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 , 29^th  March to 1^st 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