The winners of the 2018 British Fantasy Awards were announced during a ceremony at FantasyCon 2018 in Chester, UK.
Complete shortlist below, with winners in red and bold:
Best Anthology
- New Fears, ed. Mark Morris (Titan Books)
- 2084, ed. George Sandison (Unsung Stories)
- Dark Satanic Mills: Great British Horror Book 2, ed. Steve Shaw (Black Shuck Books)
- Imposter Syndrome, ed. James Everington & Dan Howarth (Dark Minds Press)
- Pacific Monsters, ed. Margret Helgadottir (Fox Spirit)
Best Artist
- Jeffrey Alan Love
- Ben Baldwin
- Victo Ngai
- Daniele Sera
- Sophie E Tallis
- Sana Takeda
Best Audio
- Anansi Boys (by Neil Gaiman, adapted by Dirk Maggs for Radio 4)
- Brave New Words podcast (Ed Fortune and Starburst Magazine)
- Breaking the Glass Slipper podcast (Lucy Hounsom, Charlotte Bond & Megan Leigh)
- Ivory Towers (by Richard H Brooks, directed by Karim Kronfli for 11th Hour Audio Productions)
- PseudoPod podcast (Alasdair Stuart and Escape Artists)
- Tea & Jeopardy podcast (Emma & Peter Newman)
Best Collection
- Strange Weather, by Joe Hill (Gollancz)
- Norse Mythology, by Neil Gaiman (Bloomsbury)
- Tanith by Choice, by Tanith Lee (Newcon Press)
- Tender: Stories, by Sofia Samatar (Small Beer Press)
- You Will Grow Into Them, by Malcolm Devlin (Unsung Stories)
Best Comic / Graphic Novel
- Monstress, Vol. 2, by Marjorie Liu & Sana Takeda (Image)
- Bitch Planet Vol 2: President Bitch, by Kelly Sue DeConnick, Taki Soma & Valentine de Landro (Image)
- Grim & Bold, by Joshua Cornah (Kristell Ink)
- Tomorrow, by Jack Lothian & Garry Mac (BHP Comics)
- The Wicked + The Divine Vol 5: Imperial Phase Part 1, by Kieron Gillen & Jamie McKelvie (Image)
Best Fantasy Novel (the Robert Holdstock Award)
- The Ninth Rain, by Jen Williams (Headline)
- Age of Assassins, by RJ Barker (Orbit)
- The Court of Broken Knives, by Anna Smith Spark (HarperVoyager)
- Under the Pendulum Sun, by Jeanette Ng (Angry Robot)
Best Film / Television Production
- Get Out, by Jordan Peele (Universal Pictures)
- Black Mirror, Series 4, by Charlie Brooker (Netflix)
- The Good Place, Season 1, by Michael Schur (Netflix)
- Star Wars: The Last Jedi, by Rian Johnson (Lucasfilm)
- Stranger Things, Season 2, by Matt & Ross Duffer (Netflix)
- Twin Peaks: the Return, by Mark Frost & David Lynch (Sky Atlantic)
- Wonder Woman, by Zack Snyder, Allan Heinberg & Jason Fuchs (Warner Bros.)
Best Horror Novel (the August Derleth Award)
- The Changeling, by Victor LaValle (Spiegel & Grau)
- Behind Her Eyes, by Sarah Pinborough (Harper Collins)
- The Boy on the Bridge, by MR Carey (Orbit)
- The Crow Garden, by Alison Littlewood (Jo Fletcher Books)
- Relics, by Tim Lebbon (Titan Books)
Best Independent Press
- Unsung Stories
- Fox Spirit
- Grimbold Books
- Newcon Press
- Salt Publishing
Best Magazine / Periodical
- Shoreline of Infinity, ed. Noel Chidwick
- Black Static, ed. Andy Cox (TTA Press)
- Gingernuts of Horror, ed. Jim Mcleod
- Grimdark Magazine, ed. Adrian Collins
- Interzone, ed. Andy Cox (TTA Press)
Best Newcomer (the Sydney J Bounds Award)
- Jeanette Ng, for Under the Pendulum Sun (Angry Robot)
- RJ 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)
Best Non-Fiction
- Gender Identity and Sexuality in Science Fiction and Fantasy, ed. FT Barbini (Luna Press)
- Gingernuts of Horror, ed. Jim Mcleod
- Luminescent Threads, ed. Alexandra Pierce & Mimi Mondal (12th Planet Press)
- No Time to Spare: Thinking About What Matters, by Ursula K Le Guin (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt)
- Paperbacks from Hell: The Twisted History of 70s and 80s Horror Fiction, by Grady Hendrix (Quirk)
- Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me, by Maura McHugh (Electric Dreamhouse Press)
Best Novella
- Passing Strange, by Ellen Klages (Tor.com)
- Brother’s Ruin, by Emma Newman (Tor.com)
- Cottingley, by Alison Littlewood (Newcon Press)
- The Murders of Molly Southbourne, by Tade Thompson (Tor.com)
- Naming the Bones, by Laura Mauro (Dark Minds Press)
- A Pocketful of Crows, by Joanne Harris (Gollancz)
Best Short Story
- “Looking for Laika,” by Laura Mauro (in Interzone #273) (TTA Press)
- “The Anniversary,” by Ruth EJ Booth (in Black Static #61) (TTA Press)
- “Four Abstracts,” by Nina Allan (in New Fears) (Titan Books)
- “Illumination,” by Joanne Hall (in Book of Dragons) (Kristell Ink)
- “The Little Gift,” by Stephen Volk (PS Publishing)
- “Shepherd’s Business,” by Stephen Gallagher (in New Fears) (Titan Books)
The Karl Edward Wagner Award
- N.K. Jemisin
Congratulations to all nominees.
