BSFA Award

BSFA Awards
BSFA Awards
Awarded for	Awarded each year to the best Novel, Short fiction, Artwork and work of Non-Fiction published in the previous calendar year as voted for by the members of the British Science Fiction Association.
Country	UK
Presented by	British Science Fiction Association
First awarded	1970
Website	www.bsfa.co.uk/bsfa-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. Categories for short works and artists were added in 1980. The 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 media category was awarded from 1979 to 1992. 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:

Previous categories:

BSFA Award for Best Media

BSFA Award winners[]

1969: Novel: Stand on Zanzibar by John Brunner

1970: Novel: The Jagged Orbit by John Brunner

1971: Collection: The Moment of Eclipse by Brian W. Aldiss

1972: No award — insufficient votes.

1973: Novel: Rendezvous with Rama by Arthur C. Clarke; Special Award: Billion Year Spree by Brian W. Aldiss

1974: Novel: Inverted World by Christopher Priest

1975: Novel: Orbitsville by Bob Shaw

1976: Novel: by Michael G. Coney; Special Award: A Pictorial History of Science Fiction by David Kyle

1977: Novel: The Jonah Kit by Ian Watson

1978: Novel: A Scanner Darkly by Philip K. Dick; Collection: Deathbird Stories by Harlan Ellison; Media: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (original radio series) - Douglas Adams

1979: Novel: The Unlimited Dream Company by J. G. Ballard; Short: "Palely Loitering" by Christopher Priest (F&SF); Media: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy record; Artist: Jim Burns

1980: Novel: Timescape by Gregory Benford; Short: "The Brave Little Toaster" by Thomas M. Disch (F&SF); Media: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy second radio series - Douglas Adams; Artist: Peter Jones

1981: Novel: The Shadow of the Torturer by Gene Wolfe; Short: "Mythago Wood" by Robert Holdstock (F&SF); Media: Time Bandits film; Artist: Bruce Pennington

1982: Novel: Helliconia Spring by Brian W. Aldiss; Short: "Kitemaster" by Keith Roberts (Interzone 1); Media: Blade Runner film; Artist: Tim White

1983^[1]: Novel: Tik-Tok by John Sladek; Short: "After-Images" by Malcolm Edwards (Interzone 4); Media: Android film; Artist: Bruce Pennington

1984^[2]: Novel: Mythago Wood by Robert Holdstock; Short: "The Unconquered Country" by Geoff Ryman (Interzone 7); Media: The Company of Wolves film; Artist: Jim Burns

1985^[3]: Novel: Helliconia Winter by Brian W. Aldiss; Short: "Cube Root" by David Langford (Interzone 11); Media: Brazil film; Artist: Jim Burns

1986^[4]: Novel: The Ragged Astronauts by Bob Shaw; Short: "Kaeti and the Hangman" by Keith Roberts (in collection Kaeti & Company); Media: Aliens film; Artwork: The Clocktower Girl by Keith Roberts

1987^[5]: Novel: Grainne by Keith Roberts; Short: "Love Sickness" by Geoff Ryman (Interzone 20/21); Media: Star Cops television series; Artwork: Cover of Worldcon Programme Book by Jim Burns

1988^[6]: Novel: Lavondyss by Robert Holdstock; Short: "Dark Night in Toyland" by Bob Shaw (Interzone 26); Media: Who Framed Roger Rabbit film; Artwork: Cover of Lavondyss by Alan Lee

1989^[7]: Novel: Pyramids by Terry Pratchett; Short: "In Translation" by Lisa Tuttle (Zenith); Media: Red Dwarf television series; Artwork: Cover of Other Edens III by Jim Burns

1990^[8]: Novel: Take Back Plenty by Colin Greenland; Short: "The Original Doctor Shade" by Kim Newman (Interzone 36); Media: Twin Peaks television series; Artwork: Covers of The Difference Engine and Interzone 40 by Ian Miller

1991^[9]: Novel: The Fall of Hyperion by Dan Simmons; Short: "Bad Timing" by Molly Brown (Interzone 54); Media: Terminator 2: Judgment Day film; Artwork: Cover of Interzone 45 by Mark Harrison

1992^[10]: Novel: Red Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson; Short: "Innocents" by Ian McDonald (New Worlds 2)^[a]; Artwork: Cover of Hearts, Hands and Voices by Jim Burns

1993^[14]: Novel: Aztec Century by Christopher Evans; Short: "The Ragthorn" by Robert Holdstock and Garry Kilworth (Interzone 74); Artwork: Jim Burns (cover for Red Dust by Paul J. McAuley); Special Award: The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction ed. John Clute and Peter Nicholls

1994^[15]: Novel: Feersum Endjinn by Iain M. Banks; Short: "The Double Felix" by Paul di Filippo (Interzone 87); Artwork: Jim Burns (cover for Interzone 79)

1995^[16]: Novel: The Time Ships by Stephen Baxter; Short: "The Hunger and Ecstasy of Vampires" by Brian Stableford (shorter version, Interzone 91/92); Artwork: Jim Burns (cover for Seasons of Plenty)

1996^[17]: Novel: Excession by Iain M. Banks; Short: "A Crab Must Try" by Barrington J. Bayley (Interzone 103); Artwork: Jim Burns (cover for Ancient Shores)

1997^[18]: Novel: The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell; Short: "War Birds" by Stephen Baxter (Interzone 126); Artwork: SMS ('The Black Blood of the Dead' cover Interzone 116)

1998^[19]: Novel: The Extremes, by Christopher Priest; Short: "La Cenerentola" by Gwyneth Jones (Interzone 136); Artwork: Jim Burns, 'Lord Prestimion' (cover, Interzone 138)

1999^[20]: Novel: by Ken MacLeod; Short: "Hunting the Slarque" by Eric Brown (Interzone 141); Artwork: Jim Burns, Darwinia (cover of Darwinia, Robert Charles Wilson)

2000^[21]: Novel: Ash: A Secret History by Mary Gentle; Short: "The Suspect Genome" by Peter F. Hamilton (Interzone 156); Artwork: Hideaway - Dominic Harman (Cover, Interzone 157)

2001^[22]: Novel: Chasm City by Alastair Reynolds; Short Story: "Children of Winter" by Eric Brown (Interzone 163); Artwork: cover of Omegatropic by Colin Odell; Non-fiction: Omegatropic by Stephen Baxter

2002^[23]: Novel: The Separation by Christopher Priest; Short Fiction: Coraline by Neil Gaiman; Artwork: cover, Interzone 179 by Dominic Harman; Related Publication: Introduction to Maps: The Uncollected John Sladek by David Langford

2003^[24]: Novel: Felaheen by Jon Courtenay Grimwood; Short Fiction: The Wolves in the Walls by Neil Gaiman & Dave McKean; Artwork: cover, The True Knowledge of Ken MacLeod by Colin Odell; Non-fiction: Reading Science Fiction by Farah Mendlesohn

2004: Novel: River of Gods by Ian McDonald; Short Fiction: Mayflower II by Stephen Baxter; Artwork: cover, Newton's Wake by Stephan Martinière (US Edition)

2005^[25]: Novel: Air by Geoff Ryman; Short Fiction: Magic for Beginners by Kelly Link; Artwork: cover, Interzone 200 by; Non-fiction Award: Soundings: Reviews 1992-1996 by Gary K. Wolfe

2006^[26]: Novel: by Jon Courtenay Grimwood; Short Fiction: The Djinn's Wife by Ian McDonald; Artwork: Angelbot, cover of Time Pieces, by Christopher "Fangorn" Baker

2007: Novel: Brasyl by Ian McDonald; Short Fiction: Lighting Out by Ken MacLeod; Artwork: Cracked World, cover of disLocations, by Andy Bigwood

2008: Novel: The Night Sessions by Ken MacLeod; Short Fiction: Exhalation by Ted Chiang; Artwork: cover of Subterfuge by Andy Bigwood; Non-fiction: Rhetorics of Fantasy by Farah Mendlesohn

2009: Novel: The City & the City by China Miéville; Short Fiction: The Beloved Time of Their Lives by Ian Watson and Roberto Quaglia; Artwork: cover of Desolation Road by Stephan Martinière; Non-fiction: Mutant Popcorn by Nick Lowe

2010^[27]: Novel: The Dervish House by Ian McDonald; Short Fiction: The Ship Maker by Aliette de Bodard; Artwork: cover of Zoo City, by; Non-Fiction: Blogging the Hugos: Decline by Paul Kincaid

2011^[28]: Novel: The Islanders by Christopher Priest; Short Fiction: The Copenhagen Interpretation by Paul Cornell; Artwork: cover of , by; Non-Fiction: The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction 3rd edition by John Clute, Peter Nicholls, David Langford and Graham Sleight

2012: Novel: by Adam Roberts; Short Fiction: Adrift on the Sea of Rains by Ian Sales; Artwork: cover of Jack Glass by Blacksheep; Non-Fiction: The World SF Blog, chief editor Lavie Tidhar

2013^[29]: Novel: Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie and Ack-Ack Macaque by Gareth L. Powell (tie); Short Fiction: Spin by Nina Allan; Artwork: cover of Dream London by Joey Hi-Fi; Non-Fiction: Wonderbook by Jeff VanderMeer

2014^[30]: Novel: Ancillary Sword by Ann Leckie; Short Fiction: The Honey Trap by Ruth E. J. Booth, La Femme; Artwork: The Wasp Factory after Iain Banks by Tessa Farmer; Non-Fiction: Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers and the First World War by Edward James (historian)

2015: Novel: by Aliette de Bodard; Short Fiction: Three Cups of Grief, by Starlight by Aliette de Bodard; Artwork: cover of Pelquin's Comet by Jim Burns; Non-Fiction: Rave and Let Die: the SF and Fantasy of 2014 by Adam Roberts

2016^[31]: Novel: Europe in Winter by Dave Hutchinson; Short Fiction: Liberty Bird by Jaine Fenn; Artwork: cover of Central Station by Sarah Anne Langton; Non-Fiction: 100 African Writers of SFF by Geoff Ryman

2017: Novel: The Rift by Nina Allan; Short Fiction: The Enclave by Anne Charnock; Artwork: Joint winners. Cover of The Ion Raider by Jim Burns and Waiting on a Bright Moon by Victo Ngai; Non-Fiction: Iain M. Banks (University of Illinois Press) by Paul Kincaid

2018^[32]: Novel: by Gareth L Powell; Short Fiction: Time Was by Ian McDonald; Artwork: In the Vanishers’ Palace: Dragon I and II by; Non-Fiction: On motherhood and erasure: people-shaped holes, hollow characters and the illusion of impossible adventures by Aliette de Bodard

2019^[33]: Novel: Children of Ruin by Adrian Tchaikovsky; Short Fiction: This is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar & Max Gladstone; Artwork: cover of Wourism and Other Stories (Luna Press) by Chris "Fangorn" Baker; Non-Fiction: The Pleasant Profession of Robert A. Heinlein by Farah Mendlesohn

2020^[34]: Novel: The City We Became by N. K. Jemisin; Short Fiction: Infinite Tea in the Demara Cafe by; Artwork: Shipbuilding Over the Clyde by; Non-Fiction: It's the End of the World: But What Are We Really Afraid Of by Adam Roberts

Notes[]

^ The BSFA website gives the title of this story as "Innocent",^[11] but other sources indicate that the correct title is "Innocents". See, for example, the Locus Magazine Index to Science Fiction^[12] and the Internet Speculative Fiction Database.^[13]

References[]

^ Matrix issue 53 (June/July 1984) p1
^ Matrix issue 59 (June/July 1985) pp4-6
^ Matrix issue 63 (April/May 1986) p1
^ Matrix issue 70 (June/July 1987) p4
^ Matrix issue 76 (June/July 1988) p7
^ Matrix issue 82 (June/July 1989) p7
^ Matrix issue 88 (June/July 1990) p7
^ Matrix issue 94 (June/July 1991) p9
^ Matrix issue 100 (June/July 1992) pp9-10
^ Matrix issue 106 (June/July 1993) p3
^ "Previous BSFA Award Winners". British Science Fiction Association. Retrieved March 22, 2021.
^ "The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1984-1998: Contents List". Retrieved March 22, 2021.
^ "Publication: New Worlds 2". ISFDB. Retrieved March 22, 2021.
^ Matrix issue 111 (April/May 1994) p21
^ Matrix issue 114 (April/May 1995) p3
^ Matrix issue 122 (November/December 1996) p7
^ Matrix issue 125 (May/June 1997) p6
^ Matrix issue 131 (May/June 1998) p3
^ Matrix issue 137 (May/June 1999) p11
^ Matrix issue 144 (July/August 2000) p15
^ Matrix issue 149 (May/June 2001) p17
^ Matrix issue 155 (May/June 2002) p20
^ Matrix issue 162 (July/August 2003) p4
^ Matrix issue 167 (May/June 2004) p4
^ Matrix issue 179 (June/July 2006) p5
^ Matrix issue 184 (2007) p5
^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-05-13. Retrieved 2011-04-28.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) "BSFA Award 2010 - Winners", accessed on 4 May 2011
^ http://www.worldswithoutend.com/blog.asp?view=plink&id=832 "2011 BSFA Award winners announced", accessed on 9 April 2012
^ http://www.bsfa.co.uk/bsfa-award-winners-announced "BSFA Award winners announced", accessed on 23 April 2014
^ http://www.bsfa.co.uk/the-bsfa-awards-2014-winners-announced/ "The BSFA Awards 2014 Winners Announced", accessed on 10 April 2015
^ https://bsfa.co.uk/bsfa-awards-2016-winners-announced/ "BSFA Awards 2016 Winners Announced", accessed on 21 September 2019
^ https://bsfa.co.uk/bsfa-awards-2018-announced/ "BSFA Awards 2018 Announced", accessed on 21 September 2019
^ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5RO2uB3E-U0 "BSFA 2019 Awards Announcement", accessed on 17 May 2020
^ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Alt55nkjXGI "BSFA 2020 Awards Announcement", accessed on 4 April 2021

External resources[]

[14] The BSFA website gives the title of this story as "Innocent",^[11] but other sources indicate that the correct title is "Innocents". See, for example, the Locus Magazine Index to Science Fiction^[12] and the Internet Speculative Fiction Database.^[13]

[1] Matrix issue 53 (June/July 1984) p1

[2] Matrix issue 59 (June/July 1985) pp4-6

[3] Matrix issue 63 (April/May 1986) p1

[4] Matrix issue 70 (June/July 1987) p4

[5] Matrix issue 76 (June/July 1988) p7

[6] Matrix issue 82 (June/July 1989) p7

[7] Matrix issue 88 (June/July 1990) p7

[8] Matrix issue 94 (June/July 1991) p9

[9] Matrix issue 100 (June/July 1992) pp9-10

[10] Matrix issue 106 (June/July 1993) p3

[11] "Previous BSFA Award Winners". British Science Fiction Association. Retrieved March 22, 2021.

[12] "The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1984-1998: Contents List". Retrieved March 22, 2021.

[13] "Publication: New Worlds 2". ISFDB. Retrieved March 22, 2021.

[15] Matrix issue 111 (April/May 1994) p21

[16] Matrix issue 114 (April/May 1995) p3

[17] Matrix issue 122 (November/December 1996) p7

[18] Matrix issue 125 (May/June 1997) p6

[19] Matrix issue 131 (May/June 1998) p3

[20] Matrix issue 137 (May/June 1999) p11

[21] Matrix issue 144 (July/August 2000) p15

[22] Matrix issue 149 (May/June 2001) p17

[23] Matrix issue 155 (May/June 2002) p20

[24] Matrix issue 162 (July/August 2003) p4

[25] Matrix issue 167 (May/June 2004) p4

[26] Matrix issue 179 (June/July 2006) p5

[27] Matrix issue 184 (2007) p5

[28] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-05-13. Retrieved 2011-04-28.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) "BSFA Award 2010 - Winners", accessed on 4 May 2011

[29] ttp://www.worldswithoutend.com/blog.asp?view=plink&id=832 "2011 BSFA Award winners announced", accessed on 9 April 2012

[30] ttp://www.bsfa.co.uk/bsfa-award-winners-announced "BSFA Award winners announced", accessed on 23 April 2014

[31] ttp://www.bsfa.co.uk/the-bsfa-awards-2014-winners-announced/ "The BSFA Awards 2014 Winners Announced", accessed on 10 April 2015

[32] ttps://bsfa.co.uk/bsfa-awards-2016-winners-announced/ "BSFA Awards 2016 Winners Announced", accessed on 21 September 2019

[33] ttps://bsfa.co.uk/bsfa-awards-2018-announced/ "BSFA Awards 2018 Announced", accessed on 21 September 2019

[34] ttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5RO2uB3E-U0 "BSFA 2019 Awards Announcement", accessed on 17 May 2020

[35] ttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Alt55nkjXGI "BSFA 2020 Awards Announcement", accessed on 4 April 2021

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