The British Fantasy Society has announced the nominees for the 2008 British Fantasy Awards. The overall winner in each category will be announced at the Sunday banquet of this year’s British Fantasy Convention, Fantasycon 2008. The convention will be held on 19 - 21 September 2008 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. (Note: Where the list has more than 5 nominations, this is due to voting ties for one or more runner-up places) Novel: The August Derleth Award Ramsey Campbell, The Grin Of The Dark, PS Publishing Joe Hill, Heart Shaped Box, Gollancz Michael Marshall, The Intruders, HarperCollins Publishers Sarah Pinborough, The Taken, Dorchester Publishing Co Dan Simmons, The Terror, Little Brown & Co Michael Marshall Smith, The Servants, Earthling Publications Novella Eric Brown, Starship Summer, PS Publishing Tim Lebbon, After The War (Double Novella), Subterranean Press Gary McMahon, All Your Gods Are Dead, Humdrumming Del Stone Jr., Black Tide, Telos Publishing Conrad Williams, Rain, Gray Friar Press Conrad Williams, The Scalding Rooms, PS Publishing Short Fiction Ramsey Campbell, "Digging Deep," Phobic: Modern Horror Stories, Comma Press Christopher Fowler, "The Spider Kiss," The Mammoth Book of Monsters, Robinson Joe Hill, "Thumbprint," Post Scripts # 10, PS Publishing Joel Lane, "My Stone Desire," Black Static # 1, TTA Press Tim Lebbon, "Discovering Ghosts," Post Scripts # 10 Spring 2007, PS Publishing Collection Simon Clark, Midnight Bazaar: A Secret Arcade Of Strange And Eerie Tales, Robert Hale Paul Finch, Stains, Gray Friar Press Christopher Fowler, Old Devil Moon, Serpent's Tail Stephen Gallagher, Plots And Misadventures, Subterranean Press Gary McMahon, Dirty Prayers, Gray Friar Press Tony Richards, Going Back, Elastic Press Anthology Charles Black, The Black Book Of Horror, Mortbury Press John Grant, New Writings In The Fantastic, Pendragon Stephen Jones, The Mammoth Book Of Best New Horror 18, Robinson D. F. Lewis, Zencore!, Meganthus Ian Alexander Martin, The First Humdrumming Book Of Horror Stories, Humdrumming Small Press Andy Cox, Black Static Peter Crowther, PS Publishing Peter Crowther, Postscripts Andrew Hook, Elastic Press Steve Upham, Screaming Dreams Artist Vincent Chong Les Edwards (Edward Miller) Dave McKean Bryan Talbot Steve Upham Non-Fiction Allen Ashley, Planet Dodo Column, Midnight Street Peter Tennant, Whispers Of Wickedness Website Reviews Stephen Thrower, Nightmare USA: The Untold Story Of The Exploitation Independents, FAB Press Darren Turpin, UKSF Booknews Mark Valentine, Wormwood, Tartarus Press