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:
12-630: Best Collection may refer to: Literary Awards [ edit ] Best Collection, British Fantasy Award Best Collection, Forward Prizes for Poetry Music [ edit ] Best Collection (Toni Qattan album) Best Collection , album by Andy Hui 2005 Best Collection I , 1993-1995 debut album of Mongolian heavy metal band Hurd, from Hurd discography Best Collection II , Unplugged (1995-1999) Hurd (band) Coquillage: The Best Collection II Kokia's second greatest hits album 2009 Best Collection , Teddy Afro Topics referred to by
24-659: A year from 2008 to 2010, which published fiction and articles, but not poetry. There was also Shelflings , an ezine collecting reviews from the BFS website. The society continues to produce a series of publications, including numbered chapbooks of works by William Hope Hodgson , Michael Moorcock , Ramsey Campbell , Peter Tremayne , August Derleth , and M. R. James . Magazines previously published include Winter Chills (later renamed Chills ), edited by Peter Coleborn , and Mystique: Tales Of Wonder , edited by Mike Chinn . Both these magazines were independent publications, but linked to
36-481: A year, with alternating schedules. These are available in both print and electronically. It also produces a monthly members only email, which rounds up news, reviews and usually includes an exclusive short story. Previous publications include Prism , which featured news, reviews and columns, Dark Horizons , which featured fiction, non-fiction and poetry, and enjoyed the patronage of many established authors, artists, critics and journalists, and New Horizons , issued twice
48-728: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages British Fantasy Award The membership of the BFS vote to determine the shortlists of the awards, the winners being decided by juries. Previously "Best Short Story", before 2008. Was originally presented as a single award known as "Best Novel", the August Derleth Fantasy Award, until split in 2012. (the Robert Holdstock Award) (the August Derleth Award ) Provided as "Small Press" until 2015, when that
60-509: The BFS, and in the case of Mystique , absorbed into Dark Horizons after a few issues. Paperback titles include Clive Barker : Mythmaker for the Millennium by Suzanne J. Barbieri , and Annabel Says , a modern ghost story by Simon Clark and Stephen Laws . In 2007 it published HP Lovecraft in Britain: a Monograph , written by Stephen Jones and illustrated by Les Edwards . Dark Horizons ,
72-600: 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. British Fantasy Society The British Fantasy Society (BFS)
84-612: The journal of the British Fantasy Society, was published from 1971 to 2010, before being folded into the British Fantasy Society Journal . Its contents and subject matter varied, according to the tastes of the editors and the contents of the other magazines being published by the BFS at the same time, but generally included some combination of fantasy, science-fiction and horror-related fiction, articles, poetry and artwork. Its editors included: The BFS Journal
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108-468: The suggestion of its president, the author Ramsey Campbell . It held its first Fantasycon in 1975. The current British Fantasy Society has no direct connection with the earlier science fiction group using the same name from 1942 to 1946. The BFS currently publishes two magazines, BFS Horizons , its fiction publication; and the BFS Journal , its non-fiction and academic publication. Each has two issues
120-648: 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. Television: Doctor Who Television: Doctor Who Television: Sherlock Category discontinued Category discontinued (Sydney J. Bounds Award) (Karl Edward Wagner Award) Maureen K. Speller Birmingham In 2011, British writer Sam Stone won
132-448: Was ended and replace with "Independent" 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 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
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#1733086325602144-692: Was founded in 1971 as the British Weird Fantasy Society, an offshoot of the British Science Fiction Association . The society is dedicated to promoting the best in the fantasy , science fiction and horror genres . In 2000, the BFS won the Special Award: Non-Professional at the World Fantasy Awards . The society also has its own awards, the annual British Fantasy Awards , created in 1971 at
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