The winners of the British Fantasy Awards 2009 are:
Best Novel (The August Derleth Fantasy Award)
Memoirs of a Master Forger, by William Heaney, aka Graham Joyce (Gollancz)
Best Novella
The Reach of Children, by Tim Lebbon (Humdrumming)
Best Short Fiction
“Do You See,” by Sarah Pinborough, from Myth-Understandings, ed. by Ian Whates (Newcon Press)
Best Collection
Bull Running for Girls, by Allyson Bird (Screaming Dreams)
Best Anthology
The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror 19, ed. Stephen Jones (Constable & Robinson)
The PS Publishing Best Small Press Award
Elastic Press, run by Andrew Hook
Best Non-Fiction
Basil Copper: A Life in Books, by Basil Copper, ed. Stephen Jones (PS Publishing)
Best Magazine/Periodical
Postscripts, ed. Peter Crowther and Nick Gevers (PS Publishing)
Best Artist
Vincent Chong
Best Comic/Graphic Novel
Locke and Key, by Joe Hill and Gabriel Rodriguez (IDW Publishing)
Best Televison
Doctor Who, head writer Russell T. Davies (BBC Wales)
Best Film
The Dark Knight, directed by Christopher Nolan (Warner Brothers)
The Sydney J. Bounds Award for Best Newcomer
Joseph D’Lacey, for Meat (Bloody Books)
The Karl Edward Wagner Award (the Special Award)
Hayao Miyazaki
The results of the BFS Short Story Competition 2009 were also announced at the ceremony:
Winner: “Dead Astronauts,” Patrick Whittaker
Runner-up: “In the Moment,” Elana Gomel
