Peter Atkins' Rumours of the Marvellous (published by The Alchemy Press) has been short-listed in the Best Collection category of the British Fantasy Awards. The winner will be announced at FantasyCon 2012 in September. All short-listed items can be found here. Well done to all nominees -- best of luck to you all.
Showing posts with label British Fantasy Awards. Show all posts
Showing posts with label British Fantasy Awards. Show all posts
Tuesday, May 8, 2012
Wednesday, February 29, 2012
The 2012 British Fantasy Awards
The British Fantasy Society has announced the jury for the 2012 British Fantasy Awards. The jury will deliberate on a shortlist of nominations, determined by the members of the BFS. The jury shall also have powers to add nominations where it identifies an egregious omission. The British Fantasy Awards will be presented during FantasyCon in September 2012.
Friday, December 30, 2011
The BFS Journal
The British Fantasy Society’s Journal, dated winter 2011/12, is now available. The BFS Journal, incorporating the previous individual publications Dark Horizons and Prism, is edited by Peter Coleborn (fiction), Lou Morgan (non-fiction) and Ian Hunter (poetry). For more information on Peter Coleborn and Dark Horizons, visit his blog.
Fiction in this issue, several using seasonal themes, comes from Allen Ashley, Julian Baxter-Cockbill, James Brogden, Ray Cluley, Alister Davison, Stuart Hughes, Ian Hunter, Andy Oldfield, Rod Rees and Deborah Walker. Non-fiction includes items by or on James Barclay, Mike Barrett, Ramsey Campbell, Peter Crowther, Jo Fletcher, Mark Morris and others.
The cover art is by Vincent Chong, winner of the BFS Best Artist Award, presented at FantasyCon in September 2011.
The BFS Journal is only available as part of membership to the British FantasySociety.
Monday, September 20, 2010
The 2010 British Fantasy Awards
Best Novel: the August Derleth Fantasy Award: One by Conrad Williams (Virgin Horror)
Best Novella: The Language of Dying by Sarah Pinborough (PS Publishing)
Best Short Fiction: “What Happens When You Wake Up in the Night” by Michael Marshall Smith (Nightjar)
Best Anthology: The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror 20 edited by Stephen Jones (Constable and Robinson)
Best Collection: Love Songs for the Shy and Cynical by Robert Shearman (Big Finish)
The PS Publishing Best Small Press Award: Telos Publishing published by David Howe
Best Comic/Graphic Novel: Whatever Happened to the Caped Crusader? by Neil Gaiman and Andy Kubert (DC Comics/Titan Books)
Best Artist: Vincent Chong
Best Non-Fiction: Ansible by David Langford
Best Magazine/Periodical: Murky Depths published by Terry Martin
Best Television: Doctor Who (head writer Russell T Davies, BBC Wales)
Best Film: Let the Right One In directed by Tomas Alfredson (EFTI)
Best Newcomer: The Sydney J. Bounds Award: Kari Sperring for Living With Ghosts (DAW)
The British Fantasy Society Special Award: The Karl Edward Wagner Award: Robert Holdstock
Tuesday, March 31, 2009
PS Publishing stands down from the BFS Awards
Pete Crowther and PS Publishing have decided to withdraw from the Small Press category of the British Fantasy Awards. This follows a string of award wins -- all deserved. However, I applaud this decision, which echoes Stephen Jones and David Sutton's similar decision with Fantasy Tales way back when. Besides, there is no other press in the UK that stands even close to PS. Pete and crew are, in addition, offering a financial prize to the winners of this award. Here is their press release:
For the past eight years PS Publishing has won the BFS Best Small Press award every year bar one (2005, when Elastic Press saw their hard work commended). Now, as the company reaches its tenth anniversary, Pete Crowther, PS founder and editor-in-chief has come to a decision: the company will no longer be eligible in the category.
“It wasn’t a decision made lightly,” he explains, “nor would I want anyone to think it represents an attitude of complacency on our part. When we started we published four books in a year; now that number is closer to forty. With the best will in the world, that’s not so small anymore! The support of the BFS membership has meant a great deal to us over those ten years but the time has come to stand to one side and instead help to acknowledge the great work being done by other imprints.”
With that in mind the BFS is joining forces with PS to rework the award. The PS Best Small Press Award will, as before, be voted on by the membership of the BFS and FantasyCon with the winner receiving not only their award but also a prize of £250 donated by PS.
“Running a small press can be a thankless and expensive task,” Pete comments. “Indeed, there have been many times for us when an extra £250 towards ever-increasing bills would have been a godsend. If our contribution helps in some albeit small way to maintain and promote the valuable work done by independent presses, then it will be money well-spent.”
For the past eight years PS Publishing has won the BFS Best Small Press award every year bar one (2005, when Elastic Press saw their hard work commended). Now, as the company reaches its tenth anniversary, Pete Crowther, PS founder and editor-in-chief has come to a decision: the company will no longer be eligible in the category.
“It wasn’t a decision made lightly,” he explains, “nor would I want anyone to think it represents an attitude of complacency on our part. When we started we published four books in a year; now that number is closer to forty. With the best will in the world, that’s not so small anymore! The support of the BFS membership has meant a great deal to us over those ten years but the time has come to stand to one side and instead help to acknowledge the great work being done by other imprints.”
With that in mind the BFS is joining forces with PS to rework the award. The PS Best Small Press Award will, as before, be voted on by the membership of the BFS and FantasyCon with the winner receiving not only their award but also a prize of £250 donated by PS.
“Running a small press can be a thankless and expensive task,” Pete comments. “Indeed, there have been many times for us when an extra £250 towards ever-increasing bills would have been a godsend. If our contribution helps in some albeit small way to maintain and promote the valuable work done by independent presses, then it will be money well-spent.”
Saturday, October 4, 2008
Fantasycon 2008 images
Vincent Chong
Dave McKean & Paul Kane
Tim Lebbon & Christopher Golden
James Barclay
Peter Crowther, Paul Finch, Dave McKean & Stephen Volk
British Fantasy Award winnersAll photos (c) Peter Coleborn
If anyone wishes to use any of the photos on this blog please contact me beforehand. I am also able to provide high resolution images suitable for print.
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