BSFA Award
Established in 1970, the BSFA Award honours the works of the science fiction genre and are presented annually by the British Science Fiction Association. The Nominations and winners are chosen by BSFA members and current members of Eastercon.
These are very much, fan awards, designed to promote the genre, get people reading and interested in all things science fiction, along with honouring the best examples of works within each category. Categories include Best Novel, Best Short Fiction, Best Shorter Fiction, Best Artwork, Best Short Non-Fiction, Best Long Non-Fiction, Best Fiction for Younger Readers, Best Collection Award and Best Original Audio Fiction
Presented here is a list of the winners for Best Novel, next to the date with the nominees listed below.
- 2023 - The Green Man’s Quarry by Juliet E. McKenna
- - Descendant Machine by Gareth L. Powell
- - Airside by Christopher Priest
- - HIM by Geoff Ryman
- -Shigidi and the Brass Head of Obalufon by Wole Talabi
- 2022 - City of Last Chances by Adrian Tchaikovsky
- - The Red Scholar’s Wake by Aliette de Bodard
- - Stars and Bones by Gareth Powell
- - The This by Adam Roberts
- - The Coral Bones by E.J. Swift
- 2021 - Shards of Earth by Adrian Tchaikovsky
- - A Desolation Called Peace by Arkady Martine
- - Green Man’s Challenge by Juliet E. McKenna
- - Purgatory Mount by Adam Roberts
- - Skyward Inn by Aliya Whiteley
- - Blackthorn Winter by Liz Williams
- 2020 - The City We Became by N.K. Jemisin
- - The Sunken Land Begins to Rise Again by M. John Harrison
- - Threading the Labyrinth by Tiffani Angus
- - Piranesi by Susanna Clarke
- - Light of Impossible Stars by Gareth L. Powell
- - The Ministry for the Future by Kim Stanley Robinson
- - Club Ded by Nikhil Singh
- - The Doors of Eden by Adrian Tchaikovsky
- - Comet Weather by Liz Williams
- - Water Must Fall by Nick Wood
- 2019 - Children of Ruin by Adrian Tchaikovsky
- - The Green Man’s Foe by Juliet E. McKenna
- - Atlas Alone by Emma Newman
- - Fleet of Knives by Gareth L. Powell
- - The Rosewater Insurrection by Tade Thompson
- 2018 - Embers of War by Gareth L. Powell
- - Europe at Dawn by Dave Hutchinson
- - Revenant Gun by Yoon Ha Lee
- - Before Mars by Emma Newman
- - Rosewater by Tade Thompson
- 2017 - The Rift by Nina Allan
- - Dreams Before the Start of Time by Anne Charnock
- - Exit West by Mohsin Hamid
- - Provenance by Ann Leckie
- 2016 - Europe in Winter by Dave Hutchinson
- - Daughter of Eden by Chris Beckett
- - A Closed and Common Orbit by Becky Chambers
- - Occupy Me by Tricia Sullivan
- - Azanian Bridges by Nick Wood
- 2015 - The House of Shattered Wings by Aliette de Bodard
- - Europe at Midnight by Dave Hutchinson
- - Mother of Eden by Chris Beckett
- - Luna: New Moon by Ian McDonald
- - Glorious Angels by Justina Robson
- 2014 - Ancillary Sword by Anne Leckie
- - The Race by Nina Allan
- - Cuckoo Song by Frances Hardinge
- - Europe in Autumn by Dave Hutchinson
- - Wolves by Simon Ings
- - The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August by Claire North
- - Lagoon by Nnedi Okorafor
- - The Moon King by Neil Williamson
- 2013 - Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie
- 2013 - Ack-Ack Macaque by Gareth L. Powell
- - God’s War by Kameron Hurley
- - Evening’s Empires by Paul McAuley
- - The Adjacent by Christopher Priest
- 2012 - Jack Glass by Adam Roberts
- - Dark Eden by Chris Beckett
- - Empty Space: a Haunting by M. John Harrison
- - Intrusion by Ken Macleod
- - 2312 by Kim Stanley Robinson
- 2011 - The Islanders by Christopher Priest
- - Cyber Circus by Kim Lakin-Smith
- - Embassytown by China Mieville
- - By Light Alone by Adam Roberts
- - Osama by Lavie Tidhar
- 2010 - The Dervish House by Ian McDonald
- - The Windup Girl by Paolo Bacigalupi
- - Zoo City by Lauren Beukes
- - The Restoration Game by Ken MacLeod
- - Lightborn by Tricia Sullivan
- 2009 - The City & The City by China Miéville
- - Ark by Stephen Baxter
- - Lavinia by Ursula K Le Guin
- - Yellow Blue Tibia by Adam Roberts
- 2008 - The Night Sessions by Ken MacLeod
- - Flood by Stephen Baxter
- - The Gone-Away World by Nick Harkaway
- - Anathem by Neal Stephenson
- 2007 - Brasyl by Ian McDonald
- - Alice in Sunderland by Bryan Talbot
- - Black Man by Richard Morgan
- - The Execution Channel by Ken MacLeod
- - The Prefect by Alastair Reynolds
- - The Yiddish Policemen’s Union by Michael Chabon
- 2006 - End of the World Blues by Jon Courtenay Grimwood
- - Nova Swing by M John Harrison
- - The Last Witchfinder by James Morrow
- - Icarus by Roger Levy
- - Darkland by Liz Williams
- 2005 - Air by Geoff Ryman
- - 9Tail Fox by Jon Courtenay Grimwood
- - Accelerando by Charles Stross
- - Learning the World by Ken MacLeod
- - Living Next Door to the God of Love by Justina Robson
- 2004 - River of Gods by Ian McDonald
- - Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke
- - Stamping Butterflies by Jon Courtenay Grimwood
- - Newton's Wake by Ken MacLeod
- - Century Rain by Alastair Reynolds
- - Forty Signs Of Rain by Km Stanley Robinson
- 2003 - Felaheen by Jon Courtenay Grimwood
- - Absolution Gap by Alastair Reynolds
- - Maul by Tricia Sullivan
- - Midnight Lamp by Gwyneth Jones
- - Natural History by Justina Robson
- - Pattern Recognition by William Gibson
- 2002 - The Separation by Christopher Priest
- - Castles Made of Sand by Gwyneth Jones
- - Effendi by Jon Courtenay Grimwood
- - Light by M. John Harrison
- - The Scar by China Miéville
- - The Years of Rice and Salt by Kim Stanley Robinson
- 2001 - Chasm City by Alastair Reynolds
- - American Gods by Neil Gaiman
- - Bold as Love by Gwyneth Jones
- - Lust by Geoff Ryman
- - Pashazade by Jon Courtenay Grimwood
- - The Secret of Life by Paul McAuley
- 2000 - Ash: A Secret History by Mary Gentle
- - Paradox by John Meaney
- - Perdido Street Station by China Miéville
- - redRobe by Jon Courtenay Grimwood
- - Revelation Space by Alastair Reynolds
- 1999 - The Sky Road by Ken MacLeod
- - Children of God by Mary Doria Russell
- - Headlong by Simon Ings
- - Silver Screen by Justina Robson
- - ThigMOO by Eugene Byrne
- 1998 - The Extremes by Christopher Priest
- - The Cassini Division by Ken MacLeod
- - Inversions by Iain M. Banks
- - Queen City Jazz by Kathleen Ann Goonan
- - To Hold Infinity by John Meaney
- 1997 - The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell
- - Earthquake Weather by Tim Powers
- - Jack Faust by Michael Swanwick
- - Signs of Life by M. John Harrison
- - A Son of the Rock by Jack Deighton
- 1996 - Excession by Iain M. Banks
- - Blue Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson
- - Holy Fire by Bruce Sterling
- - Interface by Stephen Bury
- - The Memory Palace by Gill Alderman
- - The Stone Canal by Ken MacLeod
- 1995 - The Time Ships by Stephen Baxter
- - Blood by Michael Moorcock
- - Chaga by Ian McDonald
- - Fairyland by Paul J. McAuley
- - The Nano Flower by Peter F. Hamilton
- - The Prestige by Christopher Priest
- 1994 - Feersum Endjinn by Iain M. Banks
- - Engineman by Eric Brown
- - Necroville by Ian McDonald
- - North Wind by Gwyneth Jones
- - Permutation City by Greg Egan
- 1993 - Aztec Century by Christopher Evans
- - Ammonite by Nicola Griffith
- - Green Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson
- - Harm's Way by Colin Greenland
- - Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson
- 1992 - Red Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson
- - Doomsday Book by Connie Willis
- - Hearts, Hands and Voices by Ian McDonald
- - Hot Head by Simon Ings
- - Lost Futures by Lisa Tuttle
- 1991 - The Fall of Hyperion by Dan Simmons
- - The Architecture of Desire by Mary Gentle
- - Eternal Light by Paul J. McAuley
- 1990 - Take Back Plenty by Colin Greenland
- - The Difference Engine by William Gibson & Bruce Sterling
- - Hyperion by Dan Simmons
- - Rats and Gargoyles by Mary Gentle
- - Use of Weapons by Iain M. Banks
- 1989 - Pyramids by Terry Pratchett
- - A Child Across the Sky by Jonathan Carroll
- - The Child Garden by Geoff Ryman
- - Cyteen by C. J. Cherryh
- - The Gold Coast by Kim Stanley Robinson
- 1988 - Lavondyss by Robert Holdstock
- - The Player of Games by Iain M Banks
- - Mona Lisa Overdrive by William Gibson
- - Kairos by Gwyneth Jones
- - The Wooden Spaceships by Bob Shaw
- - Life During Wartime by Lucius Shepard
- 1987 - Grainne by Keith Roberts
- 1986 - The Ragged Astronauts by Bob Shaw
- - Blood Music by Greg Bear
- - Count Zero by William Gibson
- - Queen of the States by Josephine Saxton
- - Schismatrix by Bruce Sterling
- 1985 - Helliconia Winter by Brian W. Aldiss
- - The Anubis Gates by Tim Powers
- - Free Live Free by Gene Wolfe
- - Kiteworld by Keith Roberts
- - The Warrior Who Carried Life by Geoff Ryman
- 1984 - Mythago Wood by Robert Holdstock
- - Empire of the Sun by J. G. Ballard
- - The Glamour by Christopher Priest
- - Neuromancer by William Gibson
- - Nights at the Circus by Angela Carter
- 1983 - Tik-Tok by John Sladek
- - Cat Karina by Michael G. Coney
- - The Citadel of the Autarch by Gene Wolfe
- - Golden Witchbreed by Mary Gentle
- - Helliconia Summer by Brian W. Aldiss
- 1982 - Helliconia Spring by Brian W. Aldiss
- - The Divine Invasion by Philip K. Dick
- - Little, Big by John Crowley
- - No Enemy But Time by Michael Bishop
- - The Sword of the Lictor by Gene Wolfe
- 1981 - The Shadow of the Torturer by Gene Wolfe
- - The Affirmation by Christopher Priest
- - Hello America by J. G. Ballard
- - Where Time Winds Blow by Robert Holdstock
- 1980 - Timescape by Gregory Benford
- - Beyond the Blue Event Horizon by Frederik Pohl
- - Engine Summer by John Crowley
- - Molly Zero by Keith Roberts
- - Transfigurations by Michael Bishop
- - A World Between by Norman Spinrad
- 1979 - The Unlimited Dream Company by J. G. Ballard
- - A.K.A.: A Cosmic Fable by Rob Swigart
- - Blind Voices by Tom Reamy
- - The Fountains of Paradise by Arthur C. Clarke
- - On Wings of Song by Thomas M. Disch
- 1978 - A Scanner Darkly by Philip K. Dick
- 1977 - The Jonah Kit by Ian Watson
- 1976 - Brontomek! by Michael G. Coney
- 1975 - Orbitsville by Bob Shaw
- 1974 - Inverted World by Christopher Priest
- 1973 - Rendezvous with Rama by Arthur C. Clarke
- 1972 - No award
- 1971 - The Moment of Eclipse by Brian W. Aldiss
- 1970 - The Jagged Orbit by John Brunner
- 1969 - Stand on Zanzibar by John Brunner
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