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BFA Winners

The British Fantasy Awards Winners

2023

  • The Karl Edward Wagner Award (selected by the BFS committee): Ann Landmann
  • The Sydney J. Bounds Award for Best Newcomer: Hiron Ennes, for Leech (Tor)
  • Best Magazine/Periodical: Interzone
  • Best Non-Fiction: An Earnest Blackness – Eugen Bacon (Anti-Oedipus Press)
  • Best Independent Press: Luna Press Publishing
  • Best Short Fiction: Morta – James Bennett (in The Book of Queer Saints, Medusa Publishing Haus)
  • Best Novella: The Queen of the High Fields – Rhiannon A. Grist (Luna Press Publishing)
  • Best Artist: Vince Haig
  • Best Collection: Under the Moon – E.M. Faulds (Ghost Moth Press)
  • Best Audio Work: The Stranger Times – C.K. McDonnell
  • Best Anthology: Someone in Time, ed. Jonathan Strahan (Solaris) with stories by Alix E. Harrow, Zen Cho, Seanan McGuire, Sarah Gailey, Jeffrey Ford, Nina Allan, Elizabeth Hand, Lavanya Lakshminarayan, Catherynne M. Valente, Sam J. Miller, Rowan Coleman, Margo Lanagan, Sameem Siddiqui, Theodora Goss, Carrie Vaughn, and Ellen Klages.
  • The August Derleth Award for Best Horror Novel: Just Like Home – Sarah Gailey (Hodder & Stoughton)
  • The Robert Holdstock Award for Best Fantasy Novel: The Spear Cuts Through Water – Simon Jimenez (Del Rey)

2022

  • The Sydney J. Bounds Award for Best Newcomer: Shelley Parker-Chan, for She Who Became the Sun (Tor)
  • Best Film/Television Production: Last Night in Soho
  • Best Non-Fiction: Writing the Uncanny, ed. Dan Coxon & Richard V. Hirst (Dead Ink)
  • Best Artist: Jenni Coutts
  • Best Comic/Graphic Novel: The Girl from the Sea, by Molly Knox Ostertag (Graphix)
  • Best Magazine/Periodical: Apex Magazine
  • Best Independent Press: Luna Press Publishing
  • Best Audio: Monstrous Agonies, by H.R. Owen
  • Best Anthology: Sinopticon: A Celebration of Chinese Science Fiction, ed. Xueting C. Ni (Solaris)
  • Best Short Fiction: Bathymetry, by Lorraine Wilson (in Strange Horizons)
  • Best Collection: Never Have I Ever, by Isabel Yap (Small Beer Press)
  • Best Novella: Defekt, by Nino Cipri (Tordotcom)
  • The August Derleth Award for Best Horror Novel: The Last House on Needless Street, by Catriona Ward (Viper Books)
  • The Robert Holdstock Award for Best Fantasy Novel: She Who Became the Sun, by Shelley Parker-Chan (Tor)
  • The Karl Edward Wagner Special Award: Maureen Kincaid Speller

2021

  • The Sydney J. Bounds Award for Best Newcomer: Kathleen Jennings, for Flyaway (Tordotcom)
  • Best Anthology: Dominion: An Anthology of Speculative Fiction from Africa and the African Diaspora, ed. Zelda Knight & Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki (Aurelia Leo)
  • Best Collection: The Watcher in the Woods, by Charlotte Bond (Black Shuck Books)
  • Best Comic/Graphic Novel: DIE Vol. 2: Split the Party, by Kieron Gillen & Stephanie Hans (Image Comics)
  • Best Film/Television Production: The Boys: What I Know (season 2, episode 8), written by Rebecca Sonnenshine & Eric Kripke
  • Best Short Fiction: Infinite Tea in the Demara Café, by Ida Keogh (in London Centric: Tales of Future London; Newcon Press)
  • Best Artist: Daniele Serra
  • Best Independent Press: Luna Press Publishing
  • Best Magazine/Periodical: Strange Horizons
  • Best Non-Fiction: Women Make Horror: Filmmaking, Feminism, Genre, ed. Alison Peirse (Rutgers University Press)
  • Best Novella: Ring Shout, by P. Djèlí Clark (Tordotcom)
  • Best Audio: The Magnus Archives, by Jonathan Sims (Rusty Quill)
  • The August Derleth Award for Best Horror Novel: Mexican Gothic, by Silvia Moreno-Garcia (Jo Fletcher Books)
  • The Robert Holdstock Award for Best Fantasy Novel: The Once and Future Witches, by Alix E. Harrow (Orbit)
  • The Karl Edward Wagner Special Award: Alasdair Stuart

2020

  • Anthology: New Suns: Original Speculative Fiction for People of Color, edited by Nisi Shawl (published by Solaris)
  • Audio: PodCastle, edited by @jenralbert & @C_L_Clark
  • Artist: Ben Baldwin
  • Collection: Sing Your Sadness Deep by Laura Mauro (published by Undertow)
  • Comic/graphic novel: DIE, by Kieron Gillen & Stephanie Hans (published by Image)
  • Fantasy novel (the Robert Holdstock Award): The Bone Ships by RJ Barker, published by Orbit
  • Film/television production: Us – written and directed by Jordan Peele (Monkeypaw Productions et al.)
  • Horror novel (the August Derleth Award): The Reddening, by Adam Nevill (published by Ritual Limited)
  • Independent press: Rebellion Publishing
  • Magazine/periodical: Fiyah edited by DaVaun Sanders www.fiyahlitmag.com
  • Newcomer (the Sydney J. Bounds Award): Ta-Nehisi Coates, for The Water Dancer (Penguin)
  • Non-fiction: The Dark Fantastic: Race and the Imagination from Harry Potter to the Hunger Games, by Ebony Elizabeth Thomas (New York University Press)
  • Novella: Ormeshadow, by Priya Sharma (published by Tordotcom)
  • Short fiction: The Pain-Eater’s Daughter, by Laura Mauro (published by Undertow)
  • The Special Award (the Karl Edward Wagner Award): Craig Lockley

2019

  • Anthology: Year’s Best Weird Fiction, Vol. 5, Robert Shearman & Michael Kelly, eds. (Undertow)
  • Audio: Breaking the Glass Slipper Podcast By Lucy Hounsom, Charlotte Bond, & Meghan Leigh
  • Artist: Vince Haig
  • Collection: All the Fabulous Beasts, Priya Sharma (Undertow)
  • Comic/graphic novel: Widdershins, Vol. 7: Curtain Call, Kate Ashwin (self-published)
  • Fantasy novel (the Robert Holdstock Award): The Bitter Twins, Jen Williams (Headline)
  • Film/television production: Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse. Story by Phil Lord. Screenplay by Phil Lord and Rodney Rothman
  • Horror novel (the August Derleth Award): Little Eve, Catriona Ward (W&N)
  • Independent press: Unsung Stories
  • Magazine/periodical: Uncanny magazine
  • Newcomer (the Sydney J. Bounds Award): Tasha Suri, for Empire of Sand (Orbit)
  • Non-fiction: Noise and Sparks, Ruth EJ Booth (Shoreline of Infinity)
  • Novella: The Tea Master and the Detective, Aliette de Bodard (Subterranean)
  • Short fiction: “Down Where Sound Comes Blunt”, G.V. Anderson (F&SF 3-4/18)
  • The Special Award (the Karl Edward Wagner Award): Ian Whates

2018

  • Anthology: New Fears, ed. Mark Morris (Titan Books)
  • Audio: Anansi Boys (by Neil Gaiman, adapted by Dirk Maggs for Radio 4)
  • Artist: Jeffrey Alan Love
  • Collection: Strange Weather
    (Gollancz), Joe Hill
  • Comic/graphic novel: Monstress, Vol 2 (Image Comics), Marjorie Liu & Sana Takeda
  • Fantasy novel (the Robert Holdstock Award): The Ninth Rain
    (Headline), Jen Williams
  • Film/television production: Get Out (Universal Pictures), Jordan Peele
  • Horror novel (the August Derleth Award): The Changeling (Canongate), Victor LaValle
  • Independent press: Unsung Stories
  • Magazine/periodical: Shoreline of Infinity, ed. Noel Chidwick
  • Newcomer (the Sydney J. Bounds Award): Jeannette Ng, Under the Pendulum Sun (Angry Robot)
  • Non-fiction: Gender Identity and Sexuality in Science Fiction and Fantasy (Luna Press), ed. FT Barbini
  • Novella: Passing Strange
    (Tor.com Publishing), Ellen Klages
  • Short fiction: “Looking for Laika, by Laura Mauro (in Interzone #273) (TTA Press)
  • The Special Award (the Karl Edward Wagner Award): N.K. Jemisin

2017

  • Anthology: People of Colour Destroy Science Fiction ed. (Lightspeed Magazine), Nalo Hopkinson & Kristine Ong Muslim
  • Artist: Daniele Serra
  • Collection: Some Will Not Sleep (Ritual Limited), Adam L G Nevill
  • Comic/graphic novel: Monstress, Vol 1: Awakening (Image Comics), Marjorie Liu & Sana Takeda
  • Fantasy novel (the Robert Holdstock Award): The Tiger and the Wolf (Pan Macmillan), Adrian Tchaikovsky
  • Film/television production: Arrival (Paramount Pictures), Denis Villeneuve, Eric Heisserer & Ted Chiang
  • Horror novel (the August Derleth Award): Disappearance at Devil’s Rock (Titan Books), Paul Tremblay
  • Independent press: Grimbold Books
  • Magazine/periodical: Tor.com
  • Newcomer (the Sydney J. Bounds Award): Erica L Satifka, Stay Crazy (Apex Book Company)
  • Non-fiction: The Geek Feminist Revolution (Tor Books), Kameron Huxley
  • Novella: The Ballad of Black Tom (Tor.com Publishing), Victor LaValle
  • Short fiction: “White Rabbit” (Black Static 50 – Jan/Feb 2016), Georgina Bruce
  • The Special Award (the Karl Edward Wagner Award): Jan Edwards

2016

  • Anthology: The Doll Collection, ed. Ellen Datlow (Tor Books)
  • Artist: Julie Dillon
  • Collection: Ghost Summer: Stories, Tananarive Due (Prime Books)
  • Comic/graphic novel: Bitch Planet, Kelly Sue DeConnick, Valentine De Landro, Robert Wilson IV and Cris Peter (Image Comics) (#2–5)
  • Fantasy novel (the Robert Holdstock Award): Uprooted, Naomi Novik (Macmillan)
  • Film/television production: Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell, Peter Harness (BBC One)
  • Horror novel (the August Derleth Award): Rawblood, Catriona Ward (Weidenfeld & Nicolson)
  • Independent press: Angry Robot (Marc Gascoigne)
  • Magazine/periodical: Beneath Ceaseless Skies, ed. Scott H. Andrews (Firkin Press)
  • Newcomer (the Sydney J. Bounds Award): Zen Cho, for Sorcerer to the Crown (Macmillan)
  • Non-fiction: Letters to Tiptree, ed. Alexandra Pierce and Alisa Krasnostein (Twelfth Planet Press)
  • Novella: The Pauper Prince and the Eucalyptus Jinn, Usman T. Malik (Tor.com)
  • Short fiction: Fabulous Beasts, Priya Sharma (Tor.com)
  • The Special Award (the Karl Edward Wagner Award): The FantasyCon redshirts, past and present

2015

  • Anthology: Lightspeed: Women Destroy Science Fiction Special Issue, ed. Christie Yant (Lightspeed Magazine)
  • Artist: Karla Ortiz
  • Collection: Nick Nightmare Investigates, Adrian Cole (The Alchemy Press and Airgedlámh Publications)
  • Comic/graphic novel: Through the Woods, Emily Carroll (Margaret K. McElderry Books)
  • Fantasy novel (the Robert Holdstock Award): Cuckoo Song, Frances Hardinge (Macmillan Children’s Books)
  • Film/television episode: Guardians of the Galaxy, James Gunn and Nicole Perlman (Marvel Studios)
  • Horror novel (the August Derleth Award): No One Gets Out Alive, Adam Nevill (Macmillan)
  • Independent press: Fox Spirit Books (Adele Wearing)
  • Magazine/periodical: Holdfast Magazine, ed. Laurel Sills and Lucy Smee (Laurel Sills and Lucy Smee)
  • Newcomer (the Sydney J. Bounds Award): Sarah Lotz, for The Three (Hodder & Stoughton)
  • Non-fiction: Letters to Arkham: The Letters of Ramsey Campbell and August Derleth, 1961–1971, ed. S.T. Joshi (PS Publishing)
  • Novella: Newspaper Heart, Stephen Volk (The Spectral Book of Horror Stories)
  • Short story: A Woman’s Place, Emma Newman (Two Hundred and Twenty-One Baker Streets)
  • Special Award (the Karl Edward Wagner Award): Juliet E. McKenna

2014

  • Anthology: End of the Road, Jonathan Oliver (ed.) (Solaris)
  • Artist: Joey Hi-Fi
  • Collection: Monsters in the Heart, Stephen Volk (Gray Friar Press)
  • Comic/graphic novel: Demeter, Becky Cloonan
  • Fantasy novel (the Robert Holdstock Award): A Stranger in Olondria, Sofia Samatar (Small Beer Press)
  • Film/television episode: Game of Thrones: The Rains of Castamere, David Benioff and D.B. Weiss (HBO)
  • Horror novel (the August Derleth Award): The Shining Girls, Lauren Beukes (HarperCollins)
  • Magazine/periodical: Clarkesworld, Neil Clarke, Sean Wallace and Kate Baker (ed.) (Wyrm Publishing)
  • Newcomer (the Sydney J. Bounds Award): Ann Leckie, for Ancillary Justice (Orbit)
  • Non-fiction: Speculative Fiction 2012, Justin Landon and Jared Shurin (eds) (Jurassic London)
  • Novella: Beauty, Sarah Pinborough (Gollancz)
  • Short story: Signs of the Times, Carole Johnstone (Black Static #33)
  • Small press: The Alchemy Press (Peter Coleborn)
  • Special Award (The Karl Edward Wagner Award): Farah Mendlesohn

2013

  • Anthology: Magic: an Anthology of the Esoteric and Arcane, Jonathan Oliver (ed.) (Solaris)
  • Artist: Sean Phillips
  • Collection: Remember Why You Fear Me, Robert Shearman (ChiZine)
  • Comic/Graphic Novel: Saga, Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples
  • Fantasy Novel (the Robert Holdstock Award): Some Kind of Fairy Tale, Graham Joyce (Gollancz)
  • Horror Novel (the August Derleth Award): Last Days, Adam Nevill (Macmillan)
  • Magazine/Periodical: Interzone, Andy Cox (ed.)
  • Newcomer (the Sydney J. Bounds Award): Helen Marshall, for Hair Side, Flesh Side (ChiZine Publications)
  • Non-Fiction: Pornokitsch, Anne C. Perry and Jared Shurin (eds)
  • Novella: The Nine Deaths of Dr Valentine, John Llewellyn Probert (Spectral Press)
  • Screenplay: The Cabin in the Woods, Joss Whedon and Drew Goddard
  • Short Story: Shark! Shark!, Ray Cluley (Black Static #29) (TTA Press)
  • Small Press (the PS Publishing Independent Press Award): ChiZine Publications (Brett Alexander Savory and Sandra Kasturi)
  • Special Award (the Karl Edward Wagner Award): Iain Banks / Iain M. Banks

2012

  • Anthology: The Weird, Jeff VanderMeer and Ann VanderMeer (eds) (Corvus Books)
  • Artist: Daniele Serra
  • Collection: Everyone’s Just So So Special, Robert Shearman (Big Finish)
  • Comic/Graphic Novel: Locke and Key, Joe Hill and Gabriel Rodriguez (IDW Publishing)
  • Fantasy Novel (the Robert Holdstock Award): Among Others, Jo Walton (Tor Books)
  • Horror Novel (the August Derleth Award): The Ritual, Adam Nevill (Pan Books)
  • Magazine/Periodical: Black Static, Andy Cox (ed.) (TTA Press)
  • Newcomer (The Sydney J. Bounds Award): Kameron Hurley, for God’s War
  • Non-Fiction: Supergods: Our World in the Age of the Super Hero, Grant Morrison (Jonathan Cape)
  • Novella: Gorel and the Pot Bellied God, Lavie Tidhar (PS Publishing)
  • Screenplay: Midnight in Paris, Woody Allen
  • Short Fiction: The Coffin-Maker’s Daughter, Angela Slatter (A Book of Horrors, Jo Fletcher Books)
  • Small Press (the PS Publishing Independent Press Award): Chômu Press (Quentin S. Crisp and Leon Crisp)
  • Special Award (The Karl Edward Wagner Award): Peter and Nicky Crowther

2011

  • Anthology: Back from the Dead: The Legacy of the Pan Book of Horror Stories, Johnny Mains (ed.) (Noose & Gibbet)
  • Artist: Vincent Chong
  • Collection: Full Dark, No Stars, Stephen King (Hodder & Stoughton)
  • Comic/Graphic Novel: At the Mountains of Madness: a Graphic Novel, Ian Culbard (Selfmadehero)
  • Film: Inception, Christopher Nolan (dir.)
  • Magazine/Periodical: Black Static, Andy Cox (ed.) (TTA Press)
  • Newcomer (the Sydney J. Bounds Award): Robert Jackson Bennet, for Mr Shivers (Orbit)
  • Non-Fiction: Altered Visions: The Art of Vincent Chong (Telos Publishing)
  • Novella: Humpty’s Bones, Simon Clark (Telos Publishing)
  • Short Fiction: Fool’s Gold, Sam Stone (The Bitten Word, NewCon Press)
  • Small Press (The PS Publishing Best Small Press Award): Telos Publishing (David Howe and Stephen James Walker)
  • Television: Sherlock
  • Special Award (the Karl Edward Wagner Award): Terry Pratchett

2010

  • Anthology: The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror 20, ed. Stephen Jones (Constable & Robinson)
  • Artist: Vincent Chong, for work including covers for The Witnesses Are Gone (PS Publishing) and The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror 20 (Constable & Robinson)
  • Collection: Love Songs For The Shy And Cynical, Robert Shearman (Big Finish)
  • Comic/Graphic Novel: Whatever Happened To The Caped Crusader?, Neil Gaiman and Andy Kubert (DC Comics/Titan Books)
  • Film: Let The Right One In, directed by Tomas Alfredson (EFTI)
  • Magazine/Periodical: Murky Depths, edited and published by Terry Martin
  • Newcomer (the Sydney J. Bounds Award): Kari Sperring, for Living With Ghosts (DAW)
  • Non-Fiction: Ansible, David Langford
  • Novel (The August Derleth Fantasy Award): One, Conrad Williams (Virgin Horror)
  • Novella: The Language of Dying, Sarah Pinborough (PS Publishing)
  • Short Fiction: What Happens When You Wake Up In The Night, Michael Marshall Smith (Nightjar)
  • Small Press (the PS Publishing Best Small Press Award): Telos Publishing, David Howe and Stephen James Walker
  • Televison: Doctor Who, head writer: Russell T Davies (BBC Wales)
  • Special Award (the Karl Edward Wagner Award): Robert Holdstock

2009

  • Anthology: The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror 19, ed. Stephen Jones (Constable & Robinson)
  • Artist: Vincent Chong
  • Collection: Bull Running for Girls, Allyson Bird (Screaming Dreams)
  • Comic/Graphic Novel: Locke and Key, Joe Hill and Gabriel Rodriguez (IDW Publishing)
  • Film: The Dark Knight, directed by Christopher Nolan (Warner Brothers)
  • Magazine/Periodical: Postscripts, ed. Peter Crowther and Nick Gevers (PS Publishing)
  • Newcomer (the Sydney J. Bounds Award): Joseph D’Lacey, for Meat (Bloody Books)
  • Non-Fiction: Basil Copper: A Life in Books, by Basil Copper, ed. Stephen Jones (PS Publishing)
  • Novel (the August Derleth Award): Memoirs of a Master Forger, William Heaney, aka Graham Joyce (Gollancz)
  • Novella: The Reach of Children, Tim Lebbon (Humdrumming)
  • Short Fiction: Do You See, Sarah Pinborough (Myth-Understandings)
  • Small Press (the PS Publishing Award): Elastic Press (Andrew Hook)
  • Televison: Doctor Who, head writer Russell T. Davies (BBC Wales)
  • Special Award (the Karl Edward Wagner Award): Hayao Miyazaki

2008

  • Anthology: Stephen Jones, The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror 18 (Robinson)
  • Artist: Vincent Chong
  • Collection: Christopher Fowler, Old Devil Moon (Serpents Tail)
  • Newcomer: Scott Lynch
  • Non-Fiction: Peter Tennant (ed.), Whispers of Wickedness Reviews (website)
  • Novel (the August Derleth Fantasy Award): Ramsey Campbell, The Grin of the Dark (PS Publishing)
  • Novella: Conrad Williams, The Scalding Rooms (PS Publishing)
  • Short Fiction: Joel Lane, My Stone Desire (Black Static #1, TTA Press)
  • Small Press: Peter Crowther, PS Publishing
  • Special Award: Ray Harryhausen

2007

  • Anthology: Extended Play: The Elastic Book of Music, ed. Gary Couzens
  • Artist: Vincent Chong
  • Collection: Fragile Things, Neil Gaiman
  • Newcomer: Joe Hill
  • Novel (the August Derleth Fantasy Award): Dusk, Tim Lebbon
  • Novella: Kid, Paul Finch
  • Short Story: Whisper Lane, Mark Chadbourn
  • Small Press: PS Publishing, Peter Crowther
  • Special Award: Ellen Datlow

2006

  • Anthology: The Elastic Book of Numbers, ed. Allen Ashley
  • Artist: Les Edwards
  • Collection: 20th Century Ghosts, Joe Hill
  • Novel (the August Derleth Fantasy Award): Anansi Boys, Neil Gaiman
  • Novella: The Mask Behind the Face, Stuart Young
  • Short Story: Best New Horror, Joe Hill
  • Small Press: PS Publishing, Peter Crowther
  • Special Award: Stephen Jones

2005

  • Anthology: The Alsiso Project, ed. Andrew Hook
  • Artist: Les Edwards
  • Collection: Out of His Mind, Stephen Gallagher
  • Novel (the August Derleth Fantasy Award): The Dark Tower VII: The Dark Tower, Stephen King
  • Novella: Breathe, Christopher Fowler
  • Short Story: Black Static, Paul Meloy
  • Small Press: Elastic Press, Andrew Hook
  • Special Award: Nigel Kneale

2004

  • Anthology: The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror 14, ed. Stephen Jones
  • Artist: Les Edwards
  • Collection: Told By the Dead, Ramsey Campbell
  • Novel (the August Derleth Fantasy Award): Full Dark House, Christopher Fowler
  • Short Story: American Waitress, Christopher Fowler
  • Small Press: PS Publishing, Peter Crowther
  • Special Award: Peter Jackson, for The Lord of the Rings

2003

  • Anthology: Keep Out the Night, ed. Stephen Jones
  • Artist: Les Edwards
  • Collection: Ramsey Campbell, Probably: On Horror and Sundry Fantasies, Ramsey Campbell
  • Novel (the August Derleth Fantasy Award): The Scar, China Mieville
  • Short Story: The Fairy Feller’s Master Stroke, Mark Chadbourn
  • Small Press: PS Publishing, Peter Crowther
  • Special Award: Alan Garner

2002

  • Anthology: The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror 12, ed. Stephen Jones
  • Collection: Aftershocks, Paul Finch
  • Novel (the August Derleth Fantasy Award): The Night of the Triffids, Simon Clark
  • Short Story: Simon Clark, Goblin City Lights
  • Small Press: PS Publishing, Peter Crowther
  • Artist: Jim Burns

2001

  • Anthology: Hideous Progeny: a Frankenstein Anthology, ed. Brian Willis
  • Artist: Jim Burns
  • Collection: Where the Bodies Are Buried, Kim Newman
  • Novel (the August Derleth Fantasy Award): Perdido Street Station, China Mieville
  • Short Story: Naming of Parts, Tim Lebbon
  • Small Press: PS Publishing, Peter Crowther
  • Special Award: Peter Haining

2000

  • Anthology: The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror 10, ed. Stephen Jones
  • Artist: Les Edwards
  • Collection: Lonesome Roads, Peter Crowther
  • Novel (the August Derleth Fantasy Award): Indigo, Graham Joyce
  • Short Story: White, Tim Lebbon
  • Small Press: Razorblade Press, Darren Floyd
  • Special Award: Anne McCaffrey

1999

  • Anthology: Dark Terrors 4: the Gollancz Book of Horror, eds Stephen Jones and David Sutton
  • Artist: Bob Covington
  • Collection: Ghosts and Grisly Things, Ramsey Campbell
  • Novel (the August Derleth Fantasy Award): Bag of Bones, Stephen King
  • Short Story: The Song My Sister Sang, Stephen Laws
  • Small Press: The Third Alternative, ed. Andy Cox
  • Special Award: Diana Wynne Jones

1998

  • Artist: Jim Burns
  • Collection: Stephen Jones and David Sutton, Dark Terrors 3: the Gollancz Book of Horror
  • Novel (the August Derleth Fantasy Award): Tower of the King’s Daughter, Chaz Brenchley
  • Short Story: Wageslaves, Christopher Fowler
  • Small Press: Interzone, David Pringle
  • Special Award: D.F. Lewis

1997

  • Artist: Jim Burns
  • Collection: The Nightmare Factory, Thomas Ligotti
  • Novel (the August Derleth Fantasy Award): The Tooth Fairy, Graham Joyce
  • Short Story: Dancing About Architecture, Martin Simpson
  • Small Press: H.P. Lovecraft: a Life, S.T. Joshi
  • Special Award: Jo Fletcher

1996

  • Artist: Josh Kirby
  • Collection: Last Rites and Resurrections: Stories from The Third Alternative, Andy Cox (ed.)
  • Novel (the August Derleth Fantasy Award): Requiem, Graham Joyce
  • Short Story: More Tomorrow, Michael Marshall Smith
  • Small Press: The Third Alternative, Andy Cox
  • Special Award: Mike O’Driscoll and Steve Lockley, for Welcome to My Nightmare

1995

  • Artist: Martin McKenna
  • Collection: The Earthwire, Joel Lane
  • Newcomer: Maggie Furey
  • Novel (the August Derleth Fantasy Award): Only Forward, Michael Marshall Smith
  • Short Story: The Temptation of Dr. Stein, Paul McAuley
  • Small Press: Necrofile, Stefan Dziemianowicz, S.T. Joshi and Michael Morrison
  • Special Award: John Jarrold

1994

  • Artist: Les Edwards
  • Collection: Dark Voices 5, eds David Sutton and Stephen Jones
  • Newcomer: Poppy Z Brite
  • Novel (the August Derleth Fantasy Award): The Long Lost, Ramsey Campbell
  • Short Story: The Dog Park, Dennis Etchison
  • Small Press: Dementia 13, Pam Creais
  • Special Award: Dave Sutton

1993

  • Artist: Jim Pitts
  • Collection: Darklands 2, Nicholas Royle
  • Newcomer: Conrad Williams
  • Novel (the August Derleth Fantasy Award): Dark Sister, Graham Joyce
  • Short Story: Night Shift Sister, Nicholas Royle
  • Small Press: Peeping Tom, D Bell and S Hughes
  • Special Award: Michael Moorcock

1992

  • Artist: Jim Pitts
  • Collection: Darklands, Nicholas Royle
  • Newcomer: Melanie Tem
  • Novel (the August Derleth Fantasy Award): Outside the Dog Museum, Jonathan Carroll
  • Short Story: The Dark Land, Michael Marshall Smith
  • Small Press: Peeping Tom, David Bell and Stuart Hughes
  • Special Award: Andrew Porter

1991

  • Artist: Les Edwards
  • Collection: Best New Horror, Stephen Jones and Ramsey Campbell
  • Novel (the August Derleth Fantasy Award): Midnight Sun, Ramsey Campbell
  • Short Story: The Man Who Drew Cats, Michael Marshall Smith
  • Small Press: Dagon, Carl Ford
  • Special Award: Dorothy Lumley

1990

  • Artist: Dave Carson
  • Film: Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
  • Newcomer: Nancy Collins
  • Novel (the August Derleth Fantasy Award): Carrion Comfort, Dan Simmons
  • Short Story: On The Far Side Of The Desert With Dead Folk, Joe Lansdale
  • Small Press: Dagon, Carl Ford
  • Special Award: Peter Coleborn

1989

  • Artist: Dave Carson
  • Film: Beetlejuice
  • Icarus Award: John Gilbert
  • Novel (the August Derleth Fantasy Award): The Influence, Ramsey Campbell
  • Short Story: Fruiting Bodies, Brian Lumley
  • Small Press: Dagon, Carl Ford
  • Special Award: Ronald Chetwynd-Hayes

1988

  • Artist: JK Potter
  • Film: Hellraiser
  • Icarus Award: Carl Ford
  • Novel (the August Derleth Fantasy Award): The Hungry Moon, Ramsey Campbell
  • Short Story: Leaks, Steve Rasnic Tem
  • Small Press: Dagon, Carl Ford

1987

  • Artist: JK Potter
  • Film: Aliens
  • Novel (the August Derleth Fantasy Award): It, Stephen King
  • Short Story: The Olympic Runner, Dennis Etchison
  • Small Press: Fantasy Tales, Stephen Jones and David Sutton
  • Special Award: Charles L Grant

1986

  • Artist: JK Potter
  • Film: Nightmare on Elm Street
  • Novel (the August Derleth Fantasy Award): The Ceremonies, TED Kline
  • Short Story: The Forbidden, Clive Barker
  • Small Press: Fantasy Tales, Stephen Jones and David Sutton
  • Special Award: Les Flood

1985

  • Artist: Stephen Fabian
  • Film: Ghostbusters
  • Novel (the August Derleth Fantasy Award): Incarnate, Ramsey Campbell
  • Short Story: In the Hills, the Cities, Clive Barker
  • Small Press: Whispers, Stuart David Schiff
  • Special Award: Manly Wade Wellman

1984

  • Artist: Rowena Morrill
  • Film: Videodrome
  • Novel (the August Derleth Fantasy Award): Floating Dragon, Peter Straub
  • Short Story: Neither Brute Nor Human, Karl Edward Wagner
  • Small Press: Ghosts & Scholars, Ro Pardoe

1983

  • Artist: Dave Carson
  • Film: Blade Runner
  • Novel (the August Derleth Fantasy Award): Sword of the Lictor, Gene Wolfe
  • Short Story: The Breathing Method, Stephen King
  • Small Press: Fantasy Tales, Stephen Jones and David Sutton
  • Special Award: Karl Edward Wagner

1982

  • Artist: Dave Carson
  • Film: Raiders of the Lost Ark
  • Novel (the August Derleth Fantasy Award): Cujo, Stephen King
  • Short Story: The Dark Country, Dennis Etchison
  • Small Press: Fantasy Tales, Stephen Jones and David Sutton

1981

  • Artist: Dave Carson
  • Film: The Empire Strikes Back
  • Novel (the August Derleth Fantasy Award): To Wake The Dead, Ramsey Campbell
  • Short Story: The Stains, Robert Aickman
  • Small Press: Airgedlamh, Dave McFerran, Stephen Jones and David Sutton
  • Special Award: Stephen King

1980

  • Artist: Stephen Fabian
  • Comic: Heavy Metal
  • Film: Alien
  • Novel (the August Derleth Fantasy Award): Death’s Master, Tanith Lee
  • Short Story: The Button Molder, Fritz Leiber
  • Small Press: Fantasy Tales 3, Stephen Jones and David Sutton

1979

  • Artist: Boris Vallejo, Amazon Princess and her Pet
  • Comic: The Scarlet Citadel, Roy Thomas and Frank Brunner
  • Film: Close Encounters of the Third Kind
  • Novel (the August Derleth Fantasy Award): The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever, Stephen Donaldson
  • Short Story: Jeffty is Five, Harlan Ellison
  • Small Press: Fantasy Tales 2, Stephen Jones and David Sutton

1978

  • Artist: Steve Fabian
  • Comic: Marvel Premiere 38: Weirdworld
  • Film: Carrie
  • Novel (the August Derleth Fantasy Award): A Spell for Chameleon, Piers Anthony
  • Short Story: In the Bag, Ramsey Campbell
  • Small Press: Fantasy Tales 1, Stephen Jones and David Sutton

1977

  • Artist: Michael Kaluta, The Sacrifice
  • Comic: Howard the Duck #3
  • Film: The Omen
  • Novel (the August Derleth Fantasy Award): The Dragon and The George, Gordon Dickson
  • Short Story: Two Suns Setting, Karl Edward Wagner
  • Small Press: Anduril, John Martin

1976

  • Comic: Savage Sword of Conan
  • Film: Monty Python and the Holy Grail
  • Novel (the August Derleth Fantasy Award): Michael Moorcock, The Hollow Lands
  • Short Story: Second Book of Fritz Lieber

1975

  • Comic: Savage Sword of Conan
  • Film: The Exorcist
  • Novel (the August Derleth Fantasy Award): Michael Moorcock, The Sword and the Stallion
  • Short Story: Karl Edward Wagner Sticks

1974

  • Comic: Conan
  • Film: Legend of Hell House
  • Novel (the August Derleth Fantasy Award): Hrolf Kraki’s Saga, Poul Anderson
  • Short Story: The Jade Man’s Eyes, Michael Moorcock

1973

  • Comic: Conan
  • Film: Tales from the Crypt
  • Novel (the August Derleth Fantasy Award): The King of the Swords, Michael Moorcock
  • Short Story: The Fallible Fiend, L Sprague de Camp
  • Special Award: Marches of Valhalla, Robert E Howard

1972

  • Novel: The Knight of the Swords, Michael Moorcock