them, Malcolm Devlin* New Fears, ed. Mark Morris *2084, ed. George Sandison * Dark Satanic Mills: Great British Horror Book 2, ed. Steve Shaw * Imposter Syndrome, ed. James Everington & Dan Howarth * Pacific Monsters, ed. Margret Helgadottir* Shoreline of Infinity, ed. Noel Chidwick *Black Static, ed. Andy Cox * Gingernuts of Horror, ed. Jim Mcleod * Grimdark Magazine, ed. Adrian Collins * Interzone, ed. Andy Cox* Unsung Stories *Fox Spirit Books * Grimbold Books * NewCon Press * Salt Publishing
2019Glasgow* All the Fabulous Beasts, Priya Sharma *The Future is Blue, Catherynne M Valente * How Long 'til Black Future Month?, NK Jemisin * Lost Objects, Marian Womack * Octoberland, Thana Niveau * Resonance & Revolt, Rosanne Rabinowitz* Year's Best Weird Fiction, Vol. 5, ed. Robert Shearman & Michael Kelly *The Devil and the Deep: Horror Stories of the Sea, ed. Ellen Datlow * Humanagerie, ed. Sarah Doyle & Allen Ashley * New Fears 2, ed. Mark Morris * This Dreaming Isle, ed. Dan Coxon* Uncanny *Black Static, ed. Andy Cox * Gingernuts of Horror, ed. Jim Mcleod *Interzone, ed. Andy Cox *Shoreline of Infinity, ed. Noel Chidwick* Unsung Stories *Fox Spirit Books *Luna Press *NewCon Press
2020Online* Sing Your Sadness Deep, Laura Mauro *The Boughs Withered When I Told Them My Dreams, Maura McHugh * Growing Things, Paul G. Tremblay * This House of Wounds, Georgina Bruce * Of Wars, And Memories, And Starlight, Aliette de Bodard* New Suns: Original Speculative Fiction for People of Color, ed. Nisi Shawl *A Secret Guide to Fighting Elder Gods, ed. Jennifer Brozek * The Big Book of Classic Fantasy, ed. Ann & Jeff VanderMeer * Once Upon a Parsec: The Book of Alien Fairy Tales, ed. David Gullen * Wonderland, ed. Marie O’Regan & Paul Kane * The Woods, ed. Phil Sloman* FIYAH, ed. DaVaun Sanders *Black Static, ed. Andy Cox * The Dark * F&SF * Gingernuts of Horror, ed. Jim Mcleod * Shoreline of Infinity, ed. Noel Chidwick* Rebellion Publishing *Aqueduct Press * Black Shuck Books * Luna Press * NewCon Press * Undertow Publications
2021Birmingham*The Watcher in the Woods, Charlotte Bond *Bloody Britain, Anna Taborska *Only the Broken Remain, Dan Coxon *We All Hear Stories in the Dark, Robert Shearman*Dominion: An Anthology of Speculative Fiction From Africa and the African Diaspora, ed. Zelda Knight & Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki *After Sundown, ed. Mark Morris *Black Cranes: Tales of Unquiet Women, ed. Lee Murray & Geneve Flynn *Shadows & Tall Trees, Vol. 8, ed. Michael Kelly*Strange Horizons *Black Static, ed. Andy Cox *The Dark *FIYAH, ed. DaVaun Sanders *Gingernuts of Horror, ed. Jim Mcleod *Shoreline of Infinity, ed. Noel Chidwick*Luna Press *Black Shuck Books *Flame Tree Press *Unsung Stories
2022Heathrow*Never Have I Ever, Isabel Yap *The Ghost Sequences, A.C. Wise *I Spit Myself Out, Tracy Fahey *The Museum for Forgetting, Pete W. Sutton *We All Have Teeth, C.A. Yates*Sinopticon: A Celebration of Chinese Science Fiction, ed. Xueting C. Ni *Dreamland: Other Stories, ed. Sophie Essex *Out of the Darkness, ed. Dan Coxon *There Is No Death, There Are No Dead, ed. Aaron J. French & Jess Landry *When Things Get Dark, ed. Ellen Datlow *The Year's Best African Speculative Fiction, ed. Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki*Apex Magazine *Anathema Magazine *Black Static *Ginger Nuts of Horror *Interzone *Shoreline of Infinity*Luna Press Publishing *Black Shuck Books *Unsung Stories *Wizard's Tower Press
2023Birmingham*Under the Moon, E.M. Faulds *Behind a Broken Smile, Penny Jones *Breakable Things, Cassandra Khaw *Candescent Blooms, Andrew Hook*Someone in Time, ed. Jonathan Strahan *Africa Risen: A New Era of Speculative Fiction, ed. Sheree Renée Thomas, Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki & Zelda Knight *The Book of Queer Saints, ed. Mae Murray *Great British Horror 7: Major Arcana, ed. Steve J. Shaw *Isolation: The Horror Anthology, ed. Dan Coxon *Sky Breaker: Tales of the Wanderer – Lee C. Conley, H.L. Tinsley, J.E. Hannaford, David Green, Derek Power, C. Marry Hultman, Damien Larkin and C.F. Welburn*Interzone* *Ginger Nuts of Horror *Shoreline of Infinity *Strange Horizons*Luna Press Publishing* *Black Shuck Books *Flame Tree Press *NewCon Press
2024Chester*Jackal, Jackal: Tales of the Dark and Fantastic, Tobi Ogundiran, (Undertow Publications) *A Curious Cartography, Alison Littlewood, (Black Shuck Books) *No Happily Ever After, Phil Sloman *No One Will Come Back for Us, Premee Mohamed, (Undertow Publications) *The House on the Moon, Georgina Bruce, (Black Shuck Books) *Under my Skin, K.J. Parker, (Subterranean Press)*Out There Screaming: An Anthology of New Black Horror, ed. Jordan Peele, (Picador) *At the Lighthouse, ed. Sophie Essex, (Eibonvale Press) *Mothersound: The Sauútiverse Anthology, ed. Wole Talabi, (Android Press) *Never Whistle at Night, ed. Shane Hawk, (Vintage) *Something Peculiar: Great British Horror 8, ed. Steve J. Shaw, (Black Shuck Books) *The Other Side of Never: Dark Tales from the World of Peter & Wendy, eds. Marie O’Regan & Paul Kane, (Titan)*Shoreline of Infinity *Hellebore *Interzone/IZ Digital *khōréō *Occult Detective Magazine*Flame Tree Press *Angry Robot *Black Shuck Books *Eibonvale Press *Luna Press Publishing *Newcon Press
2025Brighton*Elephants in Bloom, Cecile Cristofari – Newcon Press *Dirt Upon My Skin, Steve Toase – Black Shuck Books *Limelight and Other Stories, Lyndsey Croal – Shortwave Publishing *Mood Swings, Dave Jeffery, Black Shuck Books *Preaching To The Perverted, James Bennett – Lethe Press*Bury Your Gays – An Anthology of Tragic Queer Horror, Sofia Ajram, Ghoulish Books *Nova Scotia 2, Neil Williamson and Andrew J Wilson – Luna Press Publishing *I Want That Twink Obliterated, Trip Galey, C.L. McCartney, and Robert Berg, Bona Books *Fight Like A Girl 2, Roz Clarke and Joanne Hall, Wizard's Tower Press *Heartwood: A Mythago Wood Anthology, Dan Coxon, PS Publishing *The Year’s Best African Speculative Fiction (2023), Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki and Chinaza Eziaghighala, Caezik SF & Fantasy*ParSec *Phantasmagoria *Ginger Nuts of Horror *Shoreline of Infinity*Flame Tree Press *Newcon Press *Black Shuck Books *Luna Press Publishing *Swan River Press

Multimedia

1Was initially conferred 1973–1980 as "Best Comic"; it was revived in 2009 as "Best Comic / Graphic Novel". The category was removed at the 2022 AGM

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). The category was again removed following the 2022 AGM.

1973ConanTales from the Crypt
1974ConanLegend of Hell House
1975Savage Sword of ConanThe Exorcist
1976Savage Sword of ConanMonty Python and the Holy Grail
1977Howard the Duck #3Michael KalutaThe Omen
1978Marvel Premiere 38: WeirdworldSteve FabianCarrie
1979Savage Sword of Conan #30: The Scarlet Citadel, Roy Thomas and Frank BrunnerBoris VallejoClose Encounters of the Third Kind
1980Heavy MetalSteve FabianAlien
1981Dave CarsonThe Empire Strikes Back
1982Dave CarsonRaiders of the Lost Ark
1983Dave CarsonBlade Runner
1984Rowena MorrillVideodrome
1985Steve FabianGhostbusters
1986JK PotterA Nightmare on Elm Street
1987JK PotterAliens
1988JK PotterHellraiser
1989Dave CarsonBeetlejuice
1990Dave CarsonIndiana Jones and the Last Crusade
1991Les Edwards
1992Jim Pitts
1993Jim Pitts
1994Les Edwards
1995Martin McKenna
1996Josh Kirby
1997Jim Burns
1998Jim Burns
1999Bob Covington
2000Les Edwards
2001Jim Burns
2002Jim Burns
2003Les Edwards
2004WalsallLes Edwards
2005WalsallLes Edwards
2006NottinghamLes Edwards
2007NottinghamVincent Chong
2008NottinghamVincent Chong
2009NottinghamLocke and Key, Joe Hill and Gabriel RodriguezVincent ChongFilm: The Dark Knight Television: Doctor Who
2010NottinghamWhatever Happened to the Caped Crusader?, Neil Gaiman and Andy KubertVincent ChongFilm: Let The Right One In Television: Doctor Who
2011BrightonAt the Mountains of Madness: a Graphic Novel, Ian CulbardVincent ChongFilm: Inception Television: Sherlock
2012BrightonLocke and Key, Joe Hill and Gabriel RodriguezDaniele SerraScreenplay: Midnight in Paris, Woody Allen
2013BrightonSaga, Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona StaplesSean PhillipsScreenplay: The Cabin in the Woods, Joss Whedon and Drew Goddard
2014YorkDemeter, Becky CloonanJoey Hi-Fi"The Rains of Castamere", David Benioff and D.B. Weiss
2015NottinghamThrough the Woods, Emily CarrollKarla OrtizGuardians of the Galaxy
2016ScarboroughBitch Planet, Kelly Sue DeConnick, Valentine De Landro, Robert Wilson IV and Cris PeterJulie DillonJonathan Strange & Mr Norrell, Peter Harness
2017PeterboroughMonstress, Vol 1: Awakening, Marjorie Liu & Sana TakedaDaniele SerraArrival
2018ChesterMonstress, Vol 2: The Blood, Marjorie Liu & Sana TakedaJeffrey Alan LoveGet OutAnansi Boys
2019Glasgow* Widdershins, Vol. 7: Curtain Call, Kate Ashwin *100 Demon Dialogues, Lucy Bellwood * B.P.R.D. Hell on Earth, Vol. 1, Mike Mignola, John Arcudi, Guy Davis, Tyler Crook & Dave Stewart * Hellboy: The Complete Short Stories, Vol. 1, Mike Mignola et al. * The Prisoner, Robert S Malan & John Cockshaw * Saga #49-54, Brian K Vaughan & Fiona Staples* Vince Haig *David Rix *Daniele Serra *Sophie E Tallis* Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, Phil Lord & Rodney Rothman *Annihilation, Alex Garland * Avengers: Infinity War, Christopher Markus & Stephen McFeely * Black Panther, Ryan Coogler & Joe Robert Cole * The Haunting of Hill House, Mike Flanagan * Inside No. 9, series 4, Steve Pemberton & Reece Shearsmith* Breaking the Glass Slipper Podcast, Lucy Hounsom, Charlotte Bond, & Meghan Leigh *Bedtime Stories for the End of the World (endoftheworldpodcast.com) * Blood on Satan's Claw, by Mark Morris (Bafflegab) * PodCastle (podcastle.org) * PseudoPod (pseudopod.org)
2020Online*DIE, Kieron Gillen & Stephanie Hans * 2000AD, ed. Matt Smith * Basketful of Heads #1, Joe Hill * B.P.R.D. The Devil You Know, Vol. 3: Ragna Rok, Mike Mignola, Scott Allie, Laurence Campbell et al. * DCeased #1-6, Tom Taylor, Trevor Hairsine, Stefano Gaudiano et al. * The Ozone Diary, Pentti Otsamo & Tero Mielonen*Ben Baldwin *Vince Haig *Jackie Morris *David Rix*Us, Jordan Peele * Game of Thrones: The Long NightDavid Benioff & DB Weiss * Watchmen: "It's Summer and We're Running Out of Ice" (Season 1, Ep. 1), Damon Lindelof * The Witcher: "Rare Species" (Season 1, Ep. 6), Haily Hall*PodCastle * Breaking the Glass Slipper * PseudoPod * Speculative Spaces
2021Birmingham*DIE Vol. 2: Split the Party, Kieron Gillen & Stephanie Hans *The Daughters of Ys, Jo Rioux & M.T. Andersen * John Constantine: Hellblazer, Vol. 1: Marks of Woe, Simon Spurrier & Aaron Campbell *The Magic Fish, Trung Le Nguyen *Rivers of London: The Fey and the Furious, Ben Aaronovitch & Andrew Cartmel *Venus in the Blind Spot, Junji Ito*Daniele Serra *Warwick Fraser-Coombe *David Rix *Vincent Sammy*The Boys: "What I Know" (Season 2, Ep. 8), Rebecca Sonnenshine & Eric Kripke *Birds of Prey, Christina Hodson & Cathy Yan *The Haunting of Bly Manor: "The Romance of Certain Old Clothes" (Season 1, Ep. 8), Leah Fong & Axelle Carolyn *The Invisible Man, Leigh Whannell *The Lighthouse, Robert Eggers & Max Eggers *Saint Maud, Rose Glass*The Magnus Archives, Rusty Quill *Breaking the Glass Slipper, Megan Leigh, Lucy Hounson & Charlotte Bond *PodCastle, Escape Artists *PseudoPod, Escape Artists *The Sandman, Dirk Maggs & Neil Gaiman *Stellar Firma, Rusty Quill
2022Heathrow*The Girl from the Sea, Lee Knox Ostertag *2000AD *DIE Vol. 4, Kieron Gillen & Stephanie Hans *Djeliya, Juni Ba *ExtraOrdinary, V.E. Schwab & Enid Balam *Usagi Yojimbo: Homecoming, Stan Sakai* Jenni Coutts *Olga Beliaeva *Randy Broecker *Alison Buck *Vincent Sammy *Daniele Serra*Last Night in Soho *Candyman *Dune *The Green Knight *In the Earth *Space Sweepers*Monstrous Agonies, H. R. Owen *Breaking the Glass Slipper, Megan Leigh, Lucy Hounsom & Charlotte Bond *Daughter of Fire and Water, Lyndsey Croal *PodCastle, Escape Artists *PseudoPod, Escape Artists
2023BirminghamCategory discontinued*Vince Haig *Chris Baker (Fangorn) *Ben Baldwin *Jenni Coutts *Dan HillierCategory discontinued*The Stranger Times, C.K. McDonnell *Breaking the Glass Slipper *The Painkiller Podcast *PodCastle, Escape Artists *PseudoPod, Escape Artists *The Secret of St. Kilda, Michael Ireland & Naomi Clarke
2024Chester*Asya Yordonova *Jenni Coutts *Vince Haig *David Rix*The Tiny Bookcase, Nico Rogers & Ben Holroyd-Dell *Cast of Wonders (Escape Artists) *The Penumbra Podcast, Harley Takagi Kaner, Kevin Vibert, Ginny D’Angelo, Alice C. LeBeau, Noah Simes *PodCastle (Escape Artists) *PseudoPod (Escape Artists) *Simultaneous Times Podcast (Space Cowboy Books)
2025Brighton*Kelly Chong *Jenni Coutts *Greg Chapman *L.N. Bayen*Breaking the Glass Slipper *PodCastle *The Tiny Bookcase *Pseudopod

Nominees and winners (other awards)

YearLocationBest Non-FictionBest Newcomer (Sydney J. Bounds Award)Special Award (Karl Edward Wagner Award)
1972
1973Robert E. Howard
1974
1975
1976
1977
1978
1979
1980
1981Stephen King
1982
1983Karl Edward Wagner
1984
1985Manly Wade Wellman
1986Les Flood
1987Charles L Grant
1988
1989Ronald Chetwynd-Hayes
1990Nancy A. CollinsPeter Coleborn
1991Dorothy Lumley
1992Melanie TemAndrew I. Porter
1993Conrad WilliamsMichael Moorcock
1994Poppy Z. BriteDave Sutton
1995Maggie FureyJohn Jarrold
1996Mike O’Driscoll and Steve Lockley
1997Jo Fletcher
1998D. F. Lewis
1999Diana Wynne Jones
2000Anne McCaffrey
2001Peter Haining
2002
2003Alan Garner
2004WalsallPeter Jackson
2005WalsallNigel Kneale
2006NottinghamStephen Jones
2007NottinghamCinema Macabre, Mark Morris (PS Publishing)Joe HillEllen Datlow
2008NottinghamWhispers of Wickedness Reviews (website), ed. Peter TennantScott LynchRay Harryhausen
2009NottinghamBasil Copper: A Life in Books, Basil Copper, ed. Stephen JonesJoseph D'LaceyHayao Miyazaki
2010NottinghamAnsible, David LangfordKari SperringRobert Holdstock
2011BrightonAltered Visions: The Art of Vincent ChongRobert Jackson BennetTerry Pratchett
2012BrightonSupergods: Our World in the Age of the Super Hero, Grant Morrison, ed. Jonathan CapeKameron HurleyPeter Crowther and Nicky Crowther
2013BrightonPornokitsch, Anne C. Perry and Jared ShurinHelen MarshallIain M. Banks
2014YorkSpeculative Fiction 2012, ed. Justin Landon and Jared ShurinAnn LeckieFarah Mendlesohn
2015NottinghamLetters to Arkham: The Letters of Ramsey Campbell and August Derleth, 1961-1971, ed. S. T. JoshiSarah LotzJuliet E. McKenna
2016ScarboroughLetters to Tiptree, ed. Alexandra Pierce and Alisa KrasnosteinZen ChoThe FantasyCon Redcloaks, Past and Present
2017PeterboroughThe Geek Feminist Revolution, Kameron HurleyErica L. SatifkaJan Edwards
2018Chester*Gender Identity and Sexuality in Science Fiction and Fantasy, ed. FT Barbini * Gingernuts of Horror, ed. Jim Mcleod * Luminescent Threads, ed. Alexandra Pierce & Mimi Mondal * No Time to Spare: Thinking About What Matters, by Ursula K Le Guin * Paperbacks from Hell: The Twisted History of 70s and 80s Horror Fiction, by Grady Hendrix * Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me, by Maura McHugh*Jeannette Ng, for Under the Pendulum Sun (Angry Robot) * R. J. Barker, for Age of Assassins (Orbit) * SA Chakraborty, for The City of Brass (HarperVoyager) * Ed McDonald, for Blackwing (Orion) * Anna Smith Spark, for The Court of Broken Knives (HarperVoyager)N.K. Jemisin
2019Glasgow*Noise and Sparks, by Ruth EJ Booth (Shoreline of Infinity) * The Evolution of African Fantasy and Science Fiction, ed. Francesca T Barbini (Luna Press Publishing) * The Full Lid, by Alasdair Stuart (alasdairstuart.com/the-full-lid) * Ginger Nuts of Horror (www.gingernutsofhorror.com) * Les Vampires, by Tim Major (PS Publishing)*Tasha Suri, for Empire of Sand (Orbit) *Tomi Adeyemi, for The Children of Blood and Bone (Macmillan Children's Books) *Cameron Johnston, for The Traitor God (Angry Robot) *RF Kuang, for The Poppy War (HarperVoyager) *Marian Womack, for Lost Objects (Luna Press Publishing) *Micah Yongo, for Lost Gods (Angry Robot)Ian Whates
2020Online*The Dark Fantastic: Race and the Imagination from Harry Potter to the Hunger Games, by Ebony Elizabeth Thomas (New York University Press) * Coffinmaker's Blues: Collected Writings on Terror, by Stephen Volk (PS Publishing) * The Full Lid, by Alasdair Stuart * Joanna Russ (Modern Masters of SF), by Gwyneth Jones (University of Illinois Press) * Notes from the Borderland, by Lynda E Rucker, for Black Static (TTA Press) * The Pleasant Profession of Robert E Heinlein, by Farah Mendlesohn (Unbound)*Ta-Nehisi Coates, for The Water Dancer (Penguin) * Alix E. Harrow, for The Ten Thousand Doors of January (Orbit) * Penny Jones, for Suffer Little Children (Black Shuck Books) * Tamsyn Muir, for Gideon the Ninth (Tordotcom) * Nina Oram, for The Joining (Luna Press)Craig Lockley
2021Birmingham*Women Make Horror: Filmmaking, Feminism, Genre, ed. Alison Peirse (Rutgers University Press) *The Full Lid, Alasdair Stuart, ed. Marguerite Kenner *It's the End of the World: But What Are We Really Afraid Of?, Adam Roberts (Elliot & Thompson) *Notes from the Borderland, Lynda E. Rucker (in "Black Static", TTA Press) *Ties that Bind: Love in Fantasy and Science Fiction, ed. Francesca T Barbini (Luna Press Publishing) *The Unstable Realities of Christopher Priest, Paul Kincaid (Gylphi Limited)*Kathleen Jennings, for Flyaway (Tordotcom) *Tiffani Angus, for Threading the Labyrinth (Unsung Stories) *Dan Coxon, for Green Fingers & Only the Broken Remain (Black Shuck Books) *Sean Hogan, for England's Screaming (PS Publishing) & Three Mothers, One Father (Black Shuck Books) *Simon Jimenez, for The Vanished Birds (Titan) *Rym Kechacha, for Dark River (Unsung Stories)*Alasdair Stuart
2022Heathrow*Writing the Uncanny, ed. Dan Coxon & Richard V. Hirst *After Human: A Critical History of the Human in Science Fiction from Shelley to Le Guin, Thomas Connolly *Dangerous Visions and New Worlds: Radical Science Fiction, 1950-1985, ed. Andrew Nette & Iain McIntyre *The Full Lid, Alasdair Stuart, ed. Marguerite Kenner *Ginger Nuts of Horror, Jim Mcleod *Worlds Apart: Worldbuilding in Fantasy and Science Fiction, ed. Francesca T. Barbini*Shelley Parker-Chan, for She Who Became the Sun *J.T. Greathouse, for The Hand of the Sun King *Ian Green, for The Gauntlet and the Fist Beneath *Lorraine Wilson, for This is Our Undoing *C.A. Yates, for We All Have Teeth *Xiran Jay Zhao, for Iron Widow*Maureen K. Speller
2023Birmingham*An Earnest Blackness, Eugen Bacon* *Fantasy: How it Works, Brian Attebery *The Full Lid, Alasdair Stuart, ed. Marguerite Kenner *My Life in Horror, Vol. 2, Kit Power *Outlander and the Real Jacobites, Shona Kinsella *Terry Pratchett: A Life with Footnotes, Rob Wilkins*Hiron Ennes, for Leech *Sunyi Dean, for The Book Eaters *Somto Ihezue, for a collection of short stories: Whole; Like Stars Daring to Shine; A Girl is Blood, Spirit and Fire; The Carving of War *Shauna Lawless, for The Children of Gods and Fighting Men *Elijah Kinch Spector, for Kalyna the Soothsayer *Susan York, for Starless and Bible Black*Ann Landmann
2024Chester*Writing the Future, eds. Dan Coxon & Richard V. Hirst (Dead Ink) *Spec Fic for Newbies: A Beginner’s Guide to Writing Subgenres of Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror, Tiffani Angus & Val Nolan (Luna Press Publishing) *The Folklore of Wales: Ghosts, Delyth Badder & Mark Norman (Calon) *The Full Lid, Alasdair Stuart, ed. Marguerite Kenner*Teika Marija Smits, for "Umbilical" (Newcon Press) & "Waterlore" (Black Shuck Books) *Moniquill Blackgoose, for "To Shape a Dragon’s Breath" (Del Ray) *Vajra Chandrasekera, for "The Saint of Bright Doors" (Tordotcom) *Hannah Kaner, for "Godkiller" (HarperVoyager) *Charlotte Langtree, for "Fractured: Tales of Flame and Fury" (Clarendon House Publications) *Em X. Liu, for "The Death I Gave Him" (Solaris)*Ramsey Campbell
2025Brighton*Queer as Folklore: The Hidden Queer History of Myths and Monsters, Sacha Coward, Unbound *Spec Fic for Newbies Vol 2: A Beginner's Guide to Writing More Subgenres of Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror, Tiffani Angus and Val Nolan, Luna Press *Autism and Writing, David Green, BFS Blog *The Full Lid, Alasdair Stuart, edited by Marguerite Kenner *Track Changes, Abigail Nussbaum, Briardene Books *Translating, Interpreting, and Decolonizing Chinese Fairy Tales: A Case Study and Ideological Approach (Studies in Folklore and Ethnology: Traditions, Practices, and Identities), Juwen Zhang, Lexington Books*Frances White, Voyage of the Damned, Penguin Michael Joseph *Eliza Chan, Fathomfolk, Orbit *Lyndsey Croal, Limelight and Other Stories, Shortwave Publishing *L N Bayen, Wingspan of Treason, Bregma Publishing *J.L. Odom, By Blood, By Salt, Azimuth *Adrian M Gibson, Mushroom Blues*Rosemary Pardoe

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.

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