{"id":16159,"date":"2014-09-07T19:34:23","date_gmt":"2014-09-08T03:34:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/aidanmoher.com\/blog\/?p=16159"},"modified":"2014-09-08T13:10:23","modified_gmt":"2014-09-08T21:10:23","slug":"congratulations-winners-2014-british-fantasy-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aidanmoher.com\/blog\/2014\/09\/news\/congratulations-winners-2014-british-fantasy-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"Congratulations to the Winners of the 2014 British Fantasy Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/aidanmoher.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/BFS-1.jpg\" alt=\"BFS-1\" width=\"475\" height=\"57\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-16169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aidanmoher.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/BFS-1.jpg 475w, https:\/\/aidanmoher.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/BFS-1-300x36.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 475px) 100vw, 475px\" \/>\n<p>Via Tor.com, the 2014 winners of the British Fantasy Award:<\/p>\n<div class=\"col-1-1\">\n<div class=\"col-2-3\">\n<h3>Best fantasy novel (the Robert Holdstock Award):<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>\n\t\t<strong>Winner: A Stranger in Olondria, Sofia Samatar (Small Beer Press)<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>\n\t\tBetween Two Thorns, Emma Newman (Angry Robot)<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\tBlood and Feathers: Rebellion, Lou Morgan (Solaris)<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\tThe Glass Republic, Tom Pollock (Jo Fletcher Books)<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\tThe Ocean at the End of the Lane, Neil Gaiman (Headline)<br \/>\n\t\t&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-1-3\"><div id=\"attachment_16171\" style=\"width: 195px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16171\" src=\"https:\/\/aidanmoher.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/a-stranger-in-olondria-by-sofia-samatar-185x300.jpg\" alt=\"Buy A Stranger in Olondria by Sofia Samatar\" width=\"185\" height=\"300\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-16171\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aidanmoher.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/a-stranger-in-olondria-by-sofia-samatar-185x300.jpg 185w, https:\/\/aidanmoher.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/a-stranger-in-olondria-by-sofia-samatar.jpg 214w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 185px) 100vw, 185px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-16171\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Buy <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B00CEHWTMO\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&#038;camp=1789&#038;creative=390957&#038;creativeASIN=B00CEHWTMO&#038;linkCode=as2&#038;tag=adrofin07-20&#038;linkId=2MPGVX5F5FWL7SIB\">A Stranger in Olondria<\/a> by Sofia Samatar<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-1-1\">\n<div class=\"col-2-3\">\n<h3>Best horror novel (the August Derleth Award):<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>\n\t\t<strong>Winner: The Shining Girls, Lauren Beukes (HarperCollins)<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>\n\t\tHouse of Small Shadows, Adam Nevill (Pan)<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\tMayhem, Sarah Pinborough (Jo Fletcher Books)<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\tNOS4R2, Joe Hill (Gollancz)<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\tPath of Needles, Alison Littlewood (Jo Fletcher Books)<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\tThe Year of the Ladybird, Graham Joyce (Gollancz)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-1-3\">\n<div id=\"attachment_16166\" style=\"width: 207px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16166\" src=\"https:\/\/aidanmoher.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/the-shining-girls-by-lauren-beukes-197x300.jpg\" alt=\"Buy The Shining Girls by Lauren Beukes\" width=\"197\" height=\"300\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-16166\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aidanmoher.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/the-shining-girls-by-lauren-beukes-197x300.jpg 197w, https:\/\/aidanmoher.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/the-shining-girls-by-lauren-beukes.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 197px) 100vw, 197px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-16166\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Buy <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B00A4H1YA4\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&#038;camp=1789&#038;creative=390957&#038;creativeASIN=B00A4H1YA4&#038;linkCode=as2&#038;tag=adrofin07-20&#038;linkId=MRG42WOOVUJLOXYE\"><em>The Shining Girls<\/em> by Lauren Beukes<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<div class=\"col-1-1\">\n<div class=\"col-1-2\">\n<h3>Best novella:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>\n\t\t<strong>Winner: Beauty, Sarah Pinborough (Gollancz)<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>\n\t\tDogs With Their Eyes Shut, Paul Meloy (PS Publishing)<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\tSpin, Nina Allan (TTA Press)<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\tVivian Guppy and the Brighton Belle, Nina Allan (Rustblind and Silverbright)<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\tWhitstable, Stephen Volk (Spectral Press)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-1-2\">\n<h3>Best short story:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>\n\t\t<strong>Winner: Signs of the Times, Carole Johnstone (Black Static #33)<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>\n\t\tChalk, Pat Cadigan (This Is Horror)<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\tDeath Walks En Pointe, Thana Niveau (The Burning Circus)<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\tFamily Business, Adrian Tchaikovsky (The Alchemy Press Book of Urban Mythic)<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\tThe Fox, Conrad Williams (This Is Horror)<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\tGolden Apple, Sophia McDougall (The Lowest Heaven)<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\tMoonstruck, Karin Tidbeck (Shadows &amp; Tall Trees #5)<br \/>\n\t\t&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-1-1\">\n<div class=\"col-1-2\">\n<h3>Best anthology:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>\n\t\t<strong>Winner: End of the Road, Jonathan Oliver (ed.) (Solaris)<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>\n\t\tFearie Tales, Stephen Jones (ed.) (Jo Fletcher Books)<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\tRustblind and Silverbright, David Rix (ed.) (Eibonvale Press)<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\tTales of Eve, Mhairi Simpson (ed.) (Fox Spirit Books)<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\tThe Tenth Black Book of Horror, Charles Black (ed.) (Mortbury Press)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-1-2\">\n<h3>Best collection:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>\n\t\t<strong>Winner: Monsters in the Heart, Stephen Volk (Gray Friar Press)<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>\n\t\tFor Those Who Dream Monsters, Anna Taborska (Mortbury Press)<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\tHoles for Faces, Ramsey Campbell (Dark Regions Press)<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\tNorth American Lake Monsters, Nathan Ballingrud (Small Beer Press)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-1-1\">\n<div class=\"col-1-2\">\n<h3>Best small press:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>\n\t\t<strong>Winner: The Alchemy Press (Peter Coleborn)<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>\n\t\tThe Alchemy Press (Peter Coleborn)<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\tFox Spirit Books (Adele Wearing)<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\tNewCon Press (Ian Whates)<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\tSpectral Press<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-1-2\">\n<h3>Best comic\/graphic novel:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Winner: Demeter, Becky Cloonan<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Jennifer Wilde, Maura McHugh, Karen Mahoney and Stephen Downey (Atomic Diner Comics)<\/li>\n<li>Porcelain, Benjamin Read and Chris Wildgoose (Improper Books)\n<li>Rachel Rising, Terry Moore (Abstract Studio)<\/li>\n<li>Saga, Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples (Image Comics)<\/li>\n<li>The Unwritten, Mike Carey and Peter Gross (Vertigo)<\/li>\n<ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-1-1\">\n<div class=\"col-1-2\">\n<h3>Best artist:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>\n\t\t<strong>Winner: Joey Hi-Fi<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>\n\t\tAdam Oehlers<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\tBen Baldwin<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\tDaniele Serra<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\tTula Lotay<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\tVincent Chong<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-1-2\">\n<h3>Best non-fiction:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>\n\t\t<strong>Winner: Speculative Fiction 2012, Justin Landon and Jared Shurin (eds) (Jurassic London)<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>\n\t\tGestalt Real-Time Reviews, D.F. Lewis<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\tDoors to Elsewhere, Mike Barrett (The Alchemy Press)<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\tFantasy Faction, Marc Aplin (ed.)<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t&ldquo;We Have Always Fought&rdquo;: Challenging the &ldquo;Women, Cattle and Slaves&rdquo; Narrative, Kameron Hurley (A Dribble of Ink)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-1-1\">\n<div class=\"col-1-2\">\n<h3>Best magazine\/periodical:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>\n\t\t<strong>Winner: Clarkesworld, Neil Clarke, Sean Wallace and Kate Baker (ed.) (Wyrm Publishing)<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>\n\t\tBlack Static, Andy Cox (ed.) (TTA Press)<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\tClarkesworld, Neil Clarke, Sean Wallace and Kate Baker (eds) (Wyrm Publishing)<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\tInterzone, Andy Cox (ed.) (TTA Press)<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\tShadows &amp; Tall Trees, Michael Kelly (ed.) (Undertow Books)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-1-2\">\n<h3>Best film\/television episode:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>\n\t\t<strong>Winer: Game of Thrones: The Rains of Castamere, David Benioff and D.B. Weiss (HBO)<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>\n\t\tDoctor Who: The Day of the Doctor, Steven Moffat (BBC)<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\tGame of Thrones: The Rains of Castamere, David Benioff and D.B. Weiss (HBO)<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\tGravity, Alfonso Cuar&oacute;n and Jon&aacute;s Cuar&oacute;n (Warner Bros)<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\tThe Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens, Peter Jackson and Guillermo del Toro (Warner Bros)<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\tIron Man 3, Drew Pearce and Shane Black (Marvel Studios)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-1-1\">\n<div class=\"col-1-2\">\n<h3>Best newcomer (the Sydney J. Bounds Award):<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>\n\t\t<strong>Winner: Ann Leckie, for Ancillary Justice (Orbit)<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>\n\t\tEmma Newman, for Between Two Thorns (Angry Robot)<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\tFrancis Knight, for Fade to Black (Orbit)<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\tLaura Lam, for Pantomime (Strange Chemistry)<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\tLibby McGugan, for The Eidolon (Solaris)<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\tSamantha Shannon, for The Bone Season (Bloomsbury)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-1-2\">\n<h3>The British Fantasy Society Special Award (The Karl Edward Wagner Award):<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Farah Mendlesohn<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-1-1\">\n<p>Congratulations to all the winners!<\/p>\n<p>Though, I&#8217;d like to point out that both Jared Shurin and Justin Landon, editors of <em>Speculative Fiction 2012<\/em>, which beat out Kameron Hurley&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/aidanmoher.com\/blog\/featured-article\/2013\/05\/we-have-always-fought-challenging-the-women-cattle-and-slaves-narrative-by-kameron-hurley\/\" title=\"\u201c\u2018We Have Always Fought': Challenging the \u2018Women, Cattle and Slaves\u2019 Narrative\u201d by Kameron Hurley\">&#8220;We Have Always Fought&#8221;<\/a>, are Americans and there is a scandal afoot and I demand a recount and how could they possibly win (isn&#8217;t this the &#8220;British&#8221; fantasy award?) and&#8230; oh, who am I kidding,those guys, and their <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B00COMBCLI\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&#038;camp=1789&#038;creative=390957&#038;creativeASIN=B00COMBCLI&#038;linkCode=as2&#038;tag=adrofin07-20&#038;linkId=RYMMTQYK7ZKELXXM\">collection full of <em>amazing<\/em> writers<\/a>, rocks. Well deserved!<\/p>\n<p>Also, I&#8217;m very pleased to see Joey Hi-Fi, one of the best artists working science fiction and fantasy, walk away with the award. <a href=\"https:\/\/aidanmoher.com\/blog\/2013\/05\/news\/details-and-cover-art-for-the-lowest-heaven-edited-by-anne-c-perry-and-jared-shurin\/\" title=\"Details and Cover Art for The Lowest Heaven, edited by Anne C. Perry and Jared Shurin\">He&#8217;s amazing.<\/a> And, of course, the wonderful and amazing Ann Leckie.\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Via Tor.com, the 2014 winners of the British Fantasy Award: Best fantasy novel (the Robert Holdstock Award): Winner: A Stranger in Olondria, Sofia Samatar (Small Beer Press) Between Two Thorns, Emma Newman (Angry Robot) Blood and Feathers: Rebellion, Lou Morgan (Solaris) The Glass Republic, Tom Pollock (Jo Fletcher Books) The Ocean at the End of&#8230;  <a class=\"excerpt-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/aidanmoher.com\/blog\/2014\/09\/news\/congratulations-winners-2014-british-fantasy-awards\/\" title=\"ReadCongratulations to the Winners of the 2014 British Fantasy Awards\">Read more &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":40,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[980,38,985,981,986,984,331],"class_list":["post-16159","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-british-fantasy-awards","tag-fantasy","tag-lauren-beuekes","tag-sofia-samatar","tag-the-shining-girls","tag-the-stranger-in-olondria","tag-tor-com"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v14.9 - 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