Vote for the BSFA Awards (original) (raw)
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 2023. 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, Levitation, will be at the Telford Internationa Centre , 29th March to 1st April 2024, where the winners will be announced.
We would be delighted if you circulated this shortlist. #BSFAAwards2023
BSFA members and attendees of the convention Levitation 2024 may vote for the winners of the award. The voting form will be available here
Voting is open to all BSFA members and attendees of the conventation. Voting will close at 23:59 on Friday the 29th of March.
Best Audio Fiction
| Title | Author | Publisher | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| Drabblecast, The Pigeon | Michelle Knudsen. | Drabblecast | https://www.drabblecast.org/2023/07/21/drabblecast-476-the-pigeon/ |
| The Dex Legacy | Emily Inkpen | Alternative Stories and Fake Realities | https://www.thedexlegacy.com/ |
| Simultaneous Times Podcast, Episode 67 | Jenna Hanchey & Abigail Guerrero | Space Cowboy | https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/spacecowboybooks/episodes/2023-09-15T00_07_58-07_00 |
| When a Portal Comes Around | Rick Danforth | Upbeat Tales | https://upbeattales.com/episodes/2023/when-a-portal-comes-around/ |
| Welcome to Night Vale, Carlos Explained | Joseph Fink and Jeffrey Cranor | Welcome to the Night Vale | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ni1j94eqDl0 |
Best Artwork
| Title | Author | Publisher | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cover of Danged Black Thing (Apex) | Elena Betti | Apex Books | https://www.apexbookcompany.com/products/danged-black-thing |
| Cover of Jewel Box | Christine Kim | Erewhon Books | https://www.erewhonbooks.com/our-books/jewel-box-stories-e-lily-yu |
| Interzone 295 - illustrations for Strung Along in Seaforth | Vinayak Varma | Interzone | https://mixtape.in/iz295 |
| Cover art of The Alphabet of Pinaa: An AI Reinvents Zerself on an Inhabited Moon | Juliana Pinho | Interzone Digital | https://interzone.digital/the-alphabet-of-pinaa-an-ai-reinvents-zerself-on-an-inhabited-moon/ |
| Cover of The Surviving Sky | Leo Nickolls | Titan Books | https://titanbooks.com/71060-the-surviving-sky/ |
| Cover of Descendent Machine | Julia Lloyd | Titan Books | https://titanbooks.com/70278-descendant-machine/ |
Best Collection
(For collections and anthologies)
| Title | Author/Editor | Publisher | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| Best of World SF: Volume 3 | Lavie Tidhar | Bloomsbury | https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/best-of-world-sf-9781804548035/ |
| Mothersound: The Sauútiverse Anthology | Edited by Wole Talabi | Android Press | https://www.android-press.com/product-page/mothersound-the-sau%C3%BAtiverse-anthology-ebook |
| No One Will Come Back For Us | Premee Mohamed | Undertow | https://undertowpublications.com/shop/no-one-will-come-back-for-us |
| Strange Attractors | Jaine Fenn | Newcon Press | http://www.newconpress.co.uk/info/book.asp?id=228&referer=Catalogue |
| The Best of British Science Fiction 2022 | Edited by Donna Scott | Newcon Press | http://www.newconpress.co.uk/info/book.asp?id=227&referer=Catalogue |
Best Non-Fiction (Long)
| Title | Author | Publisher | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| A Traveller in Time: The Critical Practice of Maureen Kincaid Speller | Nina Allan, editor | Luna Press | https://www.lunapresspublishing.com/product-page/a-traveller-in-time-the-critical-practice-of-maureen-kincaid-speller |
| All These Worlds | Niall Harrison | Briardene | https://briardenebooks.uk/shop/ |
| Ex Marginalia: Essays on Writing Speculative Fiction by Persons of Color | Chinelo Onwualu | Hydra House | https://hydrahousebooks.com/catalog/ex-marginalia/ |
| Spec Fic for Newbies: A Beginner's Guide to Writing Subgenres of Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror | Tiffani Angus and Val Nolan | Luna Press | https://www.lunapresspublishing.com/product-page/spec-fic-for-newbies |
| The Female Man: Eastercon talk | Farah Mendlesohn | n/a | https://farahmendlesohn.com/2023/07/06/eastercon-2023-talk-the-female-man/ |
BesT Novel
| Title | Author | Publisher | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| Airside | Christopher Priest | Gollancz | https://www.gollancz.co.uk/titles/christopher-priest/airside/9781399608831/ |
| Descendant Machine | Gareth L. Powell | Titan Books | https://titanbooks.com/70278-descendant-machine/ |
| HIM | Geoff Ryman | Angry Robot | https://angryrobotbooks.com/books/him/ |
| Shigidi And The Brass Head Of Obalufon | Wole Talabi | Gollancz | https://www.gollancz.co.uk/titles/wole-talabi/shigidi/9781399615686/ |
| The Green Man's Quarry | Juliet McKenna | Wizard Tower Press | https://www.wizardstowerbooks.com/shop/the-green-mans-quarry/ |
Best Short Fiction
(For short written works of fiction and their equivalent)
| Title | Author | Publisher | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| A Little Seasoning | Neil Williamson | Interzone Digital | https://interzone.digital/a-little-seasoning/ |
| Copper | Jendia Gammon | Interzone | https://interzone.press/iz-295/ |
| How to Raise a Kraken in Your Bathtub | P. Djèlí Clark | Uncanny | https://www.uncannymagazine.com/article/how-to-raise-a-kraken-in-your-bathtub/ |
| Lady Koi Koi: A book Report | Suyi Davies Okungbowa | Apex Magazine | https://apex-magazine.com/short-fiction/lady-koi-koi-a-book-report/ |
| The Spoil Heap | Fiona Moore | Clarkesworld | https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/moore_03_23/ |
Best Non-Fiction (Short)
(For short written works and their equivalent)
| Title | Author | Publisher | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dominant Themes in Afro-Centric Fiction | Eugen Bacon | Aurealis | https://aurealis.com.au/store/aurealis-158-copy/ |
| Exposition Tax: The hidden burden of writing from the marginsby | Suyi Davies Okungbowa | Hydra House | https://hydrahousebooks.com/catalog/ex-marginalia/ |
| Prisoners In The Temple Of The Muses | Wole Talabi | Ancillary Review of Books | https://ancillaryreviewofbooks.org/2023/08/17/prisoners-in-the-temple-of-the-muses/ |
| Project Management Lessons from Rogue One | Fiona Moore | Personal blog | https://adoctorofmanythings.wordpress.com/ |
| Tech Billionaires Need to Stop Trying to Make the Science Fiction They Grew Up on Real | Charles Stross | Scientific American | ">https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/tech-billionaires-need-to-stop-trying-to-make-the-science-fiction-they-grew-up-on-real/ |
| Weaving the Rainbow: Worldbuilding and SF | Gautam Bhatia | Bombay Literary Magazine | https://bombaylitmag.com/weaving-the-rainbow/ |
Best Shorter Fiction
(For novellas, novelettes and other works that are not novel length).
| Title | Author | Publisher | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| And Put Away Childish Things | Adrian Tchakovsky | Rebellion Publishing | https://rebellionpublishing.com/product/and_put_away_childish_things/ |
| Broken Paradise | Eugen Bacon | Luna Press | https://www.amazon.co.uk/Broken-Paradise-Luna-Novella-Book-ebook/dp/B0BLTGR4Q6 |
| Europa | Allen Stroud | Flame Tree Press | https://www.amazon.co.uk/Europa-Fractal-Episodes-Book-1-ebook/dp/B0CFM9W733 |
| I am AI | Ai Jiang | Shortwave Publishing | https://shortwavepublishing.com/catalog/i-am-ai-novelette/ |
| Knotted Thorn (From The Book of Gaheris) | Kari Sperring | Newcon Press | http://www.newconpress.co.uk/info/book.asp?id=221&referer=Catalogue |
Best Translated Short Fiction
This award is selected by an appointed BSFA Jury.
| Title | Author | Publisher | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Unknown Painter | Henry Lion Oldie, translated by Alex Shvartsman | Digital Aesthete | https://future-sf.com/fiction/the-unknown-painter/ |
| Vanishing Tracks in the Sand | Jana Bianchi, translation by Rachael Amoruso | Future Fiction, The Bright Mirror | https://www.amazon.co.uk/Bright-Mirror-Global-Solarpunk-Women/dp/8832077787 |
| My Guy | Izumi Suzuki, translated by Sam Bett | Verso Books, Hit Parade of Tears | https://www.amazon.co.uk/Hit-Parade-Tears-Verso-Fiction-ebook/dp/B0BVQYVHGD |
| Retreat from the World Outside | Gabriela Damian Miravete, translated by Adrian Demopulos | Rosarium Publishing, They Will Dream in the Garden | https://www.amazon.co.uk/Dream-Garden-Gabriela-Dami%C3%A1n-Miravete-ebook/dp/B0CS3BXS7T/ |
| A Pilgrimage to Memories Tattooed | Elena Pavlova, translated by Elena Pavlova and Desislava Sivilova | Samovar | http://samovar.strangehorizons.com/2023/06/26/a-pilgrimage-to-memories-tattooed |
| Bacterial | Marcelo Cohen, translated by Kit Maude | Samovar | http://samovar.strangehorizons.com/2023/10/23/bacterial-english-translation/ |
Best Fiction for Younger Readers
| Title | Author | Publisher | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| A Song of Salvation | Alechia Dow | Inkyard | https://www.harpercollins.com/products/a-song-of-salvation-alechia-dow?variant=40911998582818 |
| Mindbreaker | Kate Dylan | Hodder & Stoughton | https://www.hachette.co.uk/titles/kate-dylan/mindbreaker/9781529393262/ |
| The Inn at the Amethyst Lantern | J Dianne Dotson | Android Press | https://www.amazon.co.uk/Inn-at-Amethyst-Lantern-ebook/dp/B0CHC7GVGD |
| The Library of Broken Worlds | Alaya Dawn Johnson | Harpercollins | https://harpercollins.co.uk/products/the-library-of-broken-worlds-alaya-dawn-johnson?variant=40174071808078 |
| We Who Are Forged In Fire | Kate Murray | Hardie Grant | https://www.hardiegrant.com/au/publishing/bookfinder/book/we-who-are-forged-in-fire-by-kate-murray/9781760508937 |