The British Fantasy Society (BFS) has announced the nominees for their 2007 British Fantasy Awards. The winners will be announced at the Sunday banquet of this year’s British Fantasy Convention, Fantasycon 2007, which will be held 21-23 September at the Britannia Hotel in Nottingham, UK.
The nominees, by category, in alphabetical order, are:
Novel: The August Derleth Award:
* Bridge of Dreams by Chaz Brenchley (Ace Books)
* The Devil You Know by Mike Carey (Orbit Books)
* Jack of Ravens: Kingdom of the Serpent, Book 1 by Mark Chadbourn (Gollancz)
* Nova Swing by M. John Harrison (Gollancz)
* Dusk by Tim Lebbon (Spectra)
* The Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch (Gollancz)
* Breeding Ground by Sarah Pinborough (Leisure Books)
* The Face of Twilight by Mark Samuels (PS Publishing)
* The Unblemished by Conrad Williams (Earthling Publications)
Novella:
* “The Memory of Joy” by Eric Brown (appeared in Choices, Pendragon Press)
* “She Loves Monsters” by Simon Clark (Necessary Evil Press)
* “Kid” by Paul Finch (Choices, Pendragon Press)
* “The Djinn’s Wife” by Ian McDonald (Asimov’s Science Fiction, July 2006)
* “Rough Cut” by Gary McMahon (Rough Cut, Pendragon Press)
Short Fiction:
* “The Little Drummer Boy” by Marion Arnott (Extended Play: The Elastic Book of Music, Elastic Press)
* “Whisper Lane” by Mark Chadbourn (BFS: A Celebration, British Fantasy Society)
* “Puca Muc” by Steve Lockley & Paul Lewis (Shrouded By Darkness, Telos Publishing)
* “The Disappeared” by Sarah Singleton (Time Pieces, NewCon Press)
* “31/10” by Stephen Volk (Dark Corners, Gray Friar Press)
* “The Veteran” by Conrad Williams (Postscripts #6)
Collection:
* Fragile Things by Neil Gaiman (Headline)
* The Lost District and Other Stories by Joel Lane (Night Shade Books)
* The Man from the Diogenes Club by Kim Newman (Monkeybrain)
* Unbecoming and Other Tales of Horror by Mike O’Driscoll (Elastic Press)
* The Ephemera by Neil Williamson (Elastic Press)
Anthology:
* Extended Play: The Elastic Book of Music edited by Gary Couzens (Elastic Press)
* The Year’s Best Fanasy & Horror: 19th Annual Collection edited by Ellen Datlow, Kelly Link & Gavin J. Grant (St. Martin’s Press)
* Shrouded by Darkness: Tales of Terror edited by Alison L.R. Davies (Telos Publishing)
* The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror 17 edited by Stephen Jones (Robinson Publishing)
* Choices by Christopher Teague (Pendragon Press)
Small Press:
* Andy Cox for TTA Press
* Peter Crowther for PS Publishing
* Andrew Hook for Elastic Press
* David J. Howe & Stephen James Walker for Telos Publishing
* Christopher Teague for Pendragon Press
Artist:
* Vincent Chong
* Les Edwards
* Dean Harkness
* Edward Miller
* John Picacio
Non-Fiction:
* The Days of the Dodo by Allen Ashley (Dodo Press)
* The Hellraiser Films and Their Legacy by Paul Kane (Macfarland & Co.)
* Cinema Macabre by Mark Morris (PS Publishing)
* Into the Unknown: The Fantastic Life of Nigel Kneale by Andy Murray (Headpress)
* James Tiptree, Jr.: The Double Life of Alice B. Sheldon by Julie Phillips (St. Martin’s Press)
In addition to the awards above, which will be voted on by members of the BFS and of Fantasycon, there will be the announcement of the Karl Edward Wagner Special Award (selected by the BFS committee), presented to someone who has made an outstanding contribution to the genre, and the Sydney J. Bounds Best Newcomer Award, selected by a panel of judges.