British Fantasy Award categories include Best Horror Novel and Best Fantasy Novel.
The current award categories are Best Fantasy Novel -LRB- the Robert Holdstock Award -RRB- , Best Horror Novel -LRB- the August Derleth Award -RRB- , Best Novella , Best Short Story , Best Independent Press , Best Artist , Best Anthology , Best Collection , Best Comic/Graphic Novel , Best Non-Fiction , and Best Newcomer -LRB- the Sydney J. Bounds Award -RRB- , while the Karl Edward Wagner Award for `` important contribution to the genre or the Society '' is given at the discretion of the BFS committee .	August Derleth Award	August Derleth Award	Robert Holdstock	Robert Holdstock	August Derleth	August Derleth	Sydney J. Bounds	Sydney J. Bounds	Karl Edward Wagner	Karl Edward Wagner
