BSFA Awards – the nominations so far!
Since the nominations opened officially in September 2011, we have received and checked the following works - but we need more. Keep sending your nominations in.
Best Novel
| Title | Author surname | Author First Name | Publisher |
| Kings of Eternity | Brown | Eric | Solaris |
| Heaven's Shadow | Cassutt, Goyer | Michael, David S. | Tor |
| The Final Days | Gibson | Gary | Tor |
| The Ironclad Prophecy | Kelleher | Pat | Abaddon |
| Cyber Circus | Lakin-Smith | Kim | Newcon Press |
| Savage City | McDougall | Sophia | Gollancz |
| Embassy Town | Mieville | China | Macmillan |
| Mr Fox | Oyeyemi | Helen | Picador |
| Hell Ship | Palmer | Phillip | Orbit |
| The Islanders | Priest | Christopher | Gollancz |
| The Demi-Monde: Winter | Rees | Rod | Quercus |
| By Light Alone | Roberts | Adam | Gollancz |
| The Testament of Jessie Lamb | Rogers | Jane | Sandstone Press |
| The Noise Revealed | Whates | Ian | Solaris |
| City of Hope and Despair | Whates | Ian | Angry Robot |
Best Short Fiction
| Title | Author surname | Author First Name | Publication | Publisher |
| The Silver Wind | Allen | Nina | Interzone 233 | TTA Press |
| Smoke City | Barzak | Christopher | Asimov's (April/May) | |
| Day 29 | Beckett | Chris | Asimov's (July) | |
| Tell Me Everything | Butler | Chris | Interzone 233 | TTA Press |
| The Copenhagen Interpretation | Cornell | Paul | Asimov's (July) | |
| Danilo | Emshwiller | Carole | Asimov's (Sept) | |
| Widows in the World | Grant | Gavin J | Strange Horizons (2 parts) | |
| The Man Who Bridged the Mist | Johnson | Kij | Asimov's (Oct/Nov) | |
| Tidal Forces | Kiernan | Caitlin R | Eclipse 4 ed. Jonathan Strahan | Nightshade Books |
| Valley of the Girls | Link | Kelly | Subterranean Press | |
| Tying Knots | Liu | Ken | Clarkesworld #52 | |
| Covehithe | Mieville | China | The Guardian | |
| A Soldier of the City | Moles | David | Engineering Infinity ed. Jonathan Strahan | Solaris |
| The Thick Night | Moraine | Sunny | Strange Horizons | |
| Follow That Cathedral! | Owens | Gareth | The Immersion Book of Steampunk | Immersion Press |
| A Response from EST 17 | Purdom | Tom | Asimov's (April/May) | |
| Tethered | Rivera | Mercurio D. | Interzone 236 | TTA Press |
| Of Dawn | Robertson | Al | Interzone 235 | TTA Press |
| The Ever-Dreaming Verdict of Plagues | Sanford | Jason | Interzone 236 | TTA Press |
| Corn Teeth | Tem | Melanie | Asimov's (August) | |
| Jesus and the Eightfold Path | Tidhar | Lavie | Immersion Press | |
| A Glass of Shadow | Williams | Liz | A Glass of Shadow | Newcon Press |
Best Non-Fiction
| Title | Author surname | Author First Name | Publication | Publisher |
| Out of This World: Science Fiction but not as we Know it | Ashley | Mike | Out of This World: Science Fiction but not as we Know it | British Library |
| Wiscon, Stories and Ontological Blackness | Broaddus | Maurice | Wiscon Chronicles 5, ed. Nisi Shawl | |
| Fool to Believe: Remarks on Some Short Stories By Pat Cadigan | Cheney | Matthew | Strange Horizons | |
| Review of Deathless by Catherynne Valente | Denault | Matt | Lingua Fantastika (3 parts) | |
| In Praise of Joanna Rowling's Hermione Granger Series | Doyle | Sadie | Global Comment | |
| Speculative Fiction as Postcolonial Critique in Ghostwritten and Cloud Atlas | Dunlop | Nicholas | David Mitchell: Critical Essays ed. Sarah Dillon | Gylphi |
| Review of The Arthur C Clarke Award shortlist | Hartland | Dan | Strange Horizons (2 parts) | |
| Review of Arslan by MJ Engh | Nussbaum | Abigail | Asking the Wrong Questions | |
| Frankenstein, Mary Shelley | Roberts | Adam | SF Mistressworks | |
| SF Mistressworks | Sales | Ian | SF Mistressworks | |
| Hyperbolic Futures | Shaviro | Steven | Cascadia Subduction Zone 2 | |
| Moonlight bright as a UFO abduction': Science Fiction, Present-Future Alienation and Cognitive Mapping | Stephenson | William | David Mitchell: Critical Essays ed. Sarah Dillon | Gylphi |
| Notes From Coode Street Podcast | Strahan | Jonathan | http://www.jonathanstrahan.com.au/wp/ | |
| Remediations of 'Japan' in number9dream | Tensor Posodas | Baryon | David Mitchell: Critical Essays ed. Sarah Dillon | Gylphi |
| (Re)Producing the View from Nowhere: a reaction to Wiscon 34’s Reproductive Health Panel | Velazquez | Maria | Wiscon Chronicles 5, ed. Nisi Shawl |
Best Art
| Title | Artist surname | ArtistFirst Name | Publication | Publisher | Associated Author |
| Cover | Gay | Melissa | Jesus and the Eightfold Path | Immersion Press | Lavie Tidhar |
| Cover | Harbour | Charles | The Immersion Book of Steampunk | Immersion Press | |
| Cover | Harman | Dominic | The Noise Revealed | Solaris | Ian Whates |
| Cover | Holland-Keen | Vincent | SIM | Anarchy Books | Andy Remic |
| A Song of Ice and Fire 2012 Calendar | Picacio | John | A Song of Fire and Ice 2012 Calendar | Random House | George RR Martin |
| Cover | Sudworth | Anne | A Glass of Shadow | Newcon Press | Liz Williams |
| Cover | Unknown | Unknown | By Light Alone | Gollancz | Adam Roberts |
| Cover | Unknown | Unknown | After The Apocalypse | Small Beer Press | Maureen F. McHugh |
| Cover | Unknown | Unknown | The Dark and Hollow Places | Gollancz | Carrie Ryan |
| Cover | Unknown | Unknown | Three Messages and a Warning | Small Beer Press | eds. Chris Nakashima-Brown and Eduardo Jimenez Mayo |
| Relics | Wagner | Richard | Interzone 234 | TTA Press |
Any comments, questions?
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I won’t nominate my own story but I would like to know how I can start new topics and find any of the old ones.
Roy
Hi Roy,
I am in the process of rebuilding the forums so please bear with me. There will be a place to posts and discuss the awards soon and I will also provide archived discussions from the old forums.
Best,
Del.
Thanks Del.
Will we get any details of who’s been nominated so far for the awards in 2013?
Thanks.
Colum
I would imagine so, perhaps a bit closer to the awards.