British Fantasy Awards 1979
science fiction awards database
Where and When:
FantasyCon 5,
Coventry :
February 23, 1979
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February 25, 1979
Eligibility Year: 1977-1978
Eligibility Year: 1977-1978
August Derleth Award (novel)
- Winner: The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever, Stephen R. Donaldson (Holt, Rinehart & Winston)
- Dying of the Light, George R. R. Martin (Gollancz)
- Gloriana, Michael Moorcock (Allison & Busby)
- The Quest of the White Witch, Tanith Lee (DAW)
- The Road to Corlay, Richard Cowper (Gollancz)
Short Story
- Winner: “Jeffty Is Five”, Harlan Ellison (F&SF Jul 1977)
- “The Big Spell”, J. Michael Reaves (Weird Heroes Volume 8)
- “The Changer of Names”, Ramsey Campbell (Swords Against Darkness II)
- “The Lady in White”, Stephen R. Donaldson (F&SF Feb 1978)
Small Press
- Winner: Fantasy Tales #2, Stephen Jones & David Sutton
- Cthulhu 2: Tales of the Cthulhu Mythos, Jon Harvey (Spectra Press)
- Longbore the Inexhuastible, Jon Harvey
- Weirdbook #13, W. Paul Ganley
- Whispers #10, Stuart David Schiff
Film
- Winner: Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Steven Spielberg (wr./dir. Stephen Spielberg)
- Rabid, David Cronenberg (dir. David Cronenberg)
- The Shout, Jerzy Skolimowski (dir. Jerzy Skolimowski)
- Star Wars, George Lucas (dir. George Lucas)
Artwork
- Winner: Cover of Boris magazine "The Amazing Princess and Her Pet", Boris Vallejo
- George Barr for Hasan by Piers Anthony
- Page 97 in Queens Walk in the Dust by Thomas Burnett Swann, Jeff Jones
- Plate 12 of The Land of Froud, Brian Froud
- "The Sorcerer" from Longbore the Inexhaustible, Simon Horsfall
Comic
- Winner: The Scarlet Citadel: The Savage Sword of Conan #30, Roy Thomas & Frank Brunner (Marvel Comics)
- All Men Are Mine: Warlord #14, Mike Grell (Marvel Comics)
- Among the Great Divide: Rampaging Hulk #7, Steve Gerber, Jim Starlin & Bob Wiaceck (Marvel Comics)
- Faster-Than-Light Interstellar Drive, Jim Stenstrum & Louis Bremejo (1984)
- Sandsong, Chris Claremont & Carmine Infantino (Marvel Preview #14)
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