British Fantasy Awards 2025

  • Da ich momentan wenig Zeit habe, hier erst mal nur die reine Auflistung:


    The British Fantasy Society (BFS) has announced the winners of the 2025 British Fantasy Awards:


    Best Fantasy Novel (the Robert Holdstock Award)

    • WINNER: Masquerade, O.O. Sangoyomi (Forge)
    • Long Live Evil, Sarah Rees Brennan (Orbit) ==> Long Live Evil (dtv, 08/24)
    • Fathomfolk, Eliza Chan (Orbit)
    • A Shadow Over Haven, David Green (Eerie River)
    • The Green Man’s War, Juliet E. McKenna (Wizard’s Tower)

    Best Horror Novel (the August Derleth Award)

    • WINNER: My Darling Dreadful Thing, Johanna van Veen (Poisoned Pen) ==> Mein zärtlicher Schatten (Insel HC, 04/26)
    • Withered Hill, David Barnett (Canelo Horror)
    • The Ravening, Daniel Church (Angry Robot)
    • Feast While You Can, Mikaella Clements & Onjuli Datta (Grand Central)
    • Among the Living, Tim Lebbon (Titan)
    • Bury Your Gays, Chuck Tingle (Titan)

    Best Novella

    • WINNER: The Last to Drown, Lorraine Wilson (Luna Press Publishing)
    • What Feasts at Night, T. Kingfisher (Titan)
    • Millionaires Day, Kit Power (French Press)
    • Charlie Says, Neil Williamson (Black Shuck)

    Best Short Fiction

    Best Collection

    • WINNER: Elephants in Bloom, Cécile Cristofari (Newcon)
    • Preaching To The Perverted, James Bennett (Lethe)
    • Limelight and Other Stories, Lyndsey Croal (Shortwave)
    • Mood Swings, Dave Jeffery (Black Shuck)
    • Dirt Upon My Skin, Steve Toase (Black Shuck)

    Best Anthology

    • WINNER: Bury Your Gays – An Anthology of Tragic Queer Horror, Sofia Ajram, ed. (Ghoulish)
    • I Want That Twink Obliterated!, Robert Berg, Trip Galey & C.L. McCartney, eds. (Bona)
    • Fight Like A Girl Vol. 2, Roz Clarke & Joanne Hall, eds. (Wizard’s Tower)
    • Heartwood: A Mythago Wood Anthology, Dan Coxon, ed. (PS)
    • The Year’s Best African Speculative Fiction 2023, Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki & Chinaza Eziaghighala, eds. (Caezik SF & Fantasy)
    • Nova Scotia Vol. 2, Neil Williamson & Andrew J. Wilson, eds. (Luna Press Publishing)

    Best Independent Press

    • WINNER: Flame Tree
    • Black Shuck
    • Luna Press Publishing
    • Newcon
    • Swan River

    Best Non-Fiction

    • WINNER: Queer as Folklore: The Hidden Queer History of Myths and Monsters, Sacha Coward (Unbound)
    • Spec Fic for Newbies Vol. 2: A Beginner’s Guide to Writing More Subgenres of Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror, Tiffani Angus & Val Nolan (Luna Press Publishing)
    • “Autism and Writing”, David Green (BFS Blog)
    • Track Changes, Abigail Nussbaum (Briardene)
    • The Full Lid, Alasdair Stuart, edited by Marguerite Kenner (self-published)
    • Translating, Interpreting, and Decolonizing Chinese Fairy Tales: A Case Study and Ideological Approach (Studies in Folklore and Ethnology: Traditions, Practices, and Identities), Juwen Zhang (Lexington)

    Best Magazine / Periodical

    • WINNER: ParSec
    • Ginger Nuts of Horror
    • Phantasmagoria


    Noch ein paar mehr Kategorien gibt's da, wo auch diese Übersicht herkommt, bei Locus.


    P.S.: Trotz Zeitnot habe ich noch schnell die verlinkbaren Stories verlinkt. Die Website von "Trembling with Fear" ist allerdings so ziemlich das Schlimmste, was ich bisher gesehen habe; viel Spaß beim Surfen/Scrollen. :kicher: Und "PseudoPod" ist logischerweise ein Podcast.


    Edit: Zwei Übersetzungen nachgetragen

    Beware the stories you read or tell; subtly, at night, beneath the waters of consciousness, they are altering your world. (Ben Okri)

    Edited 2 times, last by gero ().

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