The British Fantasy Society has announced the shortlists for the 2024 British Fantasy Awards, which recognise works published in English for the first time worldwide in the previous year. The shortlists will be voted on by members of the society and FantasyCon, and the winners will be selected by juries.

The winners of the 2024 awards will be announced at Fantasycon on the weekend of October 11-13, 2024.

Congratulations to everyone on the shortlist!

Robert Holdstock Award for Best Fantasy Novel

Jurors: Susan Jeferies, Brian Kinsella, Dante Luiz, Kev McVeigh, Amanda Raybould

• A day of fallen night -Samantha Shannon (Bloomsbury)
• At the gates of eternity – David Green (Eerie River Publishing)
• Beyond the torn seas – David Green (Eerie River Publishing)
• Shigidi and the Brass Head of Obalufon – Wole Talabi (Daw Books)
• Claw Sister – Jen Williams (Titan)

Best Horror Novel (The August Derleth Award)

Judges: Rebecca Gault, Rome Godwin, Laura Langrish, Adam Millard, Leanbh Pearson

• A house with good structure – T. Kingfisher (Titan)
• Boys in the Valley – Philip Fracassi (Orbit)
• Don’t be afraid of the Grim Reaper – Stephen Graham Jones (Titan)
• How to sell a haunted house – Grady Hendrix (Titan)
• Mirror glass sound – Catriona Ward (Viper)
• One life left – David Green (Eerie River Publishing)

Best Novella

Judges: Gagan Kaur, Jonathan Laidlow, Pauline Morgan, Melissa Ren, Kate Towner

• The darkness in the pines – David Green (Eerie River Publishing)
• The last and the first day – Tim Lebbon (PS Publishing)
• The Last Dragon Hunters of Bowbazar – Indra Das (Subterranean Press)
• They silence me – Tracy Fahey (PS Publishing)
• Thorn hedge – T. Kingfisher (Titan)
• Unbound Heaven – Fonda Lee (Tordotcom)

Best Short Story

Judges: Andrew Freudenberg, Stephen Kotowych, Stephen McGowan, Abbi Shaw

• “Professor Flotsam’s Cabinet of Peculiarities” – Shona Kinsella (Great British Horror 8)
• “The Brazen Head of Westinghouse” – Tim Major (IZDigital)
• “The Stolen Feather” – Rachel Rener and David Green (From the Arcane)
• “The ripe fruits in the garden” – CA Yates (Great British Horror 8)
• “Turn back, oh my sweet” – CA Yates (At the lighthouse)

Best Collection

Jurors: Steven French, Heather Ivatt, Penny Jones, Graham Millichap, Stephen Theaker

• A curious cartography – Alison Littlewood (Black Shuck Books)
• Jackal, Jackal: Stories from the dark and fantastic world – Tobi Ogundiran (Undertow Publications)
• No happy ending – Phil Sloman
• No one will come back for us – Premee Mohamed (Undertow Publications)
• The House on the Moon – Georgina Bruce (Black Shuck Books)
• Under my skin – KJ Parker (Subterranean Press)

Best Anthology

Judges: Colleen Anderson, Adri Joy, Creag Munroe, Yvette Lisa Ndlovu, Abbi Shaw

• At the lighthouseEdited by Sophie Essex (Eibonvale Press)
• Mothersound: The Sauútiverse AnthologyEdited by Wole Talabi (Android Press)
• Never whistle at nightEdited by Shane Hawk (Vintage)
• Out There Screaming: An Anthology of New Black Horror, Edited by Jordan Peele (Random House)
• Something Peculiar: Great British Horror 8, Edited by Steve J. Shaw (Black Shuck Books)
• The Other Side of Never: Dark Stories from the World of Peter & WendyEdited by Marie O’Regan and Paul Kane (Titan)

Best independent press

Judges: Andy Angel, Andrew Freudenberg, Morgan Greensmith, Corinne Pollard

• Angry Robot
• Black Shuck Books
• Eibonvale Press
• Flame Tree Press
• Luna Press Publishing
• Newcon Press

Best non-fiction books

Jurors: Jessica Lévai, Susan Maxwell, TJ Moules, Eleanor Pender

• Spec Fic for Newbies: A Beginner’s Guide to Writing Subgenres of Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror – Tiffani Angus and Val Nolan (Luna Press Publishing)
• The Folklore of Wales: Ghosts – Delyth Badder and Mark Norman (Calon)
• The full lid – Alasdair Stuart, ed. Marguerite Kenner
• Writing the futureEdited by Dan Coxon and Richard V. Hirst (Dead Ink)

Best Magazine / Periodical

Jurors: Carla Bataller Estruch, Arden Fitzroy, Adam McDowall, Siân O’Hara

• hellebore
• Interzone (IZ Digital)
• khōréō
• Occult Detective Magazine
• Coast of Infinity

Best Artist

Jurors: David Green, Stephen Kotowych, Stephen McGowan, Kate Towner, Paul Yates

• Jenni Coutts
• Vince Haig
• David Rix
• Asja Jordanova

Best Audio

Judges: Eugen Bacon, Robin CM Duncan, Ann Landmann, Caroline Mersey

• Cast of the Wonders (Escape artist)
• The Penumbra Podcast – Harley Takagi Kaner, Kevin Vibert, Ginny D’Angelo, Alice C. LeBeau, Noah Simes
• PodCastle (Escape artist)
• PseudoPod (Escape artist)
• Podcast on Simultaneous Times (Space Cowboy Books)
• The small bookshelf – Nico Rogers and Ben Holroyd-Dell

Sydney J. Bounds Award for Best Newcomer

Judges: Rhian Drinkwater, Devin Martin, Arturo Serrano

• Moniquill Blackgoose, for Shaping the breath of a dragon (Del Ray)
• Vajra Chandrasekera, for The Saint of the Bright Doors (Tordotcom)
• Hannah Kaner, for Godkiller (HarperVoyager)
• Charlotte Langree, for Fractured: Tales of Flame and Rage (Clarendon House Publications)
• Em X. Liu, for The death I gave him (Solaris)
• Teika Marija Smits, for umbilical cord (Newcon Press) & Hydrology (Black Shuck Books)

For more information about the British Fantasy Awards, visit the British Fantasy Society website.