The winners of the 2019 British Fantasy Awards were revealed at FantasyCon in Glasgow on October 20.

Best Fantasy Novel (the Robert Holdstock Award)
The Bitter Twins, Jen Williams (Headline)

Best Horror Novel (the August Derleth Award)
Little Eve, Catriona Ward (W&N)

Best Novella
The Tea Master and the Detective, Aliette de Bodard (Subterranean)

Best Short Story
“Down Where Sound Comes Blunt”, G.V. Anderson (F&SF 3-4/18)

Best Collection
All the Fabulous Beasts, Priya Sharma (Undertow)

Best Anthology
Year’s Best Weird Fiction, Vol. 5, Robert Shearman & Michael Kelly, eds. (Undertow)

Best Independent Press
Unsung Stories

Best Non-Fiction
Noise and Sparks, Ruth EJ Booth (Shoreline of Infinity)

Best Magazine / Periodical
Uncanny

Best Artist
Vince Haig

Best Comic / Graphic Novel
Widdershins, Vol. 7: Curtain Call, Kate Ashwin (self-published)

Best Audio
Breaking the Glass Slipper Podcast

Best Film / Television Production
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse

Best Newcomer (the Sydney J Bounds Award)
Tasha Suri, for Empire of Sand (Orbit)

Ian Whates was presented with the Karl Edward Wagner Award, a “special award for contribution to genre.”

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