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The British Fantasy Society has announced the short-listed nominees for this year's BFS Awards, for work published or created during 2006.

The overall winner in each category will be announced at the Sunday banquet of this year's British Fantasy Convention, Fantasycon 2007 on September 23rd, 2007, at the Britannia Hotel, Nottingham, UK.

And the short-listed nominees are:

Novel: The August Derleth Award

• Chaz Brenchley, BRIDGE OF DREAMS, Ace Books
• Mike Carey, THE DEVIL YOU KNOW, Orbit Books
• Mark Chadbourn, JACK OF RAVENS: KINGDOM OF THE SERPENT BOOK 1, Gollancz
• M. John Harrison, NOVA SWING, Gollancz
• Tim Lebbon, DUSK, Spectra
• Scott Lynch, THE LIES OF LOCKE LAMORA, Gollancz
• Sarah Pinborough, BREEDING GROUND, Leisure Books
• Mark Samuels, THE FACE OF TWILIGHT, PS Publishing
• Conrad Williams, THE UNBLEMISHED, Earthling Publications

Novella

• Eric Brown, THE MEMORY OF JOY, Choices, Pendragon Press
• Simon Clark, SHE LOVES MONSTERS, Necessary Evil Press
• Paul Finch, KID, Choices, Pendragon Press
• Ian McDonald, THE DJINN'S WIFE, Asimov's Science Fiction, July 2006
• Gary McMahon, ROUGH CUT, Rough Cut, Pendragon Press

Short Fiction

• Marion Arnott, THE LITTLE DRUMMER BOY, Extended Play: The Elastic Book of Music, Elastic Press
• Mark Chadbourn, WHISPER LANE, BFS: A Celebration, British Fantasy Society
• Steve Lockley & Paul Lewis, PUCA MUC, Shrouded By Darkness, Telos Publishing
• Sarah Singleton, THE DISAPPEARED, Time Pieces, NewCon Press
• Stephen Volk, 31/10, Dark Corners, Gray Friar Press
• Conrad Williams, THE VETERAN, Postscripts #6, PS Publishing

Collection

• Neil Gaiman, FRAGILE THINGS, Headline
• Joel Lane, THE LOST DISTRICT AND OTHER STORIES, Night Shade Books
• Kim Newman, THE MAN FROM THE DIOGENES CLUB, Monkeybrain
• Mike O'Driscoll, UNBECOMING AND OTHER TALES OF HORROR, Elastic Press
• Neil Williamson, THE EPHEMERA, Elastic Press

Anthology

• Gary Couzens, EXTENDED PLAY: THE ELASTIC BOOK OF MUSIC, Elastic Press
• Ellen Datlow, Kelly Link & Gavin J. Grant, THE YEAR'S BEST FANTASY & HORROR: 19TH ANNUAL COLLECTION, St. Martin's Press
• Alison L. R. Davies, SHROUDED BY DARKNESS: TALES OF TERROR, Telos Publishing
• Stephen Jones, THE MAMMOTH BOOK OF BEST NEW HORROR 17, Robinson Publishing
• Christopher Teague, CHOICES, Pendragon Press

Small Press

• Andy Cox, TTA PRESS,
• Peter Crowther, PS PUBLISHING,
• Andrew Hook, ELASTIC PRESS,
• David J. Howe & Stephen James Walker, TELOS PUBLISHING,
• Christopher Teague, PENDRAGON PRESS,

Artist

• Vincent Chong
• Les Edwards
• Dean Harkness
• Edward Miller
• John Picacio

Non-Fiction

• Allen Ashley, THE DAYS OF THE DODO, Dodo Press
• Paul Kane, THE HELLRAISER FILMS AND THEIR LEGACY, Macfarland & Co.
• Mark Morris, CINEMA MACABRE, PS Publishing
• Andy Murray, INTO THE UNKNOWN: THE FANTASTIC LIFE OF NIGEL KNEALE, Headpress
• Julie Phillips, JAMES TIPTREE JR: THE DOUBLE LIFE OF ALICE B. SHELDON, St. Martin's Press

(Note: Where the list has more than 5 nominations, this is due to voting ties for one or more runner-up places)

In addition to the categories above - which are decided by a ballot of the society and Fantasycon memberships - there will be the announcement of the recipients of this year's Karl Edward Wagner Special Award, selected by the BFS committee and presented to someone who has made an outstanding contribution to the genre, and the Sydney J. Bounds Best Newcomer Award, selected by a panel of judges. This latter is a new category this year.

More information from the British Fantasy Society website. And many congratulations to all the shortlisted nominees!

Source: British Fantasy Society

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