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THE BRITISH SCIENCE FICTION ASSOCIATION AWARDS

The British Science Fiction Association is delighted to announce the shortlists of nominees for the BSFA Awards, for work published in 2024. The BSFA Awards have been presented annually since 1970. The awards are voted on by members of the British Science Fiction Association and by the members of the year’s Eastercon, the national science fiction convention, held since 1955. This year’s Eastercon, Reconnect , will be at the Telford International Centre , 18th  April to 21st April 2025, where the winners will be announced.

We would be delighted if you circulated this shortlist. #BSFAAwards2024

BSFA members and attendees of the convention Reconnect 2025 may vote for the winners of the award. The voting form is available here

Voting is open to all BSFA members and attendees of the convention.  Voting will close at 23:59 on Friday the 18th of April. 

Best Audio Fiction

Title Author Publisher Link
The Personal Touch Rick Danforth Manawaker Studio's Flash Fiction Podcast https://www.manawaker.com/podcast/the-personal-touch-0937
The Dex Legacy: Shadows of Trauma Emily Inkpen

Alternative Stories and Fake Realities

https://www.thedexlegacy.com/ 
Doctor Who: The Quin Dilemma
Chris Chapman, Robert Valentine, Jacqueline Rayner Big Finish https://www.bigfinish.com/releases/v/doctor-who-the-sixth-doctor-adventures-the-quin-dilemma-2873
Torchwood: The Hollow Choir Helen Marshall, Malcolm Devli Big Finish https://www.bigfinish.com/releases/v/torchwood-the-hollow-choir-2988
Mother Death Learns a Trick Addison Smith Escape Pod https://escapepod.org/2024/10/31/escape-pod-965-t-rex-tex-mex-mother-death-learns-a-trick/

Best Artwork

Newcon Press
Title Author Publisher Link

Cover - Fathomfolk 

Kelly Chong  Orbit https://www.orbitbooks.net/2023/08/23/fathomfolk-by-eliza-chan-cover/

Cover - Nova Scotia Vol 2 

Jenni Coutts  Luna Press Publishing https://www.lunapresspublishing.com/product-page/nova-scotia-vol-2 

Cover - A Jura for Julia 

Fangorn Newcon Press

https://www.newconpress.co.uk/info/book.asp?id=243&referer=Catalogue 

Cover - ParSec Magazine #11  Fangorn PS Publishing https://pspublishing.co.uk/parsec-digital-magazine---issue-11-6349-p.asp

Best Collection

(For collections and anthologies)

 Title  Author/Editor  Publisher  Link
Punks4Palestine: An Anthology of Hopeful SciFi for an Uncertain Future   ed Jasen Bacon Hyphen Press https://www.amazon.co.uk/Punks4Palestine-Anthology-Hopeful-Uncertain-Future-ebook/dp/B0DFVC3M24/ref=sr_1_1?dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.KB6oENNZNCwpD8UCBbsZoGXGSV-u8wdbbJ76oru4MN37b-_ICVeySR9eRkkSXvwiiD7DSFD-zC4lVHy5XYU8RoaalpsckRCtMsL6uwFbtIertcyNSZSxOMgnroRwm2wXCJ8pBMIVe39waVTHNwIAxWreBH43RhnfbN9lxHPI_TJut3XI_pn11KEqGB4NNGnT.mZ1X2NCE5VN6W5O2hzWs2_OZKrLeJOyM30uYIguNyjQ&dib_tag=se&nsdOptOutParam=true&qid=1737301028&refinements=p_27%3AEric++Farrell&s=digital-text&sr=1-1
Schrodinger's Wife (And Other Possibilities) Pippa Goldschmidt Goldsmith's Press https://mitpress.mit.edu/9781915983183/schrodingers-wife-and-other-possibilities
Nova Scotia Vol 2 eds Neil Williamson and Andrew Wilson Luna Press Publishing https://www.lunapresspublishing.com/product-page/nova-scotia-vol-2
 Human Resources Fiona MooreNewcon Presshttps://www.newconpress.co.uk/info/book.asp?id=239
Fight Like a Girl 2 eds Roz Clarke and Joanne Hall  Wizards Tower Press https://wizardstowerpress.com/books-2/anthologies/fight-like-a-girl-volume-2
Convergence Problems Wole Talabi Astra Publishing House https://astrapublishinghouse.com/product/convergence-problems-9780756418830

Best Non-Fiction (Long)

 Title  Author  Publisher  Link

Track Changes 

Abigail Nussbaumer Briardene Books https://briardenebooks.uk/2024/03/28/announcing-track-changes-by-abigail-nussbaum

Spec Fic for Newbies Vol 2: A Beginner's Guide to Writing More Subgenres of Science Fiction  

Tiffani Angus and Val Nolan
Luna Press Publishing https://www.lunapresspublishing.com/product-page/spec-fic-for-newbies-vol-2

The Book Blinders

John Clute Norstrilia Press https://www.norstriliapress.com/the-book-blinders

Keith Roberts's Pavane: A Critical Companion

Paul Kincaid Palgrave https://peregrinebookcompany.com/book/9783031715662
JG Ballard's Crash: A Critical Companion  Paul March Russell  Palgrave https://www.amazon.co.uk/J-G-Ballards-Crash-Companion/dp/3031730933

BesT Novel

 Title  Author  Publisher  Link

Calypso 

Oliver K Langmead  Titan Books https://titanbooks.com/71531-calypso
Rabbit in the Moon Fiona Moore  Epic Publishing https://www.waterstones.com/book/rabbit-in-the-moon/fiona-moore/9781734648676

Three Eight One

Aliya Whiteley  Rebellion Publishing https://rebellionpublishing.com/product/three_eight_one/

Best Short Fiction

(For short written works of fiction and their equivalent)

 Title  Author  Publisher  Link

'Unquiet on the Eastern Front'

Wole Talabi  Subterranean Press https://subterraneanpress.com/unquiet-on-the-eastern-front-ebook

'Why Don't We Just Kill the Kid in the Omelas Hole' 

Isabel J. Kim Clarkesworld https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/kim_02_24/
'Intrinsic - Extrinsic - Terrific' Aliya Whiteley  Luna Press Publishing https://www.lunapresspublishing.com/product-page/the-utopia-of-us
'The Portmeirion Road' Fiona Moore  Clarkesworld https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/moore_05_24

Best Non-Fiction (Short)

(For short written works and their equivalent)

Title Author Publisher Link
'Why A.I. Isn’t Going to Make Art'  Ted Chiang
New Yorker (August 31 2024)
https://www.newyorker.com/culture/the-weekend-essay/why-ai-isnt-going-to-make-art
'Beyond Conventions: Unleashing the Palestinian Struggle Through the Science Fiction Lens' Yasmin Kanaan Shoreline of Infinity https://www.shorelineofinfinity.com/product/shoreline-of-infinity-37
'Considering the Cosy Turn in SFF: Who Gets to be Comforted?' Liz Bourke  Self-Published https://lizbourke.wordpress.com/2024/04/10/67-considering-the-cosy-turn-in-sff-who-gets-to-be-comforted/
'An Afrofuturistic Dystopia and the Afro-irreal' Eugen Bacon Bloomsbury  https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/afrocentered-futurisms-in-our-speculative-fiction-9798765114674

'Science Fiction and Abolishing the Police'

S J Groenewegen  Shoreline of Infinity https://www.shorelineofinfinity.com/product/shoreline-of-infinity-38
'The 2023 Hugo Awards: A Report on Censorship and Exclusion'  Chris M Barkley and Jason Sanford File770 and Genre Grapevine https://jasonsanford.substack.com/p/the-2023-hugo-awards-a-report-on
'Machine Learning in Contemporary Science Fiction'  by Jo Lindsay Walton  SFRA Review https://sfrareview.org/2024/01/26/machine-learning-in-contemporary-science-fiction

Best Shorter Fiction

(For novellas, novelettes and other works that are not novel length).

 Title  Author Publisher  Link

Navigational Entanglements 

Aliette de Bodard  Tordotcom https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250324887/navigationalentanglements
Charlie Says Neil Williamson  Black Shuck Books

https://blackshuckbooks.co.uk/charlie-says

What Happened at the Pony Club 

Fiona Moore Fusion Fragment https://www.fusionfragment.com/issue-22/
Saturation Point  Adrian Tchaikovsky  Solaris  https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Saturation-Point/Adrian-Tchaikovsky/9781837861743

Best Translated Short Fiction

This award is selected by an appointed BSFA Jury. Our Jurors for this award are Cristina Jurado, Rachel Cordasco and Nadya Mercik.

Title Author Publisher Link

'The Coffee Machine'

Celia Corral-Vázquez, translated from Spanish by Sue Burke  Clarkesworld

https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/corral-vazquez_12_24

'The Rambler' Shen Dacheng, translated from Chinese by Cara Healey Clarkesworld

https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/shen_04_24

'Bone by Bone' Mónika Rusval, translated from Hungarian by Vivien Urban  Samovar

http://samovar.strangehorizons.com/2024/07/22/bone-by-bone-csontrol-csontra

'Songs of the Snow Whale' K.A. Teryna translated from Russian by Alex Shvartsman  Reactor https://reactormag.com/songs-of-the-snow-whale-k-a-teryna
'You Glow in the Dark' Liliana Colanzi translated from Spanish by Chris Andrews  You Glow in the Dark https://www.ndbooks.com/book/you-glow-in-the-dark
'Unicorn 2512' by  Nora Nagi translated from the Arabic by Mayada Ibrahim  Egypt + 100 https://commapress.co.uk/books/egypt-100


Best Fiction for Younger Readers

 Title  Author  Publisher  Link

Doctor Who: Caged 

Una McCormack  Penguin https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/462319/doctor-who-caged-by-mccormack-una/9781785949180

Somewhere Beyond the Sea 

T J Klune  Tor https://www.amazon.co.uk/Somewhere-Beyond-Sea-hugely-anticipated-life-affirming/dp/1035009374

Rebel Dawn 

Ann Sei Lin  Walker Books https://www.walker.co.uk/9781406399615/rebel-dawn/#:~:text=by%20Ann%20Sei%20Lin,key%20to%20releasing%20shikigami...t/

Benny Ramirez and the Nearly Departed

Jose Pablo Iriarte 

Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Benny-Ram%C3%ADrez-Nearly-Departed-Iriarte/dp/0593703707


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