BSFA Award
{{Short description|British science fiction awards}}
{{Infobox award
| name = BSFA Awards
| current_awards =
| awarded_for = Awarded each year to the best Novel, Short fiction, Audio fiction, Collection, Artwork and work of Non-Fiction published in the previous calendar year as voted for by the members of the British Science Fiction Association.
| presenter = British Science Fiction Association
| country = UK
| location =
| year = 1970
| website = {{URL|https://www.bsfa.co.uk/bsfa-awards/|bsfa.co.uk/awards}}
}}
The BSFA Awards are literary awards presented annually since 1970 by the British Science Fiction Association (BSFA) to honour works in the genre of science fiction. Nominees and winners are chosen based on a vote of BSFA members. More recently, members of the Eastercon convention have also been eligible to vote.
BSFA Award categories
The award originally included only a category for novels. A category for artists was added in 1979 and for short works in 1980. A category for younger readers was added in 2021. The artists category became artwork in 1986, and a category for related non-fiction was added in 2002. A number of new awards were created in 2023. A media category was awarded for 1978 to 1991. The ceremonies are named after the year that the eligible works were published, despite the awards being given out in the next year. The current standard award categories are:
- BSFA Award for Best Novel (from 1969)
- BSFA Award for Best Shorter Fiction (from 2023)
- BSFA Award for Best Short Fiction (from 1980)
- BSFA Award for Best Collection (from 2023)
- BSFA Award for Best Fiction for Younger Readers (from 2021)
- BSFA Award for Best Translated Short Fiction (from 2023)
- BSFA Award for Best Artwork (from 1979)
- BSFA Award for Best Original Audio Fiction (from 2023)
- BSFA Award for Best Non-Fiction (from 2001)
- BSFA Award for Best Short Non-Fiction (from 2023)
Previous categories:
- BSFA Award for Best Media (1978 to 1991)
BSFA Award winners
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| Year
! Category ! Work ! Author(s) | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1969
| Novel || Stand on Zanzibar || John Brunner | ||
| 1970
| Novel || The Jagged Orbit || John Brunner | ||
| 1971
| Collection || The Moment of Eclipse || Brian W. Aldiss | ||
| 1972
| colspan="3" | No award — insufficient votes. | ||
| rowspan="2" | 1973
| Novel || Rendezvous with Rama || Arthur C. Clarke | ||
| Special Award | Billion Year Spree | Brian W. Aldiss |
| 1974
| Novel || Inverted World || Christopher Priest | ||
| 1975
| Novel || Orbitsville || Bob Shaw | ||
| rowspan="2" | 1976
| Novel || Brontomek! || Michael G. Coney | ||
| Special Award | A Pictorial History of Science Fiction | David Kyle |
| 1977
| Novel || The Jonah Kit || Ian Watson | ||
| rowspan="3" | 1978
| Novel || A Scanner Darkly || Philip K. Dick | ||
| Collection | Deathbird Stories | Harlan Ellison |
| Media | The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (original radio series) | Douglas Adams |
| rowspan="4" | 1979
| Novel || The Unlimited Dream Company || J. G. Ballard | ||
| Short | "Palely Loitering" | Christopher Priest (F&SF) |
| Media | The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy | |
| Artist | Jim Burns | |
| rowspan="4" | 1980
| Novel || Timescape || Gregory Benford | ||
| Short | The Brave Little Toaster (novel)|"The Brave Little Toaster" | Thomas M. Disch (F&SF) |
| Media | The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy second radio series | Douglas Adams |
| Artist | Peter Jones | |
| rowspan="4" | 1981
| Novel || The Shadow of the Torturer || Gene Wolfe | ||
| Short | "Mythago Wood" | Robert Holdstock (F&SF) |
| Media | Time Bandits film | |
| Artist | Bruce Pennington | |
| rowspan="4" | 1982
| Novel || Helliconia Spring || Brian W. Aldiss | ||
| Short | "Kitemaster" | Keith Roberts (Interzone 1) |
| Media | Blade Runner film | |
| Artist | Tim White | |
| rowspan="4" | 1983Matrix issue 53 (June/July 1984) p1
| Novel || Tik-Tok || John Sladek | ||
| Short | "After-Images" | Malcolm Edwards (Interzone 4) |
| Media | Android film | |
| Artist | Bruce Pennington | |
| rowspan="4" | 1984Matrix issue 59 (June/July 1985) pp4-6
| Novel || Mythago Wood || Robert Holdstock | ||
| Short | "The Unconquered Country" | Geoff Ryman (Interzone 7) |
| Media | The Company of Wolves film | |
| Artist | Jim Burns | |
| rowspan="4" | 1985Matrix issue 63 (April/May 1986) p1
| Novel || Helliconia Winter || Brian W. Aldiss | ||
| Short | "Cube Root" | David Langford (Interzone 11) |
| Media | Brazil film | |
| Artist | Jim Burns | |
| rowspan="4" | 1986Matrix issue 70 (June/July 1987) p4
| Novel || The Ragged Astronauts || Bob Shaw | ||
| Short | "Kaeti and the Hangman" | Keith Roberts (in collection Kaeti & Company) |
| Media | Aliens film | |
| Artist | The Clocktower Girl by Keith Roberts | |
| rowspan="4" | 1987Matrix issue 76 (June/July 1988) p7
| Novel || Grainne || Keith Roberts | ||
| Short | "Love Sickness" | Geoff Ryman (Interzone 20/21) |
| Media | Star Cops television series | |
| Artwork | Cover of Worldcon Programme Book | Jim Burns |
| rowspan="4" | 1988Matrix issue 82 (June/July 1989) p7
| Novel || Lavondyss || Robert Holdstock | ||
| Short | "Dark Night in Toyland" | Bob Shaw (Interzone 26) |
| Media | Who Framed Roger Rabbit film | |
| Artwork | Cover of Lavondyss | Alan Lee |
| rowspan="4" | 1989Matrix issue 88 (June/July 1990) p7
| Novel || Pyramids || Terry Pratchett | ||
| Short | "In Translation" | Lisa Tuttle (Zenith) |
| Media | Red Dwarf television series | |
| Artwork | Cover of Other Edens III | Jim Burns |
| rowspan="4" | 1990Matrix issue 94 (June/July 1991) p9
| Novel || Take Back Plenty || Colin Greenland | ||
| Short | "The Original Doctor Shade" | Kim Newman (Interzone 36) |
| Media | Twin Peaks television series | |
| Artist | Covers of The Difference Engine and Interzone 40 | Ian Miller |
| rowspan="4" | 1991Matrix issue 100 (June/July 1992) pp9-10
| Novel || The Fall of Hyperion || Dan Simmons | ||
| Short | "Bad Timing" | Molly Brown (Interzone 54) |
| Media | Terminator 2: Judgment Day film | |
| Artwork | Cover of Interzone 45 | Mark Harrison |
| rowspan="3" | 1992Matrix issue 106 (June/July 1993) p3
| Novel || Red Mars || Kim Stanley Robinson | ||
| Short | "Innocents" | Ian McDonald (New Worlds 2) |
| Artwork | Cover of Hearts, Hands and Voices | Jim Burns |
| rowspan="4" | 1993Matrix issue 111 (April/May 1994) p21
| Novel || Aztec Century || Christopher Evans | ||
| Short | "The Ragthorn" | Robert Holdstock and Garry Kilworth (Interzone 74) |
| Artwork | Cover for Red Dust by Paul J. McAuley | Jim Burns |
| Special Award | The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction | ed. John Clute and Peter Nicholls |
| rowspan="3" | 1994Matrix issue 114 (April/May 1995) p3
| Novel || Feersum Endjinn || Iain M. Banks | ||
| Short | "The Double Felix" | Paul di Filippo (Interzone 87) |
| Artist | Cover for Interzone 79 | Jim Burns |
| rowspan="3" | 1995Matrix issue 122 (November/December 1996) p7
| Novel || The Time Ships || Stephen Baxter | ||
| Short | "The Hunger and Ecstasy of Vampires" | Brian Stableford (shorter version, Interzone 91/92) |
| Artist | cover for Seasons of Plenty | Jim Burns |
| rowspan="3" | 1996Matrix issue 125 (May/June 1997) p6
| Novel || Excession || Iain M. Banks | ||
| Short | "A Crab Must Try" | Barrington J. Bayley (Interzone 103) |
| Artist | cover for Ancient Shores | Jim Burns |
| rowspan="3" | 1997Matrix issue 131 (May/June 1998) p3
| Novel || The Sparrow || Mary Doria Russell | ||
| Short | "War Birds" | Stephen Baxter (Interzone 126) |
| Artist | 'The Black Blood of the Dead' cover Interzone 116 | SMS |
| rowspan="3" | 1998Matrix issue 137 (May/June 1999) p11
| Novel || The Extremes || Christopher Priest | ||
| Short | "La Cenerentola" | Gwyneth Jones (Interzone 136) |
| Artwork | 'Lord Prestimion' (cover, Interzone 138) | Jim Burns |
| rowspan="3" | 1999Matrix issue 144 (July/August 2000) p15
| Novel || The Sky Road || Ken MacLeod | ||
| Short | "Hunting the Slarque" | Eric Brown (Interzone 141) |
| Artwork | Darwinia (cover of Darwinia, Robert Charles Wilson) | Jim Burns |
| rowspan="3" | 2000Matrix issue 149 (May/June 2001) p17
| Novel || Ash: A Secret History || Mary Gentle | ||
| Short | "The Suspect Genome" | Peter F. Hamilton (Interzone 156) |
| Artwork | Hideaway (Cover, Interzone 157) | Dominic Harman |
| rowspan="4" | 2001Matrix issue 155 (May/June 2002) p20
| Novel || Chasm City || Alastair Reynolds | ||
| Short Story | "Children of Winter" | Eric Brown (Interzone 163) |
| Artwork | cover of Omegatropic | Colin Odell |
| Non-fiction | Omegatropic | Stephen Baxter |
| rowspan="4" | 2002Matrix issue 162 (July/August 2003) p4
| Novel || The Separation || Christopher Priest | ||
| Short Fiction | Coraline | Neil Gaiman |
| Artwork | cover, Interzone 179 | Dominic Harman |
| Related Publication | Introduction to Maps: The Uncollected John Sladek | David Langford |
| rowspan="4" | 2003Matrix issue 167 (May/June 2004) p4
| Novel || Felaheen || Jon Courtenay Grimwood | ||
| Short Fiction | The Wolves in the Walls | Neil Gaiman & Dave McKean |
| Artwork | cover, The True Knowledge of Ken MacLeod | Colin Odell |
| Non-fiction | Reading Science Fiction | Farah Mendlesohn |
| rowspan="3" | 2004
| Novel || River of Gods || Ian McDonald | ||
| Short Fiction | Mayflower II | Stephen Baxter |
| Artwork | cover, Newton's Wake (US Edition) | Stephan Martinière |
| rowspan="4" | 2005Matrix issue 179 (June/July 2006) p5
| Novel || Air || Geoff Ryman | ||
| Short Fiction | Magic for Beginners | Kelly Link |
| Artwork | cover, Interzone 200 | Pawel Lewandowski |
| Non-fiction Award | Soundings: Reviews 1992-1996 | Gary K. Wolfe |
| rowspan="3" | 2006Matrix issue 184 (2007) p5
| Novel || End of the World Blues || Jon Courtenay Grimwood | ||
| Short Fiction | The Djinn's Wife (Asimov's Science Fiction, July 2006) | Ian McDonald |
| Artwork | Angelbot, cover of Time Pieces | Christopher "Fangorn" Baker |
| rowspan="3" | 2007
| Novel || Brasyl || Ian McDonald | ||
| Short Fiction | Lighting Out | Ken MacLeod (disLocations) |
| Artwork | Cracked World, cover of disLocations | Andy Bigwood |
| rowspan="4" | 2008
| Novel || The Night Sessions || Ken MacLeod | ||
| Short Fiction | Exhalation | Ted Chiang |
| Artwork | cover of Subterfuge | Andy Bigwood |
| Non-fiction | Rhetorics of Fantasy | Farah Mendlesohn |
| rowspan="4" | 2009
| Novel || The City & the City || China Miéville | ||
| Short Fiction | The Beloved Time of Their Lives | Ian Watson and Roberto Quaglia |
| Artwork | cover of Desolation Road | Stephan Martinière |
| Non-fiction | Mutant Popcorn | Nick Lowe |
| rowspan="4" | 2010{{cite web|url=http://www.bsfa.co.uk/MatrixNews/tabid/108/smid/551/ArticleID/246/reftab/36/t/BSFA-Award-2010---Winners/Default.aspx |title=BSFA Award 2010 - Winners |access-date=2011-04-28 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110513144337/http://www.bsfa.co.uk/MatrixNews/tabid/108/smid/551/ArticleID/246/reftab/36/t/BSFA-Award-2010---Winners/Default.aspx |archive-date=2011-05-13 }} "BSFA Award 2010 - Winners", accessed on 4 May 2011
| Novel || The Dervish House || Ian McDonald | ||
| Short Fiction | The Ship Maker | Aliette de Bodard |
| Artwork | cover of Zoo City | Joey Hi-Fi |
| Non-Fiction | [http://bigother.com/2010/07/14/blogging-the-hugos-decline-part-1/ Blogging the Hugos: Decline] | Paul Kincaid |
| rowspan="4" | 2011http://www.worldswithoutend.com/blog.asp?view=plink&id=832 "2011 BSFA Award winners announced", accessed on 9 April 2012
| Novel || The Islanders || Christopher Priest | ||
| Short Fiction | The Copenhagen Interpretation | Paul Cornell |
| Artwork | cover of The Noise Revealed | Dominic Harman |
| Non-Fiction | The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction 3rd edition | John Clute, Peter Nicholls, David Langford and Graham Sleight |
| rowspan="4" | 2012
| Novel || Jack Glass || Adam Roberts | ||
| Short Fiction | Adrift on the Sea of Rains | Ian Sales |
| Artwork | cover of Jack Glass | Blacksheep |
| Non-Fiction | The World SF Blog | chief editor Lavie Tidhar |
| rowspan="5" |2013http://www.bsfa.co.uk/bsfa-award-winners-announced {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181106132416/https://bsfa.co.uk/bsfa-award-winners-announced/ |date=2018-11-06 }} "BSFA Award winners announced", accessed on 23 April 2014
| rowspan="2" |Novels (tie) | ||
| Ack-Ack Macaque | Gareth L. Powell | |
| Short Fiction | Spin | Nina Allan |
| Artwork | cover of Dream London | Joey Hi-Fi |
| Non-Fiction | Wonderbook | Jeff VanderMeer |
| rowspan="4" | 2014http://www.bsfa.co.uk/the-bsfa-awards-2014-winners-announced/ {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170220155609/http://www.bsfa.co.uk/the-bsfa-awards-2014-winners-announced/ |date=2017-02-20 }} "The BSFA Awards 2014 Winners Announced", accessed on 10 April 2015
| Novel || Ancillary Sword || Ann Leckie | ||
| Short Fiction | The Honey Trap | Ruth E. J. Booth, La Femme |
| Artwork | The Wasp Factory after Iain Banks | Tessa Farmer |
| Non-Fiction | Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers and the First World War | Edward James |
| rowspan="4" | 2015
| Novel || House of Shattered Wings || Aliette de Bodard | ||
| Short Fiction | Three Cups of Grief, by Starlight | Aliette de Bodard |
| Artwork | cover of Pelquin's Comet | Jim Burns |
| Non-Fiction | Rave and Let Die: the SF and Fantasy of 2014 | Adam Roberts |
| rowspan="4" | 2016{{Cite web |title=BSFA Awards 2016 Winners Announced |url=https://bsfa.co.uk/bsfa-awards-2016-winners-announced/ |access-date=2024-07-26}}
| Novel || Europe in Winter || Dave Hutchinson | ||
| Short Fiction | Liberty Bird | Jaine Fenn |
| Artwork | cover of Central Station | Sarah Anne Langton |
| Non-Fiction | 100 African Writers of SFF | Geoff Ryman |
| rowspan="5" | 2017
| Novel || The Rift || Nina Allan | ||
| Short Fiction | The Enclave | Anne Charnock |
| rowspan="2" |Artwork (tie)
| Cover of The Ion Raider | Jim Burns | |
| Waiting on a Bright Moon | Victo Ngai | |
| Non-Fiction | Iain M. Banks (University of Illinois Press) | Paul Kincaid |
| rowspan="4" | 2018{{Cite web |title=BSFA Awards 2018 Announced |url=https://bsfa.co.uk/bsfa-awards-2018-announced/ |access-date=2024-07-26}}
| Novel || Embers of War || Gareth L Powell | ||
| Short Fiction | Time Was | Ian McDonald |
| Artwork | In the Vanishers' Palace: Dragon I and II | Likhain |
| Non-Fiction | On motherhood and erasure: people-shaped holes, hollow characters and the illusion of impossible adventures | Aliette de Bodard |
| rowspan="4" | 2019{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5RO2uB3E-U0 |title=BSFA Awards Announcement for works published in 2019 |date=2020-05-17 |last=BSFA Chair |access-date=2024-07-26 |via=YouTube}}
| Novel || Children of Ruin || Adrian Tchaikovsky | ||
| Shorter Fiction | This Is How You Lose the Time War | Amal El-Mohtar & Max Gladstone |
| Artwork | Cover of Wourism and Other Stories (Luna Press) | Chris "Fangorn" Baker |
| Non-Fiction | The Pleasant Profession of Robert A. Heinlein | Farah Mendlesohn |
| rowspan="4" | 2020{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Alt55nkjXGI |title=The BSFA Awards for works published in 2020 |date=2021-04-04 |last=BSFA Chair |access-date=2024-07-26 |via=YouTube}}
| Novel || The City We Became || N. K. Jemisin | ||
| Short Fiction | Infinite Tea in the Demara Cafe | Ida Keogh |
| Artwork | Shipbuilding over the Clyde | Iain Clark |
| Non-Fiction | It's the End of the World: But What Are We Really Afraid Of | Adam Roberts |
| rowspan="5" | 2021{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZT4IPV-b2WE |title=The BSFA Awards |date=2022-04-16 |last=BSFA Chair |access-date=2024-07-26 |via=YouTube}}{{Cite web |date=2022-04-16 |title=2021 BFSA Award Winners Announced |url=https://www.starburstmagazine.com/2022-bfsa-award-winners-announced |access-date=2022-05-13 |website=Starburst Magazine |language=en-GB}}
| Novel || Shards of Earth || Adrian Tchaikovsky | ||
| Short Fiction | Fireheart Tiger | Aliette de Bodard |
| Best Fiction for Younger Readers | Iron Widow | Xiran Jay Zhao |
| Artwork | Glasgow Green Woman | Iain Clark |
| Non-Fiction | Worlds Apart: Worldbuilding in Fantasy and Science Fiction | edited by Francesca T. Barbini |
| rowspan="5" | 2022{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oa7AP81YTu8 |title=The BSFA Awards 2023 |date=2023-04-08 |last=BSFA Chair |access-date=2024-07-26 |via=YouTube}}
| Novel || City of Last Chances || Adrian Tchaikovsky | ||
| Short Fiction | Of Charms, Ghosts and Grievances | Aliette de Bodard |
| Best Fiction for Younger Readers | Unraveller | Frances Hardinge |
| Artwork | Cover of The Red Scholar's Wake (Gollancz) | Alyssa Winans |
| Non-Fiction | Terry Pratchett: A Life with Footnotes | Rob Wilkins |
| rowspan="10" | 2023{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k0evJAMutRs |title=The BSFA Awards 2023 |date=2024-03-30 |last=BSFA Chair |access-date=2024-07-26 |via=YouTube}}
| Novel || The Green Man's Quarry || Juliet E. McKenna | ||
| Shorter Fiction | And Put Away Childish Things | Adrian Tchaikovsky |
| Short Fiction | "How to Raise a Kraken in Your Bathtub" | P. Djèlí Clark |
| Collection | The Best of British Science Fiction 2022 | Donna Scott |
| Best Fiction for Younger Readers | The Library of Broken Worlds | Alaya Dawn Johnson |
| Long Non-Fiction | A Traveller in Time: The Critical Practice of Maureen Kincaid Speller | Nina Allan |
| Short Non-Fiction | Project Management Lessons from Rogue One | Fiona Moore |
| Translated Short Fiction | Vanishing Tracks in the Sand | Jana Bianchi, tr. Rachael Amoruso |
| Artwork | Cover of The Surviving Sky (Titan) | Leo Nickolls |
| Original Audio Fiction | The Dex Legacy | Emily Inkpen |
| rowspan="10" | 2024{{cite Web|url=https://file770.com/bsfa-awards-2024/|title=BSFA Awards 2024|date=April 20, 2025|accessdate=April 21, 2025}}
| Novel || Three Eight One || Aliya Whiteley | ||
| Shorter Fiction | Saturation Point | Adrian Tchaikovsky |
| Short Fiction | Why Don't We Just Kill the Kid In the Omelas Hole | Isabel J. Kim |
| Collection | Punks4Palestine: An Anthology of Hopeful SciFi for an Uncertain Future | Jasen Bacon |
| Best Fiction for Younger Readers | Doctor Who: Caged | Una McCormack |
| Long Non-Fiction | Track Changes | Abigail Nussbaum |
| Short Non-Fiction | Why A.I. Isn’t Going to Make Art | Ted Chiang |
| Translated Short Fiction | Bone by Bone | Mónika Rusval, translated from Hungarian by Vivien Urban |
| Artwork | Cover of Nova Scotia Vol 2 | Jenni Coutts |
| Original Audio Fiction | The Personal Touch | Rick Danforth |
Notes
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See also
References
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External resources
- [http://www.bsfa.co.uk BSFA website]
- [http://www.worldswithoutend.com/books_bsfa_index.asp List of all winning and nominated novels]
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