British Fantasy Award for Best Collection

British Fantasy Award for Best Collection
Awarded forCollection of works by a single author
CountryUnited Kingdom
Presented byBritish Fantasy Society
First award1991 (1991)
Most recent winnerElephants in Bloom by Cecile Cristofari
Websitebritishfantasysociety.org
RelatedBritish Fantasy Award for Best Anthology

The British Fantasy Award for Best Collection is a literary award given annually as part of the British Fantasy Awards.

History

The award was originally given to both anthologies and collections. After 1998, the award was divided into the British Fantasy Award for Best Collection and another award for Best Anthology.[1]

Winners and shortlist

Combined Anthology/Collection Award

  *   Winners

Best Anthology/Collection
Year Author/Editor Work Publisher Ref.
1991 Stephen Jones, ed.* Best New Horror Robinson [2]
Ramsey Campbell, ed.*
Thomas F. Monteleone, ed. Borderlands Borderlands Press [2]
Stephen Jones, ed. Dark Voices: The Pan Book of Horror Pan Books [2]
David Sutton, ed.
Stephen King Four Past Midnight Viking Press [2]
Richard Dalby, ed. The Mammoth Book of Ghost Stories Robinson [2]
1992 Nicholas Royle, ed.* Darklands Egerton Press [3]
Thomas F. Monteleone, ed. Borderlands 2 Borderlands Press [3]
David Sutton, ed. Dark Voices Pan Books [3]
Stephen Jones, ed.
1993 Nicholas Royle, ed.* Darklands 2 Egerton Press [4]
1994 David Sutton, ed.* Dark Voices 5 Pan Books [5]
Stephen Jones, ed.*
1995 Joel Lane* The Earth Wire and Other Stories Egerton Press [6]
Paul Lewis, ed. Cold Cuts II Alun Press [6]
Steve Lockley, ed.
Ellen Datlow, ed. Little Deaths Millenium [6]
Kim Newman The Original Dr Shade and Other Stories Simon & Schuster [6]
Janny Wurts This Way Lies Camelot HarperCollins [6]
1996 Andy Cox, ed.* Last Rites and Resurrections TTA Press [7]
Paul Lewis, ed. Cold Cuts III Alun Press [7]
Steve Lockley, ed.
Ellen Datlow, ed. Little Deaths Millenium [7]
Stephen Jones, ed. Dark Terrors Gollancz [7]
David Sutton, ed.
Kim Newman Famous Monsters Pocket UK [7]
Neil Gaiman The Sandman: World's End Vertigo [7]
1997 Thomas Ligotti* The Nightmare Factory Raven Books / Carroll & Graf Publishers [8]
Chaz Brenchley Blood Waters Flambard Press [8]
Stephen Jones, ed. Dark Terrors 2 Gollancz [8]
David Sutton, ed.
Stephen Jones, ed. The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror: Volume Seven Raven Books / Carroll & Graf Publishers [8]
Shirley Jackson The Masterpieces of Shirley Jackson Raven Books / Carroll & Graf Publishers [8]
Neil Gaiman, ed. The Sandman: Book of Dreams Harper Prism / HarperCollins [8]
Edward E. Kramer, ed.
1998 Stephen Jones, ed.* Dark Terrors 3 Gollancz [9]
David Sutton, ed.*
Mike Ashley, ed. Chronicles of the Round Table Carroll & Graf Publishers [9]
Barbara Roden, ed. Midnight Never Comes Ash-Tree Press [9]
Christopher Roden, ed.
Neil Gaiman The Sandman: The Wake Titan Books [9]
Andrew Haigh, ed. Scaremongers Tanjen [9]

Award for Best Collection

Best Collection
Year Author Work Publisher Ref.
1999 Ramsey Campbell* Ghosts and Grisly Things Pumpkin Books [10]
Brian Lumley A Coven of Vampires Fedogan & Bremer / Headline Publishing Group [10]
Ray Bradbury Driving Blind Avon Books / Earthlight [10]
Tim Lebbon Faith in the Flesh Razorblade Press [10]
Graham Masterton Manitou Man: The Worlds of Graham Masterton British Fantasy Society [10]
Ray Clark
Matt Williams
Mike Chinn The Paladin Mandates Alchemy Press [10]
Christopher Fowler Personal Demons Serpent's Tail [10]
Jo Fletcher Shadows of Light and Dark Alchemy Press [10]
2000 Peter Crowther* Lonesome Roads Razorblade Press [11]
Robert Aickman The Collected Strange Stories Tartarus Press / Durtro [11]
Stephen King Hearts in Atlantis Hodder & Stoughton [11]
Charles de Lint Moonlight and Vines Tor Books [11]
Michael Marshall Smith What You Make It HarperCollins UK [11]
2001 Kim Newman* Where the Bodies Are Buried Alchemy Press [12]
Robert E. Howard The Conan Chronicles, 1 Gollancz [12]
Terry Lamsley Dark Matters Ash-Tree Press [12]
Stephen Laws Midnight Man Silver Salamander Press [12]
R. Chetwynd-Hayes Phantom & Fiends Robert Hale [12]
2002 Paul Finch* Aftershocks Ash-Tree Press [13]
Tim Lebbon As the Sun Goes Down Night Shade Books [13]
Robert E. Howard The Conan Chronicles Volume Two: The Hour of the Dragon Gollancz [13]
Michael Moorcock London Bone Scribner [13]
Peter Straub Magic Terror: Seven Tales HarperCollins [13]
2003 Ramsey Campbell* Ramsey Campbell, Probably: On Horror and Sundry Fantasies PS Publishing [14]
Clark Ashton Smith The Emperor of Dreams Gollancz [14]
Stephen King Everything's Eventual Hodder & Stoughton [14]
Ursula K. Le Guin Tales from Earthsea Gollancz [14]
Andrew Hook The Virtual Menagerie Elastic Press [14]
2004 Ramsey Campbell* Told by the Dead PS Publishing [15]
Christopher Fowler Demonized Serpent's Tail [15]
Michael Marshall Smith More Tomorrow & Other Stories Earthling Publications [15]
M. John Harrison Things That Never Happen Night Shade Books [15]
Mark Samuels The White Hands and Other Weird Tales Tartarus Press [15]
2005 Stephen Gallagher* Out of His Mind PS Publishing [16]
Paul Finch Darker Ages Sarob Press [16]
Allen Ashley Somnambulists Elastic Press [16]
M. John Harrison Things That Never Happen Gollancz [16]
Lucius Shepard Trujillo and Other Stories PS Publishing [16]
2006 Joe Hill* 20th Century Ghosts PS Publishing [17]
Andrew Hook Beyond Each Blue Horizon Crowswing Books [17]
Simon Clark Hotel Midnight Robert Hale [17]
Tim Lee The Life to Come Elastic Press [17]
Stuart Young The Mask Behind the Face and Other Stories Pendragon Press [17]
Leigh Brackett Sea Kings of Mars and Otherworldly Stories Gollancz [17]
2007 Neil Gaiman* Fragile Things Headline Publishing Group [18]
Christopher Teague Choices Pendragon Press [18]
Neil Williamson The Ephemera Elastic Press [18]
Joel Lane The Lost District and Other Stories Night Shade Books [18]
Kim Newman The Man from the Diogenes Club MonkeyBrain [18]
Mike O'Driscoll Unbecoming and Other Tales of Horror Elastic Press [18]
2008 Christopher Fowler* Old Devil Moon Serpent's Tail [19]
Gary McMahon Dirty Prayers Gray Friar Press [19]
Tony Richards Going Back Elastic Press [19]
Simon Clark Midnight Bazaar: A Secret Arcade of Strange and Eerie Tales Robert Hale [19]
Stephen Gallagher Plots and Misadventures Subterranean Press [19]
Paul Finch Stains Gray Friar Press [19]
2009 Allyson Bird* Bull Running for Girls Screaming Dreams [20]
Mark Samuels Glyphotech PS Publishing [20]
Gary McMahon How To Make Monsters Morrigan Books [20]
Paul Meloy Islington Crocodiles TTA Press [20]
Stephen King Just After Sunset Hodder & Stoughton [20]
2010 Robert Shearman* Love Songs for the Shy And Cynical Big Finish Productions [21]
Allen Ashley Once & Future Cities Eibonvale [21]
Ramsey Campbell Just Behind You PS Publishing [21]
Joel Lane The Terrible Changes Ex Occidente [21]
Ian McDonald Cyberabad Days Gollancz [21]
2011 Stephen King* Full Dark, No Stars Hodder & Stoughton [22]
Simon Clark The Gravedigger's Tale: Fables of Fear Robert Hale [22]
Tim Lebbon Last Exit for the Lost Cemetery Dance Publications [22]
Paul Finch One Monster Is Not Enough Gray Friar Press [22]
Paul Finch Walkers in the Dark Ash-Tree Press [22]
2012 Robert Shearman* Everyone's Just So So Special Big Finish Productions [23]
Peter Atkins Rumours of the Marvellous Alchemy Press [23]
Reggie Oliver Mrs Midnight Tartarus Press [23]
Liz Williams A Glass of Shadow NewCon [23]
2013 Robert Shearman* Remember Why You Fear Me ChiZine [24]
Jonathan Carroll The Woman Who Married a Cloud Subterranean Press [24]
Joel Lane Where Furnaces Burn PS Publishing [24]
Thana Niveau From Hell to Eternity Gray Friar Press [24]
2014 Stephen Volk* Monsters in the Heart Gray Friar Press [25]
Nathan Ballingrud North American Lake Monsters Small Beer Press [25]
Ramsey Campbell Holes for Faces Dark Regions Press [25]
Anna Taborska For Those Who Dream Monsters Mortbury Press [25]
2015 Adrian Cole Nick Nightmare Investigates Alchemy & Airgedlámh [26]
Hal Duncan Scruffians! Stories of Better Sodomites Lethe Press [26]
Carole Johnstone The Bright Day Is Done Gray Friar Press [26]
Helen Marshall Gifts for the One Who Comes After ChiZine [26]
Lavie Tidhar Black Gods Kiss PS Publishing [26]
2016 Tananarive Due* Ghost Summer: Stories Prime Books [27]
Ray Cluley Probably Monsters ChiZine [27]
Margrét Helgadóttir The Stars Seem So Far Away Fox Spirit [27]
Paul Kane Monsters Alchemy Press [27]
Joel Lane Scar City Eibonvale [27]
V. H. Leslie Skein and Bone Undertow [27]
2017 Adam Nevill* Some Will Not Sleep Ritual Limited [28]
Stephen Volk The Parts We Play PS Publishing [28]
Neil Williamson Secret Language NewCon [28]
Joe Abercrombie Sharp Ends Gollancz [28]
Pete Sutton A Tiding of Magpies Kensington Gore Hammered Horror [28]
Tracy Fahey The Unheimlich Menoeuvre Boo Books [28]
2018 Joe Hill* Strange Weather Gollancz [29]
Neil Gaiman Norse Mythology Bloomsbury Publishing [29]
Tanith Lee Tanith by Choice NewCon [29]
Sofia Samatar Tender: Stories Small Beer Press [29]
Malcolm Devlin You Will Grow into Them Unsung Stories [29]
2019 Priya Sharma* All the Fabulous Beasts Undertow [30]
Catherynne M. Valente The Future is Blue Subterranean Press [30]
N. K. Jemisin How Long 'til Black Future Month? Orbit Books [30]
Marian Womack Lost Objects Luna Press [30]
Thana Niveau Octoberland PS Publishing [30]
Rosanne Rabinowitz Resonance & Revolt Eibonvale [30]
2020 Laura Mauro* Sing Your Sadness Deep Undertow [31]
Maura McHugh The Boughs Withered When I Told Them My Dreams NewCon [31]
Paul G. Tremblay Growing Things Titan Books [31]
Georgina Bruce This House of Wounds Undertow [31]
Aliette de Bodard Of Wars, And Memories, And Starlight Subterranean Press [31]
2021 Charlotte Bond* The Watcher in the Woods Black Shuck Books [31]
Anna Taborska Bloody Britain Shadow [31]
Dan Coxon Only the Broken Remain Black Shuck Books [31]
Robert Shearman We All Hear Stories in the Dark PS Publishing [31]
2022 Isabel Yap* Never Have I Ever Small Beer Press [32]
A. C. Wise The Ghost Sequences Undertow [32]
Tracy Fahey I Spit Myself Out Sinister Horror Company [32]
Pete W. Sutton The Museum for Forgetting Grimbold [32]
C. A. Yates We All Have Teeth Fox Spirit [32]
2023 E. M. Faulds* Under the Moon Ghost Moth [33]
Penny Jones Behind a Broken Smile Black Shuck Books [33]
Cassandra Khaw Breakable Things Undertow [33]
Andrew Hook Candescent Blooms Salt [33]
2024 Tobi Ogundiran* Jackal, Jackal: Tales of the Dark and Fantastic Undertow [34]
Alison Littlewood A Curious Cartography Black Shuck Books [34]
Phil Sloman No Happily Ever After Self-published [34]
Premee Mohamed No One Will Come Back for Us Undertow [34]
Georgina Bruce The House on the Moon Black Shuck Books [34]
K. J. Parker Under my Skin Subterranean Press [34]
2025 Cecile Cristofari* Elephants in Bloom NewCon [35]
Steve Toase Dirt Upon My Skin Black Shuck Books [35]
Lyndsey Croal Limelight and Other Stories Shortwave Publishing [35]
Dave Jeffery Mood Swings Black Shuck Books [35]
James Bennett Preaching To The Perverted Lethe Press [35]

References

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