# British Fantasy Award

The British Fantasy Awards (BFA) are awarded annually by the British Fantasy Society (BFS), first in 1976. Prior to that they were known as The August Derleth Fantasy Awards (see August Derleth Award). First awarded in 1972 (to The Knight of Swords by Michael Moorcock) 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 (the Robert Holdstock Award)
* Best Horror Novel (the August Derleth Award)
* Best Novella
* Best Short Fiction
* Best Anthology
* Best Collection
* Magazine/Periodical
* Best Independent Press
* Best Artist
* Best Audio
* Best Non-Fiction
* Best Newcomer (the Sydney J. Bounds Award)
* 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

$^1$Previously "Best Short Story", before 2008.
$^2$Was originally presented as a single award known as "Best Novel", the August Derleth Fantasy Award, until split in 2012.
| Year | Location | Best Short Fiction$^1$ | Best Novella | Best Fantasy Novel$^2$ (the Robert Holdstock Award) | Best Horror Novel$^2$ (the August Derleth Award) |
| 1972 | | — | — | The Knight of the Swords, Michael Moorcock | The Knight of the Swords, Michael Moorcock |
| 1973 | | The Fallible Fiend, L Sprague de Camp | — | The King of the Swords, Michael Moorcock | The King of the Swords, Michael Moorcock |
| 1974 | | The Jade Man's Eyes, Michael Moorcock | — | Hrolf Kraki's Saga, Poul Anderson | Hrolf Kraki's Saga, Poul Anderson |
| 1975 | | "Sticks", Karl Edward Wagner | — | The Sword and the Stallion, Michael Moorcock | The Sword and the Stallion, Michael Moorcock |
| 1976 | | The Second Book of Fritz Leiber, Fritz Leiber | — | The Hollow Lands, Michael Moorcock | The Hollow Lands, Michael Moorcock |
| 1977 | | "Two Suns Setting", Karl Edward Wagner | — | The Dragon and the George, Gordon Dickson | The Dragon and the George, Gordon Dickson |
| 1978 | | "In the Bag", Ramsey Campbell | — | A Spell for Chameleon, Piers Anthony | A Spell for Chameleon, Piers Anthony |
| 1979 | | "Jeffty is Five", Harlan Ellison | — | The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever, Stephen R. Donaldson | The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever, Stephen R. Donaldson |
| 1980 | | "The Button Molder", Fritz Leiber | — | Death's Master, Tanith Lee | Death's Master, Tanith Lee |
| 1981 | | "The Stains", Robert Aickman | — | To Wake The Dead, Ramsey Campbell | To Wake The Dead, Ramsey Campbell |
| 1982 | | The Dark Country, Dennis Etchison | — | Cujo, Stephen King | Cujo, Stephen King |
| 1983 | | "The Breathing Method", Stephen King | — | Sword of the Lictor, Gene Wolfe | Sword of the Lictor, Gene Wolfe |
| 1984 | | "Neither Brute Nor Human", Karl Edward Wagner | — | Floating Dragon, Peter Straub | Floating Dragon, Peter Straub |
| 1985 | | "In the Hills, the Cities", Clive Barker | — | Incarnate, Ramsey Campbell | Incarnate, Ramsey Campbell |
| 1986 | | "The Forbidden", Clive Barker | — | The Ceremonies, T. E. D. Klein | The Ceremonies, T. E. D. Klein |
| 1987 | | "The Olympic Runner", Dennis Etchison | — | It, Stephen King | It, Stephen King |
| 1988 | | "Leaks", Steve Rasnic Tem | — | The Hungry Moon, Ramsey Campbell | The Hungry Moon, Ramsey Campbell |
| 1989 | | "Fruiting Bodies", Brian Lumley | — | The Influence, Ramsey Campbell | The Influence, Ramsey Campbell |
| 1990 | | "On the Far Side of the Cadillac Desert With Dead Folks", Joe Lansdale | — | Carrion Comfort, Dan Simmons | Carrion Comfort, Dan Simmons |
| 1991 | | "The Man Who Drew Cats", Michael Marshall Smith | — | Midnight Sun, Ramsey Campbell | Midnight Sun, Ramsey Campbell |
| 1992 | | "The Dark Land", Michael Marshall Smith | — | Outside the Dog Museum, Jonathan Carroll | Outside the Dog Museum, Jonathan Carroll |
| 1993 | | "Night Shift Sister", Nicholas Royle | — | Dark Sister, Graham Joyce | Dark Sister, Graham Joyce |
| 1994 | | "The Dog Park", Dennis Etchison | — | The Long Lost, Ramsey Campbell | The Long Lost, Ramsey Campbell |
| 1995 | | "The Temptation of Dr. Stein", Paul McAuley | — | Only Forward, Michael Marshall Smith | Only Forward, Michael Marshall Smith |
| 1996 | | "More Tomorrow", Michael Marshall Smith | — | Requiem, Graham Joyce | Requiem, Graham Joyce |
| 1997 | | "Dancing About Architecture", Martin Simpson | — | The Tooth Fairy, Graham Joyce | The Tooth Fairy, Graham Joyce |
| 1998 | | "Wageslaves", Christopher Fowler | — | Tower of the King's Daughter, Chaz Brenchley | Tower of the King's Daughter, Chaz Brenchley |
| 1999 | | "The Song My Sister Sang", Stephen Laws | — | Bag of Bones, Stephen King | Bag of Bones, Stephen King |
| 2000 | | White, Tim Lebbon | — | Indigo, Graham Joyce | Indigo, Graham Joyce |
| 2001 | | Naming of Parts, Tim Lebbon | — | Perdido Street Station, China Miéville | Perdido Street Station, China Miéville |
| 2002 | | "Goblin City Lights", Simon Clark | — | The Night of the Triffids, Simon Clark | The Night of the Triffids, Simon Clark |
| 2003 | | The Fairy Feller's Master Stroke, Mark Chadbourn | — | The Scar, China Miéville | The Scar, China Miéville |
| 2004 | Walsall | "American Waitress", Christopher Fowler | — | Full Dark House, Christopher Fowler | Full Dark House, Christopher Fowler |
| 2005 | Walsall | "Black Static", Paul Meloy | Breathe, Christopher Fowler | The Dark Tower VII: The Dark Tower, Stephen King | The Dark Tower VII: The Dark Tower, Stephen King |
| 2006 | Nottingham | "Best New Horror", Joe Hill | The Mask Behind the Face, Stuart Young | Anansi Boys, Neil Gaiman | Anansi Boys, Neil Gaiman |
| 2007 | Nottingham | "Whisper Lane", Mark Chadbourn | Kid, Paul Finch | Dusk, Tim Lebbon | Dusk, Tim Lebbon |
| 2008 | Nottingham | My Stone Desire, Joel Lane | The Scalding Rooms, Conrad Williams | The Grin of the Dark, Ramsey Campbell | The Grin of the Dark, Ramsey Campbell |
| 2009 | Nottingham | Do You See, Sarah Pinborough | The Reach of Children, Tim Lebbon | Memoirs of a Master Forger, William Heaney | Memoirs of a Master Forger, William Heaney |
| 2010 | Nottingham | "What Happens When You Wake Up in the Night", Michael Marshall Smith | The Language of Dying, Sarah Pinborough | One, Conrad Williams | One, Conrad Williams |
| 2011 | Brighton | Fool's Gold, Sam Stone | Humpty's Bones, Simon Clark | N/A | N/A |
| 2012 | Brighton | "The Coffin-Maker's Daughter", Angela Slatter | Gorel and the Pot Bellied God, Lavie Tidhar | Among Others, Jo Walton | The Ritual, Adam Nevill |
| 2013 | Brighton | "Shark! Shark!", Ray Cluley | The Nine Deaths of Dr Valentine, John Llewellyn Probert | Some Kind of Fairy Tale, Graham Joyce | Last Days, Adam Nevill |
| 2014 | York | "Signs of the Times", Carole Johnstone | Beauty, Sarah Pinborough | A Stranger in Olondria, Sofia Samatar | The Shining Girls, Lauren Beukes |
| 2015 | Nottingham | "A Woman's Place", Emma Newman | Newspaper Heart, Stephen Volk | Cuckoo Song, Frances Hardinge | No One Gets Out Alive, Adam Nevill |
| 2016 | Scarborough | "Fabulous Beasts", Priya Sharma | The Pauper Prince and the Eucalyptus Jinn, Usman T. Malik | Uprooted, Naomi Novik | Rawblood, Catriona Ward |
| 2017 | Peterborough | "White Rabbit", Georgina Bruce | The Ballad of Black Tom, Victor LaValle | The Tiger and the Wolf, Adrian Tchaikovsky | Disappearance at Devil's Rock, Paul G. Tremblay |
| 2018 | Chester | "Looking for Laika", Laura Mauro | Passing Strange, Ellen Klages | The Ninth Rain, Jen Williams | The Changeling, Victor LaValle |
| 2019 | Glasgow | "Down Where Sound Comes Blunt", G. V. Anderson "Her Blood the Apples, Her Bones the Trees", Georgina Bruce "In the Gallery of Silent Screams", Carole Johnstone & Chris Kelso "A Son of the Sea", Priya Sharma "Telling Stories", Ruth EJ Booth "Thumbsucker", Robert Shearman | The Tea Master and the Detective, Aliette de Bodard Binti: The Night Masquerade, Nnedi Okorafor Breakwater, Simon Bestwick The Land of Somewhere Safe, Hal Duncan The Last Temptation of Dr Valentine, John Llewellyn Probert The Only Harmless Great Thing, Brooke Bolander | The Bitter Twins, Jen Williams Empire of Sand, Tasha Suri Foundryside, Robert Jackson Bennett The Green Man's Heir, Juliet E. McKenna The Loosening Skin, Aliya Whiteley Priest of Bones, Peter McLean | Little Eve, Catriona Ward The Cabin at the End of the World, Paul G. Tremblay The Way of the Worm, Ramsey Campbell Wolf's Hill, Simon Bestwick |
| 2020 | Online | "The Pain-Eater's Daughter", Laura Mauro "Dendrochronology", Penny Jones "I Say (I Say, I Say)", Robert Shearman Tomorrow, When I Was Young, Julie Travis | Ormeshadow, Priya Sharma The Ascent to Godhood, Neon Yang "Butcher's Table", Nathan Ballingrud The Deep, Rivers Solomon, with Daveed Diggs, William Hutson and Jonathan Snipes Ragged Alice, Gareth L. Powell The Survival of Molly Southbourne, Tade Thompson | The Bone Ships, R. J. Barker The Migration, Helen Marshall The Poison Song, Jen Williams The Ten Thousand Doors of January, Alix E. Harrow | The Reddening, Adam Nevill The Institute, Stephen King The Migration, Helen Marshall Mistletoe, Alison Littlewood The Plague Stones, James Brogden The Twisted Ones, T. Kingfisher |
| 2021 | Birmingham | "Infinite Tea in the Demara Café", Ida Keogh "8-Bit Free Will", John Wiswell "Daylight Robbery", Anna Taborska "We Do Like to be Beside", Pete Sutton | Ring Shout, P. Djèlí Clark The Flame and the Flood, Shona Kinsella Honeybones, Georgina Bruce The Order of the Pure Moon Reflected in Water, Zen Cho A Song for the End, Kit Power Triggernometry, Stark Holborn | The Once and Future Witches, Alix E. Harrow The Bone Shard Daughter, Andrea Stewart By Force Alone, Lavie Tidhar The City We Became, N.K. Jemisin Dark River, Rym Kechacha Threading the Labyrinth, Tiffani Angus | Mexican Gothic, Silvia Moreno-Garcia Beneath the Rising, Premee Mohamed The Hollow Places, T. Kingfisher The Only Good Indians, Stephen Graham Jones Plain Bad Heroines, Emily Danforth Survivor Song, Paul G. Tremblay |
| 2022 | Heathrow | Bathymetry, Lorraine Wilson Fill the Thickened Lung with Breath, C.A. Yates A Flight of Birds, E.M. Faulds Henrietta, T.H. Dray O2 Arena, Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki Sky Eyes, Julie Travis | Defekt, Nino Cipri & This is How to Stay Alive, Shingai Njeri Kagunda Matryoshka, Penny Jones A Spindle Splintered, Alix E. Harrow These Lifeless Things, Premee Mohamed Treacle Walker, Alan Garner | She Who Became the Sun, Shelley Parker-Chan The Black Coast, Mike Brooks The Jasmine Throne, Tasha Suri Sistersong, Lucy Holland This is Our Undoing, Lorraine Wilson The Unbroken, C.L. Clark | The Last House on Needless Street, Catriona Ward The Book of Accidents, Chuck Wendig A Broken Darkness, Premee Mohamed A Dowry of Blood, S.T. Gibson My Heart Is a Chainsaw, Stephen Graham Jones Nothing but Blackened Teeth, Cassandra Khaw |
| 2023 | Birmingham | Morta, James Bennett The Call of El Tunche, Shona Kinsella A Moment of Zugzwang, Neil Williamson The Tails That Make You, Eliza Chan | The Queen of the High Fields, Rhiannon A. Grist And Then I Woke Up, Malcolm Devlin The Entropy of Loss, Stewart Hotston Interference, Terry Grimwood Ogres, Adrian Tchaikovsky Pomegranates, Priya Sharma | The Spear Cuts Through Water, Simon Jimenez The Bone Orchard, Sara A. Mueller Cast Long Shadows, Cat Hellisen Glitterati, Oliver K. Langmead The Oleander Sword, Tasha Suri Path of War, David Green | Just Like Home, Sarah Gailey Full Immersion, Gemma Amor The Hollows, Daniel Church Miracle Growth, Tim Mendees Sundial, Catriona Ward |
| 2024 | Chester | The Brazen Head of Westinghouse, Tim Major, (IZ Digital) Professor Flotsam’s Cabinet of Peculiarities, Shona Kinsella, (Great British Horror 8) The Pilfered Quill, Rachel Rener & David Green, (From the Arcane) The Ripe Fruit in the Garden, C.A. Yates, (Great British Horror 8) Turn Again, O My Sweetness, C.A. Yates, (At the Lighthouse) | The Last Dragoners of Bowbazar, Indra Das, (Subterranean Press) The Darkness in the Pines, David Green, (Eerie River Publishing) The Last Day and the First, Tim Lebbon, (PS Publishing) They Shut Me Up, Tracy Fahey (PS Publishing) Thornhedge, T. Kingfisher, (Titan) Untethered Sky, Fonda Lee, (Tordotcom) | Talonsister, Jen Williams, (Titan) A Day of Fallen Night, Samantha Shannon, (Bloomsbury) At Eternity’s Gates, David Green, (Eerie River Publishing) Beyond Sundered Seas, David Green, (Eerie River Publishing) Shigidi and the Brass Head of Obalufon, Wole Talabi, (Daw Books) | Don’t Fear the Reaper, Stephen Graham Jones, (Titan) A House with Good Bones, T. Kingfisher, (Titan) Boys in the Valley, Philip Fracassi, (Orbit) How to Sell a Haunted House, Grady Hendrix, (Titan) Looking Glass Sound, Catriona Ward, (Viper) One Life Left, David Green, (Eerie River Publishing) |

## Anthology, Collection, Magazine, and Press

$^1$Provided as "Small Press" until 2015, when that was ended and replace with "Independent"
| Year | Location | Best Collection | Best Anthology | Magazine/Periodical | Small/Independent Press$^1$ |
| 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, 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 | Behind a Broken Smile, Penny Jones Breakable Things, Cassandra Khaw Candescent Blooms, Andrew Hook Under the Moon, E.M. Faulds | 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 | Ginger Nuts of Horror Interzone Shoreline of Infinity Strange Horizons | Black Shuck Books Flame Tree Press Luna Press Publishing NewCon Press |
| 2024 | Chester | Jackal, Jackal: Tales of the Dark and Fantastic, Tobi Ogundiran, (Undertow Publications) A Curious Cartography, Alison Littlewood, (Black Shuck Books) No Happily Ever After, Phil Sloman No One Will Come Back for Us, Premee Mohamed, (Undertow Publications) The House on the Moon, Georgina Bruce, (Black Shuck Books) Under my Skin, K.J. Parker, (Subterranean Press) | Out There Screaming: An Anthology of New Black Horror, ed. Jordan Peele, (Picador) At the Lighthouse, ed. Sophie Essex, (Eibonvale Press) Mothersound: The Sauútiverse Anthology, ed. Wole Talabi, (Android Press) Never Whistle at Night, ed. Shane Hawk, (Vintage) Something Peculiar: Great British Horror 8, ed. Steve J. Shaw, (Black Shuck Books) The Other Side of Never: Dark Tales from the World of Peter & Wendy, eds. Marie O’Regan & Paul Kane, (Titan) | 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 |

## Multimedia

$^1$Was 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
$^2$Awarded only to films from 1973 to 1990, this honor was renewed 2009–2011, (though split into two separate categories), 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 (2012) and co-writers Drew Goddard and Joss Whedon for Cabin in the Woods (2013). The category was again removed following the 2022 AGM.
| | Location | Best Comic / Graphic Novel$^1$ | Best Artist | Best Television / Film Production$^2$ | Best Audio (Podcasts, Audiobooks, etc.) |
| 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, 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, 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, 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 (endoftheworldpodcast.com) Blood on Satan's Claw, by Mark Morris (Bafflegab) PodCastle (podcastle.org) PseudoPod (pseudopod.org) |
| 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" (Season 1, Ep. 1), Damon Lindelof The Witcher: "Rare Species" (Season 1, Ep. 6), 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" (Season 2, Ep. 8), Rebecca Sonnenshine & Eric Kripke Birds of Prey, Christina Hodson & Cathy Yan The Haunting of Bly Manor: "The Romance of Certain Old Clothes" (Season 1, Ep. 8), 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, Molly 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 | Chris Baker (Fangorn) Ben Baldwin Jenni Coutts Vince Haig Dan Hillier | Category discontinued | Breaking the Glass Slipper The Painkiller Podcast PodCastle, Escape Artists PseudoPod, Escape Artists The Secret of St. Kilda, Michael Ireland & Naomi Clarke The Stranger Times, C.K. McDonnell |
| 2024 | Chester | | Asya Yordonova Jenni Coutts Vince Haig David Rix | | The Tiny Bookcase, Nico Rogers & Ben Holroyd-Dell Cast of Wonders (Escape Artists) The Penumbra Podcast, Harley Takagi Kaner, Kevin Vibert, Ginny D’Angelo, Alice C. LeBeau, Noah Simes PodCastle (Escape Artists) PseudoPod (Escape Artists) Simultaneous Times Podcast (Space Cowboy Books) |

## Nominees and winners (other awards)

| Year | Location | Best Non-Fiction | Best Newcomer (Sydney J. Bounds Award) | Special Award (Karl Edward Wagner Award) |
| 1972 | | | | |
| 1973 | | | | Robert E. Howard |
| 1974 | | | | |
| 1975 | | | | |
| 1976 | | | | |
| 1977 | | | | |
| 1978 | | | | |
| 1979 | | | | |
| 1980 | | | | |
| 1981 | | | | Stephen King |
| 1982 | | | | |
| 1983 | | | | Karl Edward Wagner |
| 1984 | | | | |
| 1985 | | | | Manly Wade Wellman |
| 1986 | | | | Les Flood |
| 1987 | | | | Charles L Grant |
| 1988 | | | | |
| 1989 | | | | Ronald Chetwynd-Hayes |
| 1990 | | | Nancy A. Collins | Peter Coleborn |
| 1991 | | | | Dorothy Lumley |
| 1992 | | | Melanie Tem | Andrew I. Porter |
| 1993 | | | Conrad Williams | Michael Moorcock |
| 1994 | | | Poppy Z. Brite | Dave Sutton |
| 1995 | | | Maggie Furey | John Jarrold |
| 1996 | | | | Mike O’Driscoll and Steve Lockley |
| 1997 | | | | Jo Fletcher |
| 1998 | | | | D. F. Lewis |
| 1999 | | | | Diana Wynne Jones |
| 2000 | | | | Anne McCaffrey |
| 2001 | | | | Peter Haining |
| 2002 | | | | |
| 2003 | | | | Alan Garner |
| 2004 | Walsall | | | Peter Jackson |
| 2005 | Walsall | | | Nigel Kneale |
| 2006 | Nottingham | | | Stephen Jones |
| 2007 | Nottingham | Cinema Macabre, Mark Morris (PS Publishing) | Joe Hill | Ellen Datlow |
| 2008 | Nottingham | Whispers of Wickedness Reviews (website), ed. Peter Tennant | Scott Lynch | Ray Harryhausen |
| 2009 | Nottingham | Basil Copper: A Life in Books, Basil Copper, ed. Stephen Jones | Joseph D'Lacey | Hayao Miyazaki |
| 2010 | Nottingham | Ansible, David Langford | Kari Sperring | Robert Holdstock |
| 2011 | Brighton | Altered Visions: The Art of Vincent Chong | Robert Jackson Bennet | Terry Pratchett |
| 2012 | Brighton | Supergods: Our World in the Age of the Super Hero, Grant Morrison, ed. Jonathan Cape | Kameron Hurley | Peter Crowther and Nicky Crowther |
| 2013 | Brighton | Pornokitsch, Anne C. Perry and Jared Shurin | Helen Marshall | Iain M. Banks |
| 2014 | York | Speculative Fiction 2012, ed. Justin Landon and Jared Shurin | Ann Leckie | Farah Mendlesohn |
| 2015 | Nottingham | Letters to Arkham: The Letters of Ramsey Campbell and August Derleth, 1961-1971, ed. S. T. Joshi | Sarah Lotz | Juliet E. McKenna |
| 2016 | Scarborough | Letters to Tiptree, ed. Alexandra Pierce and Alisa Krasnostein | Zen Cho | The FantasyCon Redcloaks, Past and Present |
| 2017 | Peterborough | The Geek Feminist Revolution, Kameron Hurley | Erica L. Satifka | Jan Edwards |
| 2018 | Chester | Gender Identity and Sexuality in Science Fiction and Fantasy, ed. FT Barbini Gingernuts of Horror, ed. Jim Mcleod Luminescent Threads, ed. Alexandra Pierce & Mimi Mondal No Time to Spare: Thinking About What Matters, by Ursula K Le Guin Paperbacks from Hell: The Twisted History of 70s and 80s Horror Fiction, by Grady Hendrix Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me, by Maura McHugh | Jeannette Ng, for Under the Pendulum Sun (Angry Robot) R. J. Barker, for Age of Assassins (Orbit) SA Chakraborty, for The City of Brass (HarperVoyager) Ed McDonald, for Blackwing (Orion) Anna Smith Spark, for The Court of Broken Knives (HarperVoyager) | N.K. Jemisin |
| 2019 | Glasgow | Noise and Sparks, by Ruth EJ Booth (Shoreline of Infinity) The Evolution of African Fantasy and Science Fiction, ed. Francesca T Barbini (Luna Press Publishing) The Full Lid, by Alasdair Stuart (alasdairstuart.com/the-full-lid) Ginger Nuts of Horror (www.gingernutsofhorror.com) Les Vampires, by Tim Major (PS Publishing) | Tasha Suri, for Empire of Sand (Orbit) Tomi Adeyemi, for The Children of Blood and Bone (Macmillan Children's Books) Cameron Johnston, for The Traitor God (Angry Robot) RF Kuang, for The Poppy War (HarperVoyager) Marian Womack, for Lost Objects (Luna Press Publishing) Micah Yongo, for Lost Gods (Angry Robot) | Ian Whates |
| 2020 | Online | The Dark Fantastic: Race and the Imagination from Harry Potter to the Hunger Games, by Ebony Elizabeth Thomas (New York University Press) Coffinmaker's Blues: Collected Writings on Terror, by Stephen Volk (PS Publishing) The Full Lid, by Alasdair Stuart Joanna Russ (Modern Masters of SF), by Gwyneth Jones (University of Illinois Press) Notes from the Borderland, by Lynda E Rucker, for Black Static (TTA Press) The Pleasant Profession of Robert E Heinlein, by Farah Mendlesohn (Unbound) | Ta-Nehisi Coates, for The Water Dancer (Penguin) Alix E. Harrow, for The Ten Thousand Doors of January (Orbit) Penny Jones, for Suffer Little Children (Black Shuck Books) Tamsyn Muir, for Gideon the Ninth (Tordotcom) Nina Oram, for The Joining (Luna Press) | Craig Lockley |
| 2021 | Birmingham | Women Make Horror: Filmmaking, Feminism, Genre, ed. Alison Peirse (Rutgers University Press) The Full Lid, Alasdair Stuart, ed. Marguerite Kenner It's the End of the World: But What Are We Really Afraid Of?, Adam Roberts (Elliot & Thompson) Notes from the Borderland, Lynda E. Rucker (in "Black Static", TTA Press) Ties that Bind: Love in Fantasy and Science Fiction, ed. Francesca T Barbini (Luna Press Publishing) The Unstable Realities of Christopher Priest, Paul Kincaid (Gylphi Limited) | Kathleen Jennings, for Flyaway (Tordotcom) Tiffani Angus, for Threading the Labyrinth (Unsung Stories) Dan Coxon, for Green Fingers & Only the Broken Remain (Black Shuck Books) Sean Hogan, for England's Screaming (PS Publishing) & Three Mothers, One Father (Black Shuck Books) Simon Jimenez, for The Vanished Birds (Titan) Rym Kechacha, for Dark River (Unsung Stories) | Alasdair Stuart |
| 2022 | Heathrow | Writing the Uncanny, ed. Dan Coxon & Richard V. Hirst After Human: A Critical History of the Human in Science Fiction from Shelley to Le Guin, Thomas Connolly Dangerous Visions and New Worlds: Radical Science Fiction, 1950-1985, ed. Andrew Nette & Iain McIntyre The Full Lid, Alasdair Stuart, ed. Marguerite Kenner Ginger Nuts of Horror, Jim Mcleod Worlds Apart: Worldbuilding in Fantasy and Science Fiction, ed. Francesca T. Barbini | Shelley Parker-Chan, for She Who Became the Sun J.T. Greathouse, for The Hand of the Sun King Ian Green, for The Gauntlet and the Fist Beneath Lorraine Wilson, for This is Our Undoing C.A. Yates, for We All Have Teeth Xiran Jay Zhao, for Iron Widow | Maureen K. Speller |
| 2023 | Birmingham | An Earnest Blackness, Eugen Bacon Fantasy: How it Works, Brian Attebery The Full Lid, Alasdair Stuart, ed. Marguerite Kenner My Life in Horror, Vol. 2, Kit Power Outlander and the Real Jacobites, Shona Kinsella Terry Pratchett: A Life with Footnotes, Rob Wilkins | Hiron Ennes, for Leech Sunyi Dean, for The Book Eaters Somto Ihezue, for a collection of short stories: Whole; Like Stars Daring to Shine; A Girl is Blood, Spirit and Fire; The Carving of War Shauna Lawless, for The Children of Gods and Fighting Men Elijah Kinch Spector, for Kalyna the Soothsayer Susan York, for Starless and Bible Black | |
| 2024 | Chester | Writing the Future, eds. Dan Coxon & Richard V. Hirst (Dead Ink) Spec Fic for Newbies: A Beginner’s Guide to Writing Subgenres of Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror, Tiffani Angus & Val Nolan (Luna Press Publishing) The Folklore of Wales: Ghosts, Delyth Badder & Mark Norman (Calon) The Full Lid, Alasdair Stuart, ed. Marguerite Kenner | Teika Marija Smits, for “Umbilical” (Newcon Press) & “Waterlore” (Black Shuck Books) Moniquill Blackgoose, for “To Shape a Dragon’s Breath” (Del Ray) Vajra Chandrasekera, for “The Saint of Bright Doors” (Tordotcom) Hannah Kaner, for “Godkiller” (HarperVoyager) Charlotte Langtree, for “Fractured: Tales of Flame and Fury” (Clarendon House Publications) Em X. Liu, for “The Death I Gave Him” (Solaris) | Ramsey Campbell |

## 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 (and many of the shortlisted works) 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.