Britansko društvo za fantastiku (BFS) objavilo je nominacije za ovogodišnju Britansku nagradu za fantastiku. U kategoriji za najbolji roman nalazi se šest ostvarenja, među kojima i knjiga Lavija Tidhara “A Man Lies Dreaming” o zatvoreniku koncentracionog logora koji zamišlja alternativni svet gde je Adolf Hitler londonski privatni detektiv.

Pored ovog romana, za nagradu će se takmičiti i “Breed” K.T. Dejvisa, koji opisuje potragu za čekićem drevnog junaka; “City of Stairs” Roberta Džeksona Beneta, pripovest o ubistvu diplomate u gradu uništenih bogova; roman Nila Vilijamsona “The Moon King”, čija radnja je smeštena u gradu za koji je privezan mesec; i “The Relic Guild” Edvarda Koksa koji prati pokušaje devojčice obdarene magijom da preživi u gradu u kome se upotreba magije strogo kažnjava.

Poslednji naslov u užem izboru je “Cuckoo Song”, dečije spisateljice Frensis Harding, priča koja prati jedanaestogodišnju devojčicu koja zamalo izbegava davljenje samo da bi se obrela u svetu u kome ništa nije kako bi trebalo da bude, a glas u  glavi odbrojava dane do njene smrti.

Nagrada za najbolji horor roman pripašće jednom od naslova među kojima su i romani Emili St Džon Mandel “Station Eleven” i “The Girl with all the Gifts” M.R. Kerija.

Uži izbor za nagradu ustanovljenu 1972. godine čiji laureati uključuju Majkla Murkoka, Stivena Kinga, Tanitu Li, Džina Vulfa i Remzija Kembela najvećim delom sastavljaju članovi Britanskog društva za fantastiku i posetioci FantasyCon-a, a pobednik će biti proglašen u oktobru, na FantasyCon-u u Notingemu.

Lista nominacija u svim kategorijama:

Best Fantasy Novel (the Robert Holdstock Award)

• City of Stairs, Robert Jackson Bennett (Jo Fletcher)
• The Relic Guild, Edward Cox (Gollancz)
• Breed, K.T. Davies (Fox Spirit)
• Cuckoo Song, Frances Hardinge (Macmillan Children’s)
• A Man Lies Dreaming, Lavie Tidhar (Hodder & Stoughton)
• The Moon King, Neil Williamson (NewCon)

Best Horror Novel (the August Derleth Award)

• The Last Plague, Rich Hawkins (Crowded Quarantine)
• The Unquiet House, Alison Littlewood (Jo Fletcher)
• Station Eleven, Emily St. John Mandel (Knopf)
• The End, Gary McMahon (NewCon)
• The Girl With All the Gifts, M.R. Carey (Orbit)
• No One Gets Out Alive, Adam Nevill (Macmillan)

Best Novella

• “Water For Drowning”, Ray Cluley (This Is Horror)
• “Cold Turkey”, Carole Johnstone (TTA)
• “Newspaper Heart”, Stephen Volk (The Spectral Book of Horror Stories)
• “Drive”, Mark West (Pendragon)

Best Short Story

• “The Girl on the Suicide Bridge”, J.A. Mains (Beside the Seaside)
• “Ptichka”, Laura Mauro (Horror Uncut: Tales of Social Insecurity and Economic Unease)
• “A Woman’s Place”, Emma Newman (Two Hundred and Twenty-One Baker Streets)
• “A Change of Heart”, Gaie Sebold (Wicked Women)

Best Collection

• Nick Nightmare Investigates, Adrian Cole (Alchemy & Airgedlámh)
• Scruffians! Stories of Better Sodomites, Hal Duncan (Lethe)
• The Bright Day Is Done, Carole Johnstone (Gray Friar)
• Gifts for the One Who Comes After, Helen Marshall (ChiZine)
• Black Gods Kiss, Lavie Tidhar (PS)

Best Anthology

• The Alchemy Press Book of Urban Mythic 2, Jan Edwards & Jenny Barber, eds. (Alchemy)
• Terror Tales of Wales, Paul Finch, ed. (Gray Friar)
• Horror Uncut: Tales of Social Insecurity and Economic Unease, Joel Lane & Tom Johnstone, eds. (Gray Friar)
• The Spectral Book of Horror Stories, Mark Morris, ed. (Spectral)
• Lightspeed: Women Destroy Science Fiction Special Issue, Christie Yant, ed. (Lightspeed)

Best Independent Press

• The Alchemy Press (Peter Coleborn)
• Fox Spirit Books (Adele Wearing)
• NewCon Press (Ian Whates)
• Spectral Press (Simon Marshall-Jones)

Best Non-Fiction

• Rhapsody: Notes on Strange Fictions, Hal Duncan (Lethe)
• You Are the Hero: A History of Fighting Fantasy Gamebooks, Jonathan Green (Snowbooks)
• Touchstones: Essays on the Fantastic, John Howard (Alchemy)
• Letters to Arkham: The Letters of Ramsey Campbell and August Derleth, 1961-1971, S.T. Joshi, ed. (PS)
• D.F. Lewis Dreamcatcher Real-Time Reviews, D.F. Lewis (D.F. Lewis)
• Ginger Nuts of Horror, Jim McLeod, ed. (Jim McLeod)
• Sibilant Fricative: Essays & Reviews, Adam Roberts (Steel Quill)

Best Magazine/Periodical

• Black Static, Andy Cox, ed. (TTA)
• Holdfast Magazine, Laurel Sills & Lucy Smee, eds. (Laurel Sills & Lucy Smee)
• Interzone, Andy Cox, ed. (TTA)
• Lightspeed, John Joseph Adams, ed. (Lightspeed)
• Sein und Werden, Rachel Kendall, ed. (ISMs)

Best Artist

• Ben Baldwin
• Vincent Chong
• Les Edwards
• Sarah Anne Langton
• Karla Ortiz
• Daniele Serra

Best Comic/Graphic Novel

• Through the Woods, Emily Carroll (Margaret K. McElderry)
• The Wicked + The Divine, Kieron Gillen & Jamie McKelvie (Image)
• Cemetery Girl, Charlaine Harris, Christopher Golden & Don Kramer (Jo Fletcher)
• Seconds, Bryan Lee O’Malley (SelfMadeHero)
• Grandville Noël, Bryan Talbot (Jonathan Cape)
• Saga, Brian K. Vaughan & Fiona Staples (Image)

Best Film/Television Episode

• Birdman: Or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
• Black Mirror: “White Christmas”
• Guardians of the Galaxy
• Interstellar
• Under the Skin

Best Newcomer (the Sydney J. Bounds Award)

• Edward Cox, for The Relic Guild (Gollancz)
• Sarah Lotz, for The Three (Hodder & Stoughton)
• Laura Mauro, for “Ptichka” (Horror Uncut: Tales of Social Insecurity and Economic Unease)
• Den Patrick, for The Boy with the Porcelain Blade (Gollancz)
• Jen Williams, for The Copper Promise (Headline)