British Fantasy Award Winners

The British Fantasy Awards (BFA) are administered annually by the British Fantasy Society and were first awarded in 1971. The membership of the BFS vo ...more

Winners

	Bury Your Gays: An Anthology of Tragic Queer Horror by Sofia Ajram (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 3.84 avg rating — 211 ratings British Fantasy Award for Best Anthology (2025)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Uncanny Magazine Issue 58: May/June 2024 by Lynne M. Thomas (Goodreads Author) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 44 ratings British Fantasy Award for Best Short Story for "Loneliness Universe" (2025)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Last to Drown by Lorraine Wilson (Goodreads Author) 4.46 avg rating — 39 ratings British Fantasy Award for Best Novella (2025)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Queer as Folklore: The Hidden Queer History of Myths and Monsters by Sacha Coward (Goodreads Author) 4.04 avg rating — 978 ratings British Fantasy Award for Non-Fiction (2025)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	My Darling Dreadful Thing by Johanna van Veen (Goodreads Author) 3.85 avg rating — 17,688 ratings British Fantasy Award for Best Horror Novel (2025)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Masquerade by O.O. Sangoyomi (Goodreads Author) 3.90 avg rating — 4,422 ratings British Fantasy Award for Best Fantasy Novel (2025)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Elephants in Bloom (Polestars Book 5) by Cécile Cristofari 4.56 avg rating — 9 ratings British Fantasy Award for Best Collection (2025)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Dance of Shadows by Rogba Payne (Goodreads Author) 4.23 avg rating — 106 ratings British Fantasy Award for The Aldiss Award (2025)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Voyage of the Damned by Frances White (Goodreads Author) 3.82 avg rating — 18,006 ratings British Fantasy Award for Best Newcomer (2025)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Waterlore by Teika Marija Smits (Goodreads Author) 4.27 avg rating — 15 ratings British Fantasy Award for Sydney J. Bounds Award for Best Newcomer (2024)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Umbilical (Polestars Book 2) by Teika Marija Smits (Goodreads Author) 4.72 avg rating — 18 ratings British Fantasy Award for Sydney J. Bounds Award for Best Newcomer (2024)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Tiny Bookcase Season One: An Anthology by Ben Holroyd-Dell (Goodreads Author) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating British Fantasy Award for Best Audio (2024)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Writing the Future: Essays on Crafting Science Fiction by Dan Coxon (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 4.10 avg rating — 21 ratings British Fantasy Award for Non-Fiction (2024)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Out There Screaming by Jordan Peele (Editor/Introduction) 3.74 avg rating — 13,035 ratings British Fantasy Award for Best Anthology (2024)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Last Dragoners of Bowbazar by Indra Das 4.03 avg rating — 602 ratings British Fantasy Award for Best Novella (2024)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Don't Fear the Reaper (The Indian Lake Trilogy, #2) by Stephen Graham Jones (Goodreads Author) 4.05 avg rating — 16,031 ratings British Fantasy Award for August Derleth Award for Best Horror Novel (2024)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Talonsister (Talon Duology, #1) by Jen Williams (Goodreads Author) 4.22 avg rating — 723 ratings British Fantasy Award for Robert Holdstock Award for Best Fantasy Novel (2024)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Jackal, Jackal: Tales of the Dark and Fantastic by Tobi Ogundiran (Goodreads Author) 4.17 avg rating — 129 ratings British Fantasy Award for Best Collection (2024)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Spear Cuts Through Water by Simon Jimenez (Goodreads Author) 4.14 avg rating — 23,012 ratings British Fantasy Award for Robert Holdstock Award for Best Fantasy Novel (2023)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Just Like Home by Sarah Gailey (Goodreads Author) 3.31 avg rating — 39,547 ratings British Fantasy Award for August Derleth Award for Best Horror Novel (2023)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Someone in Time: Tales of Time-Crossed Romance by Jonathan Strahan (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 3.78 avg rating — 866 ratings British Fantasy Award for Best Anthology (2023)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Under the Moon: Collected Speculative Fiction by E.M. Faulds (Goodreads Author) 4.55 avg rating — 11 ratings British Fantasy Award for Best Collection (2023)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Queen of the High Fields by Rhiannon Grist (Goodreads Author) 4.35 avg rating — 26 ratings British Fantasy Award for Best Novella (2023)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Leech by Hiron Ennes 3.58 avg rating — 11,225 ratings British Fantasy Award for Sydney J. Bounds Award for Best Newcomer (2023)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Book of Queer Saints: Volume I by Mae Murray (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 3.98 avg rating — 353 ratings British Fantasy Award for Best Short Fiction for "Morta" and Nominee for Best Anthology (2023)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	An Earnest Blackness by Eugen Bacon (Goodreads Author) 4.50 avg rating — 6 ratings British Fantasy Award for Non-Fiction (2023)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Last House on Needless Street by Catriona Ward (Goodreads Author) 3.81 avg rating — 144,653 ratings British Fantasy Award for Best Horror Novel (August Derleth Award) (2022)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Defekt (LitenVerse, #2) by Nino Cipri (Goodreads Author) 4.08 avg rating — 3,035 ratings British Fantasy Award for Best Novella (2022)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Never Have I Ever by Isabel Yap (Goodreads Author) 3.97 avg rating — 1,287 ratings British Fantasy Award for Best Collection (2022)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Girl from the Sea by Molly Knox Ostertag 4.12 avg rating — 61,449 ratings British Fantasy Award for Best Comic/Graphic Novel (2022)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars