The British Fantasy Society http://www.britishfantasysociety.org has announced the nominees for the British Fantasy Award 2007. The winners will be announced at the Sunday banquet of this year’s British Fantasy Convention, Fantasycon http://www.fantasycon.org.uk 2007. The convention will be held on 21st – 23rd September 2007 at the Britannia Hotel, Nottingham, UK. In addition to the categories below, which are by a ballot of the society and Fantasycon memberships, there will be the announcement of the Karl Edward Wagner Special Award (selected by the BFS committee), 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. British Fantasy Award Nominees Novel: The August Derleth Award Chaz Brenchley, Bride 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 Twiligh, 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 Day of The Dodo, Dodo Press Paul Kane, The Hellraiser Films And Their Legacy, Macfarland & Co. Mark Morris, Cineam 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