Where and When:
World Fantasy Convention,
Brighton, UK :
October 30, 2025
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November 2, 2025
Eligibility Year:
2024
Fantasy Novel (robert Holdstock Award)
Horror Novel (august Derleth Award)
Anthology
- 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)
Non-fiction
- “Autism and Writing”, David Green (BFS Blog)
- The Full Lid, Alasdair Stuart, edited by Marguerite Kenner (self-published)
- Queer as Folklore: The Hidden Queer History of Myths and Monsters, Sacha Coward (Unbound)
- 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
- Black Shuck
- Flame Tree
- Luna Press Publishing
- Newcon
- Swan River
Magazine/periodical
- Ginger Nuts of Horror
- ParSec
- Phantasmagoria
Audio
- Breaking the Glass Slipper
- PodCastle
- PseudoPod
- The Tiny Bookcase
Sydney J. Bounds Award For Best Newcomer