The BSFA awards are presented annually by the British Science Fiction Association, based on a vote of BSFA members and – in recent years – members of the British national science fiction convention (Eastercon).

Nominations are now open for the BSFA's 2009 awards.
 

The Best Novel award is open to any novel-length work of science fiction or fantasy that has been published in the UK for the first time in 2009. (Serialised novels are eligible, provided that the publication date of the concluding part is in 2009). If a novel has been previously published elsewhere, but it hasn't been published in the UK until 2009, it is eligible.

 

The Best Short Fiction award is open to any shorter work of science fiction or fantasy, up to and including novellas, first published in 2009 (in a magazine, in a book, or online). This includes books and magazines published outside the UK.

 

The Best Artwork award is open to any single science fictional or fantastic image that first appeared in 2009. Again, provided the artwork hasn't been published before 2009 it doesn't matter where it appears.

 

The Best Non-Fiction award is open to any written work about science fiction and/or fantasy which appeared in its current form in 2009, in print or online. Whole collections comprised of work that has been published elsewhere previous to 2009 are ineligible.

 

Subject to these other rules, you may nominate as many pieces as you like in any category, but you may only submit one nomination for any particular piece.

 

The shortlists for these four awards will be comprised from the five works in each category that receive the most individual nominations by the deadline. Works published by the BSFA, or in association with the BSFA, are ineligible for a BSFA award. Nominations must reach me by 23.59 on Saturday, 16th January.

 

Your nominations can reach me in several ways. Perhaps the easiest is by email – I can be reached at awards@bsfa.co.uk. It would be helpful if you can write the award category, author or artist, title, and the source (i.e. the publisher or magazine). There are columns for this information on the form that should have gone out with this mailing for those who would prefer to use snail mail. All nominations must be received in writing, and must include your name to be accepted.