Arthur C Clarke Award

Established in 1986, the Arthur C Clarke Award is given annually for the best science fiction novel published in the UK the previous year. The award was begun with a grant from Arthur C Clarke himself, the book is chosen by by a panel of judges from the BSFA (British Science Fiction Association), the Science Fiction Foundation and a third body, currently SF Crowsnest.

Presented here is a complete list of all the award winners and nominations, with winners listed next to the date and nominees below.

• 2012 -
  • - Hull Zero Three - Greg Bear
  • - The End Specialist - Drew Magary
  • - Embassytown - China Miéville
  • - The Testament of Jessie Lamb - Jane Rogers
  • - Rule 34 - Charles Stross
  • - The Waters Rising - Sheri S. Tepper
• 2011 - Zoo City Lauren Beukes
  • - Monsters of Men - Patrick Ness
  • - The Dervish House - Ian McDonald
  • - Generosity - Richard Powers
  • - Declare - Tim Powers
  • - Lightborn - Tricia Sullivan
• 2010 - The City & The City China Miéville
  • - Spirit - Gwyneth Jones
  • - Yellow Blue Tibia - Adam Roberts
  • - Galileo's Dream - Kim Stanley Robinson
  • - Far North - Marcel Theroux
  • - Retribution Falls - Chris Wooding
• 2009 - Song of Time Ian R. MacLeod
  • - The Quiet War - Paul McAuley
  • - House of Suns - Alastair Reynolds
  • - Anathem - Neal Stephenson
  • - The Margarets - Sheri S. Tepper
  • - Martin Martin’s on the Other Side - Mark Wernham
• 2008 - Black Man Richard Morgan
  • - The H-Bomb Girl - Stephen Baxter
  • - The Red Men - Matthew de Abaitua
  • - The Carhullan Army - Sarah Hall
  • - The Raw Shark Texts - Steven Hall
  • - The Execution Channel - Ken MacLeod
• 2007 - Nova Swing M. John Harrison
  • - End of the World Blues - Jon Courtenay Grimwood
  • - Oh Pure and Radiant Heart - Lydia Millet
  • - Hav - Jan Morris
  • - Gradisil - Adam Roberts
  • - Streaking - Brian Stableford
• 2006 - Air Geoff Ryman
  • - Never Let Me Go - Kazuo Ishiguro
  • - Learning The World - Ken MacLeod
  • - Pushing Ice - Alastair Reynolds
  • - Accelerando - Charles Stross
  • - Banner Of Souls - Liz Williams
• 2005 - Iron Council China Miéville
  • - River of Gods - Ian McDonald
  • - Cloud Atlas - David Mitchell
  • - Market Forces - Richard Morgan
  • - The Time Traveler's Wife - Audrey Niffenegger
  • - The System of the World - Neal Stephenson
• 2004 - Quicksilver Neal Stephenson
  • - Coalescent - Stephen Baxter
  • - Darwin's Children - Greg Bear
  • - Pattern Recognition - William Gibson
  • - Midnight Lamp - Gwyneth Jones
  • - Maul - Tricia Sullivan
• 2003 - The Separation Christopher Priest
  • - Kil'n People - David Brin
  • - Light - M. John Harrison
  • - The Scar - China Miéville
  • - Speed of Dark - Elizabeth Moon
  • - The Years of Rice and Salt - Kim Stanley Robinson
• 2002 - Bold As Love Gwyneth Jones
  • - Pashazade - Jon Courtenay Grimwood
  • - Fallen Dragon - Peter F. Hamilton
  • - The Secret of Life - Paul J. McAuley
  • - Mappa Mundi - Justina Robson
  • - Passage - Connie Willis
• 2001 - Perdido Street Station China Miéville
  • - Parable of the Talents - Octavia E. Butler
  • - Ash: A Secret History - Mary Gentle
  • - Cosmonaut Keep - Ken MacLeod
  • - Revelation Space - Alastair Reynolds
  • - Salt - Adam Roberts
• 2000 - Distraction Bruce Sterling
  • - Manifold: Time - Stephen Baxter
  • - The Bones of Time - Kathleen Ann Goonan
  • - Silver Screen - Justina Robson
  • - Cryptonomicon - Neal Stephenson
  • - A Deepness in the Sky - Vernor Vinge
• 1999 - Dreaming in Smoke Tricia Sullivan
  • - Earth Made of Glass - John Barnes
  • - Time On My Hands - Peter Delacorte
  • - The Cassini Division - Ken MacLeod
  • - The Extremes - Christopher Priest
  • - Cavalcade - Alison Sinclair
• 1998 - The Sparrow Mary Doria Russell
  • - Titan - Stephen Baxter
  • - Glimmering - Elizabeth Hand
  • - Days - James Lovegrove
  • - Nymphomation - Jeff Noon
  • - The Family Tree - Sheri S. Tepper
• 1997 - The Calcutta Chromosome Amitav Ghosh
  • - Voyage - Stephen Baxter
  • - Engines of God - Jack McDevitt
  • - Blue Mars - Kim Stanley Robinson
  • - Gibbon's Decline and Fall - Sheri S. Tepper
  • - Looking for the Mahdi - N. Lee Wood
• 1996 - Fairyland Paul J. McAuley
  • - The Star Fraction - Ken MacLeod
  • - Happy Policeman - Patricia Anthony
  • - The Time Ships - Stephen Baxter
  • - The Prestige - Christopher Priest
  • - The Diamond Age - Neal Stephenson
• 1995 - Fools Pat Cadigan
  • - Mother of Storms - John Barnes
  • - North Wind - Gwyneth Jones
  • - Pasquale's Angel - Paul J. McAuley
  • - Towing Jehovah - James Morrow
  • - Alien Influences - Kristine Kathryn Rusch
• 1994 - Vurt Jeff Noon
  • - A Million Open Doors - John Barnes
  • - Ammonite - Nicola Griffith
  • - Snow Crash - Neal Stephenson
  • - The Iron Dragon's Daughter - Michael Swanwick
  • - The Broken God - David Zindell
• 1993 - Body of Glass Marge Piercy
  • - Red Mars - Kim Stanley Robinson
  • - Hearts, Hands and Voices - Ian McDonald
  • - Destroying Angel - Richard Paul Russo
  • - Stations of the Tide - Michael Swanwick
  • - Correspondence - Sue Thomas
  • - Lost Futures - Lisa Tuttle
  • - Doomsday Book - Connie Willis
• 1992 - Synners Pat Cadigan
  • - Eternal Light - Paul J. McAuley
  • - Raft - Stephen Baxter
  • - White Queen - Gwyneth Jones
  • - Subterranean Gallery - Richard Paul Russo
  • - The Hyperion Cantos - Dan Simmons
• 1991 - Take Back Plenty Colin Greenland
  • - Rats & Gargoyles - Mary Gentle
  • - Use of Weapons - Iain M. Banks
  • - Red Spider, White Web - Misha Nogha
  • - Farewell Horizontal - K.W. Jeter
  • - The City, Not Long After - Pat Murphy
• 1990 - The Child Garden Geoff Ryman
  • - A Child Across the Sky - Jonathan Carroll
  • - A Mask for the General - Lisa Goldstein
  • - Desolation Road - Ian McDonald
  • - Soldiers of Paradise - Paul Park
  • - Ivory - Mike Resnick
  • - Neverness - David Zindell
• 1989 - Unquenchable Fire Rachel Pollack
  • - Empire of Fear - Brian Stableford
  • - Philip K. Dick is Dead, Alas - Michael Bishop
  • - Rumours of Spring - Richard Grant
  • - Kairos - Gwyneth Jones
  • - Life During Wartime - Lucius Shepard
  • - Whores of Babylon - Ian Watson
• 1988 - The Sea and Summer George Turner
  • - Fiasco - Stanislaw Lem
  • - Ancient of Days - Michael Bishop
  • - Aegypt - John Crowley
  • - Replay - Ken Grimwood
  • - Gráinne - Keith Roberts
  • - Memoirs of an Invisible Man - H.F. Saint
• 1987 - The Handmaid's Tale Margaret Atwood
  • - The Ragged Astronauts - Bob Shaw
  • - Eon - Greg Bear
  • - Stars in my Pocket like Grains of Sand - Samuel R. Delany
  • - Escape Plans - Gwyneth Jones
  • - The Memory of Whiteness - Kim Stanley Robinson
  • - Queen of the States - Josephine Saxton
  • - Green Eyes - Lucius Shepard