British_Fantasy_Award

British Fantasy Award

British Fantasy Award

Annual fantasy fiction 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:[1]

  • 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

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.[2][3]

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Anthology, Collection, Magazine, and Press

1Provided as "Small Press" until 2015, when that was ended and replace with "Independent"[3]

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Multimedia

1Was initially conferred 1973-1980 as "Best Comic"; it was revived in 2009 as "Best Comic / Graphic Novel".[3] The category was removed at the 2022 AGM[4]

2Awarded 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).[3] The category was again removed following the 2022 AGM.

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Nominees and winners (other awards)

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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.[13][14][15]

References

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    British Fantasy Awards Constitution, https://britishfantasysociety.org/about/the-bfs-constitution/
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    "British Fantasy Award Nominee | Book awards | LibraryThing". librarything.com. Retrieved 6 April 2022.
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    "The British Fantasy Awards Winners". britishfantasysociety.org. Archived from the original on 3 March 2023. Retrieved 18 May 2023.
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    "ShonaK comment on removed categories".
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    Edwards, Jan. "The British Fantasy Awards: a Short History". (with additions from) David Sutton. Archived from the original on 10 November 2016. Retrieved 20 June 2011.
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    Pechanec, Jan (22 August 2007). "CENY: nominace na British Fantasy Awards 2007" (in Czech). Sarden. Retrieved 20 June 2011.
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    "British Fantasy Awards 2020 – Shortlists". Archived from the original on 22 March 2021. Retrieved 28 September 2021.
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    "British Fantasy Awards 2021: Shortlists announced". Archived from the original on 19 May 2022. Retrieved 28 September 2021.
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    "British Fantasy Awards 2021: winners announced". Archived from the original on 19 June 2022. Retrieved 28 September 2021.
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    "British Fantasy Awards 2022: Winners announced".
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    "British Fantasy Awards Shortlists".
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    Barnett, David (6 October 2011). "British Fantasy Award winner returns prize". The Guardian. Retrieved 6 October 2011.
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    Jones, Stephen (1 November 2011). "Putting The "Con" Into FantasyCon". Archived from the original on 7 October 2011. Retrieved 7 November 2011.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
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    Paul, David (9 October 2011). "A literary spat turns ugly as the winner of award is... organiser's live-in lover". Daily Express. Retrieved 9 October 2011.
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