British Fantasy Awards 2023
science fiction awards database
Winners announced: September 16, 2023
Convention: FantasyCon
Where: Birmingham, UK
Eligibility Year: 2022
Convention: FantasyCon
Where: Birmingham, UK
Eligibility Year: 2022
Fantasy Novel (robert Holdstock Award)
- Winner: The Spear Cuts Through Water, Simon Jimenez (Del Rey)
- The Bone Orchard, Sara A. Mueller (Tor)
- Cast Long Shadows, Cat Hellisen (Luna)
- Glitterati, Oliver K. Langmead (Titan)
- The Oleander Sword, Tasha Suri (Orbit)
- Path of War, David Green (Eerie River)
Horror Novel (august Derleth Award)
- Winner: Just Like Home, Sarah Gailey (Hodder & Stoughton)
- Full Immersion, Gemma Amor (Angry Robot)
- The Hollows, Daniel Church (Angry Robot)
- Miracle Growth, Tim Mendees (Eerie River)
- Sundial, Catriona Ward (Viper)
Anthology
- Winner: Someone in Time, Jonathan Strahan, ed. (Solaris)
- Africa Risen: A New Era of Speculative Fiction, Sheree Renée Thomas, Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki & Zelda Knight, eds. (Tordotcom)
- The Book of Queer Saints, Mae Murray, ed. (Medusa)
- Great British Horror 7: Major Arcana, Steve J. Shaw, ed. (Black Shuck)
- Isolation: The Horror Anthology, Dan Coxon, ed. (Titan)
- Sky Breaker: Tales of the Wanderer, Lee C. Conley, H. L. Tinsley, J. E. Hannaford, David Green, Derek Power, C. Marry Hultman, Damien Larkin, C. F. Welburn (Nordic)
Collection
- Winner: Under the Moon, E. M. Faulds (Ghost Moth)
- Behind a Broken Smile, Penny Jones (Black Shuck)
- Breakable Things, Cassandra Khaw (Undertow)
- Candescent Blooms, Andrew Hook (Salt)
Novella
- Winner: The Queen of the High Fields, Rhiannon A. Grist (Luna)
- And Then I Woke Up, Malcolm Devlin (Tordotcom)
- The Entropy of Loss, Stewart Hotston (NewCon)
- Interference, Terry Grimwood (Elsewhen)
- Ogres, Adrian Tchaikovsky (Solaris)
- Pomegranates, Priya Sharma (PS Publishing)
Short Fiction
- Winner: “Morta”, James Bennett (The Book of Queer Saints)
- “The Call of El Tunche”, Shona Kinsella (Weird Horror Anthology)
- “A Moment of Zugzwang”, Neil Williamson (ParSec #4)
- “The Tails That Make You”, Eliza Chan (Fantasy Aug 2022)
Non-fiction
- Winner: An Earnest Blackness, Eugen Bacon (Anti-Oedipus Press)
- Fantasy: How It Works, Brian Attebery (Oxford University Press)
- The Full Lid, Alasdair Stuart & Marguerite Kenner, eds.
- My Life in Horror, Vol. 2, Kit Power (self-published)
- Outlander and the Real Jacobites, Shona Kinsella (Pen & Sword History)
- Terry Pratchett: A Life with Footnotes, Rob Wilkins (Doubleday)
Independent Press
- Winner: Luna
- Black Shuck
- Flame Tree
- NewCon
Magazine/periodical
- Winner: Interzone
- Ginger Nuts of Horror
- Shoreline of Infinity
- Strange Horizons
Artist
- Winner: Vince Haig
- Chris Baker (Fangorn)
- Ben Baldwin
- Jenni Coutts
- Dan Hillier
Audio
- Winner: The Stranger Times, C. K. McDonnell
- Breaking the Glass Slipper, Megan Leigh, Lucy Hounsom & Charlotte Bond
- The Painkiller Podcast, Bitter Pill Theater
- PodCastle, Escape Artists
- PseudoPod, Escape Artists
- The Secret of St. Kilda, Michael Ireland & Neomi Clarke
Karl Edward Wagner Award For Special Achievement
- Winner: Ann Landmann
Sydney J. Bounds Award For Best Newcomer
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