It’s finally here!
The British Science Fiction Association (BSFA) is delighted to announce the shortlist for its annual BSFA Awards for works first published in 2013. The BSFA has been running the awards since 1970, awarding the first Best Novel award to John Brunner’s 1969 novel Stand on Zanzibar.
The BSFA Awards draw on nominations from their membership, and in the case of the Best Novel Award are open to UK publications only.
Best Novel
God’s War by Kameron Hurley (Del Rey)
Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie (Orbit)
Evening’s Empires by Paul McAuley (Gollancz)
Ack-Ack Macaque by Gareth L. Powell (Solaris)
The Adjacent by Christopher Priest (Gollancz)
Best Short Fiction
Spin by Nina Allan (TTA Press)
“Selkie Stories are for Losers” by Sofia Samatar (Strange Horizons)
“Saga’s Children” by E. J. Swift (The Lowest Heaven, Pandemonium)
“Boat in Shadows, Crossing” by Tori Truslow (Beneath Ceaseless Skies)
Best Artwork
Cover for Tony Ballantyne’s Dream London by Joey Hi-fi (Solaris)
Poster for Metropolis by Kevin Tong (tragicsunshine.com)
“The Angel at the Heart of the Rain” by Richard Wagner (Interzone #246)
Best Non-Fiction
Wonderbook by Jeff VanderMeer (Abrams Image)
“Going Forth by Night” by John J. Johnston (Unearthed, Jurassic)
“Sleeps with Monsters” by Liz Bourke (Tor.com)
The winners will be announced in a ceremony at the Satellite4 Eastercon convention the Crown Plaza Hotel, Glasgow Sunday 20th April 2014. BSFA Prize-winners will receive a coveted BSFA trophy. Also in the ceremony will be the annual James White Award announcing its short story competition winner.
Out of interest, why are there just four works shortlisted in the Short Fiction category, and only three each in the Artwork and Related Work categories? Were there multiple ties for fourth/fifth place?
Yes indeed, Nina – just replied the same to Patrick.
Is there a reason why there’s five novels, but only four short stories and three pieces of artwork and non-fiction on the shortlist?
And is this going on the BSFA’s Twitter account? I see a lot of people talking about it on Twitter, but I can’t see an official tweet of the announcement.
Cheers, Patrick.
Hi Patrick, I personally am unable to tweet this at the moment, though I’m sure someone will very soon… This blog post was scheduled… we are working on automatic posts to social media from this news blog – almost there with that one!
The shorter lists in some categories are due to too many titles getting one nomination less each to make a feasible shortlist. We aim for the closest number to 5 in each category.
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Also – watch this site for updated details very soon on how members (and those attending Eastercon) can vote for their favourites from this shortlist.
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