British Fantasy Awards 2025
science fiction awards database
Where and When:
World Fantasy Convention,
Brighton, UK :
October 30, 2025
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November 2, 2025
Eligibility Year: 2024
Eligibility Year: 2024
Fantasy Novel (robert Holdstock Award)
- Winner: Masquerade, O. O. Sangoyomi (Forge)
- Fathomfolk, Eliza Chan (Orbit)
- The Green Man's War, Juliet E. McKenna (Wizard's Tower)
- Long Live Evil, Sarah Rees Brennan (Orbit)
- A Shadow Over Haven, David Green (Eerie River)
Horror Novel (august Derleth Award)
- Winner: My Darling Dreadful Thing, Johanna van Veen (Poisoned Pen)
- Among the Living, Tim Lebbon (Titan)
- Bury Your Gays, Chuck Tingle (Titan)
- Feast While You Can, Mikaella Clements & Onjuli Datta (Grand Central)
- The Ravening, Daniel Church (Angry Robot)
- Withered Hill, David Barnett (Canelo Horror)
Anthology
- Winner: Bury Your Gays: An Anthology of Tragic Queer Horror, Sofia Ajram, ed. (Ghoulish)
- Fight Like a Girl Vol. 2, Roz Clarke & Joanne Hall, eds. (Wizard's Tower)
- Heartwood: A Mythago Wood Anthology, Dan Coxon, ed. (PS)
- I Want That Twink Obliterated!, Robert Berg, Trip Galey & C. L. McCartney, eds. (Bona)
- Nova Scotia Vol. 2, Neil Williamson & Andrew J. Wilson, eds. (Luna Press Publishing)
- The Year's Best African Speculative Fiction 2023, Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki & Chinaza Eziaghighala, eds. (Caezik SF & Fantasy)
Collection
- Winner: Elephants in Bloom, Cécile Cristofari (Newcon)
- Dirt Upon My Skin, Steve Toase (Black Shuck)
- Limelight and Other Stories, Lyndsey Croal (Shortwave)
- Mood Swings, Dave Jeffery (Black Shuck)
- Preaching to the Perverted, James Bennett (Lethe)
Novella
- Winner: The Last to Drown, Lorraine Wilson (Luna Press Publishing)
- Charlie Says, Neil Williamson (Black Shuck)
- Millionaires Day, Kit Power (French Press)
- What Feasts at Night, T. Kingfisher (Titan)
Short Fiction
- Winner: “Loneliness Universe”, Eugenia Triantafyllou (Uncanny May/Jun 2024)
- “Godskin”, CL Hellisen (Strange Horizons 4 Mar 2024)
- “Jinx”, Carlie St. George (PseudoPod 2 Feb 2024)
- “The Oracle at Dairy”, Tiffani Angus (Trembling with Fear 29 Sep 2024)
- “The Witch's Pillowbook”, Priya Sharma (Bound in Blood)
Non-fiction
- Winner: Queer as Folklore: The Hidden Queer History of Myths and Monsters, Sacha Coward (Unbound)
- “Autism and Writing”, David Green (BFS Blog)
- The Full Lid, Alasdair Stuart, edited by Marguerite Kenner (self-published)
- Spec Fic for Newbies Vol. 2: A Beginner’s Guide to Writing More Subgenres of Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror, Tiffani Angus & Val Nolan (Luna Press Publishing)
- Track Changes, Abigail Nussbaum (Briardene)
- Translating, Interpreting, and Decolonizing Chinese Fairy Tales: A Case Study and Ideological Approach (Studies in Folklore and Ethnology: Traditions, Practices, and Identities), Juwen Zhang (Lexington)
Independent Press
- Winner: Flame Tree
- Black Shuck
- Luna Press Publishing
- Newcon
- Swan River
Magazine/periodical
- Winner: ParSec
- Ginger Nuts of Horror
- Phantasmagoria
Artist
Audio
- Winner: Breaking the Glass Slipper
- PodCastle
- PseudoPod
- The Tiny Bookcase
Karl Edward Wagner Award For Special Achievement
- Winner: Ro Pardoe
Sydney J. Bounds Award For Best Newcomer
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