British Fantasy Awards 2018
science fiction awards database
Where and When:
FantasyCon 2018,
Chester, England :
October 21, 2018
Eligibility Year: 2017
Eligibility Year: 2017
Fantasy Novel (robert Holdstock Award)
- Winner: The Ninth Rain, Jen Williams (Headline)
- Age of Assassins, RJ Barker (Orbit)
- The Court of Broken Knives, Anna Smith Spark (HarperVoyager)
Horror Novel (august Derleth Award)
- Winner: The Changeling, Victor LaValle (Spiegel & Grau)
- Behind Her Eyes, Sarah Pinborough (Harper Collins)
- The Boy on the Bridge, M. R. Carey (Orbit)
- The Crow Garden, Alison Littlewood (Jo Fletcher)
- Relics, Tim Lebbon (Titan)
Anthology
- Winner: New Fears, Mark Morris, ed. (Titan)
- 2084, George Sandison, ed. (Unsung Stories)
- Dark Satanic Mills: Great British Horror 2, Steve Shaw, ed. (Black Shuck)
- Imposter Syndrome, James Everington & Dan Howarth, eds. (Dark Minds)
- Pacific Monsters, Margrét Helgadóttir, ed. (Fox Spirit)
Collection
- Winner: Strange Weather, Joe Hill (Gollancz)
- Norse Mythology, Neil Gaiman (Bloomsbury)
- Tanith by Choice, Tanith Lee (Newcon)
- Tender: Stories, Sofia Samatar (Small Beer)
- You Will Grow Into Them, Malcolm Devlin (Unsung Stories)
Novella
- Winner: Passing Strange, Ellen Klages (Tor.com)
- Brother's Ruin, Emma Newman (Tor.com)
- Cottingley, Alison Littlewood (Newcon)
- The Murders of Molly Southbourne, Tade Thompson (Tor.com)
- Naming the Bones, Laura Mauro (Dark Minds)
- A Pocketful of Crows, Joanne M. Harris (Gollancz)
Short Story
- Winner: “Looking for Laika”, Laura Mauro (Interzone Nov/Dec 2017)
- “The Anniversary”, Ruth EJ Booth (Black Static Nov/Dec 2017)
- “Four Abstracts”, Nina Allan (New Fears)
- “Illumination”, Joanne Hall (Book of Dragons)
- The Little Gift, Stephen Volk (PS Publishing)
- “Shepherd's Business”, Stephen Gallagher (New Fears)
Non-fiction
- Winner: Gender Identity and Sexuality in Science Fiction and Fantasy, F. T. Barbini, ed. (Luna)
- Ginger Nuts of Horror
- Luminescent Threads: Connections to Octavia E. Butler, Alexandra Pierce & Mimi Mondal, eds. (Twelfth Planet)
- No Time to Spare: Thinking About What Matters, Ursula K. Le Guin (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt)
- Paperbacks from Hell, Grady Hendrix (Quirk)
- Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me, Maura McHugh (Electric Dreamhouse)
Independent Press
- Winner: Unsung Stories
- Fox Spirit
- Grimbold
- Newcon
- Salt
Magazine/periodical
- Winner: Shoreline of Infinity
- Black Static
- Ginger Nuts of Horror
- Grimdark
- Interzone
Artist
Comic/graphic Novel
- Winner: Monstress, Volume 2: The Blood, Marjorie Liu & Sana Takeda (Image)
- Bitch Planet Vol 2: President Bitch, Kelly Sue DeConnick, Taki Soma & Valentine de Landro (Image)
- Grim & Bold, Joshua Cornah (Kristell Ink)
- Tomorrow, Jack Lothian & Garry Mac (BHP Comics)
- The Wicket + The Divine Vol 5: Imperial Phase Part 1, Kieron Gillen & Jamie McKelvie (Image)
Film/television Production
- Winner: Get Out
- Black Mirror (Series 4)
- The Good Place (Season 1)
- Star Wars: The Last Jedi
- Stranger Things (Season 2)
- Twin Peaks: The Return
- Wonder Woman
Audio
- Winner: Anansi Boys (by Neil Gaiman, adapted by Dirk Maggs for Radio 4)
- Brave New Worlds 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)
Karl Edward Wagner Award For Special Achievement
- Winner: N. K. Jemisin
Sydney J. Bounds Award For Best Newcomer
- Winner: Jeanette Ng, for Under the Pendulum Sun (Angry Robot)
- RJ Barker, for Age of Assassins (Orbit)
- S. A. Chakraborty, for The City of Brass (HarperVoyager)
- Ed McDonald, for Blackwing (Orion)
- Anna Smith Spark, for The Court of Broken Knives (HarperVoyager)
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