August Derleth Award

The August Derleth Award is one of the British Fantasy Awards bestowed annually by the British Fantasy Society. The award is named after the American writer and editor August Derleth. It was inaugurated in 1972 for the best novel of the year, was not awarded in 2011, and was resumed in 2012 for the best horror novel of the year.

Winners

The August Derleth Award was conferred 45 times in 46 years to 2017, including 39 times to 2010 for the best novel of the year. Its multiple winners include Ramsey Campbell (6), Graham Joyce (5), Michael Moorcock and Stephen King (4).

Source: August Derleth Award, Worlds Without End (worldswithoutend.com)^[1]

Best novel of the year (1972–2010)

1972 The Knight of the Swords, Michael Moorcock
1973 The King of the Swords, Michael Moorcock
1974 Hrolf Kraki's Saga, Poul Anderson
1975 The Sword and the Stallion, Michael Moorcock
1976 The Hollow Lands, Michael Moorcock
1977 The Dragon and the George, Gordon R. Dickson
1978 A Spell for Chameleon, Piers Anthony
1979 The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant, the Unbeliever, Stephen R. Donaldson
1980 Death's Master, Tanith Lee
1981 To Wake the Dead, Ramsey Campbell
1982 Cujo, Stephen King
1983 The Sword of the Lictor, Gene Wolfe
1984 Floating Dragon, Peter Straub
1985 Incarnate, Ramsey Campbell
1986 The Ceremonies, T. E. D. Klein
1987 It, Stephen King
1988 The Hungry Moon, Ramsey Campbell
1989 The Influence, Ramsey Campbell
1990 Carrion Comfort, Dan Simmons
1991 Midnight Sun, Ramsey Campbell
1992 Outside the Dog Museum, Jonathan Carroll
1993 Dark Sister, Graham Joyce
1994 The Long Lost, Ramsey Campbell
1995 Only Forward, Michael Marshall Smith
1996 Requiem, Graham Joyce
1997 The Tooth Fairy, Graham Joyce
1998 Light Errant, Chaz Brenchley
1999 Bag of Bones, Stephen King
2000 Indigo, Graham Joyce
2001 Perdido Street Station, China Miéville
2002 The Night of the Triffids, Simon Clark
2003 The Scar, China Miéville
2004 Full Dark House, Christopher Fowler
2005 Dark Tower VII: The Dark Tower, Stephen King
2006 Anansi Boys, Neil Gaiman
2007 Dusk, Tim Lebbon
2008 The Grin of the Dark, Ramsey Campbell
2009 Memoirs of a Master Forger, William Heaney (Graham Joyce)
2010 One, Conrad Williams

Best horror novel (2012–present)

2012 The Ritual, Adam Nevill
2013 Last Days, Adam Nevill
2014 The Shining Girls, Lauren Beukes
2015 No One Gets Out Alive, Adam Nevill
2016 Rawblood, Catriona Ward
2017 Disappearance at Devil's Rock, Paul G. Tremblay
2018 The Changeling, Victor LaValle
2018 The Boy on the Bridge
2019 Little Eve, Catriona Ward
2020 The Reddening, Adam Nevill
2021 Mexican Gothic, by Silvia Moreno-Garcia^[2]
2022 The Last House on Needless Street, Catriona Ward

References

^ "August Derleth Award". Worlds Without End. Retrieved 2021-02-24.
^ "British Fantasy Awards 2021: winners announced | The British Fantasy Society". www.britishfantasysociety.org. Archived from the original on 2022-06-19. Retrieved 2021-09-28.

[WWE-WFA-1] "August Derleth Award". Worlds Without End. Retrieved 2021-02-24.

[2] "British Fantasy Awards 2021: winners announced | The British Fantasy Society". www.britishfantasysociety.org. Archived from the original on 2022-06-19. Retrieved 2021-09-28.

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