Where and When:
FantasyCon 2015,
Nottingham, England :
October 25, 2015
Eligibility Year:
2014
Fantasy Novel (robert Holdstock Award)
Horror Novel (august Derleth Award)
Anthology
- Winner: Lightspeed: Women Destroy Science Fiction Special Issue, Christie Yant, ed. (Lightspeed)
- The Alchemy Press Book of Urban Mythic 2, Jan Edwards & Jenny Barber, eds. (Alchemy)
- Horror Uncut: Tales of Social Insecurity and Economic Unease, Joel Lane & Tom Johnstone, eds. (Gray Friar)
- The Spectral Book of Horror Stories, Mark Morris, ed. (Spectral)
- Terror Tales of Wales, Paul Finch, ed. (Gray Friar)
Short Story
- Winner: “A Woman's Place”, Emma Newman (Two Hundred and Twenty-One Baker Streets)
- “A Change of Heart”, Gaie Sebold (Wicked Women)
- “The Girl on the Suicide Bridge”, J. A. Mains (Beside the Seaside)
- “Ptichka”, Laura Mauro (Horror Uncut: Tales of Social Insecurity and Economic Unease)
Non-fiction
- Winner: Letters to Arkham: The Letters of Ramsey Campbell and August Derleth, 1961-1971, S. T. Joshi, ed. (PS Publishing)
- D.F. Lewis Dreamcatcher Real-Time Reviews, D. F. Lewis (D.F. Lewis)
- Ginger Nuts of Horror, Jim McLeod, ed. (Jim McLeod)
- Rhapsody: Notes on Strange Fiction, Hal Duncan (Lethe)
- Sibilant Fricative: Essays & Reviews, Adam Roberts (Steel Quill)
- Touchstones: Essays on the Fantastic, John Howard (Alchemy)
- You Are the Hero: A History of Fighting Fantasy Gamebooks, Jonathan Green (Snowbooks)
Magazine/periodical
- Winner: Holdfast Magazine, Laurel Sills & Lucy Smee, eds.
- Black Static, Andy Cox, ed.
- Interzone, Andy Cox, ed.
- Lightspeed, John Joseph Adams, ed.
- Sein und Werden, Rachel Kendall, ed.
Film/television Episode
- Winner: Guardians of the Galaxy (James Gunn and Nicole Perlman (Marvel Studios))
- Birdman: Or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) (Alejandro González Iñárritu (Fox Searchlight Pictures))
- Black Mirror: “White Christmas” (Charlie Brooker (Channel 4))
- Interstellar (Christopher Nolan and Jonathan Nolan (Paramount Pictures))
- Under the Skin (Walter Campbell and Jonathan Glazer (Film4 et al))
Sydney J. Bounds Award For Best Newcomer
- Winner: Sarah Lotz, for The Three (Hodder & Stoughton)
- Edward Cox, for The Relic Guild (Gollancz)
- Laura Mauro, for "Ptichka" (Horror Uncut: Tales of Social Insecurity and Economic Unease)
- Den Patrick, for The Boy with the Porcelain Blade (Gollancz)
- Jen Williams, for The Copper Promise (Headline)