Die BFS (das ist die British Fantasy Society) hat die Nominierungen für die diesjährigen British Fantasy Awards bekanntgegeben:
Best Fantasy Novel (the Robert Holdstock Award)
- A Song of Legends Lost, M.H. Ayinde (Orbit)
- The Outcast Mage, Annabel Campbell (Orbit)
- Magic, Maps, and Mischief, David Green (self-published)
- Daughters of Nicnevin, Shona Kinsella (Flame Tree)
- Grave Empire, Richard Swan (Orbit)
- Upon a Starlit Tide, Kell Woods (Tor US; Titan UK)
Best Horror Novel (the August Derleth Award)
- Hungerstone, Kat Dunn (Zando US; Manilla UK)
- Black Flame, Gretchen Felker-Martin (Tor Nightfire US; Titan UK)
- The Needfire, MK Hardy (Solaris)
- Witchcraft for Wayward Girls, Grady Hendrix (Berkley US; Tor Nightfire UK)
- Lionhearts, Dan Howarth (Northern Republic UK)
- The Buffalo Hunter Hunter, Stephen Graham Jones (Saga US; Titan UK)
Best Novella
- The Nga’phandileh Whisperer: A Sauútiverse Novella, Eugen Bacon (Stars and Sabers)
- Fate’s Bane, C.L. Clark (Tordotcom)
- The River Has Roots, Amal El-Mohtar (Tordotcom US; Arcadia UK)
- “Walking A Wounded Land”, Andrew Knighton (Wiz Duos 3)
Best Short Fiction
- “Down Street”, James Bennett (Blood in the Bricks)
- “Godzilla as a Young Man Named Mike”, E.M. Faulds, narrated by Eliza Chan (PodCastle 7/29/25)
- “Shadow Jack”, CL Hellisen (GigaNotoSaurus 5/1/25)
- “No One Knows the Old Ways Anymore and It Will Be the End of Everything”, LJ McMenemy (Hiding Under the Leaves)
Best Collection
- Call and Response, Christopher Caldwell (Neon Hemlock)
- Wolf’s Path, Joyce Chng (Atthis Arts)
- Dark Crescent, Lyndsey Croal (Luna Press Publishing)
- Who Will You Save, Gareth L. Powell (Titan)
- Into Wrack and Ruin, Benjamin Kurt Unsworth (Phantasmagoria)
Best Anthology
- Lesbians In Space: Where No Man Has Gone Before, J.S. Fields, Heather Tracy & William C. Tracy, eds. (Space Wizard Science Fantasy)
- This Way Lies Madness, Dave Jeffery & Lee Murray, eds. (Flame Tree)
- Silk & Sinew: A Collection of Folk Horror From the Asian Diaspora, Kristy Park Kulski, ed. (Bad Hand)
- Blood in the Bricks, Neil Williamson, ed. (NewCon)
Best Independent Press
- Black Shuck
- Flame Tree
- Luna Press Publishing
- NewCon
Best Non-Fiction
- “Spec Fic and the Politics of Identity: Finding the Self in Other”, Eugen Bacon (Strange Horizons 3/24/25)
- Nigerian Speculative Fiction: The Evolution, Chukwunonso Ezeiyoke (Routledge India)
- Writing The Magic: Essays on Crafting Fantasy Fiction, Dan Coxon & Richard V. Hirst (Dead Ink)
- The Ecological Imaginary in Literature and Other Media: The Nature of Fantasy, Kevan Manwaring (Routledge)
- Britain’s Folklore Year: A seasonal journey through our customs, celebrations and rituals, Mark Norman (National Trust)
- The Full Lid, Alasdair Stuart, edited by Marguerite Kenner
Best Magazine / Periodical
- Ginger Nuts of Horror
- Mythaxis
- Phantasmagoria
- Remains
- Strange Horizons
Best Artist
- Ben Baldwin
- Kelly Chong
- Vincent Chong
- Jenni Coutts
- Mina Ikemoto Ghosh
Best Audio (Fiction)
- The Shape of Monsters, CL Hellisen, narrated by Omari Douglas (Audible Originals)
- PodCastle
- PseudoPod
- The Tiny Bookcase
Best Audio (Non-Fiction)
- Breaking The Glass Slipper
- Fantasy Book Swap
- The Folklore Podcast
- Uncanny
Best Newcomer
- M.H. Ayinde for A Song of Legends Lost (Orbit)
- Annabel Campbell for The Outcast Mage (Orbit)
- MK Hardy for The Needfire (Solaris)
- Ana Sun for Futures to Live By (NewCon)
Die Gewinner und Gewinnerinnen jedweden Geschlechts werden auf dem Fantasycon 2026 verkündet werden, der vom 09-11 Oktober 2026 im schottischen Glasgow stattfinden wird.
