The shortlisted works across all 13 categories of the British Fantasy Awards have been announced! Find out who’s in the mix over on our blog. Winners announced at Fantasycon in October.
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Announcement:
Fantasycon 2026 Attendees
This is a list of people who are attending Fantasycon 2026 and have given permission for their names to be shared publicly. If you have purchased a ticket and think you gave permission for your name to be added but do not see it here, please email Shona at chair@britishfantasysociety.org. This list is being manually updated so it may take a few days for your name to appear.
Don’t have a ticket yet and want to join us for a great weekend of panels, talks, workshops and readings? Book here
Want to get involved in programming? Fill in the participation form here: https://forms.gle/nTT19dkjTmaYvYEC8
Note – while you are welcome to fill in the participation form before purchasing a ticket, space on programming will only be allocated to those who have purchased a ticket by the closing date of 31st July 2026.
| Kit Whitfield | Eliza Chan | Annabel Campbell |
| Neil Williamson | R.M. Silverlight | CC Adams |
| David Green | Jasna Mason | Anya Owen |
| Jack Fennell | Roan Coughtry | Rafael Torrubia |
| Graham Millichap | Barbara James | Fraser Keegan |
| Andrew Knighton | Tristan Grey | Holly Race |
| Cheryl Morgan | James Keane | Mira Yankova |
| Katalina Watt | Andy Lever | M.E. Moirin |
| Colm | Storm Lomax | Gabrielle Steele |
| Muriel Gray | Andy Fleming | John Travis |
| Gary Couzens | David Bamford | Thomas D Lee |
| Gwen Frazer | Maggie Nesce Drake | Michael R Miller |
| Tiffani Angus | Karen Frazer Brackin | Carl Bayley |
| Jan Foster | Adrian Fletcher | Ramsey Campbell |
| Colm Boyle | Otto Redman | Jenny Campbell |
| SJ Groenewegen | Ivor K Hill | Ida Keogh |
| Corinne Pollard | D Franklin | Catherine Todd |
| David Cartwright | Wei Ai Ng | Pete Alex Harris |
| R.E. McAuliffe | EC (Em) Halliwell | foteini oikonomitsiou |
| Hero Owen | CL Hellisen | Ian Green |
| Andy Hodges | Anne-Louise Fortune | Siobhan Murphy |
| Rosemarie Cawkwell | Ed Fortune | Jennifer McPhail |
| Paul Campbell | Taylor Sandford | Meghan Brown |
| Katie Bruce | GV Anderson | Valinora Troy |
| Lawrence Osborn | Felfira Moon Designs | Eleanor Pender |
| Luna Profir | Dave Lally | Emma Adams |
| Noor A Jahangir | Kate Scott | Lisa Tuttle |
| Simon Birks | Luke Belcourt | John Nassari |
| Ian Houston | Anna Smith Spark | Stephen Cox |
| Pete Sutton | Veronica Groke | Jonathon Green |
| Marve Michael Anson | Elizabeth Daly | Mel Reynard |
| Alethea (Thea) Lyons | Amy | Steven Patchett |
| Rhiannon Grist | Andy J. Hodges (he/they) | Zhui Ning Chang |
| Ellis Saxey | Marielle Evans | Chloë Yates |
| PS Livingstone | Tom Hagley | Paul Yates |
| M H Ayinde | Morag (MK Hardy) | Charlotte Bond |
| C. K. Andersson | Erin (MK Hardy) | Oliver Gerlach |
| Zuzi Pope | Catriona Silvey | George Prew-Stell |
| Margaret Eve | Farah Mendlesohn | Elizabeth Stell |
| Catherine Cavendish | Lilly Greenall | Victoria Hayward |
| Colin Nibbs | Elian J Morgan | Mark Breen |
| Esme Allan | Jonathon Horner | Katie Ellis-Brown |
| E M KKoulla | Rose Dreghorn | Shell Bryson |
| Donna Morgan | Todd S Jordan | Kevin Burke |
| Oliver Arditi (Oli) | Marissa Van der Laars | Tim Lebbon |
| Geoff Holder | Eric Spikol | Carolynn Reddell |
| Meg MacDonald | Michelle Monger | Eddie Robson |
| E.M. Faulds / Beth | Noel Chidwick | Vanessa Knipe |
| Cameron Johnston | Xina | Stephanie Ellis |
| Dutiful Murdock | Lydia English | Rebecca Hall |
| Marisa Linton | Philip English | Marie Cope |
| Ann Landmann | Emma Wilson | Kevin Crawford |
| Arina | Ian | Dave Brzeski |
| Marta | Aliette de Bodard | Jilly Paddock |
| Adam McD | Fiona Moore | Callum Duff |
| Natasha Sandilands | Sam K Horton | Stephanie Hardy |
| Christopher Napier | Stewart Hotston | Kat Day (she/her) Co-Editor at Psuedopod |
| Lucy A. McLaren | Caroline Husband | Marguerite Kenner |
| Ross Kitchen | Adrian Tchaikovsky | Alasdair Stuart |
| Zed Badowska | Anne-Marie Czajkowski | Dan Hanly |
| Peter Morrison | Jo Catling | Rachel Green |
| Matt Cavanagh | Moona Evans | El McInerney |
| Donna Scott | David Streek | Benjamin Langley |
| Neil K Bond | Joanna Corrance | Teika Marija Smits |
| Berna Hudson | Lyndsey Croal | Liam Wiseman |
| Sophie Jarrell | Ross Hetherington | Kay |
| Mike Brooks (he/him) | Jonathon Walker | Bex |
| Bav | Simon Unsworth | Shellie Horst |
| Allen Ashley | Devin Martin | Paul Frankl |
| Roger Keen | Billy Stirling | Graeme Dixon |
| Ruth EJ Booth | Barbara Stevenson | Ruth EJ Booth |
| Simon Clark | P.S.C. Willis | Steve J Shaw |
| Zena Wilde | Laurence Nix | Daniel Camp-Blair |
| Sarah Pattinson | Zoe Cunningham | Sarah Pinborough |
| Laura Elise Jenkins | Jane Morecroft | Jennifer Dawson |
| Lorraine Wilson | Kayla Allen | Tiina Hautala |
| Michael R Cassells | Helen Grant | Marko Hautala |
| Anna Blackwell | Melanie Atkinson | Broci |
| Hesper Leveret | RJ Barker | Nikki Bielinski |
| Heather Palmer | Niall Gordon | Rowena Rowlands |
| Gabriela Houston | Alex English | Lexy Hudson |
| Emma Sterner-Radley | Anne V. McClure | Angela Smith |
| Juliet E. McKenna | Fiona Leslie | Keith Dickinson |
| Marieanne Gordon | Andrew Freudenberg | Joanne Hall |
| Robin CM Duncan | Karin Robinson | Roz Clarke |
| Caroline Hardaker | Jack Unthank | Terry Grimwood |
| Vanessa Thompsett | Marco Michelutto | Amy de la Force |
| David Stokes | Kayleigh Dobbs | Robert Adams |
| DC | Colleen Anderson | Samantha Lee Howe |
| Susan J. Morris | Janet Forbes | David J Howe |
| Trudie Skies | Jodie de-Lancey | Phillip Suggars |
| Judith Schofield | Denis Jackman | Vera Brook |
| David Koser | Frances White | Roy Gray |
| Dan Coxon | Thekla Kenieson | Julia Ember |
| Heather Valentine | Benedict Anning | Angela Cleland |
| Chiara Bullen | Ian Whates | Cuddles |
| Chrystel | Helen Sansum | David Lascelles |
| Melissa Massey | Julia Sonola | Ash Charlton |
| Siân O’Hara | Laura Bennett | Sam Hodges |
| Dan Satchwell | Shannon K English | Rebecca Brown |