Se han dado a conocer los finalistas de los premios British Fantasy de este año, son los siguientes:
Premio Robert Holdstock a la mejor novela de fantasía
Jurados: Susan Jeferies, Brian Kinsella, Dante Luiz, Kev McVeigh, Amanda Raybould
- A Day of Fallen Night – Samantha Shannon (Bloomsbury)
- At Eternity’s Gates – David Green (Eerie River Publishing)
- Beyond Sundered Seas – David Green (Eerie River Publishing)
- Shigidi and the Brass Head of Obalufon – Wole Talabi (Daw Books)
- Talonsister – Jen Williams (Titan)
Mejor novela de terror (premio August Derleth)
Jurados: Rebecca Gault, Rome Godwin, Laura Langrish, Adam Millard, Leanbh Pearson
- A House with Good Bones – T. Kingfisher (Titan)
- Boys in the Valley – Philip Fracassi (Orbit)
- Don’t Fear the Reaper – Stephen Graham Jones (Titan)
- How to Sell a Haunted House – Grady Hendrix (Titan)
- Looking Glass Sound – Catriona Ward (Viper)
- One Life Left – David Green (Eerie River Publishing)
Mejor novela corta
Jurados: Gagan Kaur, Jonathan Laidlow, Pauline Morgan, Melissa Ren, Kate Towner
- The Darkness in the Pines – David Green (Eerie River Publishing)
- The Last Day and the First – Tim Lebbon (PS Publishing)
- The Last Dragoners of Bowbazar – Indra Das (Subterranean Press)
- They Shut Me Up – Tracy Fahey (PS Publishing)
- Thornhedge – T. Kingfisher (Titan)
- Untethered Sky – Fonda Lee (Tordotcom)
Mejor relato corto
Jurados: 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 (IZ Digital)
- “The Pilfered Quill” – Rachel Rener & David Green (From the Arcane)
- “The Ripe Fruit in the Garden” – C.A. Yates (Great British Horror 8)
- “Turn Again, O My Sweetness” – C.A. Yates (At the Lighthouse)
Mejor colección
Jurados: Steven French, Heather Ivatt, Penny Jones, Graham Millichap, Stephen Theaker
- A Curious Cartography – Alison Littlewood (Black Shuck Books)
- Jackal, Jackal: Tales of the Dark and Fantastic – Tobi Ogundiran (Undertow Publications)
- No Happily Ever After – 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 – K.J. Parker (Subterranean Press)
Mejor antología
Jurados: Colleen Anderson, Adri Joy, Creag Munroe, Yvette Lisa Ndlovu, Abbi Shaw
- At the Lighthouse, ed. Sophie Essex (Eibonvale Press)
- Mothersound: The Sauútiverse Anthology, ed. Wole Talabi (Android Press)
- Never Whistle at Night, ed. Shane Hawk (Vintage)
- Out There Screaming: An Anthology of New Black Horror, ed. Jordan Peele (Picador)
- Something Peculiar: Great British Horror 8, ed. Steve J. Shaw (Black Shuck Books)
- The Other Side of Never: Dark Tales from the World of Peter & Wendy, eds. Marie O’Regan & Paul Kane (Titan)
Mejor editorial independiente
Jurados: Andy Angel, Andrew Freudenberg, Morgan Greensmith, Corinne Pollard
- Angry Robot
- Black Shuck Books
- Eibonvale Press
- Flame Tree Press
- Luna Press Publishing
- Newcon Press
Mejor no ficción
Jurados: 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 & Val Nolan (Luna Press Publishing)
- The Folklore of Wales: Ghosts – Delyth Badder & Mark Norman (Calon)
- The Full Lid – Alasdair Stuart, ed. Marguerite Kenner
- Writing the Future, eds. Dan Coxon & Richard V. Hirst (Dead Ink)
Mejor magazine / publicación periódica
Jurados: Carla Bataller Estruch, Arden Fitzroy, Adam McDowall, Siân O’Hara
- Hellebore
- Interzone/IZ Digital
- khōréō
- Occult Detective Magazine
- Shoreline of Infinity
Mejor artista
Jurados: David Green,Stephen Kotowych, Stephen McGowan, Kate Towner, Paul Yates
- Jenni Coutts
- Vince Haig
- David Rix
- Asya Yordonova
Mejor audio
Jurados: Eugen Bacon, Robin CM Duncan, Ann Landmann, Caroline Mersey
- Cast of Wonders (Escape Artists)
- The Penumbra Podcast – Harley Takagi Kaner, Kevin Vibert, Ginny D’Angelo, Alice C. LeBeau, Noah Simes
- PodCastle (Escape Artists)
- PseudoPod (Escape Artists)
- Simultaneous Times Podcast (Space Cowboy Books)
- The Tiny Bookcase – Nico Rogers & Ben Holroyd-Dell
Premio Sydney J. Bounds al mejor recién llegado
Jurados: Rhian Drinkwater, Devin Martin, Arturo Serrano
- Moniquill Blackgoose, por To Shape a Dragon’s Breath (Del Rey)
- Vajra Chandrasekera, por The Saint of Bright Doors (Tordotcom)
- Hannah Kaner, por Godkiller (HarperVoyager)
- Charlotte Langree, por Fractured: Tales of Flame and Fury (Clarendon House Publications)
- Em X. Liu, por The Death I Gave Him (Solaris)
- Teika Marija Smits, por “Umbilical” (Newcon Press) & “Waterlore” (Black Shuck Books)
¡Enhorabuena a los nominados!