| British Fantasy Award for Best Novella | |
|---|---|
| Awarded for | Works between 15,000 and 40,000 words |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Presented by | British Fantasy Society |
| First award | 2005 |
| Most recent winner | The Last to Drown by Lorraine Wilson |
| Website | britishfantasysociety |
The British Fantasy Award for Best Novella is a literary award given annually as part of the British Fantasy Awards.
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* Winners
| Year | Author | Work | Publisher | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Christopher Fowler* | Breathe | ||
| 2006 | Stuart Young* | The Mask Behind the Face | ||
| 2007 | Paul Finch* | Kid | ||
| 2008 | Conrad Williams* | The Scalding Rooms | ||
| 2009 | Tim Lebbon* | The Reach of Children | ||
| 2010 | Sarah Pinborough* | The Language of Dying | ||
| 2011 | Simon Clark * | Humpty's Bones | Telos | [1] |
| Stephen King | 1922 | Full Dark, No Stars | [1] | |
| Andrew Hook | Ponthe Oldenguine | Atomic Fez | [1] | |
| Paul Finch | Sparrowhawk | Pendragon | [1] | |
| Tim Lebbon | The Thief of Broken Toys | ChiZine | [1] | |
| 2012 | Lavie Tidhar * | Gorel and the Pot Bellied God | PS Publishing | [2] |
| James Cooper | Terra Damnata | PS Publishing | [2] | |
| Peter Crowther | Ghosts with Teeth | A Book of Horrors | [2] | |
| Elizabeth Hand | Near Zennor | A Book of Horrors | [2] | |
| John Ajvide Lindqvist | The Music of Bengt Karlsson, Murderer | A Book of Horrors | [2] | |
| Robert Shearman | Alice Through the Plastic Sheet | A Book of Horrors | [2] | |
| 2013 | John Llewellyn Probert* | The Nine Deaths of Dr Valentine | Spectral | [3] |
| Gary Fry | The Respectable Face of Tyranny | Spectral | [3] | |
| Michael Moorcock | Curaré | Zenith Lives! | [3] | |
| Mike O'Driscoll | Eyepennies | TTA | [3] | |
| 2014 | Sarah Pinborough * | Beauty | Gollancz | [4] |
| Nina Allan | Spin | TTA | [4] | |
| Nina Allan | Vivian Guppy and the Brighton Belle | Rustblind and Silverbright | [4] | |
| Paul Meloy | Dogs With Their Eyes Shut | PS Publishing | [4] | |
| Stephen Volk | Whitstable | Spectral | [4] | |
| 2015 | Stephen Volk * | Newspaper Heart | The Spectral Book of Horror Stories | [5] |
| Ray Cluley | Water for Drowning | This is Horror | [5] | |
| Carole Johnstone | Cold Turkey | TTA | [5] | |
| Mark West | Drive | Pendragon | [5] | |
| 2016 | Usman T. Malik * | The Pauper Prince and the Eucalyptus Jinn | Tordotcom | [6] |
| Paul Cornell | Witches of Lychford | Tordotcom | [6] | |
| Cate Gardner | The Bureau of Them | Spectral | [6] | |
| Mark Morris | Albion Fay | Spectral | [6] | |
| Nnedi Okorafor | Binti | Tordotcom | [6] | |
| 2017 | Victor LaValle * | The Ballad of Black Tom | Tordotcom | [7] |
| Aliya Whiteley | Arrival of Missives | Unsung Stories | [7] | |
| VH Leslie | Bodies of Water | Tordotcom | [7] | |
| Seanan McGuire | Every Heart a Doorway | Tordotcom | [7] | |
| Gary McMahon | The Grieving Stones | Horrific Tales Publishing | [7] | |
| Cassandra Khaw | Hammers on Bone | Tordotcom | [7] | |
| 2018 | Ellen Klages * | Passing Strange | Tordotcom | [8] |
| Emma Newman | Brother's Ruin | Tordotcom | [8] | |
| Alison Littlewood | Cottingley | NewCon | [8] | |
| Tade Thompson | The Murders of Molly Southbourne | Tordotcom | [8] | |
| Laura Mauro | Naming the Bones | Dark Minds Press | [8] | |
| Joanne Harris | A Pocketful of Crows | Gollancz | [8] | |
| 2019 | Aliette de Bodard * | The Tea Master and the Detective | Subterranean Press | [9] |
| Nnedi Okorafor | Binti: The Night Masquerade | Tordotcom | [9] | |
| Simon Bestwick | Breakwater | Tor Books | [9] | |
| Hal Duncan | The Land of Somewhere Safe | NewCon | [9] | |
| John Llewellyn Probert | The Last Temptation of Dr Valentine | Black Shuck | [9] | |
| Brooke Bolander | The Only Harmless Great Thing | Tordotcom | [9] | |
| 2020 | Priya Sharma * | Ormeshadow | Tordotcom | [10] |
| Neon Yang | The Ascent to Godhood | Tordotcom | [10] | |
| Nathan Ballingrud | Butcher's Table | Gallery/Saga Press | [10] | |
| Rivers Solomon [a] | The Deep | Gallery/Saga Press | [10] | |
| Gareth L. Powell | Ragged Alice | Tordotcom | [10] | |
| Tade Thompson | The Survival of Molly Southbourne | Tordotcom | [10] | |
| 2021 | P. Djèlí Clark * | Ring Shout | Tordotcom | [11] |
| Shona Kinsella | The Flame and the Flood | Fox Spirit | [11] | |
| Georgina Bruce | Honeybones | TTA | [11] | |
| Zen Cho | The Order of the Pure Moon Reflected in Water | Tordotcom | [11] | |
| Kit Power | A Song for the End | Horrific Tales | [11] | |
| Stark Holborn | Triggernometry | Rattleback | [11] | |
| 2022 | Nino Cipri * | Defekt | Tordotcom | [12] |
| Shingai Njeri Kagunda | & This is How to Stay Alive | Neon Hemlock | [12] | |
| Penny Jones | Matryoshka | Hersham Horror | [12] | |
| Alix E. Harrow | A Spindle Splintered | Tordotcom | [12] | |
| Premee Mohamed | These Lifeless Things | Solaris Books | [12] | |
| Alan Garner | Treacle Walker | 4th Estate | [12] | |
| 2023 | Rhiannon A. Grist* | The Queen of the High Fields | Luna Press | [13] |
| Malcolm Devlin | And Then I Woke Up | Tordotcom | [13] | |
| Stewart Hotston | The Entropy of Loss | NewCon | [13] | |
| Terry Grimwood | Interference | Elsewhen | [13] | |
| Adrian Tchaikovsky | Ogres | Solaris Books | [13] | |
| Priya Sharma | Pomegranates | PS Publishing | [13] | |
| 2024 | Indra Das * | The Last Dragoners of Bowbazar | Subterranean Press | [14] |
| David Green | The Darkness in the Pines | Eerie River Publishing | [14] | |
| Tim Lebbon | The Last Day and the First | PS Publishing | [14] | |
| Tracy Fahey | They Shut Me Up | PS Publishing | [14] | |
| T. Kingfisher | Thornhedge | Titan Books | [14] | |
| Fonda Lee | Untethered Sky | Tordotcom | [14] | |
| 2025 | Lorraine Wilson* | The Last to Drown | Luna Press | [15] |
| Neil Williamson | Charlie Says | Black Shuck Books | [15] | |
| T. Kingfisher | What Feasts at Night | Titan Books | [15] | |
| Kit Power | Millionaires Day | French Press | [15] |