FINALISTS: 2012 British Fantasy Awards
The finalists for the 2012 British Fantasy Awards have been announced:
Novel
- The Heroes; Joe Abercrombie (Gollancz)
- 11.22.63; Stephen King (Hodder & Stoughton)
- Cyber Circus; Kim Lakin-Smith (NewCon Press)
- A Dance with Dragons; George RR Martin (Harper Voyager)
- The Ritual; Adam Nevill (Pan)
- Among Others; Jo Walton (Tor Books)
There will be two awards in the best Novel category: The August Derleth Award for best horror novel and The Robert Holdstock Award for best fantasy novel.
Novella
- Terra Damnata; James Cooper (PS Publishing)
- “Ghosts with Teeth”; Peter Crowther (A Book of Horrors, Jo Fletcher Books)
- King Death; Paul Finch (Spectral Press)
- “Near Zennor”; Elizabeth Hand (A Book of Horrors, Jo Fletcher Books)
- “The Music of Bengt Karlsson, Murderer”; John Ajvide Lindqvist (A Book of Horrors, Jo Fletcher Books)
- Gorel and the Pot Bellied God; Lavie Tidhar (PS Publishing)
Short Fiction
- “Dermot”; Simon Bestwick (Black Static)
- “Sad, Dark Thing”; Michael Marshall Smith (A Book of Horrors)
- “Florrie”; Adam Nevill (House of Fear)
- “Alice Through the Plastic Sheet”; Robert Shearman (A Book of Horrors)
- “The Coffin-Maker’s Daughter”; Angela Slatter (A Book of Horrors)
Anthology
- A Book of Horrors; editor Stephen Jones (Jo Fletcher Books)
- House of Fear; editor Jonathan Oliver (Solaris Books)
- The Weird; editors Jeff and Ann Vandermeer (Corvus Books)
- Gutshot; editor Conrad Williams (PS Publishing)
Collection
- Rumours of the Marvellous; Peter Atkins (Alchemy Press)
- Mrs Midnight; Reggie Oliver (Tartarus Press)
- Everyone’s Just So So Special; Robert Shearman (Big Finish)
- A Glass of Shadow; Liz Williams (NewCon Press)
Screenplay
- Midnight in Paris by Woody Allen
- Attack the Block by Joe Cornish
- The Awakening by Stephen Volk and Nick Murphy
- Melancholia by Lars Von Trier
- Kill List by Ben Wheatley and Amy Jump
Magazine/Periodical
- Black Static; ed. Andy Cox TTA Press
- Interzone; ed. Andy Cox TTA Press
- SFX, ed. Dave Bradley Future Publishing
- The Horror Zine, ed. Jeani Rector
Comic/Graphic Novel
- Animal Man; Jeff Lemire and Travel Foreman (DC Comics)
- Batwoman; JH Williams III and W Haden Blackman (DC Comics)
- Locke and Key; Joe Hill and Gabriel Rodriguez (IDW Publishing)
- The Unwritten; Mike Carey and Peter Gross (Vertigo)
- The Walking Dead; Robert Kirkman and Charlie Adlard (Image)
The PS Publishing Independent Press Award
- Chomu Press; Quentin S Crisp
- Gray Friar Press; Gary Fry
- NewCon Press; Ian Whates
- Spectral Press; Simon Marshall-Jones
The Artist Award
- Ben Baldwin
- Vincent Chong
- Les Edwards
- Daniele Serra
The Non-Fiction Award
- Lest You Should Suffer Nightmares: A biography of Herbert Van Thal; Johnny Mains (Screaming Dreams)
- Supergods: Our World in the Age of the Superhero; Grant Morrison (Jonathan Cape)
- Nightmare Movies: Horror on Screen since the 1960s; Kim Newman (Bloomsbury Publishing)
- Studies in Terror: Landmarks of Horror Cinema; Jonathan Rigby (Signum Books)
- Case Notes; Peter Tennant (Black Static)
Congratulations to all the nominees!
No “Best Artist” award this year?
Actually, I accidentally left off a couple of categories, which are now listed above — thanks!
Uh, how did Joe Hill’s “Woolverton Station” get left off the Short Fiction ballot?