BSFA Award

The **BSFA Awards** are prizes given every year by the British Science Fiction Association (BSFA). The prize is for excellent works of science fiction. The first BSFA Award was given in 1970. Prizes are given for works from the year before the award is given. At first, the award was only for novels. Categories for short works and artwork were added in 1980. Awards for media were given from 1979 to 1992. In 2002, the BSFA Award started to be given for nonfiction too.

Members of the BSFA vote for the nominees who may win an award and then for the final winners. Recently members of Eastercon also vote.

- **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: _Brontomek!_ 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_
- Artist: Bruce Pennington

- **1982**
- Novel: _Helliconia Spring_ by Brian W. Aldiss
- Short: "Kitemaster" by Keith Roberts (_Interzone_)
- Media: _Blade Runner_
- Artist: Tim White

- **1983**
- Novel: _Tik-Tok_ by John Sladek
- Short: "After-Images" by Malcolm Edwards (_Interzone_)
- Media: _Android_
- Artist: Bruce Pennington

- **1984**
- Novel: _Mythago Wood_ by Robert Holdstock
- Short: "The Unconquered Country" by Geoff Ryman (_Interzone_)
- Media: _The Company of Wolves_
- Artist: Jim Burns

- **1985**
- Novel: _Helliconia Winter_ by Brian W. Aldiss
- Short: "Cube Root" by David Langford (_Interzone_)
- Media: _Brazil_
- Artist: Jim Burns

- **1986**
- Novel: _The Ragged Astronauts_ by Bob Shaw
- Short: "Kaeti and the Hangman" by Keith Roberts (in collection _Kaeti & Company_)
- Media: _Aliens_
- Artist: Keith Roberts

- **1987**
- Novel: _Grainne_ by Keith Roberts
- Short: "Love Sickness" by Geoff Ryman (_Interzone_)
- Media: _Star Cops_
- Artist: Jim Burns

- **1988**
- Novel: _Lavondyss_ by Robert Holdstock
- Short: "Dark Night in Toyland" by Bob Shaw (_Interzone_)
- Media: _Who Framed Roger Rabbit_
- Artist: Alan Lee

- **1989**
- Novel: _Pyramids_ by Terry Pratchett
- Short: "In Translation" by Lisa Tuttle (Zenith)
- Media: _Red Dwarf_
- Artist: Jim Burns

- **1990**
- Novel: _Take Back Plenty_ by Colin Greenland
- Short: "The Original Doctor Shade" by Kim Newman (_Interzone_)
- Media: _Twin Peaks_
- Artist: Ian Miller

- **1991**
- Novel: _The Fall of Hyperion_ by Dan Simmons
- Short: "Bad Timing" by Molly Brown (_Interzone_)
- Media: _Terminator 2: Judgment Day_
- Artwork: Mark Harrison

- **1992**
- Novel: _Red Mars_ by Kim Stanley Robinson
- Short: "Innocent" by Ian McDonald (_New Worlds 2_)
- Artwork: Jim Burns

- **1993**
- Novel: _Aztec Century_ by Christopher Evans
- Short: "The Ragthorn" by Robert Holdstock and Garry Kilworth (_Interzone_)
- Artwork: Jim Burns
- Special Award: _The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction_ ed. John Clute and Peter Nicholls

- **1994**
- Novel: _Feersum Endjinn_ by Iain M. Banks
- Short: "The Double Felix" by Paul di Filippo (_Interzone_)
- Artwork: Jim Burns

- **1995**
- 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**
- 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**
- 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**
- Novel: _The Extremes_, by Christopher Priest
- Short: "La Cenerentola" by Gwyneth Jones (_Interzone_ 136)
- Artwork: Jim Burns, 'Lord Prestimion' (cover, _Interzone_ 138)

- **1999**
- Novel: _The Sky Road_ by Ken MacLeod
- Short: "Hunting the Slarque" by Eric Brown (_Interzone_ 141)
- Artwork: Jim Burns, Darwinia (cover of _Darwinia_, Robert Charles Wilson)

- **2000**
- 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**
- 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**
- 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**
- 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**
- Novel: _Air_ by Geoff Ryman
- Short Fiction: _Magic for Beginners_ by Kelly Link
- Artwork: cover, _Interzone_ #200 by Pawel Lewandowski
- Non-fiction Award: _Soundings: Reviews 1992-1996_ by Gary K. Wolfe

- **2006**
- Novel: _End of the World Blues_ by Jon Courtenay Grimwood
- Short Fiction: _The Djinn's Wife_ by Ian McDonald
- Artwork: cover, _Time Pieces_ Angelbot 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 and the City_ by China Mieville
- Short Fiction: _The Beloved Time of Their Lives_ by Ian Watson and Roberto Quaglia
- Artwork: cover of _Desolation Road_ by Stephen Martiniere
- Non-fiction: _Mutant Popcorn_ by Nick Lowe

## Other websites

- BSFA website
- List of all winning and nominated novels