The British Fantasy Awards took place on Sunday October 1st at the Society’s Annual convention in Peterborough.
The Sydney J. Bounds Award for Best Newcomer
Stay Crazy by Erica L Satifka. Published by Apex Publications.
Best Film/TV
Arrival. Directed by Denis Villeneuve.
Best Independent Press
Grimbold Press
Best Artist
Daniele Serra
Best Nonfiction
The Geek Feminist Revolution by Kameron Hurley. Published by Tor.
The Karl Edward Wagner Award
Jan Edwards
Best Comic / Graphic Novel
Monstress Volume 1 by Marjorie Liu and Sana Takeda. Published by Image Comics
Best Magazine/Periodical
Tor.com
Best Short Fiction
White Rabbit by Georgina Bruce. Published Black Static (issue 50)
Best Anthology
People of Colour Destroy Science Fiction Published by Lightspeed
Best Collection
Some Will Not Sleep by Adam Nevill Published by Ritual Limited
Best Novella
The Ballad of Black Tom by Victor LaValle Published by St Martin’s Press
The August Derleth Award for Best Horror Novel
Disappearance At Devil’s Rock by Paul Tremblay. Published by Titan Books
The Robert Holdstock Award for Best Fantasy Novel
The Tiger and The Wolf by Adrian Tchaikovsky published by Pan MacMillan
An additional award was announced by the Fantasycon team. A unique award for the convention and not related to the BFS Awards. The Legend of Fantasycon Award which was presented to David and Sandra Sutton for their work in past conventions.
The 2018 FantasyCon will be held in Chester, England
