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British Fantasy Awards 2012

The British Fantasy Awards were presented yesterday, September 30th, at FantasyCon in Brighton. This year’s Judges were James Barclay, Hal Duncan, Maura McHugh, Esther Sherman, and Damien G. Walter.

 

Novel
The August Derleth Award (for best horror novel)
The Ritual by Adam Nevill (Pan)

The Robert Holdstock Award (for best fantasy novel)
Among Others by Jo Walton (Tor Books)

Novella
Gorel and the Pot Bellied God by Lavie Tidhar (PS Publishing)

Short Fiction
The Coffin-Maker’s Daughter by Angela Slatter (A Book of Horrors, Jo Fletcher Books)

Anthology
The Weird, editors Jeff and Ann Vandermeer (Corvus Books)

Collection
Everyone’s Just So So Special by Robert Shearman (Big Finish)

Screenplay
Midnight in Paris by Woody Allen

Magazine/Periodical
Black Static, Andy Cox, editor; TTA Press

Comic/Graphic Novel
Locke and Key by Joe Hill and Gabriel Rodriguez (IDW Publishing)

 

BFS Special Jury Awards:

The PS Publishing Independent Press Award
Chomu Press; Quentin S. Crisp
(Jury: Sandy Auden, Peter Crowther, Nicholas Royle, Peter Tennant & Darren Turpin)

The Artist Award
Daniele Serra
(Jury: Guy Adams, Anne Sudworth, Christopher Teague)

The Non-Fiction Award
Supergods: Our World in the Age of the Super Hero by Grant Morrison (Jonathan Cape)
(Jury: Djibril al-Ayad, Roz Kaveney & Adam Roberts)

The Sydney J. Bounds Best Newcomer Award
Kameron Hurley
(Jury: Adele Wearing, Jenny Barber, Lou Morgan)

The Karl Edward Wagner Special Award
Peter & Nicky Crowther
(Jury: BFS & Fantasycon Committees)

 

Congratulations to all the winners and nominees!

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#12012 British Fantasy Awards | Worlds Without End BlogOctober 1, 2012, 3:15 pm

[...] the complete list of winners in all categories on the BFS site.  Congratulations to all the winners and nominees.  Among Others has now won 3 [...]

#2The Weird Wins the British Fantasy Award! | Weird Fiction ReviewOctober 3, 2012, 7:30 am

[...] news: The Weird: A Compendium of Strange and Dark Stories has won the British Fantasy Award for Best Anthology! We’re absolutely thrilled and humbled by this honor. Thanks are due to many people: the writers [...]

#3Midnight In Paris Wins British Fantasy Award, Nominated For Saturn Award » The Woody Allen Pages The Woody Allen PagesOctober 5, 2012, 3:43 am

[...] The British Fantasy Award has been running since 1971. This week they announced their latest winners, including one award to Woody Allen. Midnight In Paris won the award for Best Screenplay. This follows on from a story we missed earlier in the year, that ‘Midnight In Paris‘ was nominated, but ultimately lost out, in the Saturn Awards. [...]

#4Revive « dislocated fictionOctober 8, 2012, 11:13 pm

[...] the meantime, congratualtiosn to the Vandermeers for receiving a Britsih Fantasy Award for their collossal effort, The Weird (see previous posts), well deserved! Like this:LikeBe the [...]

#5Among Others – Jo Walton -(English)- Hugo Awards 2012 | Whats Fiction BookOctober 12, 2012, 2:31 am

[...] Winner of British Fantasy Awards 2012   (http://www.britishfantasysociety.co.uk/news/british-fantasy-awards-2012/) [...]

#6Among Others – Jo Walton -(Portugues)- Hugo Awards 2012 | Whats Fiction BookOctober 12, 2012, 2:32 am

[...] Vencedora do British Fantasy Awards 2012   (http://www.britishfantasysociety.co.uk/news/british-fantasy-awards-2012/) [...]

#7Among Others – Jo Walton -(Espanol)- Hugo Awards 2012 | Whats Fiction BookOctober 12, 2012, 2:34 am

[...] La Vencedora del British Fantasy Awards 2012   (http://www.britishfantasysociety.co.uk/news/british-fantasy-awards-2012/) [...]

#8Australian wins British Fantasy Award | Co-op Bookshop BlogOctober 22, 2012, 2:41 am

[...] 11:42 am No Comments Congratulations to writer Dr Angela Slatter, the first Australian to win a British Fantasy Award for 2012. The announcement was made on September 30. Dr Angela Slatter’s story ‘The [...]

#9Link Love: Lavie Tidhar Up for World Fantasy Award 2012 for Osama (Plus: Book Trailer) | Books LIVENovember 2, 2012, 9:24 am

[...] Award for Best Novel and the winner will be announced on 4 November. Tidhar has also won the British Fantasy Award 2012 for his novella, Gorel & The Pot-Bellied God and has previously been nominated for a BSFA [...]

#10Black Static 32 out soon « ILAN LERMAN: Writer of Dark fictionJanuary 5, 2013, 4:20 pm

[...] press have just released details of the upcoming issue of their British Fantasy Award-winning magazine Black Static, which includes my story, Love As Deep As [...]

#11A New Year | Zeno Agency Ltd.January 14, 2013, 3:54 pm

[...] Lavie Tidhar won the British Fantasy Award for Best Novella, for GOREL & THE POT-BELLIED GOD, and the World Fantasy Award, for his novel [...]

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