The 43rd Annual Saturn Awards Winners Announced

The Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films have revealed the winners of the 43rd Annual Saturn Awards.

The Saturn Awards are dedicated to honouring the finest in genre entertainment in film, television and home entertainment.

Check out the full list of award winners below.

FILM AWARDS

Best Comic Book-to-Film Release

• Doctor Strange

Best Science Fiction Film Release

• Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

Best Fantasy Film Release

• The Jungle Book

Best Horror Film Release

• Don't Breathe

Best Thriller Film Release

• 10 Cloverfield Lane

Best Actor in a Film

• Ryan Reynolds (Deadpool)

Best Actress in a Film

• Mary Elizabeth Winstead (10 Cloverfield Lane)

Best Supporting Actor in a Film

• John Goodman (10 Cloverfield Lane)

Best Supporting Actress in a Film

• Tilda Swinton (Doctor Strange)

Best Performance by a Younger Actor in a Film

• Tom Holland (Captain America: Civil War)

Best Film Director

• Gareth Edwards (Rogue One: A Star Wars Story)

Best Film Screenplay

• Eric Heisserer (Arrival)

Best Film Editing

• Michael Kahn (The BFG)

Best Film Production Design

• Rick Carter, Robert Stromberg (The BFG)

Best Film Soundtrack

• Justin Hurwitz (La La Land)

Best Costume Design

• Colleen Atwood (Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them)

Best Film Make-Up

• Monica Huppert, Joel Harlow (Star Trek Beyond)

Best Film Special/Visual Effects

• John Knoll, Mohen Leo, Hal Hickel, Neil Corbould (Rogue One: A Star Wars Story)

Best Independent Film Release

• La La Land

Best International Film Release

• The Handmaiden

Best Animated Film Release

• Finding Dory

TELEVISION AWARDS

Best Science Fiction Series On Television

• Westworld

Best Fantasy Series On Television

• Outlander

Best Horror Series On Television

• The Walking Dead

Best Action/Thriller Series On Television

• Riverdale

Best Superhero Adaptation Television Series

• Supergirl

Best Presentation On Television

• 11.22.63

Best New Media Television Series

• Marvel's Luke Cage (tie)
• Stranger Things (tie)

Best Actor in a Television Series

• Andrew Lincoln (The Walking Dead)

Best Actress in a Television Series

• Melissa Benoist (Supergirl)

Best Supporting Actor in a Television Series

• Ed Harris (Westworld)

Best Supporting Actress in a Television Series

• Candice Patton (The Flash)

Best Performance by a Younger Actor in a Television Series

• Millie Bobby Brown (Stranger Things)

Best Guest Performance in a Television Series

• Jeffrey Dean Morgan (The Walking Dead)

Best Animated Series Or Film On Television

• Star Wars: Rebels

HOME ENTERTAINMENT AWARDS

Best DVD/BD Release

• Tales of Halloween

Best DVD/BD Special Edition Release

• Phantasm Remastered

Best DVD/BD Classic Release

• Time After Time

Best DVD/BD Television Release

• Hannibal: The Complete Series Collection

Best DVD/BD Collection Release

• Frankenstein: Complete Legacy Collection

LIVE STAGE PRODUCTION AWARD

Best Local Live Stage Production

• A View From the Bridge (Ahmanson Theatre)

SPECIAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS

The Life Career Award

• Lee Majors

The Visionary Award

• Akiva Goldsman

The Filmmakers Showcase Award

• Rick Jaffa and Amanda Silver

The Breakthrough Performance Award

• KJ Apa

The Special Recognition Award

• Heavy Metal Magazine

2016 Nebula Awards Winners Announced

The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America have announced the winners for this year’s Nebula Awards for works published in 2016, along with the Ray Bradbury and Andre Norton Awards.

Each year, the organization’s members vote on which stories they consider to be the best novel, novella, novelette, short story and Young Adult story in the genre, as well as the best outstanding dramatic presentation.

Best Novel

• 'All the Birds in the Sky', Charlie Jane Anders (Tor; Titan)

Best Novella

• 'Every Heart a Doorway', Seanan McGuire (Tor.com Publishing)

Best Novelette

• 'The Long Fall Up', William Ledbetter (F&SF May/June 2016)

Best Short Story

• 'Seasons of Glass and Iron', Amal El-Mohtar (The Starlit Wood)

Ray Bradbury Award for Outstanding Dramatic Presentation

• 'Arrival', Directed by Denis Villeneuve, Screenplay by Eric Heisserer, 21 Laps Entertainment/FilmNation Entertainment/Lava Bear Films/Xenolinguistics

Andre Norton Award for Young Adult Science Fiction and Fantasy

• 'Arabella of Mars', David D. Levine (Tor)

The 43rd Annual Saturn Awards Nominations Announced

The Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films have revealed the nominations for the 43rd Annual Saturn Awards.

The Saturn Awards are dedicated to honouring the finest in genre entertainment in film, television and home entertainment.

The winners will be announced in June.

Check out the full list of nominations below.

FILM AWARDS

Best Comic Book-to-Film Release

• Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
• Captain America: Civil War
• Deadpool
• Doctor Strange
• Suicide Squad
• X-Men: Apocalypse

Best Science Fiction Film Release

• Arrival
• Independence Day: Resurgence
• Midnight Special
• Passengers
• Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
• Star Trek Beyond

Best Fantasy Film Release

• The BFG
• Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
• Ghostbusters
• The Jungle Book
• Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
• A Monster Calls
• Pete's Dragon

Best Horror Film Release

• The Autopsy of Jane Doe
• The Conjuring 2
• Demon
• Don't Breathe
• Ouija: Origin of Evil
• Train to Busan
• The Witch

Best Thriller Film Release

• 10 Cloverfield Lane
• The Accountant
• The Girl on the Train
• Jason Bourne
• Hell or High Water
• The Shallows
• Split

Best Action / Adventure Film Release

• Allied
• Gold
• Hacksaw Ridge
• Hidden Figures
• The Legend of Tarzan
• The Magnificent Seven
• The Nice Guys

Best Actor in a Film

• Chris Evans (Captain America: Civil War)
• Benedict Cumberbatch (Doctor Strange)
• Chris Pratt (Passengers)
• Ryan Reynolds (Deadpool)
• Mark Rylance (The BFG)
• Chris Pine (Star Trek Beyond)
• Matthew McConaughey (Gold)

Best Actress in a Film

• Amy Adams (Arrival)
• Emily Blunt (The Girl on the Train)
• Taraji P. Henson (Hidden Figures)
• Jennifer Lawrence (Passengers)
• Felicity Jones (Rogue One: A Star Wars Story)
• Narges Rashidi (Under the Shadow)
• Mary Elizabeth Winstead (10 Cloverfield Lane)

Best Supporting Actor in a Film

• Chadwick Boseman (Captain America: Civil War)
• Dan Fogler (Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them)
• John Goodman (10 Cloverfield Lane)
• Diego Luna (Rogue One: A Star Wars Story)
• Zachary Quinto (Star Trek Beyond)
• Christopher Walken (The Jungle Book)

Best Supporting Actress in a Film

• Scarlett Johansson (Captain America: Civil War)
• Tilda Swinton (Doctor Strange)
• Margot Robbie (Suicide Squad)
• Kate McKinnon (Ghostbusters)
• Betty Buckley (Split)
• Bryce Dallas Howard (Gold)

Best Performance by a Younger Actor in a Film

• Ruby Barnhill (The BFG)
• Julian Dennison (Hunt for the Wilderpeople)
• Tom Holland (Captain America: Civil War)
• Lewis MacDougall (A Monster Calls)
• Neel Sethi (The Jungle Book)
• Anya Taylor-Joy (The Witch) 

Best Film Director

• Scott Derrickson (Doctor Strange)
• Gareth Edwards (Rogue One: A Star Wars Story)
• Jon Favreau (The Jungle Book)
• Anthony Russo, Joe Russo (Captain America: Civil War)
• Bryan Singer (X-Men: Apocalypse)
• Steven Spielberg (The BFG)
• Denis Villeneuve (Arrival) 

Best Film Screenplay

• Melissa Mathison (The BFG)
• Eric Heisserer (Arrival)
• Rhett Reese, Paul Wernick (Deadpool)
• Jon Spaihts, Scott Derrickson, C. Robert Cargill (Doctor Strange)
• Taylor Sheridan (Hell or High Water)
• Chris Weitz, Tony Gilroy (Rogue One: A Star Wars Story)

Best Film Editing

• Jeffrey Ford, Matthew Schmidt (Captain America: Civil War)
• John Gilroy, Colin Goudie, Jabez Olssen (Rogue One: A Star Wars Story)
• Stefan Grube (10 Cloverfield Lane)
• Michael Kahn (The BFG)
• Mark Livolsi (The Jungle Book)
• Joe Walker (Arrival) 

Best Film Production Design

• Rick Carter, Robert Stromberg (The BFG)
• Doug Chiang, Neil Lamont (Rogue One: A Star Wars Story)
• Stuart Craig (Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them)
• Guy Hendrix Dyas (Passengers)
• Owen Paterson (Captain America: Civil War)
• Charles Wood (Doctor Strange)

Best Film Soundtrack

• Michael Giacchino (Doctor Strange)
• Michael Giacchino (Rogue One: A Star Wars Story)
• James Newton Howard (Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them)
• Justin Hurwitz (La La Land)
• Thomas Newman (Passengers)
• John Williams (The BFG)

Best Costume Design

• Colleen Atwood (Alice Through the Looking Glass)
• Colleen Atwood (Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them)
• Alexandra Byrne (Doctor Strange)
• David Crossman, Glyn Dilloin (Rogue One: A Star Wars Story)
• Sang-gyeong Jo (The Handmaiden)
• Joanna Johnston (The BFG) 

Best Film Make-Up

• Jeremy Woodhead (Doctor Strange)
• Nicky Knowles (Fanatastic Beasts and Where to Find Them)
• Amy Byrne (Rogue One: A Star Wars Story)
• Monica Huppert, Joel Harlow (Star Trek Beyond)
• Allan Apone, Jo-Ann MacNeil, Marta Roggero (Suicide Squad)
• Charles Carter, Rita Ciccozzi, Rosalina Da Silva (X-Men: Apocalypse)

Best Film Special/Visual Effects

• Louis Morin, Ryal Cosgrove (Arrival)
• Joe Letteri, Joel Whist (The BFG)
• Stephane Ceretti, Richard Bluff, Vincent Cirelli, Paul Corbould (Doctor Strange)
• Tim Burke, Christian Manz, David Watkins (Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them)
• Robert Legato, Adam Valdez, Andrew R. Jones, Dan Lemmon (The Jungle Book)
• John Knoll, Mohen Leo, Hal Hickel, Neil Corbould (Rogue One: A Star Wars Story)

Best Independent Film Release

• Eye in the Sky
• Hunt for the Wilderpeople
• La La Land
• Lion
• The Ones Below
• Remember

Best International Film Release

• Elle
• The Handmaiden
• In Order of Disappearance
• The Mermaid
• Shin Godzilla
• Under the Shadow

Best Animated Film Release

• Finding Dory
• Kingslaive: Final Fantasy XV
• Moana
• Sing
• Trolls
• Zootopia

TELEVISION AWARDS

Best Science Fiction Series On Television

• The 100
• Colony
• The Expanse
• Falling Water
• Incorporated
• Timeless
• Westworld

Best Fantasy Series On Television

• Beyond
• Game of Thrones
• The Good Place
• Lucifer
• The Magicians
• Outlander
• Preacher

Best Horror Series On Television

• American Horror Story: Roanoke
• Ash vs Evil Dead
• The Exorcist
• Fear the Walking Dead
• Teen Wolf
• The Vampire Diaries
• The Walking Dead

Best Action/Thriller Series On Television

• Animal Kingdom
• Bates Motel
• Designated Survivor
• The Librarians
• Mr. Robot
• Riverdale
• Underground

Best Superhero Adaptation Television Series

• Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
• Arrow
• The Flash
• Gotham
• Legion
• Supergirl

Best Presentation On Television

• 11.22.63
• Channel Zero
• Doctor Who: The Return of Dr Mysterio
• Mars
• The Night Manager
• Rats

Best New Media Television Series

• Bosch
• Marvel's Daredevil
• Marvel's Luke Cage
• The Man in the High Castle
• A Series of Unfortunate Events
• Stranger Things

Best Actor in a Television Series

• Bruce Campbell (Ash vs Evil Dead)
• Mike Colter (Marvel's Luke Cage)
• Charlie Cox (Marvel's Daredevil)
• Grant Gustin (The Flash)
• Sam Heughan (Outlander)
• Freddie Highmore (Bate's Motel)
• Andrew Lincoln (The Walking Dead)

Best Actress in a Television Series

• Melissa Benoist (Supergirl)
• Caitriona Balfe (Outlander)
• Kim Dickens (Fear the Walking Dead)
• Vera Farmiga (Bates Motel)
• Lena Headey (Game of Thrones)
• Sarah Paulson (American Horror Story: Roanoke)
• Winona Ryder (Stranger Things)

Best Supporting Actor in a Television Series

• Linden Ashby (Teen Wolf)
• Mehcad Brooks (Supergirl)
• Kit Harrington (Game of Thrones)
• Ed Harris (Westworld)
• Lee Majors (Ash vs Evil Dead)
• Norman Reedus (The Walking Dead)
• Jeffrey Wright (Westworld)

Best Supporting Actress in a Television Series

• Kathy Bates (American Horror Story: Roanoke)
• Danai Gurira (The Walking Dead)
• Melissa McBride (The Walking Dead)
• Thandie Newton (Westworld)
• Candice Patton (The Flash)
• Adina Porter (American Horror Story: Roanoke)
• Evan Rachel Wood (Westworld)

Best Performance by a Younger Actor in a Television Series

• KJ Apa (Riverdale)
• Millie Bobby Brown (Stranger Things)
• Max Charles (The Strain)
• Alycia Debnam-Carey (Fear the Walking Dead)
• Lorenzo James Henrie (Fear the Walking Dead)
• Chandler Riggs (The Walking Dead)

Best Guest Performance in a Television Series

• Ian Bohen (Teen Wolf)
• Tyler Hoechlin (Supergirl)
• Anthony Hopkins (Westworld)
• Leslie Jordan (American Horror Story: Roanoke)
• Jeffrey Dean Morgan (The Walking Dead)
• Dominique Pinon (Outlander)

Best Animated Series Or Film On Television

• Bojack Horseman
• Family Guy
• The Little Prince
• The Simpsons
• Star Wars: Rebels
• Trollhunters

HOME ENTERTAINMENT AWARDS

Best DVD/BD Release

• Dog Eat Dog
• The Girl
• The Lobster
• The Man Who Knew Infinity
• The Wailing
• Tales of Halloween

Best DVD/BD Special Edition Release

• Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (Ultimate Edition)
• The Hills Have Eyes (Limited Edition)
• The Iron Giant (Signature Edition)
• Phantasm Remastered
• Raising Cain
• Mad Max: Fury Road (Black and Chrome Edition)

Best DVD/BD Classic Release

• Destiny
• The Ghost and Mr. Chicken
• The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane
• Gog 3D
• It Came From Outer Space
• Donovan's Brain
• Time After Time

Best DVD/BD Television Release

• Banshee: The Final Season
• Hannibal: The Complete Series Collection
• Mr. Robot: Season 2.0
• Salem's Lot
• Versailles: Season One
• Star Trek: The Animated Series

Best DVD/BD Collection Release

• Buster Keaton Shorts Collection 1917-23
• Frankenstein: Complete Legacy Collection
• Herschell Gordon Lewis Feast
• Marx Brothers Silver Screen Collection
• Pioneers of African American Cinema
• The Wolf Man: Complete Legacy Collection

LIVE STAGE PRODUCTION AWARD

Best Local Live Stage Production

• Amadeus (L.A. Theatre Works)
• Chen Ying Rescues the Orphan (Chinese Yu Opera)
• The Fantasticks (Pasadena Playhouse)
• Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (3D Theatricals)
• Moby Dick (South Coast Repertory)
• A View From the Bridge (Ahmanson Theatre)

The 2016 SFWA Nebula Awards Finalists Announced

The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America have announced the finalists for this year’s Nebula Awards, along with contenders for the Ray Bradbury and Andre Norton Awards.

Each year, the organization’s members vote on which stories they consider to be the best novel, novella, novelette, short story and Young Adult story in the genre, as well as the best outstanding dramatic presentation.

The Nebula Awards Ceremony will be held from Thursday, May 18 through Sunday, May 21 at the Pittsburgh Marriott City Center.

Best Novel

• 'All the Birds in the Sky', Charlie Jane Anders (Tor; Titan)
• 'Borderline', Mishell Baker (Saga)
• 'The Obelisk Gate', N.K. Jemisin (Orbit US; Orbit UK)
• 'Ninefox Gambit', Yoon Ha Lee (Solaris US; Solaris UK)
• 'Everfair', Nisi Shawl (Tor)

Best Novella

• 'Runtime', S.B. Divya (Tor.com Publishing)
• 'The Dream-Quest of Vellitt Boe', Kij Johnson (Tor.com Publishing)
• 'The Ballad of Black Tom', Victor LaValle (Tor.com Publishing)
• 'Every Heart a Doorway', Seanan McGuire (Tor.com Publishing)
• 'The Liar', John P. Murphy (F&SF 3-4/16)
• 'A Taste of Honey', Kai Ashante Wilson (Tor.com Publishing)

Best Novelette

• 'The Long Fall Up', William Ledbetter (F&SF May/June 2016)
• 'Sooner or Later Everything Falls Into the Sea', Sarah Pinsker (Lightspeed February 2016)
• 'Red in Tooth and Cog', Cat Rambo (F&SF March/April 2016)
• 'Blood Grains Speak Through Memories', Jason Sanford (Beneath Ceaseless Skies March 2016)
• 'The Jewel and Her Lapidary', Fran Wilde (Tor.com Publishing)
• 'You’ll Surely Drown Here If You Stay', Alyssa Wong (Uncanny May/June 2016)

Best Short Story

• 'Our Talons Can Crush Galaxies', Brooke Bolander (Uncanny November/December 2016)
• 'Seasons of Glass and Iron', Amal El-Mohtar (The Starlit Wood)
• 'Sabbath Wine', Barbara Krasnoff (Clockwork Phoenix 5)
• 'Things With Beards', Sam J. Miller (Clarkesworld June 2016)
• 'This Is Not a Wardrobe Door', A. Merc Rustad (Fireside Magazine January 2016)
• 'A Fist of Permutations in Lightning and Wildflowers', Alyssa Wong (Tor.com March 2016)
• 'Welcome to the Medical Clinic at the Interplanetary Relay Station│Hours Since the Last Patient Death: 0', Caroline M. Yoachim (Lightspeed March 2016)

Ray Bradbury Award for Outstanding Dramatic Presentation

• 'Arrival', Directed by Denis Villeneuve, Screenplay by Eric Heisserer, 21 Laps Entertainment/FilmNation Entertainment/Lava Bear Films/Xenolinguistics
• 'Doctor Strange', Directed by Scott Derrickson, Screenplay by Scott Derrickson & C. Robert Cargill, Marvel Studios/Walt Disney Studio Motion Pictures
• 'Kubo and the Two Strings', Directed by Travis Knight, Screenplay by Mark Haimes & Chris Butler; Laika Entertainment
• 'Rogue One: A Star Wars Story', Directed by Gareth Edwards, Written by Chris Weitz & Tony Gilroy; Lucusfilm/ Walt Disney Studio Motion Pictures
• 'Westworld: The Bicameral Mind', Directed by Jonathan Nolan, Written by Lisa Joy & Jonathan Nolan; HBO
• 'Zootopia', Directed by Byron Howard, Rich Moore, & Jared Bush, Screenplay by Jared Bush & Phil Johnston; Walt Disney Pictures/Walt Disney Animation Studios

Andre Norton Award for Young Adult Science Fiction and Fantasy

• 'The Girl Who Drank the Moon', Kelly Barnhill (Algonquin Young Readers)
• 'The Star-Touched Queen', Roshani Chokshi (St. Martin’s)
• 'The Lie Tree', Frances Hardinge (Macmillan UK; Abrams)
• 'Arabella of Mars', David D. Levine (Tor)
• 'Railhead', Philip Reeve (Oxford University Press; Switch)
• 'Rocks Fall, Everyone Dies', Lindsay Ribar (Kathy Dawson Books)
• 'The Evil Wizard Smallbone', Delia Sherman (Candlewick)

Geeky Nerfherder 5th Anniversary & My 2016 Favourites

It's been 5 years since I first posted on this blog on this day back in 2011. 'The Geeky Nerfherder' continues to grow through social media too like Instagram, Tumblr, Pinterest and Twitter. So if you’re not already following, here are the links to my profiles on each of these sites:

on Twitter (@GeekyNerfherder)
on Instagram (@geekynerfherder)
on Tumblr (GeekyNerfherder)
on Pinterest
on Goodreads
on Flickr (GeekyNerfherder)
on Red Bubble (GeekyNerfherder)
on Society6 (GeekyNerfherder)
on Google Plus
on Ello (@geekynerfherder)
on FaceBook

As always big thanks to everyone that drops by the blog and follows me through the various social networks. I hope that you continue to enjoy my posts of cool art and pop culture geekery.

And so, it's that time of year once again, where everybody lists all their favourites of the past year.

Movie Poster Art: 'Star Wars: Rogue One' (2016)

A collection of official movie poster art and fan art inspired by 'Star Wars: Rogue One'.

2016 Books Are My Bag Readers Award Winners Announced

The Books Are My Bag Readers Awards were announced November 24 at a ceremony at Foyles, Charing Cross Road, London. They are the only book awards with shortlists curated by bookshops. And the only major awards voted for by booklovers.

Five shortlists were chosen by booksellers across the UK & Ireland: Fiction, Non-Fiction, Biography & Autobiography, Children’s and Breakthrough Author. A special Readers Choice Award; voted for entirely by booklovers; and a Beautiful Book Award; voted for entirely by booksellers, complete the list of awards.

The Books Are My Bag Readers Awards are sponsored by National Book Tokens.

2016 Books Are My Bag Readers Award Winners

Fiction
Grief Is The Thing With Feathers by Max Porter

Non-Fiction
Reasons To Stay Alive by Matt Haig

Children

The Detective Dog by Julia Donaldson and Sara Ogilvie

Biography & Autobiography

The Road to Little Dribbling: More Notes From a Small Island by Bill Bryson

Breakthrough Author

Joanna Cannon (The Trouble with Goats and Sheep)

Reader's Choice

The Good Immigrant by Nikesh Shukla

Beautiful Book

The Essex Serpent by Sarah Perry, cover design by Peter Dyer

2016 World Fantasy Award Winners Announced

2016 World Fantasy Award winners were announced during the World Fantasy Convention, October 27-30, 2016 in Columbus Ohio.

The Lifetime Achievement Awards, presented annually to individuals who have demonstrated outstanding service to the fantasy field, go to David Geddes Hartwell and Andrzej Sapkowski.

NOVELS:

• 'The Chimes', Anna Smaill (Sceptre)

LONG FICTION:

• 'The Unlicensed Magician', Kelly Barnhill (PS)

SHORT FICTION:

• 'Hungry Daughters of Starving Mothers', Alyssa Wong (Nightmare Oct 2015)

ANTHOLOGY:

• 'She Walks in Shadows', Silvia Moreno-Garcia & Paula R. Stiles, eds. (Innsmouth Free Press)

COLLECTION:

• 'Bone Swans', C.S.E. Cooney (Mythic Delirium)

ARTIST:

• Galen Dara

SPECIAL AWARD, PROFESSIONAL:

• Stephen Jones, for 'The Art of Horror' (Applause Theatre & Cinema)

SPECIAL AWARD, NONPROFESSIONAL:

• John O’Neill, for 'Black Gate'

2016 British Fantasy Award Winners Announced

The nominees for the 2016 British Fantasy Awards have been announced by the British Fantasy Society. The winners were revealed at Fantasy Con 2016 in Scarborough, UK at the end of September.

Best Fantasy Novel (the Robert Holdstock Award)

• 'Uprooted', Naomi Novik (Macmillan)

Best Horror Novel (the August Derleth Award)

• 'Rawblood', Catriona Ward (Weidenfeld & Nicholson)

Best Novella

• 'The Pauper Prince and the Eucalyptus Jinn', Usman T. Malik (Tor.com)

Best Short Fiction

• 'Fabulous Beasts', Priya Sharma (Tor.com)

Best Collection

• 'Ghost Summer: Stories', Tananarive Due (Prime Books)

Best Anthology

• 'The Doll Collection', ed. Ellen Datlow (Tor Books)

Best Independent Press

• Angry Robot (Marc Gascoigne)

Best Non-Fiction

• 'Letters to Tiptree', ed. Alexandra Pierce and Alisa Krasnostein (Twelfth Planet Press)

Best Magazine/Periodical

• Beneath Ceaseless Skies, ed. Scott H. Andrews (Firkin Press)

Best Comic/Graphic Novel

• 'Bitch Planet: #2-5', Kelly Sue DeConnick, Valentine De Landro, Robert Wilson IV and Cris Peter (Image Comics)

Best Artist

• Julie Dillon

Best Film/Television Production

• 'Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell', Peter Harness (BBC One)

Best Newcomer (the Sydney J Bounds Award)

• Zen Cho, for 'Sorcerer to the Crown' (Macmillan)

2016 Harvey Awards Winners

The 29th Annual Awards were presented on Saturday September 3, 2016 part of this year's Baltimore Comic Con.

The Harvey Awards are named in honour of the late Harvey Kurtzman, the cartoonist and founding editor of MAD magazine, and selected entirely by creators.

Best Writer
Brian K. Vaughan, Saga, Image Comics

Best Artist
Fiona Staples, 'Saga', Image Comics

Best Cartoonist
Stan Sakai, Usagi Yojimbo

Best Letterer
John Workman, Ragnarok, IDW Publishing

Best Inker
Klaus Janson, Dark Knight III: The Master Race, DC Comics

Best Colourist
Laura Allred, Silver Surfer, Marvel Comics

Best Cover Artist
Fiona Staples, 'Saga', Image Comics

Most Promising New Talent
Tom King, The Vision, Marvel Comics

Best New Series
Paper Girls, Image Comics

Best Continuing or Limited Series
'Saga', Image Comics

Best Syndicated Strip or Panel
Bloom County, Berkeley Breathed, Universal Uclick

Best Anthology
Peanuts: A Tribute To Charles M. Schulz, KaBOOM!/BOOM! Studios

Best Graphic Album - Original
March: Book Two, Top Shelf Productions

Best Graphic Album - Previously Published
The Less Than Epic Adventures Of Tj And Amal, Iron Circus Comics

Best Single Issue or Story
Peanuts: A Tribute To Charles M. Schulz, BOOM! Studios

Best Domestic Reprint Project
Crimson VOL. 1, BOOM! Studios

Best American Edition of Foreign Material
Tie: Two Brothers, Dark Horse Books
Corto Maltese: Beyond The Windy Isles, IDW Publishing

Best Online Comics Work
Battlepug, Mike Norton, battlepug.com

Special Award for Humor in Comics
Chip Zdarsky, Howard The Duck, Marvel Comics

Best Biographical, Historical, or Journalistic Presentation
March: Book Two, Top Shelf Productions

Best Original Graphic Publication for Young Readers
'Lumberjanes', BOOM! Box (BOOM! Studios)

Special Award for Excellence in Presentation
Peanuts: A Tribute To Charles M. Schulz, Scott Newman, KaBOOM!/BOOM! Studios

2016 Dragon Awards Winners

The inaugural Dragon Awards were presented at a ceremony on Sunday September 4 2016 at Dragon*Con in Atlanta.

The award, a blown glass representation of fire inside a transparent teardrop, representing the passion of creating art and influencing others, is a program of fan-chosen awards to recognize outstanding achievement in science fiction and fantasy literature, comics, gaming and filmed entertainment, and was introduced as part of Dragon*Con’s 30th Anniversary celebration.

2016 Dragon Award Winners

Best Science Fiction Novel
Somewhither: A Tale of the Unwitheriing Realm by John C Wright

Best Fantasy Novel (Including Paranormal)
Son of the Black Sword by Larry Correia

Best Young Adult / Middle Grade Novel
The Shepherd’s Crown by Terry Pratchett

Best Military Science Fiction or Fantasy Novel
Hell’s Foundations Quiver by David Weber

Best Alternate History Novel
League of Dragons by Naomi Novik

Best Apocalyptic Novel
Ctrl Alt Revolt! by Nick Cole

Best Horror Novel
Souldancer by Brian Niemeier

Best Comic BookMs. Marvel – Marvel

Best Graphic Novel
The Sandman: Overture by Neil Gaiman and J.H. Williams III

Best Science Fiction or Fantasy TV Series
Game of Thrones– HBO

Best Science Fiction or Fantasy Movie
The Martian, dir. Ridley Scott

Best Science Fiction or Fantasy PC / Console Game
Fallout 4 by Bethesda Softworks

Best Science Fiction or Fantasy Mobile Game
Fallout Shelter by Bethesda Softworks

Best Science Fiction or Fantasy Board Game
Pandemic: Legacy by ZMan Games

Best Science Fiction or Fantasy Miniatures / Collectible Card / Role-Playing Game
Call of Cthulhu Roleplaying Game (7th Edition) by Chaosium Inc.

2016 Hugo Award Winners

The Hugo Awards were presented at a ceremony on Saturday August 20 2016 during MidAmeriCon II, the 74th World Science Fiction Convention.

The 2016 Hugo Award trophy base was designed by Sarah Felix.

2016 Hugo Award Winners

BEST NOVEL
The Fifth Season by NK Jemisin (Orbit)

BEST NOVELLA
Binti by Nnedi Okorafor (Tor.com)

BEST NOVELETTE
“Folding Beijing” by Hao Jingfang, trans. Ken Liu (Uncanny Magazine, Jan-Feb 2015)

BEST SHORT STORY
“Cat Pictures Please” by Naomi Kritzer (Clarkesworld, January 2015)

BEST RELATED WORK
No Award

BEST GRAPHIC STORY
The Sandman: Overture, written by Neil Gaiman, art by J.H. Williams III (Vertigo)

BEST DRAMATIC PRESENTATION, LONG FORM
The Martian, screenplay by Drew Goddard, directed by Ridley Scott (Scott Free Productions; Kinberg Genre; TSG Entertainment; 20th Century Fox)

BEST DRAMATIC PRESENTATION, SHORT FORM
Jessica Jones: “AKA Smile”, written by Scott Reynolds, Melissa Rosenberg, and Jamie King, directed by Michael Rymer (Marvel Television; ABC Studios; Tall Girls Productions;Netflix)

BEST EDITOR, SHORT FORM
Ellen Datlow

BEST EDITOR, LONG FORM
Sheila E Gilbert

BEST PROFESSIONAL ARTIST
Abigail Larson

BEST SEMIPROZINE
Uncanny Magazine, edited by Lynne M Thomas & Michael Damian Thomas, Michi Trota, and Erika Ensign & Steven Schapansky

BEST FANZINE
File 770, edited by Mike Glyer

BEST FANCAST
No Award

BEST FAN WRITER
Mike Glyer

BEST FAN ARTIST
Steve Stiles

THE JOHN W CAMPBELL AWARD FOR BEST NEW WRITER

(Not a Hugo Award, but administered along with the Hugo Awards)
Andy Weir

2016 Chesley Awards Winners Announced

The Chesley Awards were established by the Association of Science Fiction and Fantasy Artists (ASFA) to recognize individual artistic works and achievements in the field of science fiction and fantasy.

The winners of the 2016 Chesley Awards were announced at MidAmeriCon 2, during the 74th World Science Fiction Convention, Kansas City, MO, USA (August 17- 21).

Best Cover Illustration: Hardcover Book
Todd Lockwood, 'Voyage of the Basilisk' by Mark Brennan (Tor, March 2015)

#CoolArt: 'Holtzmann Nouveau' by James Hance

The 'Ghostbusters' / Mucha inspired 'Holtzmann Nouveau' by James Hance.

11" x 14" giclee print on heavyweight Bristol board in a signed edition.

Go here to buy.

The original 22" x 17" charcoal portrait on Bristol board is available here.

2016 Will Eisner Comic Industry Award Winners Announced

The winners of the 2016 Annual Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards, given for creative achievement in American comic books, often referred to as the Comics Industry's equivalent of the Oscar Awards, have been announced.

The awards were presented in a special ceremony during this year's San Diego Comic-Con.

The Winners:

Best Short Story

• “Killing and Dying,” by Adrian Tomine, in Optic Nerve #14 (Drawn & Quarterly)

Best Single Issue (or One-Shot)

• Silver Surfer #11: “Never After,” by Dan Slott and Michael Allred (Marvel)

Best Continuing Series

• Southern Bastards, by Jason Aaron and Jason Latour (Image)

Best Limited Series

• The Fade Out, by Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips (Image)

Best New Series

• Paper Girls, by Brian K. Vaughan and Cliff Chiang (Image)

Best Publication for Early Readers (up to age 8)

• Little Robot, by Ben Hatke (First Second)

Best Publication for Kids (ages 9-12)

• Over the Garden Wall, by Pat McHale and Jim Campbell (BOOM! Studios/KaBOOM!)

Best Publication for Teens (ages 13-17)

• SuperMutant Magic Academy, by Jillian Tamaki (Drawn & Quarterly)

Best Humour Publication

• Step Aside, Pops: A Hark! A Vagrant Collection, by Kate Beaton (Drawn & Quarterly)

Best Digital/Web Comic

• Bandette, by Paul Tobin and Colleen Coover (Monkeybrain/comiXology)

Best Anthology

• Drawn & Quarterly, Twenty-Five Years of Contemporary, Cartooning, Comics, and Graphic Novels, edited by Tom Devlin (Drawn & Quarterly)

Best Reality-Based Work

• March: Book Two, by John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, and Nate Powell (Top Shelf/IDW)

Best Graphic Album—New

• Ruins, by Peter Kuper (SelfMadeHero)

Best Graphic Album—Reprint

• Nimona, by Nicole Stevenson (Harper Teen)

Best Adaptation From Another Medium

• Two Brothers, by Fábio Moon and Gabriel Bá (Dark Horse)

Best Archival Collection/Project—Strips (at least 20 years old)

• The Eternaut, by Héctor Germán Oesterheld and Francisco Solano Lòpez, edited by Gary Groth and Kristy Valenti (Fantagraphics)

Best Archival Collection/Project—Comic Books (at least 20 Years Old)

• Walt Kelly’s Fairy Tales, edited by Craig Yoe (IDW)

Best U.S. Edition of International Material

• The Realist, by Asaf Hanuka (BOOM! Studios/Archaia)

Best U.S. Edition of International Material—Asia

• Showa, 1953–1989: A History of Japan, by Shigeru Mizuki (Drawn & Quarterly)

Best Writer

• Jason Aaron, Southern Bastards (Image), Men of Wrath (Marvel Icon), Doctor Strange, Star Wars, Thor (Marvel)

Best Writer/Artist

• Bill Griffith, Invisible Ink: My Mother’s Secret Love Affair with a Famous Cartoonist (Fantagraphics)

Best Penciller/Inker

• Cliff Chiang, Paper Girls (Image)

Best Painter/Multimedia Artist (interior art)

• Dustin Nguyen, Descender (Image)

Best Cover Artist

• David Aja, Hawkeye, Karnak, Scarlet Witch (Marvel)

Best Colouring

• Jordie Bellaire, The Autumnlands, Injection, Plutona, Pretty Deadly, The Surface, They’re Not Like Us, Zero (Image); The X-Files (IDW); The Massive (Dark Horse); Magneto, Vision (Marvel)

Best Lettering

• Derf Backderf, Trashed (Abrams)

Best Comics-Related Periodical/Journalism

• Hogan’s Alley, edited by Tom Heintjes (Hogan’s Alley)

Best Comics-Related Book

• Harvey Kurtzman: The Man Who Created Mad and Revolutionized Humor in America, by Bill Schelly (Fantagraphics)

Best Scholarly/Academic Work

• The Blacker the Ink: Constructions of Black Identity in Comics and Sequential Art, edited by  Frances Gateward and John Jennings (Rutgers)

Best Publication Design

• Sandman Gallery Edition, designed by Graphitti Designs and Josh Beatman/Brainchild Studios (Graphitti Designs/DC)

Bill Finger Award For Comic Book Writing

• Elliot Maggin

 

Russ Manning Awards For Most Promising Newcomer

• Dan Mora

Will Eisner Spirit of Comics Retailer Award

• Orbital Comics

Bob Clampett Award For Best Humanitarian

• Matthew Inman (The Oatmeal)

Hall Of Fame

• Tove Jansson, Carl Burgos, Rube Goldberg, Jacques Tardi, Lynda Barry, Matt Groening

2016 World Fantasy Award Nominees Announced

2016 World Fantasy Award nominees have been announced. The awards will be presented during the World Fantasy Convention, held October 27-30, 2016 in Columbus Ohio.

The Lifetime Achievement Awards, presented annually to individuals who have demonstrated outstanding service to the fantasy field, will go to David Geddes Hartwell and Andrzej Sapkowski.

NOVELS:

• 'The Buried Giant', Kazuo Ishiguro (Knopf)
• 'The Fifth Season', N.K. Jemisin (Orbit US; Orbit UK)
• 'Uprooted', Naomi Novik (Del Rey)
• 'Savages', K.J. Parker (Subterranean)
• 'The Chimes', Anna Smaill (Sceptre)
• 'A Head Full of Ghosts', Paul Tremblay (Morrow)

LONG FICTION:

• 'The Unlicensed Magician', Kelly Barnhill (PS)
• 'The Pauper Prince and the Eucalyptus Jinn', Usman T. Malik (Tor.com April 22 2015)
• 'Guignol', Kim Newman (Horrorology)
• 'Waters of Versailles', Kelly Robson (Tor.com June 10 2015)
• 'Farewell Blues', Bud Webster (F&SF Jan/Feb 2015)

SHORT FICTION
:

• 'The Neurastheniac', Selena Chambers (Cassilda’s Song)
• 'Pockets', Amal El-Mohtar (Uncanny Jan/Feb 2015)
• 'The Heat of Us: Notes Toward an Oral History', Sam J. Miller (Uncanny Jan/Feb 2015)
• 'The Deepwater Bride', Tamsyn Muir (F&SF July/Aug 2015)
• 'Hungry Daughters of Starving Mothers', Alyssa Wong (Nightmare Oct 2015)

ANTHOLOGY
:

• 'The Doll Collection', Ellen Datlow, ed. (Tor)
• 'Black Wings IV', S.T. Joshi, ed. (PS)
• 'She Walks in Shadows', Silvia Moreno-Garcia & Paula R. Stiles, eds. (Innsmouth Free Press)
• 'Cassilda’s Song', Joseph S. Pulver, Sr., ed. (Chaosium)
• 'Aickman’s Heirs', Simon Strantzas, ed. (Undertow)

COLLECTION
:

• 'Bone Swans', C.S.E. Cooney (Mythic Delirium)
• 'Leena Krohn: Collected Fiction', Leena Krohn (Cheeky Frawg)
• 'Skein and Bone', V.H. Leslie (Undertow)
• 'Get in Trouble', Kelly Link (Random House)
• 'Reality by Other Means: The Best Short Fiction of James Morrow', James Morrow (Wesleyan)
• 'You Have Never Been Here', Mary Rickert (Small Beer)

ARTIST:

• Richard Anderson
• Galen Dara
• Julie Dillon
• Kathleen Jennings
• Thomas S. Kuebler

SPECIAL AWARD, PROFESSIONAL:

• Neil Gaiman, Dave Stewart, & J.H. Williams III, for 'The Sandman: Overture' (Vertigo)
• Stephen Jones, for 'The Art of Horror' (Applause Theatre & Cinema)
• Robert Jordan, Harriet McDougal, Alan Romanczuk, & Maria Simons, for 'The Wheel of Time Companion' (Tor)
• Joe Monti, for contributions to the genre
• Heather J Wood, for 'Gods, Memes and Monsters: A 21st Century Bestiary' (Stone Skin Press)

SPECIAL AWARD, NONPROFESSIONAL:

• Scott H Andrews, for 'Beneath Ceaseless Skies'
• Jedediah Berry & Eben Kling, for 'The Family Arcana: A Story in Cards' (Ninepin)
• John O’Neill, for 'Black Gate'
• Alexandra Pierce & Alisa Krasnostein, for 'Letters to Tiptree' (Twelfth Planet)
• Lynne M Thomas & Michael Damian Thomas, for 'Uncanny'
• Helen Young, for 'Tales After Tolkien Society'

The 2016 Locus Awards Winners

The Locus Science Fiction Foundation announced the winners of the 2016 Locus Awards on Saturday, June 25, during the Locus Awards Weekend in Seattle WA.

The Locus Awards are presented to winners of the Locus Magazine's annual readers' poll, first presented in 1971, to recognize excellence in science fiction and fantasy literature.

SCIENCE FICTION NOVEL

• 'Ancillary Mercy', Ann Leckie (Orbit US; Orbit UK)

FANTASY NOVEL

• 'Uprooted', Naomi Novik (Del Rey)

YOUNG ADULT BOOK

• 'The Shepherd’s Crown', Terry Pratchett (Harper; Doubleday UK)

FIRST NOVEL

• 'The Grace of Kings', Ken Liu (Saga)

NOVELLA

• 'Slow Bullets', Alastair Reynolds (Tachyon)

NOVELETTE

• 'Black Dog', Neil Gaiman (Trigger Warning)

SHORT STORY

• 'Cat Pictures Please', Naomi Kritzer (Clarkesworld, January 15)

ANTHOLOGY

• 'Old Venus', George R.R. Martin & Gardner Dozois, eds. (Bantam)

COLLECTION

• 'Trigger Warning: Short Fictions and Disturbances', Neil Gaiman (Morrow)

MAGAZINE

• Asimov’s

PUBLISHER

• Tor

EDITOR

• David G. Hartwell

ARTIST

• Michael Whelan

ART BOOK

• 'Julie Dillon’s Imagined Realms, Book 2: Earth and Sky', Julie Dillon, (self-published)

NON-FICTION

• Letters to Tiptree, Alisa Krasnostein & Alexandra Pierce, eds. (Twelfth Planet)

#CoolArt: 2016 'Into The Pixel' Video Game Art Collection Revealed

The Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences (AIAS) and the Entertainment Software Association (ESA) has announced the 14 winning pieces of the world-renowned 2016 Into the Pixel (ITP) collection.

Created in 2004, the annual ITP art exhibit honours video game artists who continue to push the interactive entertainment art form forward.

Co-produced by the ESA and AIAS, the 2016 ITP collection will be shown for the first time at the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3), the world’s premier trade show for computer and video games and related products, from June 14-16 at the Los Angeles Convention Center.

Go here to see all the previous Into The Pixel winners since 2004.

'The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt'
'Geralt and Ciri' by Bartłomiej Gaweł

Nominees For The 2016 Chesley Awards Announced

The Chesley Awards were established by the Association of Science Fiction and Fantasy Artists (ASFA) to recognize individual artistic works and achievements in the field of science fiction and fantasy.

The nominees for the 2016 Chesley Awards have been announced and will be presented at MidAmeriCon 2, during the 74th World Science Fiction Convention, Kansas City, MO, USA (August 17- 21).

Best Cover Illustration: Hardcover Book

• Richard Anderson, 'The Dinosaur Lords' by Victor Milan (Tor, July 2015)
• Lius Lasahido, 'Hannu Rajaniemi: Collected Fiction' by Hannu Rajaniemi (Tachycon, May 2015)
• Todd Lockwood, 'Voyage of the Basilisk' by Mark Brennan (Tor, March 2015)
• Cynthia Sheppard, 'Karen Memory' by Elizabeth Bear (Tor, February 2015)
• Sam Weber, 'Dune' by Frank Herbert (The Folio Society, April 2015)

Best Cover Illustration: Paperback Book

• Julie Dillon, 'The Very Best of Kate Elliott' by Kate Elliott (Tachycon, February 2015)
• Tyler Jacobson, 'Beyond the Pool of Stars' by Howard Andrew Jones (Tor, October 2015)
• Jeffery Alan, 'Love Wolfhound Century' by Peter Higgins (Gollancz, May 2015)
• David Palumbo, 'Binti' by Nnedi Okorafer (Tor, September 2015)
• John Picacio, 'Invasion of the Body Snatchers' by Jack Finney (Simon & Schuster, October 2015)

Best Cover Illustration: Magazine

• Maurizio Manzieri, 'Asimov's', Oct/Nov 2015
• Reiko Murakami, 'Lightspeed #63', August 2015
• Tran Nguyen, 'Uncanny #4', May/June 2015
• Greg Ruth, 'Alabaster: The Good, the Bad, and the Bird #1', Dark Horse Comics, Dec. 2015
• shichigoro-shingo, 'Clarkesworld #109', October 2015

Best Interior Illustration

• Galen Dara, 'Tuesdays with Molakesh The Destroyer' by Megan Grey (Fireside Magazine #19)
• Marcel Mercado, 'Southlands RPG' (Kobold Press, July 2015)
• Peter Mohrbacher, 'Angelarium: Book of Emanations' by Peter Mohrbacher & Eli Minaya
• Tran Nguyen, 'Transition Management Survey' (Chief Investment Officer, September 2015)
• Sam Weber, 'Dune' by Frank Herbert (The Folio Society, July 2015)

Best Colour Work: Unpublished

• Joseph Bellofatto, 'Star Ship', Oil
• Donato Giancola, 'Beron and Luthien in the Court of Thingal and Melian', Oil
• Wayne Haag, 'Desert Wreck', Oil
• Jessica TC Lee, 'Enchanted', Digital
• Elizabeth Leggett, 'After Hours', Digital
• Mark Poole, 'Memories', Oil
• Eric Velhagen, 'Felines', Oil

Best Monochrome Work: Unpublished

• Rovina Cai, 'Cold Wind'
• Jeremy Enecio, 'Progeny', Graphite on Moleskin
• Travis Lewis, 'Symbiosis', Graphite
• Mark Molchan, 'Return', Graphite
• Ruth Sanderson, 'Invoking the Dragon', Ink/Scratchboard
• Chris Seaman, 'Family Portraithausen', Acrylic
• Allen Williams, 'Bound', Graphite & Gold leaf accent

Best Three-Dimensional Art

• Devon Dorrity, 'Flight of the Merrow', Clay & Bronze
• Thomas Kuebler, 'Adelpha and Her Sister', Mixed
• Stelios Mousarris, 'Inception Coffee Table', Wood
• Forest Rogers, 'The Morrigan', Mixed
• Virginie Ropars, 'Okunoshima', Mixed
• Vincent Villafranca, 'Dark Day for the Metal Heads', Bronze

Best Product Illustration

• Linda Adair, 'Adolescence' – Promo art for IlluXcon 2016
• Mitchell Bentley, 'Mitchell Davidson Bentley 2015 Calendar' – Albon Lake & Atomic Fly Studios
• Rovina Cai, 'Black Hole' – card for Cosmos Tarot & Oracle Deck, The Light Grey Art Lab
• Jacob Murray, 'A Game of Thrones: The Card Game' – 2nd edition box art, Fantasy Flight Games
• John Picacio, 'El Arbol' – Loteria card, Lone Boy
• Magali Villeneuve, 'George R.R. Martin: Song of Ice and Fire' – 2016 calendar, Bantam

Best Gaming - Related Illustration

• Clint Cearley, 'Mind Rot' – Dragons of Tarkir Magic Card, WotC
• Vincent Proce, 'Guardian Automaton' – Magic Origins Magic Card, WotC
• Anna Steinbauer, 'Blessed Spirits' – Magic Origins Magic Card, WotC
• Ryan Yee, 'Fruit of the First Tree' – Fate Reforged Magic Card, WotC
• Min Yum, 'Sandblast' – Fate Reforged Magic Card, WotC

Best Art Director

• Neil Clarke, Clarkesworld magazine
• Irene Gallo, Tor Books & Tor.com
• Jeremy Jarvis, Wizards of the Coast
• Elizabeth Leggett, Lightspeed magazine
• Lauren Panepinto, Orbit Books & Muddy Colors contributor
• Betsy Wolheim & Shelia Gilbert, DAW Books

Lifetime Artistic Achievement

• Kinuko Y Craft
• David A Hardy
• Greg Manchess
• Iain McCaig
• Wendy Pini
• Drew Struzan

Nominees For The 2016 British Fantasy Awards Announced

The nominees for the 2016 British Fantasy Awards have been announced by the British Fantasy Society. The winners will be revealed at Fantasy Con 2016 in Scarborough, UK at the end of September.

Best Fantasy Novel (the Robert Holdstock Award)

• 'Guns of the Dawn', Adrian Tchaikovsky (Tor)
• 'Half a War', Joe Abercrombie (HarperVoyager)
• 'The Iron Ghost', Jen Williams (Headline)
• 'Signal to Noise', Silvia Moreno-Garcia (Solaris)
• 'Sorcerer to the Crown', Zen Cho (Macmillan)
• 'Uprooted', Naomi Novik (Macmillan)

Best Horror Novel (the August Derleth Award)

• 'A Cold Silence', Alison Littlewood (Jo Fletcher Books)
• 'The Death House', Sarah Pinborough (Gollancz)
• 'Lost Girl', Adam Nevill (Pan Books)
• 'Rawblood', Catriona Ward (Weidenfeld & Nicholson)
• 'The Silence', Tim Lebbon (Titan Books)
• 'Welcome to Night Vale', Joseph Fink and Jeffrey Cranor (Orbit)

Best Novella

• 'Albion Fay', Mark Morris (Spectral Press)
• 'Binti', Nnedi Okorafor (Tor.com)
• 'The Bureau of Them', Cate Gardner (Spectral Press)
• 'The Pauper Prince and the Eucalyptus Jinn', Usman T. Malik (Tor.com)
• 'Witches of Lychford', Paul Cornell (Tor.com)

Best Short Fiction

• 'The Blue Room', V.H. Leslie (Skein and Bone)
• 'Dirt Land', Ralph Robert Moore (Black Static #49)
• 'Fabulous Beasts', Priya Sharma (Tor.com)
• 'Hippocampus', Adam Nevill (Terror Tales of the Ocean)
• 'Strange Creation', Frances Kay (Tenebris Nyxies)
• 'When The Moon Man Knocks', Cate Gardner (Black Static #48)

Best Collection

• 'Ghost Summer: Stories', Tananarive Due (Prime Books)
• 'Monsters', Paul Kane (The Alchemy Press)
• 'Probably Monsters', Ray Cluley (ChiZine Publications)
• 'Scar City', Joel Lane (Eibonvale Press)
• 'Skein and Bone', V.H. Leslie (Undertow Publications)
• 'The Stars Seem So Far Away', Margrét Helgadóttir (Fox Spirit Books)

Best Anthology

• 'African Monsters', ed. Margrét Helgadóttir and Jo Thomas (Fox Spirit Books)
• 'Aickman’s Heirs', ed. Simon Strantzas (Undertow Publications)
• 'Best British Horror 2015', ed. Johnny Mains (Salt Publishing)
• 'The Doll Collection', ed. Ellen Datlow (Tor Books)
• 'The 2nd Spectral Book of Horror Stories', ed. Mark Morris (Spectral Press)

Best Independent Press

• The Alchemy Press (Peter Coleborn and Jan Edwards)
• Angry Robot (Marc Gascoigne)
• Fox Spirit Books (Adele Wearing)
• Newcon Press (Ian Whates)

Best Non-Fiction

• 'The Art of Horror: An Illustrated History', ed. Stephen Jones (Applause Theatre & Cinema Books)
• 'Fantasy-Faction', ed. Marc Aplin (Fantasy-Faction)
• 'Ginger Nuts of Horror', ed. Jim Mcleod (Jim McLeod)
• 'King for a Year', ed. Mark West (Mark West)
• 'Letters to Tiptree', ed. Alexandra Pierce and Alisa Krasnostein (Twelfth Planet Press)
• 'Matrilines', Kari Sperring (Strange Horizons)

Best Magazine/Periodical

• Beneath Ceaseless Skies, ed. Scott H. Andrews (Firkin Press)
• Black Static, ed. Andy Cox (TTA Press)
• Holdfast Magazine, ed. Laurel Sills and Lucy Smee (Laurel Sills and Lucy Smee)
• Interzone, ed. Andy Cox (TTA Press)
• Strange Horizons, ed. Niall Harrison (Strange Horizons)

Best Comic/Graphic Novel

• 'Bitch Planet: #2-5', Kelly Sue DeConnick, Valentine De Landro, Robert Wilson IV and Cris Peter (Image Comics)
• 'Ms. Marvel, Vol. 2: Generation Why', G. Willow Wilson, Jacob Wyatt and Adrian Alphona (Marvel)
• 'Nimona', Noelle Stevenson (HarperTeen)
• 'Red Sonja: #14-18', Gail Simone and Walter Geovani (Dynamite Entertainment)
• 'Saga: #25-32', Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples (Image Comics)
• 'The Sandman: Overture', Neil Gaiman, J.H. Williams III and Dave Stewart (Vertigo)

Best Artist

• Ben Baldwin
• Vincent Chong
• Julie Dillon
• Evelinn Enoksen
• Sarah Anne Langton
• Jeffrey Alan Love

Best Film/Television Production

• 'Inside No. 9: The Trial of Elizabeth Gadge', Reece Shearsmith and Steve Pemberton (BBC Two)
• 'Jessica Jones: AKA WWJD?', Scott Reynolds (Netflix)
• 'Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell', Peter Harness (BBC One)
• 'Mad Max: Fury Road', George Miller, Brendan McCarthy and Nico Lathouris (Warner Bros. Pictures et al.)
• 'Midwinter of the Spirit', Stephen Volk (ITV Studios)
• 'Star Wars: The Force Awakens', by Lawrence Kasdan, J.J. Abrams and Michael Arndt (Lucasfilm et al.)

Best Newcomer (the Sydney J Bounds Award)

• Becky Chambers, for The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet (Hodder & Stoughton)
• Zen Cho, for Sorcerer to the Crown (Macmillan)
• Peter Newman, for The Vagrant (HarperVoyager)
• Steven Poore, for The Heir to the North (Kristell Ink)
• Marc Turner, for When the Heavens Fall (Titan Books)