British Fantasy Awards 2017 - Shortlist

The shortlist for the British Fantasy Awards 2017 has been announced. The winners will be announced during the BFA Banquet at FantasyCon 2017, held this year at the Bull Hotel, Peterborough, September 29th – October 1st.


Best Newcomer

• James Bennett, for Chasing Embers
• Daniel Godfrey, for New Pompeii
• Erika L Satifka, for Stay Crazy
• Phil Sloman, for Becoming David
• Martin Owton, for Exile

Best Magazine / Periodical

• Black Static
• Ginger Nuts of Horror
• Interzone
• Tor.com
• Uncanny Magazine

Best Non-fiction

• Blood Spectrum – Gary Couzens
• The Geek Feminist Revolution – Kameron Hurley
• Ginger Nuts of Horror ed. Jim McLeod
• This Spectacular Darkness – Joel Lane, ed. Mark Valentine
• The Women of Harry Potter series – Sarah Gailey
• Words are my Matter: Writings about Life and Books, 2000-2016 – Ursula K Le Guin

Best Comic / Graphic Novel

• 2000AD (progs 1963-2011) ed. Matt Smith
• Monstress, Vol 1: Awakening – Marjorie Liu & Sana Takeda
• Patsy Walker, A.K.A. Hellcat! (#2-13) – Kate Leth & Brittney Williams
• Saga (#33-40) – Brian K Vaughan & Fiona Staples
• Sixpack and Dogwelder: Hard Travelin’ Heroz (#1-5) – Garth Ennis & Russ Braun
• Skal (Chapter 3, pages 1-19) – Jennie Gyllblad

Best Independent Press

• Alchemy Press
• Fox Spirit Books
• Grimbold Press
• NewCon Press
• TTA Press

Best Artist

• Ben Baldwin
• Evelinn Enoksen
• Sarah Anne Langton
• Daniele Serra

Best Anthology

• Asian Monsters ed. Margrét Helgadóttir
• Dead Letters ed. Conrad Williams
• Fight Like a Girl ed. Joanne Hall & Roz Clarke
• People of Colour Destroy Science Fiction ed. Lightspeed Magazine
• The Starlit Wood: New Fairy Tales ed. Dominik Larisien & Navah Wolfe
• Something Remains ed. Peter Coleborn and Pauline E Dungate

Best Collection

• The Parts We Play – Stephen Volk
• Secret Language – Neil Williamson
• Sharp Ends – Joe Abercrombie
• Some Will Not Sleep – Adam Nevill
• A Tiding of Magpies – Pete Sutton
• The Unheimlich Menoeuvre – Tracy Fahey

Best Film / Television Production

• Arrival
• Black Mirror series 3
• Captain America: Civil War
• Deadpool
• High Rise

Best Novella

• Arrival of Missives – Aliya Whiteley
• The Ballad of Black Tom – Victor LaValle
• Bodies of Water – VH Leslie
• Every Heart a Doorway – Seanan McGuire
• The Grieving Stones – Gary McMahon
• Hammers on Bone – Cassandra Khaw

Best Short Fiction

• "Charmed Life" – Simon Avery
• "Greenteeth" – Gary Budden
• "The Watcher" – Sammy HK Smith
• "Waxy" – Camilla Grudova
• "White Rabbit" – Georgina Bruce
• "The Women’s Song" – Nadine West

Best Horror Novel

• 13 Minutes – Sarah Pinborough
• Disappearance at Devil’s Rock – Paul Tremblay
• The Hidden People – Alison Littlewood
• The Searching Dead – Ramsey Campbell

Best Fantasy Novel

• The High King’s Vengeance – Steven Poore
• The Silver Tide – Jen Williams
• The Summer Goddess – Joanne Hall
• The Tiger and the Wolf – Adrian Tchaikovsky

The Juries

Fiction: Elloise Hopkins, Susan Oke, Christian Cameron
Horror: Mark West, Laura Mauro, Gareth Spark
Novella: Penny Jones, Sarah Ann Watts, Pete Sutton
Short Story: Andrew Hook, Richard Webb, Stephen Bacon
Collection: Gillian Redfearn, Gary Couzens, Colleen Anderson
Anthology: Lea Fletcher, Richard Webb, Stephen Bacon
Film/TV: Marcus Gipps, Rob Malan, Alasdair Stuart
Comics: Alasdair Stuart, Stephen Theaker, Marcus Gipps
Indie: Terry Jackman, Ross Warren, Lea Fletcher
Magazine: Neil Williamson, Margret Helgadottir, Ross Warren
Nonfiction: Lea Fletcher, Ruth Booth, Alasdair Stuart
Artist: Gillian Redfearn, Robin Carter, Rob Malan
Newcomer: Robin Carter, Pauline Morgan, Shona Kinsella