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Well, we didn't pick up an award in the end, but congratulations to Black Static who did, and to all the other BFS winners! Here's the full list, as tweeted by Maura McHugh:

  • Best Novel: (the August Derleth Fantasy Award): Demon Dance by Sam Stone
  • Best Novella: Humpty's Bones by Simon Clark
  • Best Short Story: "Fool's Gold" by Sam Stone
  • Best Collection: Full Dark, No Stars by Stephen King
  • Best Anthology: Back From the Dead: the Legacy of the Pan Book of Horror Stories ed. Johnny Mains
  • Best Non-Fiction: Altered Visions: The Art of Vincent Chong
  • Best Artist: Vincent Chong
  • Best Small Press: Telos Publishing
  • Best Magazine/Periodical: Black Static
  • Best Comic/Graphic Novel: The Mountains of Madness adapted by Ian Culbard
  • Best Film: Inception
  • Best Television: Sherlock
  • Sydney J Bounds Best Newcomer Award: Robert Jackson Bennett for Mr Shivers
  • Karl Edward Wagner Special Award: Sir Terry Pratchett



Niall Harrison is an independent critic based in Newcastle upon Tyne, UK. He is a former editor of Strange Horizons, and his writing has also appeared in The New York Review of Science FictionFoundation: The International Review of Science Fiction, The Los Angeles Review of Books and others. He has been a judge for the Arthur C. Clarke Award, and a Guest of Honor at the 2023 British National Science Fiction Convention. His collection All These Worlds: Reviews and Essays is available from Briardene Books.
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