Membrii British Fantasy Society si participantii la FantasyCon au decis prin vot nominalizarile la premiile British Fantasy din acest an (cite patru la fiecare categorie); membrii juriului acestor premii au avut libertatea de a adauga maximum cite doua nume pentru fiecare dintre aceste categorii, in cazurile in care au constatat existenta unor omisiuni flagrante. La categoria rezervata debutantilor, toate nominalizarile au fost stabilite exclusiv de catre votanti.
Roman Fantasy (Premiul Robert Holdstock)
Blood and Feathers, Lou Morgan (Solaris) The Brides of Rollrock Island, Margo Lanagan (David Fickling Books) Railsea, China Mieville (Macmillan) Red Country, Joe Abercrombie (Gollancz) Some Kind of Fairy Tale, Graham Joyce (Gollancz)
Roman Horror (Premiul August Derleth)
The Drowning Girl, Caitlin R. Kiernan (Roc) The Kind Folk, Ramsey Campbell (PS Publishing) Last Days, Adam Nevill (Macmillan) Silent Voices, Gary McMahon (Solaris) Some Kind of Fairy Tale, Graham Joyce (Gollancz)
Nuvela
Curare, Michael Moorcock (Zenith Lives!) (Obverse Books) Eyepennies, Mike O’Driscoll (TTA Press) The Nine Deaths of Dr Valentine, John Llewellyn Probert (Spectral Press) The Respectable Face of Tyranny, Gary Fry (Spectral Press)
Povestire
Our Island, Ralph Robert Moore (Where Are We Going?) (Eibonvale Press) Shark! Shark! Ray Cluley (Black Static #29) (TTA Press) Sunshine, Nina Allan (Black Static #29) (TTA Press) Wish for a Gun, Sam Sykes (A Town Called Pandemonium) (Jurassic London)
Culegere de autor
From Hell to Eternity, Thana Niveau (Gray Friar Press) Remember Why You Fear Me, Robert Shearman (ChiZine Publications) Where Furnaces Burn, Joel Lane (PS Publishing) The Woman Who Married a Cloud, Jonathan Carroll (Subterannean Press)
Antologie
A Town Called Pandemonium, Anne C. Perry si Jared Shurin (eds) (Jurassic London) Magic: an Anthology of the Esoteric and Arcane, Jonathan Oliver (ed.) (Solaris) The Mammoth Book of Ghost Stories by Women, Marie O’Regan (ed.) (Robinson) Terror Tales of the Cotswolds, Paul Finch (ed.) (Gray Friar Press)
Editura (Premiul PS Publishing Independent Press)
ChiZine Publications (Brett Alexander Savory and Sandra Kasturi) Gray Friar Press (Gary Fry) Spectral Press (Simon Marshall-Jones) TTA Press (Andy Cox)
Non-fictiune:
Ansible, David Langford The Cambridge Companion to Fantasy Literature, Edward James si Farah Mendlesohn (editori) (Cambridge University Press) Coffinmaker’s Blues, Stephen Volk (Black Static) (TTA Press) Fantasy Faction, Marc Aplin (ed.) Pornokitsch, Anne C. Perry si Jared Shurin (editori) Reflections: On the Magic of Writing, Diana Wynne Jones (David Fickling Books)
Publicatie periodica:
Black Static, Andy Cox (ed.) (TTA Press) Interzone, Andy Cox (ed.) (TTA Press) SFX, David Bradley (ed.) (Future Publishing) Shadows and Tall Trees, Michael Kelly (ed.) (Undertow Publications)
Artist
Ben Baldwin David Rix Les Edwards Sean Phillips Vincent Chong
Roman grafic
Dial H, China Mieville, Mateus Santolouco, David Lapham si Riccardo Burchielli (DC Comics) Saga, Brian K. Vaughan si Fiona Staples (Image Comics) The Unwritten, Mike Carey, Peter Gross, Gary Erskine, Gabriel Hernandez Walta, M.K. Perker, Vince Locke si Rufus Dayglo (DC Comics/Vertigo) The Walking Dead, Robert Kirkman si Charlie Adlard (Skybound Entertainment/Image Comics)
Scenariu
Avengers Assemble, Joss Whedon Sightseers, Alice Lowe, Steve Oram si Amy Jump The Cabin in the Woods, Joss Whedon si Drew Goddard The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens, Peter Jackson si Guillermo del Toro
Debutant (Premiul Sydney J. Bounds)
Alison Moore, pentru The Lighthouse (Salt Publishing) Anne Lyle, pentru The Alchemist of Souls (Angry Robot) E.C. Myers, pentru Fair Coin (Pyr) Helen Marshall, pentru Hair Side, Flesh Side (ChiZine Publications) Kim Curran, pentru Shift (Strange Chemistry) Lou Morgan, pentru Blood and Feathers (Solaris) Molly Tanzer, pentru A Pretty Mouth (Lazy Fascist Press) Saladin Ahmed, pentru Throne of the Crescent Moon (Gollancz) Stephen Bacon, pentru Peel Back the Sky (Gray Friar Press) Stephen Blackmoore, pentru City of the Lost (Daw Books)
Cistigatorii vor fi decisi de catre urmatoarele jurii:
juriul principal, care va stabili cistigatorii la categoriile roman fantasy, roman horror, nuvela, povestire, culegere de autor, antologie, publicatie periodica, roman grafic si scenariu: Esther Sherman, Matthew Hughes, Neil Williamson, Pauline Morgan si Ros Jackson; juriul sectiunii non-fictiune: Djibril al-Ayad, Jason Arnopp si Roz Kaveney; juriul sectiunii artistice: Daniele Serra, P.M. Buchan si Rachel Kendall; juriul sectiunii editoriale: Elaine Hillson, Elloise Hopkins, Dave Brzeski, Rachel Kendall si Rhian Bowley: juriul sectiunii debutantilor: Adele Wearing, Alison Littlewood, Jim Steel, Lizzie Barrett si Peter Tennant.
Cistigatorii premiilor la aceste sectiuni si cistigatorul premiului Karl Edward Wagner (un premiu special decis prin votul comitetului societatii British Fantasy) vor fi anuntati la banchetul Fantasy Awards de la World Fantasy Convention, care se va desfasura in acest an la Brighton, duminica 3 noiembrie.