Winners of the 2025 British Fantasy Awards announced

The winners of the 2025 British Fantasy Awards have been announced by the British Fantasy Society.

The Robert Holdstock Award for Best Fantasy Novel

• Masquerade, OO Sangoyomi (Forge Books)

The August Derleth Award for Best Horror Novel

• My Darling Dreadful Thing, Johanna van Veen (Poisoned Pen Press)

Best Novella

• The Last to Drown, Lorraine Wilson (Luna Press)

Best Short Fiction

• Loneliness Universe, Eugenia Triantafyllou (Uncanny Magazine)

Best Collection

• Elephants in Bloom, Cecile Cristofari (Newcon Press)

Best Magazine / Periodical

• ParSec

Best Audio Work

• Breaking the Glass Slipper

Best Independent Press

• Flame Tree Press

Best Artist

• Kelly Chong

Best Anthology

• Bury Your Gays: An Anthology of Tragic Queer Horror, edited Sofia Ajram (Ghoulish Books)

Best Non-Fiction

• Queer as Folklore: The Hidden Queer History of Myths and Monsters, Sacha Coward (Unbound)

The Sydney J Bounds Award for Best Newcomer

• Frances White, for 'Voyage of the Damned' (Penguin Michael Joseph)

The Aldiss Award for endeavours in literature and gaming, specifically around world building

• Rogba Payne, for 'The Dance of Shadows'