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
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* BSFA website
* List of all winning and nominated novels