Wednesday, August 08, 2007

British Fantasy Award Nominees

This year's nominees for the British Fantasy Awards (voted on by the memberships of the British Fantasy Society and its annual convention, Fantasycon) have just been released.

Novel: The August Derleth Award
  • Chaz Brenchley, BRIDGE OF DREAMS, Ace Books
  • Mike Carey, THE DEVIL YOU KNOW, Orbit Books
  • Mark Chadbourn, JACK OF RAVENS: KINGDOM OF THE SERPENT BOOK 1, Gollancz
  • M. John Harrison, NOVA SWING, Gollancz
  • Tim Lebbon, DUSK, Spectra
  • Scott Lynch, THE LIES OF LOCKE LAMORA, Gollancz
  • Sarah Pinborough, BREEDING GROUND, Leisure Books
  • Mark Samuels, THE FACE OF TWILIGHT, PS Publishing
  • Conrad Williams, THE UNBLEMISHED, Earthling Publications
Novella
  • Eric Brown, THE MEMORY OF JOY, Choices, Pendragon Press
  • Simon Clark, SHE LOVES MONSTERS, Necessary Evil Press
  • Paul Finch, KID, Choices, Pendragon Press
  • Ian McDonald, THE DJINN’S WIFE, Asimov’s Science Fiction, July 2006
  • Gary McMahon, ROUGH CUT, Rough Cut, Pendragon Press
Short Fiction
  • Marion Arnott, THE LITTLE DRUMMER BOY, Extended Play: The Elastic Book of Music, Elastic Press
  • Mark Chadbourn, WHISPER LANE, BFS: A Celebration, British Fantasy Society
  • Steve Lockley & Paul Lewis, PUCA MUC, Shrouded By Darkness, Telos Publishing
  • Sarah Singleton, THE DISAPPEARED, Time Pieces, NewCon Press
  • Stephen Volk, 31/10, Dark Corners, Gray Friar Press
  • Conrad Williams, THE VETERAN, Postscripts #6, PS Publishing
Collection
  • Neil Gaiman, FRAGILE THINGS, Headline
  • Joel Lane, THE LOST DISTRICT AND OTHER STORIES, Night Shade Books
  • Kim Newman, THE MAN FROM THE DIOGENES CLUB, Monkeybrain
  • Mike O’Driscoll, UNBECOMING AND OTHER TALES OF HORROR, Elastic Press
  • Neil Williamson, THE EPHEMERA, Elastic Press
Anthology
  • Gary Couzens, EXTENDED PLAY: THE ELASTIC BOOK OF MUSIC, Elastic Press
  • Ellen Datlow, Kelly Link & Gavin J. Grant, THE YEAR’S BEST FANTASY & HORROR: 19TH ANNUAL COLLECTION, St. Martin’s Press
  • Alison L. R. Davies, SHROUDED BY DARKNESS: TALES OF TERROR, Telos Publishing
  • Stephen Jones, THE MAMMOTH BOOK OF BEST NEW HORROR 17, Robinson Publishing
  • Christopher Teague, CHOICES, Pendragon Press
Small Press
  • Andy Cox, TTA PRESS,
  • Peter Crowther, PS PUBLISHING,
  • Andrew Hook, ELASTIC PRESS,
  • David J. Howe & Stephen James Walker, TELOS PUBLISHING,
  • Christopher Teague, PENDRAGON PRESS
Artist
  • Vincent Chong
  • Les Edwards
  • Dean Harkness
  • Edward Miller
  • John Picacio
Non-Fiction
  • Allen Ashley, THE DAYS OF THE DODO, Dodo Press
  • Paul Kane, THE HELLRAISER FILMS AND THEIR LEGACY, Macfarland & Co.
  • Mark Morris, CINEMA MACABRE, PS Publishing
  • Andy Murray, INTO THE UNKNOWN: THE FANTASTIC LIFE OF NIGEL KNEALE, Headpress
  • Julie Phillips, JAMES TIPTREE JR: THE DOUBLE LIFE OF ALICE B. SHELDON, St. Martin’s Press

The awards will be presented at Fantasycon in late September, including the Karl Edward Wagner Special Award (selected by the BFS committee) and the new Sydney J. Bounds Best Newcomer Award (selected by a panel of judges).

[via Locus Online]

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

"Chaz Brenchley, BRIDE OF DREAMS, Ace Books"

Bridge of Dreams. The original version of the list got the title wrong and now Mr. Brenchley is thinking about writing something to match the title.

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