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The BFS is very pleased to announce that Fantasycon 2024 will take place from 11th-13th October at The Queen at Chester Hotel, City Road, Chester.
The event will be run by the BFS team
We’ve reached the halfway point, and next up is The Karl Edward Wagner Award for special services to the Fantasy genre and/or the British Fantasy Society. This year this is awarded to
@nkjemisin
Best Fantasy Novel (The Robert Holdstock Award) is presented by Guest of Honour
@sennydreadful
and it goes to: The Once and Future Witches By Alix E. Harrow
@AlixEHarrow
, Orbit
@orbitbooks
Now we come to the Best Horror Novel (The August Derleth Award) to be presented by
@AlasdairStuart
It is won by Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
@silviamg
publised by Jo Fletcher Books
@JoFletcherBooks
Best Novella, presented by
@bfs_fantasycon
Guest of Honour Paul Tremblay, goes to The Tea Master and the Detective by Aliette de Bodard
published by Subterranean Press
Best Anthology goes to: Dominion: An Anthology of Speculative Fiction from Africa and the African Diaspora
ed. Zelda Knight & Oghenechovwe Ekpeki Donald
@Penprince
&
@AuthorZKnight
BFS Horizons is now accepting submissions for Issues 15 and 16! We’re looking for short fiction up to around 5000 words, encompassing all kinds of fantasy, science fiction and horror. Send your submissions to
@Suttope
at bfshorizons
@britishfantasysociety
.org
Join us at the Radisson Red Hotel and Conference Centre, Heathrow, on 17th and 18th September for two days packed full of panels, workshops, readings and book launches. Programming will start at 10am on Saturday and run until 3pm on Sunday.
And Finally…
The Robert Holdstock Award, given to the Best Fantasy Novel.
Presented by our Guest of Honour, Claire North.
Goes to:
The Ninth Rain, by Jen Williams (Headline)
Hello! we're just about to start the
#BritishFantasyAwards
2021, here
@BFS_FantasyCon
in Birmingham, UK. Follow along for live announcements of each award winner, or see our live stream on
Voting for the British Fantasy Awards is now open 🎉
You can vote for the BFAs if you are any of the following:
- A member of the British Fantasy Society
- An attendee at FantasyCon 2021
- A ticket-holder for FantasyCon 2022
Cast your votes 👇
We won! Thank you so much to everyone who voted for us, we are so excited to host the Worldcon of 2024 in the our dear green place, Glasgow!!
If you'd like to know more about us, please head across to our website!
#Glasgow2024
#AWorldconForOurFutures
The British Fantasy Society was first formed in 1971, making 2021 our Golden Jubilee Year 💛
On 26 February 2022, we're hosting an online event and you're invited! We'll have a number of panels, interviews and reading slots 📚
Watch this space for more info about
#50YearsOfBFS
Hello!
I am pleased to announce that voting for the British Fantasy Awards is now open! You can cast your votes at this link:
The form will close on Wednesday 31st May.
Best Short Story. Presented by our Guest of Honour Adrian Tchaikovsky
@aptshadow
Is won by:
Looking for Laika, by Laura Mauro (in Interzone
#273
) (TTA Press)
The British Fantasy Award for Best Non-Fiction. Presented by Farah Mendlesohn, one of our Guests of Honour this weekend.
Won by:
Gender Identity and Sexuality in Science Fiction and Fantasy, ed. FT Barbini (Luna Press)
Hello Twitter, members of the BFS and other interested parties! We’re gathering our conference crowds in anticipation of the British Fantasy Awards 2018, so stay tuned!
#britishfantasyawards
#FantasyCon2018
The suggestions list for this year's British Fantasy Awards is now open. Follow this link to add anything that you feel deserves a nomination for this year's awards. Remember that eligible material should have been published / released for the first time in 2021!
Best Collection, presented by Shona Kinsella (editor of BFS Horizons), goes to All the Fabulous Beasts by Priya Sharma
Published by Undertow Publications
The Fantasycon schedule is now available! You can find it here, as well as a link to download a copy
What a weekend it's going to be. We can't wait to see you there!
Swiftly on, our New Chair
@shona_kinsella
presents the award for Short Fiction: which goes to: nfinite Tea in the Demara CaféIda Keogh
@silkyida
in London Centric: Tales of Future London; Newcon Press
@NewConPress
Best Non-Fiction is presented by
@effjayem
, and goes to:
Women Make Horror: Filmmaking, Feminism, Genre,
editor. Alison Peirse, from Rutgers University Press.
The next award is Best Comic and Graphic Novel, which is won by: DIE Volume 2: Split the Party
Kieron Gillen & Stephanie Hans
@kierongillen
&
@HansStephanie
, Image Comics
Thank you very much for following this thread, and participating in our awards from the comfort of your screen. Our next awards, for 2019, will take place on the 20th of October 2019 in Glasgow. Yes, Next year Fantasy Con is going to Scotland <whoot!>
#fantasycon2019
That's a wrap folks! A big thank you to all our jurors this year, and congratulations to all the winners and the nominees!
If you missed the ceremony, you can catch up on YouTube here:
Fantasycon Giveaway! Come to the registration desk, give us your name and say “I would like a shiny thing” and we’ll put your name in a hat to win one of these lovely prizes
Best Film/Television, presented by Alasdair Stuart, goes to Spiderman: Into the Spiderverse.
Story by Phil Lord. Screenplay by Phil Lord and Rodney Rothman
It’s
#InternationalWomensDay
so let’s celebrate the women in genre fiction. Tell us about your favourite female writers, artists, gamers, creators, and supporters
Best Anthology, Presented by Andy Marsden, goes to Year's Best Weird Fiction Volume 5.
Edited by Robert Shearman & Michael Kelly. Published by Undertow Publications
We’d like to say a massive thanks to
@KJFowler88
our awards admin, for the huge amount of work she does to pull all this together every year. We couldn’t do it without you, Katherine
A great time was had by all at the very first BFS Writing Retreat! Huge thanks to
@gladlib
for having us and to all of the attendees for being such a wonderful bunch!