BSFA Award 2011 Nominations…so far

BSFA Awards – the nominations so far!

Since the nominations opened officially in September 2011, we have received and checked the following works  – but we need more. Keep sending your nominations in.

Best Novel

Title	Author surname	Author First Name	Publisher
Kings of Eternity	Brown	Eric	Solaris
Heaven’s Shadow	Cassutt, Goyer	Michael, David S.	Tor
The Final Days	Gibson	Gary	Tor
The Ironclad Prophecy	Kelleher	Pat	Abaddon
Cyber Circus	Lakin-Smith	Kim	Newcon Press
Savage City	McDougall	Sophia	Gollancz
Embassy Town	Mieville	China	Macmillan
Mr Fox	Oyeyemi	Helen	Picador
Hell Ship	Palmer	Phillip	Orbit
The Islanders	Priest	Christopher	Gollancz
The Demi-Monde: Winter	Rees	Rod	Quercus
By Light Alone	Roberts	Adam	Gollancz
The Testament of Jessie Lamb	Rogers	Jane	Sandstone Press
The Noise Revealed	Whates	Ian	Solaris
City of Hope and Despair	Whates	Ian	Angry Robot

 

Best Short Fiction

Title	Author surname	Author First Name	Publication	Publisher
The Silver Wind	Allen	Nina	Interzone 233	TTA Press
Smoke City	Barzak	Christopher	Asimov’s (April/May)
Day 29	Beckett	Chris	Asimov’s (July)
Tell Me Everything	Butler	Chris	Interzone 233	TTA Press
The Copenhagen Interpretation	Cornell	Paul	Asimov’s (July)
Danilo	Emshwiller	Carole	Asimov’s (Sept)
Widows in the World	Grant	Gavin J	Strange Horizons (2 parts)
The Man Who Bridged the Mist	Johnson	Kij	Asimov’s (Oct/Nov)
Tidal Forces	Kiernan	Caitlin R	Eclipse 4 ed. Jonathan Strahan	Nightshade Books
Valley of the Girls	Link	Kelly	Subterranean Press
Tying Knots	Liu	Ken	Clarkesworld #52
Covehithe	Mieville	China	The Guardian
A Soldier of the City	Moles	David	Engineering Infinity ed. Jonathan Strahan	Solaris
The Thick Night	Moraine	Sunny	Strange Horizons
Follow That Cathedral!	Owens	Gareth	The Immersion Book of Steampunk	Immersion Press
A Response from EST 17	Purdom	Tom	Asimov’s (April/May)
Tethered	Rivera	Mercurio D.	Interzone 236	TTA Press
Of Dawn	Robertson	Al	Interzone 235	TTA Press
The Ever-Dreaming Verdict of Plagues	Sanford	Jason	Interzone 236	TTA Press
Corn Teeth	Tem	Melanie	Asimov’s (August)
Jesus and the Eightfold Path	Tidhar	Lavie	Immersion Press
A Glass of Shadow	Williams	Liz	A Glass of Shadow	Newcon Press

 

Best Non-Fiction

Title	Author surname	Author First Name	Publication	Publisher
Out of This World: Science Fiction but not as we Know it	Ashley	Mike	Out of This World: Science Fiction but not as we Know it	British Library
Wiscon, Stories and Ontological Blackness	Broaddus	Maurice	Wiscon Chronicles 5, ed. Nisi Shawl
Fool to Believe: Remarks on Some Short Stories By Pat Cadigan	Cheney	Matthew	Strange Horizons
Review of Deathless by Catherynne Valente	Denault	Matt	Lingua Fantastika (3 parts)
In Praise of Joanna Rowling’s Hermione Granger Series	Doyle	Sadie	Global Comment
Speculative Fiction as Postcolonial Critique in Ghostwritten and Cloud Atlas	Dunlop	Nicholas	David Mitchell: Critical Essays ed. Sarah Dillon	Gylphi
Review of The Arthur C Clarke Award shortlist	Hartland	Dan	Strange Horizons (2 parts)
Review of Arslan by MJ Engh	Nussbaum	Abigail	Asking the Wrong Questions
Frankenstein, Mary Shelley	Roberts	Adam	SF Mistressworks
SF Mistressworks	Sales	Ian	SF Mistressworks
Hyperbolic Futures	Shaviro	Steven	Cascadia Subduction Zone 2
Moonlight bright as a UFO abduction’: Science Fiction, Present-Future Alienation and Cognitive Mapping	Stephenson	William	David Mitchell: Critical Essays ed. Sarah Dillon	Gylphi
Notes From Coode Street Podcast	Strahan	Jonathan	http://www.jonathanstrahan.com.au/wp/
Remediations of ‘Japan’ in number9dream	Tensor Posodas	Baryon	David Mitchell: Critical Essays ed. Sarah Dillon	Gylphi
(Re)Producing the View from Nowhere: a reaction to Wiscon 34’s Reproductive Health Panel	Velazquez	Maria	Wiscon Chronicles 5, ed. Nisi Shawl

 

Best Art

Title	Artist surname	ArtistFirst Name	Publication	Publisher	Associated Author
Cover	Gay	Melissa	Jesus and the Eightfold Path	Immersion Press	Lavie Tidhar
Cover	Harbour	Charles	The Immersion Book of Steampunk	Immersion Press
Cover	Harman	Dominic	The Noise Revealed	Solaris	Ian Whates
Cover	Holland-Keen	Vincent	SIM	Anarchy Books	Andy Remic
A Song of Ice and Fire 2012 Calendar	Picacio	John	A Song of Fire and Ice 2012 Calendar	Random House	George RR Martin
Cover	Sudworth	Anne	A Glass of Shadow	Newcon Press	Liz Williams
Cover	Unknown	Unknown	By Light Alone	Gollancz	Adam Roberts
Cover	Unknown	Unknown	After The Apocalypse	Small Beer Press	Maureen F. McHugh
Cover	Unknown	Unknown	The Dark and Hollow Places	Gollancz	Carrie Ryan
Cover	Unknown	Unknown	Three Messages and a Warning	Small Beer Press	eds. Chris Nakashima-Brown and Eduardo Jimenez Mayo
Relics	Wagner	Richard	Interzone 234	TTA Press

 

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1. Roy says:

   November 2, 2011 at 2:16 pm

   I won’t nominate my own story but I would like to know how I can start new topics and find any of the old ones.

   Roy

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   • admin says:

     November 7, 2011 at 9:40 am

     Hi Roy,

     I am in the process of rebuilding the forums so please bear with me. There will be a place to posts and discuss the awards soon and I will also provide archived discussions from the old forums.

     Best,

     Del.

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2. Roy says:

   November 7, 2011 at 7:04 pm

   Thanks Del.

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