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British Fantasy Society Awards shortlist announced!
Posted by Paul Raven on June 9th, 2009 at 20:11
The BFS has announced the shortlist for this year’s BFS Awards, and we’re pleased as punch to see a number of PS titles in the running – you can go take a look over at the BFS website for the full list, but here are our candidates:
- Best Novel: Thieving Fear by Ramsey Campbell
- Best Collection: Glyphotech by Mark Samuels
- Best Novella: Gunpowder by Joe Hill
- Best Artist: Edward Miller (for Vault of Deeds), plus Les Edwards and Vinnie Chong (who both supply art to PS on a regular basis)
- Best Non Fiction: Basil Copper – A Life in Books by Stephen Jones
- Best Magazine: Postscripts
Also, this is the first year that we’re sponsoring the Best Small Press Award instead of contending for it, as mentioned last year. The publishers in the running for the £250 prize pot are:
- Elastic Press (Andrew Hook)
- Newcon Press (Ian Whates)
- Pendragon Press (Chris Teague)
- Screaming Dreams (Steve Upham)
- TTA Press (Andy Cox)
As always, congratulations to everyone on the shortlist, regardless of who published them; fan-voted genre awards are all about celebrating a diverse and lively scene, and we are but one proud component thereof.
And don’t forget to vote if you’re eligible – which includes not only BFS members but also signed-up attendees of FantasyCon 2008 and 2009. We promise not to be too embarassed if you vote for one of our titles… :)
June 27th, 2009 at 3:02 pm
Was it Postscripts 18 or an earlier magazine that was nominated? It seems unlikely that issue 18 has gained enough attention for nominations to be made.
June 29th, 2009 at 10:39 pm
I believe the magazine award is nominated on the base of consistent quality across multiple issues rather than one single issue, Clive, though for the full details you’d probably need to ask the BFS about the rules. :)