British Fantasy Awards shortlist announced

The BFA have announced their shortlist for this year's awards. Those up for the prizes include Neil Gaiman for The Graveyard Book (which I have just read and loved) and his journal site. Also, Battlestar Galactica is toe-to-toe with Dr Who in the TV category. Voting closes on August 1 and they will anounce the results in September at the FantasyCon in September.

BEST ANTHOLOGY

• Cone Zero (DF Lewis) Megazanthus Press
• Myth-Understandings (Ian Whates) Newcon Press
• Subtle Edens (Allen Ashley) Elastic Press
• The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror 19 (Stephen Jones) Constable & Robinson
• The Second Humdrumming Book of Horror (Ian Alexander Martin) Humdrumming
• We Fade To Grey (Gary McMahon) Pendragon Press

BEST NOVEL (THE AUGUST DERLETH FANTASY AWARD)

• Memoirs of a Master Forger (William Heaney/Graham Joyce) Gollancz
• Midnight Man (Simon Clark) Severn House
• Rain Dogs (Gary McMahon) Humdrumming
• The Graveyard Book (Neil Gaiman) Bloomsbury
• The Victoria Vanishes (Christopher Fowler) Little Brown
• Thieving Fear (Ramsey Campbell) PS Publishing

THE PS PUBLISHING BEST SMALL PRESS AWARD

• Elastic Press (Andrew Hook)
• Newcon Press (Ian Whates)
• Pendragon Press (Chris Teague)
• Screaming Dreams (Steve Upham)
• TTA Press (Andy Cox)

BEST COLLECTION

• Bull Running for Girls (Allyson Bird) Screaming Dreams
• Glyphotech (Mark Samuels) PS Publishing
• How To Make Monsters (Gary McMahon) Morrigan Books
• Islington Crocodiles (Paul Meloy) TTA Press
• Just After Sunset (Stephen King) Hodder & Stoughton

BEST NOVELLA

• Cold Stone Calling (Simon Clark) Tasmaniac Publications
• Gunpowder (Joe Hill) PS Publishing
• Heads (Gary McMahon) We Fade To Grey, Ed. Gary McMahon - Pendragon Press
• The Narrows (Simon Bestwick) We Fade To Grey, Ed. Gary McMahon - Pendragon Press
• The Reach of Children (Tim Lebbon) Humdrumming

BEST SHORT FICTION

• All Mouth (Paul Meloy) Black Static 6, Ed. Andy Cox - TTA Press
• Do You See (Sarah Pinborough) Myth-Understandings, Ed. Ian Whates – Newcon Press
• N (Stephen King) Just After Sunset - Hodder & Stoughton
• Pinholes in Black Muslin (Simon Strantzas) The Second Humdrumming Book of Horror, Ed. Ian Alexander Martin - Humdrumming
• The Caul Bearer (Allyson Bird) Bull Running For Girls – Screaming Dreams
• The Tobacconist’s Concession (John Travis) The Second Humdrumming Book of Horror, Ed. Ian Alexander Martin - Humdrumming
• The Vague (Paul Meloy) Islington Crocodiles, TTA Press
• Winter Journey (Joel Lane) Black Static 5, Ed. Andy Cox - TTA Press

BEST COMIC/GRAPHIC NOVEL

• 30 Days of Night: Beyond Barrow (Steve Niles/Bill Sienkiewicz) IDW Publishing
• All-Star Superman (Grant Morrison/Frank Quitely) DC Comics
• Buffy Season Eight Vol. 3: Wolves at the Gate (Joss Whedon & Drew Goddard/ Georges Jeanty) Dark Horse Comics
• Comic Book Tattoo Tales Inspired by Tori Amos (Ed, Rantz A. Hoseley & Tori Amos/ Various) Image Comics
• Hellblazer: Fear Machine (Jamie Delano) Vertigo
• Hellblazer: The Laughing Magician (Andy Diggle/Leonardo Manco & Daniel Zezelj) Vertigo
• Locke and Key (Joe Hill/Gabriel Rodriguez) IDW Publishing
• The Girly Comic Book 1 (Ed, Selina Lock) Factor Fiction
• The New Avengers: Illuminati (Brian Bendis & Brian Reed/Jim Cheung) Marvel Comics

BEST ARTIST

• Dave McKean (The Graveyard Book) Bloomsbury
• Edward Miller (Vault of Deeds) PS Publishing
• Lee Thompson (The Land at the End of the Working Day) Humdrumming
• Les Edwards (Various)
• Vincent Chong (Various)

BEST NON-FICTION

• Basil Copper: A Life in Books (Basil Copper, Ed, Stephen Jones) PS Publishing
• Doctor Who: The Writer's Tale (Russell T. Davies and Benjamin Cook) BBC Books
• journal.neilgaiman.com (Neil Gaiman)
• Mutant Popcorn (Nick Lowe) Interzone - TTA Press
• What Is It We Do When We Read Science Fiction (Paul Kincaid) Beccon Publications

BEST MAGAZINE

• Black Static (Andy Cox) TTA Press
• Interzone (Andy Cox et. al.) TTA Press
• Midnight Street (Trevor Denyer)
• Postscripts (Peter Crowther & Nick Gevers) PS Publishing
• SFX (Dave Bradley) Future Publishing Limited

BEST TELEVISON

• Battlestar Galactica (NBC)
• Dead Set (Zeppotron/Channel 4)
• Dexter (Clyde Phillips Productions)
• Doctor Who (BBC Wales)
• Supernatural (Warner Bros TV)

BEST FILM

• Cloverfield (Matt Reeves)
• Iron Man (Jon Favreau)
• The Dark Knight (Christopher Nolan)
• The Mist (Frank Darabont)
• The Orphanage (Juan Antonio Bayona)