TQF awards

In 2017 we began running the TQF Awards, mainly as a way to stop Stephen getting too sad about not running the British Fantasy Awards any more, but also as a way to let him experiment with rules and voting methods in a way that wasn't possible with the BFAs.

Rules

The rules of the TQF Awards can be changed by the publisher of Theaker's Quarterly Fiction, but not during an awards cycle, only before it has begun or after it has completed. The only items eligible are those reviewed in magazine issues published during the year preceding the awards (regardless of the item's publication date) or published in the magazine. Material cannot be submitted for consideration: submit it instead for review. The categories of the awards are those that have appeared in the magazine's review section during the previous year, plus categories relating to the magazine itself. An issue whose publication was delayed into the following year can be included if it feels appropriate to do so. A vote on all eligible items will take place, with people able to vote for as many items in each category as they like. Ties in categories relating to items reviewed will be decided by (a) referring to our reviewers' star ratings (where available), (b) double-counting the votes of TQF contributors or (c) rolling a dice with a suitable number of sides. And a tie in categories relating to the magazine itself will be decided by (a) discounting the votes of TQF contributors or (b) rolling a dice with a suitable number of sides. The awards will take the form of something relatively cheap and easy to post. In 2017 it was a small ruler.

Winners

Audio
2018: John Wyndham: BBC Radio Drama Collection, by John Wyndham et al. (BBC Worldwide)
2017: The Brenda and Effie Mysteries: Spicy Tea and Sympathy, by Paul Magrs (Bafflegab Productions)

Books
2018: Pirate Utopia, by Bruce Sterling (Tachyon Publications)
2017: Songs of a Dead Dreamer and Grimscribe, by Thomas Ligotti (Penguin Classics)

Comics
2018: Adventure Time: Marceline Gone Adrift, by Meredith Gran and Carey Pietsch (Boom! Studios)
2017: The Glorkian Warrior and the Mustache of Destiny, by James Kochalka (First Second)

Events
2018: Eastercon 2017: Innominate

Films
2018: Star Wars: The Last Jedi, by Rian Johnson (Lucasfilm et al.)
2017: Captain America: Civil War, by Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely (Marvel Entertainment et al.)

Games
2017: Trials Fusion Awesome Max Edition, by RedLynx (Ubisoft)

Music
2018: Humanz (Deluxe), by Gorillaz (Parlophone)
2017: It Follows: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack, by Disasterpeace (Milan Records)

Television
2018: Sherlock, Series 4, by Mark Gatiss and Steven Moffat (BBC)
2017: Doctor Who, Season 9, by Steven Moffat and friends (BBC)

Issue of TQF
2018: Theaker’s Quarterly Fiction #59, edited by Stephen Theaker and John Greenwood
2017: Theaker’s Quarterly Fiction #56, edited by Stephen Theaker and John Greenwood

TQF cover art
2018: Theaker’s Quarterly Fiction #60, art by Howard Watts
2017: Theaker’s Quarterly Fiction #56, art by Howard Watts

Fiction from TQF
2018: Bound for Glory, by Allen Ashley
2017: The Policeman and the Silence, by Patrick Whittaker