British Fantasy Award for Best Newcomer

British Fantasy Award for Best Newcomer
Awarded forWorks over 40,000 words
CountryUnited Kingdom
Presented byBritish Fantasy Society
First award1990 (1990)
Websitebritishfantasysociety.org

The British Fantasy Award for Best Newcomer, also known as the Sydney J. Bounds Award, is a literary award given annually as part of the British Fantasy Awards. The award is named after British author Sydney J. Bounds, whose estate has sponsored the award since 2007.

History

The award was initially presented by the Icarus Society and was known as the Icarus Award. After the Icarus Society dissolved, the award for renamed Best Newcomer. Beginning in 1995, the award was merged into the British Fantasy Special Award. Since 2007, the award has existed as a separate category once again. It is sponsored by the estate of author Sydney J. Bounds and is known as the Sydney J. Bounds Award for Best Newcomer.[1]

Winners and shortlists

  *   Winners

Original award (1991-1995)
Year Author Ref.
1991 Michael Marshall Smith* [2]
1992 Melanie Tem* [3]
Julie Akhurst [3]
Graham Joyce [3]
1993 Conrad Williams* [4]
1994 Poppy Z. Brite* [5]
1995 Maggie Furey* [6]
Peter Atkins [6]
Mark Chadbourn [6]
Terry Goodkind [6]
Terry Lamsley [6]
Sydney J. Bounds Award (2007-present)
Year Author Work Publisher Ref.
2007 Joe Hill* — — [7]
2008 Scott Lynch* — — [8]
2009 Joseph D'Lacey* Meat Bloody Books [9]
2010 Kari Sperring* Living with Ghosts DAW Books [10]
2011 Robert Jackson Bennett* Mr. Shivers Orbit Books [11]
2012 Kameron Hurley* God's War Night Shade [12]
2013 Helen Marshall* Hair Side, Flesh Side ChiZine [13]
Saladin Ahmed Throne of the Crescent Moon Gollancz [13]
Stephen Bacon Peel Back the Sky Gray Friar [13]
Stephen Blackmoore City of the Lost DAW Books [13]
Kim Curran Shift Strange Chemistry [13]
Anne Lyle The Alchemist of Souls Angry Robot [13]
Alison Moore The Lighthouse Salt Publishing [13]
Lou Morgan Blood and Feathers Solaris Books [13]
E. C. Myers Fair Coin Pyr [13]
Molly Tanzer A Pretty Mouth Lazy Fascist [13]
2014 Ann Leckie* Ancillary Justice Orbit Books [14]
Francis Knight Fade to Black Orbit Books [14]
Laura Lam Pantomime Strange Chemistry [14]
Libby McGugan The Eidolon Solaris Books [14]
Emma Newman Between Two Thorns Angry Robot [14]
Samantha Shannon The Bone Season Bloomsbury Publishing [14]
2015 Sarah Lotz* The Three Hodder & Stoughton [15]
Edward Cox The Relic Guild Gollancz [15]
Laura Mauro "Ptichka" Horror Uncut: Tales of Social Insecurity and Economic Unease [15]
Den Patrick The Boy with the Porcelain Blade Gollancz [15]
Jen Williams The Copper Promise Headline Publishing Group [15]
2016 Zen Cho* Sorcerer to the Crown Macmillan Publishers [16]
Becky Chambers The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet Hodder & Stoughton [16]
Peter Newman The Vagrant HarperVoyager [16]
Steven Poore The Heir to the North Kristell Ink [16]
Marc Turner When the Heavens Fall Titan Publishing Group [16]
2017 Erica L. Satifka* Stay Crazy Apex Book Company [17]
James Bennett Chasing Embers Orbit Books [17]
Daniel Godfrey New Pompeii Titan Publishing Group [17]
Phil Sloman Becoming David Hersham Horror [17]
Martin Owton Exile Tickety Boo Press [17]
2018 Jeannette Ng* Under the Pendulum Sun Angry Robot [18]
R. J. Barker Age of Assassins Orbit Books [18]
S. A. Chakraborty The City of Brass HarperVoyager [18]
Ed McDonald Blackwing Orion Publishing Group [18]
Anna Smith Spark The Court of Broken Knives HarperVoyager [18]
2019 Tasha Suri* Empire of Sand Orbit Books [19]
Tomi Adeyemi Children of Blood and Bone Macmillan Children's Books [19]
Cameron Johnston The Traitor God Angry Robot [19]
R. F. Kuang The Poppy War HarperVoyager [19]
Marian Womack Lost Objects Luna Press Publishing [19]
Micah Yongo Lost Gods Angry Robot [19]
2020 Ta-Nehisi Coates* The Water Dancer Penguin Books [20]
Alix E. Harrow The Ten Thousand Doors of January Orbit Books [20]
Penny Jones Suffer Little Children Black Shuck Books [20]
Tamsyn Muir Gideon the Ninth Tordotcom [20]
Nina Oram The Joining Luna Press Publishing [20]
2021 Kathleen Jennings* Flyaway Tordotcom [21]
Tiffani Angus Threading the Labyrinth Unsung Stories [21]
Dan Coxon Green Fingers & Only the Broken Remain Black Shuck Books [21]
Only the Broken Remain Black Shuck Books [21]
Sean Hogan Three Mothers, One Father Black Shuck Books [21]
Simon Jimenez The Vanished Birds Titan Publishing Group [21]
Rym Kechacha Dark River Unsung Stories [21]
2022 Shelley Parker-Chan* She Who Became the Sun Tor Books [22]
J. T. Greathouse The Hand of the Sun King Gollancz [22]
Ian Green The Gauntlet and the Fist Beneath Head of Zeus [22]
Lorraine Wilson This is Our Undoing Luna Press Publishing [22]
C. A. Yates We All Have Teeth Fox Spirit [22]
Xiran Jay Zhao Iron Widow Penguin Teen [22]
2023 Hiron Ennes* Leech Tor Books [23]
Sunyi Dean The Book Eaters Tor Books [23]
Somto Ihezue "Whole" — [23]
"Like Stars Daring to Shine" — [23]
"A Girl is Blood, Spirit and Fire" — [23]
"The Carving of War" — [23]
Shauna Lawless The Children of Gods and Fighting Men Head of Zeus [23]
Elijah Kinch Spector Kalyna the Soothsayer Erewhon Books [23]
Susan York Starless Midnight Street Press [23]
Bible Black Midnight Street Press [23]
2024 Teika Marija Smits* Umbilical Newcon Press [24]
Waterlore Black Shuck Books [24]
Moniquill Blackgoose To Shape a Dragon's Breath Del Rey Books [24]
Vajra Chandrasekera The Saint of Bright Doors Tordotcom [24]
Hannah Kaner Godkiller HarperVoyager [24]
Charlotte Langtree Fractured: Tales of Flame and Fury Clarendon House Publications [24]
Em X. Liu The Death I Gave Him Solaris Books [24]
2025 Frances White* Voyage of the Damned Penguin Michael Joseph [25]
Eliza Chan Fathomfolk Orbit Books [25]
Lyndsey Croal Limelight and Other Stories Shortwave Publishing [25]
L. N. Bayen Wingspan of Treason Bregma Publishing [25]
J. L. Odom By Blood, By Salt Azimuth [25]
Adrian M. Gibson Mushroom Blues — [25]
2026 M. H. Ayinde A Song of Legends Lost Orbit Books [26]
Annabel Campbell The Outcast Mage Orbit Books [26]
Ana Sun Futures to Live By NewCon Press [26]
M. K. Hardy The Needfire Solaris Books [26]


References

  1. ↑ Edwards, Jan; Sutton, David. "History of the British Fantasy Awards". British Fantasy Society. Retrieved 12 February 2026.
  2. ↑ "British Fantasy Awards 1991". sfadb. Retrieved 21 February 2026.
  3. 1 2 3 "British Fantasy Awards 1992". sfadb. Retrieved 21 February 2026.
  4. ↑ "British Fantasy Awards 1993". sfadb. Retrieved 21 February 2026.
  5. ↑ "British Fantasy Awards 1994". sfadb. Retrieved 21 February 2026.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 "British Fantasy Awards 1995". sfadb. Retrieved 21 February 2026.
  7. ↑ "British Fantasy Awards 2007". sfadb. Retrieved 18 February 2026.
  8. ↑ "2008 British Fantasy Awards Winners". Locus Online. 21 September 2008. Retrieved 17 February 2026.
  9. ↑ "2009 British Fantasy Awards Winners". Locus. 22 September 2009. Retrieved 17 February 2026.
  10. ↑ "2010 British Fantasy Awards Winners". Locus. 21 September 2010. Retrieved 17 February 2026.
  11. ↑ "2011 British Fantasy Award Winners". Locus. 3 October 2011. Retrieved 17 February 2026.
  12. ↑ "BFA Winners". British Fantasy Society. Retrieved 22 July 2026.
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  18. 1 2 3 4 5 "Announcing the 2018 British Fantasy Award Winners". Reactor. 22 October 2018. Retrieved 12 February 2026.
  19. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "2019 British Fantasy Awards Winners". Locus. 20 October 2019. Retrieved 12 February 2026.
  20. 1 2 3 4 5 Andrew Liptak (22 February 2021). "Here Are the Winners of the 2020 British Fantasy Awards". Reactor. Retrieved 12 February 2026.
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  22. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Announcing the 2022 British Fantasy Awards Winners". Reactor. 19 September 2022. Retrieved 23 July 2026.
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