Tuesday, September 22, 2009

Oh, yeah, and I didn't win any awards...

Four British Fantasy Award nominations, zero wins. Surely that must be some kind of record. Can I at least have an award for that?

No? Okay, then. It was worth a try.

Congratulations to those who did win, of course, but amid the trumpeting of the winners, I'd just like to share my commiserations with my fellow losers - especially Paul Meloy (who got my vote) and Simon Bestwick (whose name was mistakenly left off the printed nominations list so didn't even get to hear it read out).

3 comments:

Nemonymous said...

Commisertaions, Gary.

I voted for the Meloy, too.
But the collection category was very strong (and I would have loved any of them (McMahon, Bird, Samuels, Meloy) to win, including the one that did win! - except King that I hadn't read!) and also it should have included Stranzas' Beneath The Surface and Terry Grimwood's The Exaggerated Mn.

Gary Mc said...

Yep, a very strong category. As were they all, this year.

Anonymous said...

Hi Gary,

Just wanted to say that I thought 'Survivor Guilt' was excellent. I think there's something inherently scary about CCTV footage... almost as if it's deliberately grainy and murky and jerky and unclear.

All the best,

Tom.