British Fantasy Award

The British Fantasy Awards are awarded annually by the British Fantasy Society, first in 1976. Prior to that they were known as The August Derleth Fantasy Awards. First awarded in 1972 only for novels, the number of award categories increased and in 1976 the BFS renamed them collectively to the British Fantasy Awards. As of 2023 the award categories are:

Best Fantasy Novel
Best Horror Novel
Best Novella
Best Short Fiction
Best Anthology
Best Collection
Magazine/Periodical
Best Independent Press
Best Artist
Best Audio
Best Non-Fiction
Best Newcomer
The Karl Edward Wagner Award for "important contribution to the genre or the Society" is given at the discretion of the BFS committee.

The membership of the BFS vote to determine the shortlists of the awards, the winners being decided by juries.

Conventional Fiction Writing

¹Previously "Best Short Story", before 2008.
²Was originally presented as a single award known as "Best Novel", the August Derleth Fantasy Award, until split in 2012.

Anthology, Collection, Magazine, and Press

¹Provided as "Small Press" until 2015, when that was ended and replace with "Independent"

Year	Location	Best Collection	Best Anthology	Magazine/Periodical	Small/Independent Press¹
1977					Anduril
1978					Fantasy Tales 1
1979					Fantasy Tales 2
1980					Fantasy Tales 3
1981					Airgedlamh
1982					Fantasy Tales
1983					Fantasy Tales
1984					Ghosts & Scholars
1985					Whispers
1986					Fantasy Tales
1987					Fantasy Tales
1988					Dagon
1989					Dagon
1990					Dagon
1991		Best New Horror, Stephen Jones and Ramsey Campbell			Dagon
1992		Darklands, Nicholas Royle			Peeping Tom
1993		Darklands 2, Nicholas Royle			Peeping Tom
1994		Dark Voices 5, ed. David Sutton and Stephen Jones			Dementia 13
1995		The Earthwire, Joel Lane			Necrofile
1996		Last Rites and Resurrections: Stories from The Third Alternative, ed. Andy Cox			The Third Alternative
1997		The Nightmare Factory, Thomas Ligotti			H. P. Lovecraft: a Life
1998		Dark Terrors 3: the Gollancz Book of Horror, Stephen Jones and David Sutton			Interzone
1999		Ghosts and Grisly Things, Ramsey Campbell	Dark Terrors 4: the Gollancz Book of Horror, ed. Stephen Jones and David Sutton		The Third Alternative
2000		Lonesome Roads, Peter Crowther	The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror 10, ed. Stephen Jones		Razorblade Press
2001		Where the Bodies Are Buried, Kim Newman	Hideous Progeny: a Frankenstein Anthology, ed. Brian Willis		Peter Crowther
2002		Aftershocks, Paul Finch	The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror 12, ed. Stephen Jones		Peter Crowther
2003		Ramsey Campbell, Probably: On Horror and Sundry Fantasies, Ramsey Campbell	Keep Out the Night, ed. Stephen Jones		Peter Crowther
2004	Walsall	Told by the Dead, Ramsey Campbell	The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror 14, ed. Stephen Jones		Peter Crowther
2005	Walsall	Out of His Mind, Stephen Gallagher	The Alsiso Project, ed. Andrew Hook		Elastic Press
2006	Nottingham	20th Century Ghosts, Joe Hill	The Elastic Book of Numbers, ed. Allen Ashley		Peter Crowther
2007	Nottingham	Fragile Things, Neil Gaiman	Extended Play: The Elastic Book of Music, ed. Gary Couzens		Peter Crowther
2008	Nottingham	Old Devil Moon, Christopher Fowler	The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror 18, ed. Stephen Jones		Peter Crowther
2009	Nottingham	Bull Running for Girls, Allyson Bird	The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror 19, ed. Stephen Jones	Postscripts, ed. Peter Crowther and Nick Gevers	Elastic Press
2010	Nottingham	Love Songs for the Shy And Cynical, Robert Shearman	The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror 20, ed. Stephen Jones	Murky Depths, ed. Terry Martin	Telos Publishing
2011	Brighton	Full Dark, No Stars, Stephen King	Back from the Dead: The Legacy of the Pan Book of Horror Stories, ed. Johnny Mains	Black Static, ed. Andy Cox	Telos Publishing
2012	Brighton	Everyone's Just So So Special, Robert Shearman	The Weird, ed. Jeff VanderMeer and Ann VanderMeer	Black Static, ed. Andy Cox	Chômu Press
2013	Brighton	Remember Why You Fear Me, Robert Shearman	Magic: an Anthology of the Esoteric and Arcane, ed. Jonathan Oliver	Interzone, ed. Andy Cox	ChiZine Publications
2014	York	Monsters in the Heart, Stephen Volk	End of the Road, ed. Jonathan Oliver	Clarkesworld, ed. Neil Clarke, Sean Wallace and Kate Baker	The Alchemy Press
2015	Nottingham	Nick Nightmare Investigates, Adrian Cole	Lightspeed: Women Destroy Science Fiction Special Issue, ed. Christie Yant	Holdfast Magazine, ed. Laurel Sills and Lucy Smee	Fox Spirit Books
2016	Scarborough	Ghost Summer: Stories, Tananarive Due	The Doll Collection, ed. Ellen Datlow	Beneath Ceaseless Skies, ed. Scott H. Andrews	Angry Robot
2017	Peterborough	Some Will Not Sleep, Adam Nevill	People of Colour Destroy Science Fiction, ed. Nalo Hopkinson & Kristine Ong	Tor.com	Grimbold Books
2018	Chester	Strange Weather, Joe Hill Norse Mythology, Neil Gaiman Tanith by Choice, Tanith Lee Tender: Stories, Sofia Samatar You Will Grow into Them, Malcolm Devlin	New Fears, ed. Mark Morris 2084, ed. George Sandison Dark Satanic Mills: Great British Horror Book 2, ed. Steve Shaw Imposter Syndrome, ed. James Everington & Dan Howarth Pacific Monsters, ed. Margret Helgadottir	Shoreline of Infinity, ed. Noel Chidwick Black Static, ed. Andy Cox Gingernuts of Horror, ed. Jim Mcleod Grimdark Magazine, ed. Adrian Collins [Interzone (magazine)\|Interzone], ed. Andy Cox	Unsung Stories Fox Spirit Books Grimbold Books NewCon Press Salt Publishing
2019	Glasgow	All the Fabulous Beasts, Priya Sharma The Future is Blue, Catherynne M Valente How Long 'til Black Future Month?, NK Jemisin Lost Objects, Marian Womack Octoberland, Thana Niveau Resonance & Revolt, Rosanne Rabinowitz	Year's Best Weird Fiction, Vol. 5, ed. Robert Shearman & Michael Kelly The Devil and the Deep: Horror Stories of the Sea, ed. Ellen Datlow Humanagerie, ed. Sarah Doyle & Allen Ashley New Fears 2, ed. Mark Morris This Dreaming Isle, ed. Dan Coxon	Uncanny Black Static, ed. Andy Cox Gingernuts of Horror, ed. Jim Mcleod Interzone, ed. Andy Cox Shoreline of Infinity, ed. Noel Chidwick	Unsung Stories Fox Spirit Books Luna Press NewCon Press
2020	Online	Sing Your Sadness Deep, Laura Mauro The Boughs Withered When I Told Them My Dreams, Maura McHugh Growing Things, Paul G. Tremblay This House of Wounds, Georgina Bruce Of Wars, And Memories, And Starlight, Aliette de Bodard	New Suns: Original Speculative Fiction for People of Color, ed. Nisi Shawl A Secret Guide to Fighting Elder Gods, ed. Jennifer Brozek The Big Book of Classic Fantasy, ed. Ann & Jeff VanderMeer Once Upon a Parsec: The Book of Alien Fairy Tales, ed. David Gullen Wonderland, ed. Marie O’Regan & Paul Kane The Woods, ed. Phil Sloman	FIYAH, ed. DaVaun Sanders Black Static, ed. Andy Cox The Dark F&SF Gingernuts of Horror, ed. Jim Mcleod Shoreline of Infinity, ed. Noel Chidwick	Rebellion Publishing Aqueduct Press Black Shuck Books Luna Press NewCon Press Undertow Publications
2021	Birmingham	The Watcher in the Woods, Charlotte Bond Bloody Britain, Anna Taborska Only the Broken Remain, Dan Coxon We All Hear Stories in the Dark, Robert Shearman	Dominion: An Anthology of Speculative Fiction From Africa and the African Diaspora, ed. Zelda Knight & Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki After Sundown, ed. Mark Morris Black Cranes: Tales of Unquiet Women, ed. Lee Murray & Geneve Flynn Shadows & Tall Trees, Vol. 8, ed. Michael Kelly	Strange Horizons Black Static, ed. Andy Cox The Dark FIYAH,'' ed. DaVaun Sanders Gingernuts of Horror, ed. Jim Mcleod Shoreline of Infinity, ed. Noel Chidwick	Luna Press Black Shuck Books Flame Tree Press Unsung Stories
2022	Heathrow	Never Have I Ever, Isabel Yap *The Ghost Sequences, A.C. Wise* *I Spit Myself Out, Tracy Fahey* *The Museum for Forgetting, Pete W. Sutton* *We All Have Teeth, C.A. Yates*	Sinopticon: A Celebration of Chinese Science Fiction, ed. Xueting C. Ni Dreamland: Other Stories, ed. Sophie Essex Out of the Darkness, ed. Dan Coxon There Is No Death, There Are No Dead, ed. Aaron J. French & Jess Landry When Things Get Dark, ed. Ellen Datlow The Year's Best African Speculative Fiction, ed. Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki	Apex Magazine Anathema Magazine Black Static Ginger Nuts of Horror Interzone Shoreline of Infinity	Luna Press Publishing Black Shuck Books Unsung Stories Wizard's Tower Press
2023	Birmingham	Under the Moon, E.M. Faulds Behind a Broken Smile, Penny Jones Breakable Things, Cassandra Khaw Candescent Blooms, Andrew Hook	Someone in Time, ed. Jonathan Strahan Africa Risen: A New Era of Speculative Fiction, ed. Sheree Renée Thomas, Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki & Zelda Knight *The Book of Queer Saints, ed. Mae Murray Great British Horror 7: Major Arcana, ed. Steve J. Shaw Isolation: The Horror Anthology, ed. Dan Coxon Sky Breaker: Tales of the Wanderer – Lee C. Conley, H.L. Tinsley, J.E. Hannaford, David Green, Derek Power, C. Marry Hultman, Damien Larkin and C.F. Welburn	Interzone* Ginger Nuts of Horror Shoreline of Infinity Strange Horizons	Luna Press Publishing* Black Shuck Books Flame Tree Press NewCon Press
2024	Chester	Jackal, Jackal: Tales of the Dark and Fantastic, Tobi Ogundiran, A Curious Cartography, Alison Littlewood, No Happily Ever After, Phil Sloman No One Will Come Back for Us, Premee Mohamed, The House on the Moon, Georgina Bruce, Under my Skin, K.J. Parker,	Out There Screaming: An Anthology of New Black Horror, ed. Jordan Peele, At the Lighthouse, ed. Sophie Essex, Mothersound: The Sauútiverse Anthology, ed. Wole Talabi, Never Whistle at Night, ed. Shane Hawk, Something Peculiar: Great British Horror 8, ed. Steve J. Shaw, The Other Side of Never: Dark Tales from the World of Peter & Wendy, eds. Marie O’Regan & Paul Kane,	Shoreline of Infinity Hellebore Interzone/IZ Digital khōréō Occult Detective Magazine	Flame Tree Press Angry Robot Black Shuck Books Eibonvale Press Luna Press Publishing Newcon Press
2025	Brighton	Elephants in Bloom, Cecile Cristofari – Newcon Press Dirt Upon My Skin, Steve Toase – Black Shuck Books Limelight and Other Stories, Lyndsey Croal – Shortwave Publishing Mood Swings, Dave Jeffery, Black Shuck Books Preaching To The Perverted, James Bennett – Lethe Press	Bury Your Gays – An Anthology of Tragic Queer Horror, Sofia Ajram, Ghoulish Books Nova Scotia 2, Neil Williamson and Andrew J Wilson – Luna Press Publishing I Want That Twink Obliterated!, Trip Galey, C.L. McCartney, and Robert Berg, Bona Books Fight Like A Girl 2, Roz Clarke and Joanne Hall, Wizard's Tower Press Heartwood: A Mythago Wood Anthology, Dan Coxon, PS Publishing The Year’s Best African Speculative Fiction , Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki and Chinaza Eziaghighala, Caezik SF & Fantasy	ParSec *Phantasmagoria* *Ginger Nuts of Horror* *Shoreline of Infinity*	Flame Tree Press Newcon Press Black Shuck Books Luna Press Publishing Swan River Press''

Multimedia

¹Was initially conferred 1973–1980 as "Best Comic"; it was revived in 2009 as "Best Comic / Graphic Novel". The category was removed at the 2022 AGM
²Awarded only to films from 1973 to 1990, this honor was renewed 2009–2011,, and again starting in 2014 as "Best Film / Television Episode", and then "Best Film / Television Production" from 2016 onward. In the two years 2012–2013, the BFS decided to present for extraordinary contributions to screenplay literature to Woody Allen for Midnight in Paris and co-writers Drew Goddard and Joss Whedon for Cabin in the Woods. The category was again removed following the 2022 AGM.

	Location	Best Comic / Graphic Novel¹	Best Artist	Best Television / Film Production²	Best Audio
1973		Conan		Tales from the Crypt
1974		Conan		Legend of Hell House
1975		Savage Sword of Conan		The Exorcist
1976		Savage Sword of Conan		Monty Python and the Holy Grail
1977		Howard the Duck #3	Michael Kaluta	The Omen
1978		Marvel Premiere 38: Weirdworld	Steve Fabian	Carrie
1979		Savage Sword of Conan #30: The Scarlet Citadel, Roy Thomas and Frank Brunner	Boris Vallejo	Close Encounters of the Third Kind
1980		Heavy Metal	Steve Fabian	Alien
1981			Dave Carson	The Empire Strikes Back
1982			Dave Carson	Raiders of the Lost Ark
1983			Dave Carson	Blade Runner
1984			Rowena Morrill	Videodrome
1985			Steve Fabian	Ghostbusters
1986			JK Potter	A Nightmare on Elm Street
1987			JK Potter	Aliens
1988			JK Potter	Hellraiser
1989			Dave Carson	Beetlejuice
1990			Dave Carson	Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
1991			Les Edwards
1992			Jim Pitts
1993			Jim Pitts
1994			Les Edwards
1995			Martin McKenna
1996			Josh Kirby
1997			Jim Burns
1998			Jim Burns
1999			Bob Covington
2000			Les Edwards
2001			Jim Burns
2002			Jim Burns
2003			Les Edwards
2004	Walsall		Les Edwards
2005	Walsall		Les Edwards
2006	Nottingham		Les Edwards
2007	Nottingham		Vincent Chong
2008	Nottingham		Vincent Chong
2009	Nottingham	Locke and Key, Joe Hill and Gabriel Rodriguez	Vincent Chong	Film: The Dark Knight Television: Doctor Who
2010	Nottingham	Whatever Happened to the Caped Crusader?, Neil Gaiman and Andy Kubert	Vincent Chong	Film: Let The Right One In Television: Doctor Who
2011	Brighton	At the Mountains of Madness: a Graphic Novel, Ian Culbard	Vincent Chong	Film: Inception Television: Sherlock
2012	Brighton	Locke and Key, Joe Hill and Gabriel Rodriguez	Daniele Serra	Screenplay: Midnight in Paris, Woody Allen
2013	Brighton	[Saga (comic book)\|Saga], Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples	Sean Phillips	Screenplay: The Cabin in the Woods, Joss Whedon and Drew Goddard
2014	York	Demeter, Becky Cloonan	Joey Hi-Fi	"The Rains of Castamere", David Benioff and D.B. Weiss
2015	Nottingham	Through the Woods, Emily Carroll	Karla Ortiz	Guardians of the Galaxy
2016	Scarborough	Bitch Planet, Kelly Sue DeConnick, Valentine De Landro, Robert Wilson IV and Cris Peter	Julie Dillon	Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell, Peter Harness
2017	Peterborough	Monstress, Vol 1: Awakening, Marjorie Liu & Sana Takeda	Daniele Serra	Arrival
2018	Chester	[Monstress (comics)\|Monstress], Vol 2: The Blood, Marjorie Liu & Sana Takeda	Jeffrey Alan Love	Get Out	Anansi Boys
2019	Glasgow	Widdershins, Vol. 7: Curtain Call, Kate Ashwin 100 Demon Dialogues, Lucy Bellwood B.P.R.D. Hell on Earth, Vol. 1, Mike Mignola, John Arcudi, Guy Davis, Tyler Crook & Dave Stewart Hellboy: The Complete Short Stories, Vol. 1, Mike Mignola et al. The Prisoner, Robert S Malan & John Cockshaw Saga #49-54, Brian K Vaughan & Fiona Staples	Vince Haig David Rix Daniele Serra Sophie E Tallis	Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, Phil Lord & Rodney Rothman Annihilation, Alex Garland Avengers: Infinity War, Christopher Markus & Stephen McFeely Black Panther, Ryan Coogler & Joe Robert Cole The [Haunting of Hill House (TV series)\|The Haunting of Hill House], Mike Flanagan Inside No. 9, series 4, Steve Pemberton & Reece Shearsmith	Breaking the Glass Slipper Podcast, Lucy Hounsom, Charlotte Bond, & Meghan Leigh Bedtime Stories for the End of the World Blood on Satan's Claw, by Mark Morris PodCastle PseudoPod
2020	Online	DIE, Kieron Gillen & Stephanie Hans 2000AD, ed. Matt Smith Basketful of Heads #1, Joe Hill B.P.R.D. The Devil You Know, Vol. 3: Ragna Rok, Mike Mignola, Scott Allie, Laurence Campbell et al. DCeased #1-6, Tom Taylor, Trevor Hairsine, Stefano Gaudiano et al. The Ozone Diary, Pentti Otsamo & Tero Mielonen	Ben Baldwin Vince Haig Jackie Morris David Rix	Us, Jordan Peele Game of Thrones: The Long Night – David Benioff & DB Weiss Watchmen: "It's Summer and We're Running Out of Ice", Damon Lindelof The Witcher: "Rare Species", Haily Hall	PodCastle Breaking the Glass Slipper PseudoPod Speculative Spaces
2021	Birmingham	DIE Vol. 2: Split the Party, Kieron Gillen & Stephanie Hans The Daughters of Ys, Jo Rioux & M.T. Andersen John Constantine: Hellblazer, Vol. 1: Marks of Woe, Simon Spurrier & Aaron Campbell The Magic Fish, Trung Le Nguyen Rivers of London: The Fey and the Furious, Ben Aaronovitch & Andrew Cartmel Venus in the Blind Spot, Junji Ito	Daniele Serra Warwick Fraser-Coombe David Rix Vincent Sammy	The Boys: "What I Know", Rebecca Sonnenshine & Eric Kripke Birds of Prey, Christina Hodson & Cathy Yan The Haunting of Bly Manor: "The Romance of Certain Old Clothes", Leah Fong & Axelle Carolyn The Invisible Man, Leigh Whannell The Lighthouse, Robert Eggers & Max Eggers Saint Maud, Rose Glass	The Magnus Archives, Rusty Quill Breaking the Glass Slipper, Megan Leigh, Lucy Hounson & Charlotte Bond PodCastle, Escape Artists PseudoPod, Escape Artists The Sandman, Dirk Maggs & Neil Gaiman Stellar Firma, Rusty Quill
2022	Heathrow	The Girl from the Sea, Lee Knox Ostertag 2000AD DIE Vol. 4, Kieron Gillen & Stephanie Hans Djeliya, Juni Ba ExtraOrdinary, V.E. Schwab & Enid Balam Usagi Yojimbo: Homecoming, Stan Sakai	Jenni Coutts Olga Beliaeva Randy Broecker Alison Buck Vincent Sammy Daniele Serra	Last Night in Soho Candyman Dune The Green Knight In the Earth Space Sweepers	Monstrous Agonies, H. R. Owen Breaking the Glass Slipper, Megan Leigh, Lucy Hounsom & Charlotte Bond Daughter of Fire and Water, Lyndsey Croal PodCastle, Escape Artists PseudoPod, Escape Artists
2023	Birmingham	Category discontinued	*Vince Haig Chris Baker (Fangorn) Ben Baldwin Jenni Coutts Dan Hillier	Category discontinued	The Stranger Times, C.K. McDonnell Breaking the Glass Slipper The Painkiller Podcast PodCastle, Escape Artists PseudoPod, Escape Artists The Secret of St. Kilda, Michael Ireland & Naomi Clarke
2024	Chester		Asya Yordonova Jenni Coutts Vince Haig David Rix		The Tiny Bookcase, Nico Rogers & Ben Holroyd-Dell Cast of Wonders The Penumbra Podcast, Harley Takagi Kaner, Kevin Vibert, Ginny D’Angelo, Alice C. LeBeau, Noah Simes PodCastle PseudoPod Simultaneous Times Podcast
2025	Brighton		Kelly Chong Jenni Coutts Greg Chapman L.N. Bayen		Breaking the Glass Slipper PodCastle The Tiny Bookcase Pseudopod

Nominees and winners (other awards)

Award controversy of 2011

In 2011, British writer Sam Stone won the British Fantasy Award but returned it three days later after editor and anthologist Stephen Jones posted a blog entry pointing out that three of the winning entries were published by Telos Publishing, a company owned by David Howe. At the time, Howe was also chair of the British Fantasy Society, British Fantasy Award coordinator, and partner of Stone.