The 2009 British Fantasy Awards were given out yesterday (for a list of nominees, check out when we noted the short list back in June). BSC would like to congratulate all the winners.
Best Novel (The August Derleth Fantasy Award) – Memoirs of a Master Forger, by William Heaney, aka Graham Joyce
Best Novella – The Reach of Children, by Tim Lebbon
Best Short Fiction – “Do You See”, by Sarah Pinborough, from Myth-Understandings
Best Collection – Bull Running for Girls, by Allyson Bird
Best Anthology – The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror 19, ed. Stephen Jones
The PS Publishing Best Small Press Award – Elastic Press
Best Non-Fiction Basil Copper: A Life in Books, by Basil Copper, ed. Stephen Jones
Best Magazine/Periodical – Postscripts ed. Peter Crowther and Nick Gevers
Best Artist – Vincent Chong
Best Comic/Graphic Novel – Locke and Key, by Joe Hill and Gabriel Rodriguez
Best Televison – Doctor Who, head writer Russell T. Davies
Best Film – The Dark Knight, directed by Christopher Nolan
The Sydney J. Bounds Award for Best Newcomer – Joseph D’Lacey, for Meat
The Karl Edward Wagner Award (the Special Award) – Hayao Miyazaki
