The British Fantasy Award for Best Independent Press is a literary award given annually as part of the British Fantasy Awards.
History
The award was initially titled "Best Small Press". Beginning in 2009, PS Publishing withdrew from consideration of the award. Instead, the imprint sponsored the award. The final year of the sponsorship occurred in 2014. Beginning in 2015, the award was retitled to "Best Independent Press."
Winners and shortlists
* Winners
+ Year Press 1977 Anduril* Chacal Dark Horizons 15 1978 Fantasy Tales #1* Chacal #2 1979 Fantasy Tales #2* Cthulhu 2: Tales of the Cthulhu Mythos Longbore the Inexhuastible Weirdbook #13 Whispers #10 1980 Fantasy Tales #5* Fantasy Media Vol. 1 Whispers #13-14 1981 Airgedlamh* Fantasy Media Fantasy Newsletter Kadath 1982 Fantasy Tales* Dark Horizons Kadath 1983 Fantasy Tales* Dark Horizons Whispers 1984 Ghosts & Scholars* 1985 Whispers* Dark Horizons Fantasy Tales Ghosts & Scholars 1986 Fantasy Tales* 1987 Fantasy Tales* Dagon 1988 Dagon* 1989 Dagon* 1990 Dagon* 1991 Dark Dreams* Aklo Ghosts & Scholars Iniquities / New Blood 1992 Peeping Tom* Chills Dark Dreams Dark Horizons Ghosts & Scholars 1993 Peeping Tom* 1994 Dementia 13* 1995 Necrofile* Peeping Tom The Third Alternative Voices from Shadow 1996 The Third Alternative* Cemetery Dance Peeping Tom Sierra Heaven Visionary Tongue 1997 H. P. Lovecraft: A Life* Broadsword Cemetery Dance Ghosts & Scholars Peeping Tom The Third Alternative Visionary Tongue 1998 Interzone* Peeping Tom Samhain Tanjen Press The Third Alternative 1999 The Third Alternative* Ghosts & Scholars Kimota Nasty Piece of Work Prism Pumpkin Books Samhain 2000 Razorblade Press* Enigmatic Press Interzone Kimota The Third Alternative 2001 PS Publishing* At the World's End Razorblade Press The Third Alternative 2002 PS Publishing* Dark Horizons Telos Publishing The Third Alternative 2003 PS Publishing* Roadworks Telos Publishing The Third Alternative 2004 PS Publishing* Elastic Press Scheherazade The Third Alternative 2005 Elastic Press* Pendragon Press Postscripts PS Publishing Scheherazade Telos Publishing The Third Alternative 2006 PS Publishing* Elastic Press Nemonymous Pendragon Press TTA Press 2007 PS Publishing* Elastic Press Pendragon Press Telos Publishing TTA Press 2008 PS Publishing* Black Static Elastic Press Postscripts Screaming Dreams 2009 Elastic Press* NewCon Press Pendragon Press Screaming Dreams TTA Press 2010 Telos Publishing* NewCon Press Screaming Dreams Subterranean Press TTA Press 2011 Telos Publishing* Atomic Fez Gray Friar Press Pendragon Press TTA Press 2012 Chômu Press* Gray Friar Press NewCon Press Spectral Press 2013 ChiZine Publications* Gray Friar Press Spectral Press TTA Press 2014 * Fox Spirit Books NewCon Press Spectral Press 2015 Fox Spirit Books* NewCon Press Spectral Press 2016 Angry Robot* Fox Spirit Books NewCon Press 2017 Grimbold Books* Fox Spirit Books NewCon Press TTA Press 2018 Unsung Stories* Fox Spirit Books Grimbold Books NewCon Press Salt Publishing 2019 Unsung Stories* Fox Spirit Books Luna Press Publishing NewCon Press 2020 Rebellion Publishing Aqueduct Press Black Shuck Books Luna Press Publishing NewCon Press Undertow Publications 2021 Luna Press Publishing* Black Shuck Books Flame Tree Press Unsung Stories 2022 Luna Press Publishing* Black Shuck Books Unsung Stories Wizard's Tower Press 2023 Luna Press Publishing* Black Shuck Books Flame Tree Press NewCon Press 2024 Flame Tree Press* Angry Robot Black Shuck Books Eibonvale Press Luna Press Publishing NewCon Press 2025 Flame Tree Press* NewCon Press Black Shuck Books Luna Press Publishing Swan River 2026Flame Tree PressLuna PressBlack Shuck BooksNewcon Press
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