[Hobbit]

The winners were as follows:

British Fantasy Society Special Award: The Karl Edward Wagner Award

Ray Harryhausen

The Sydney J. Bounds Best Newcomer Award

Scott Lynch

The August Derleth Fantasy Award for Best Novel

The Grin of the Dark by Ramsey Campbell

Best Novella

The Scalding Rooms by Conrad Williams

Best Short Fiction

My Stone Desire by Joel Lane

Best Collection

Old Devil Moon by Christopher Fowler

Best Anthology

The Mammoth Book Of Best New Horror 18 by Stephen Jones

Best Small Press

Peter Crowther, PS Publishing

Best Artist

Vincent Chong

Best Non-Fiction

Whispers Of Wickedness by Peter Tennant


Mark / Hobbit

[Luke_B]

Thanks, Mark. Lots o' horror. Have heard mixed things about the new Campbell.

[Hobbit]

Yes, thanks, Luke!

The BFS has had that reputation for horror for a while now. I think things are changing, but it must be said there is a lot of horror on that list. I thought Joe Hill's Heart Shaped Box would get it myself and would've liked Dan Simmons' The Terror to get it.

Ramsey accepted the honour in his traditional way. :) Christopher Fowler was Master of Ceremonies as well as award winner, which meant a dash across the stage.

Joel Lane was clearly quite stunned by his win: evidently he's been hoping for quite a while.

I was pleased with the Harryhausen Award and the Scott Lynch was a big surprise to me.

Mark / Hobbit