This page provides information about all the previous winners of the
BSFA awards. Shortlists, and full lists of nominations received, are
also available online for the past few years of the award.
Note that no presentation in the Media category (now discontinued)
was made until 1978, and none in the Short or Artist categories until
1979.
The Non-Fiction category was introduced from 2001 and has been voted
on in a variety of ways. It was suspended for 2004. A new approach was
piloted for 2005 with a small judging panel selecting a winner and a
wider 'recommended reading' list following nominations by BSFA members;
for 2006 a recommended reading list was produced from nominations received
without an overall winner being selected. These lists can be accessed
via the 'recent shortlists' tab.
Please note that the BSFA awards are given for the year of eligibility,
not the year of presentation (thus the 2006 awards were given for items
published in 2006).
Information about the current awards process can be found here.
2006
Novel: End of the World Blues by Jon Courtenay Grimwood (Gollancz)
Short fiction: 'The Djinn's Wife' by Ian McDonald (Asimov's,
June)
Artwork: 'Angelbot' by Fangorn (cover of the collection Time
Pieces, ed. Ian Whates)
2006 Shortlists
2006 Nominations
2005
Novel: Air by Geoff Ryman
Short fiction: 'Magic for Beginners' by Kelly Link
Artwork: Cover of Interzone 200 by Pawel Lewandowski
Non-fiction: Soundings: Reviews 1992-1996 by Gary K Wolfe
2005 Shortlists
2005 Nominations
2004
Novel: River of Gods by Ian McDonald
Short fiction: 'Mayflower II' by Stephen Baxter (PS Publishing)
Artwork: Cover of Ken MacLeod's novel Newton's Wake by Stephan
Martinière (Tor)
2004 Shortlists
2004 Nominations
2003
Novel: Felaheen by Jon Courtenay Grimwood
Short Fiction: 'The Wolves in the Walls' by Neil Gaiman & Dave
McKean
Artwork: Cover of The True Knowledge of Ken MacLeod by Colin
Odell
Nonfiction: 'Reading Science Fiction' by Farah Mendlesohn (Introduction
to The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction, edited by Edward
James and Farah Mendlesohn).
2002
Novel: The Separation by Christopher Priest
Short Fiction: 'Coraline' by Neil Gaiman
Artwork: Cover of Interzone 179 by Dominic Harman
Related Publication: Introduction to Maps: The Uncollected John
Sladek by David Langford
2001
Novel: Chasm City by Alastair Reynolds
Short Story: 'Children of Winter' by Eric Brown
Artwork: Cover of Omegatropic by Colin Odell
Non-fiction: Omegatropic by Stephen Baxter
2000
Novel: Ash: A Secret History by Mary Gentle
Short: 'The Suspect Genome' by Peter F Hamilton
Artwork: 'Hideaway' by Dominic Harman (cover of Interzone
157)
1999
Novel: The Sky Road by Ken MacLeod
Short: 'Hunting the Slarque' by Eric Brown
Artwork: 'Darwinia' by Jim Burns (cover of Darwinia by
Robert Charles Wilson)Â
1998
Novel: The Extremes by Christopher Priest
Short: 'La Cenerentola' by Gwyneth Jones
Artwork: 'Lord Prestimion' by Jim Burns (cover of Interzone
138)
1997
Novel: The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell
Short: War Birds by Stephen Baxter
Artwork: The Black Blood of the Dead by SMS (cover of Interzone
116)
1996
Novel: Excession by Iain M Banks
Short: 'A Crab Must Try' by Barrington J Bayley
Artwork: Cover of Jack McDevitt's novel Ancient Shores by Jim
Burns
1995
Novel: The Time Ships by Stephen Baxter
Short: 'The Hunger and Ecstasy of Vampires' by Brian Stableford (shorter
version, published in Interzone)
Artwork: Cover of Colin Greenland's novel Seasons of Plenty
by Jim Burns
1994
Novel: Feersum Endjinn by Iain M Banks
Short: 'The Double Felix' by Paul di Filippo
Artwork: Jim Burns
1993
Novel: Aztec Century by Christopher Evans
Short: 'The Ragthorn' by Robert P Holdstock and Garry Kilworth
Artwork: Jim Burns
Special Award: The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction ed. John
Clute and Peter Nicholls
1992
Novel: Red Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson
Short: 'Innocent' by Ian McDonald
Artwork: Jim Burns
1991
Novel: The Fall of Hyperion by Dan Simmons
Short: 'Bad Timing' by Molly Brown
Media: Terminator 2: Judgement Day
Artwork: Mark Harrison
1990
Novel: Take Back Plenty by Colin Greenland
Short: 'The Original Doctor Shade' by Kim Newman
Media: Twin Peaks
Artist: Ian Miller
1989
Novel: Pyramids by Terry Pratchett
Short: 'In Translation' by Lisa Tuttle
Media: Red Dwarf
Artist: Jim Burns
1988
Novel: Lavondyss by Robert P Holdstock
Short: 'Dark Night in Toyland' by Bob Shaw
Media: Who Framed Roger Rabbit?
Artist: Alan Lee
1987
Novel: Grainne by Keith Roberts
Short: 'Love Sickness' by Geoff Ryman
Media: Star Cops
Artist: Jim Burns
1986
Novel: The Ragged Astronauts by Bob Shaw
Short: 'Kaeti and the Hangman' by Keith Roberts
Media: Aliens
Artist: Keith Roberts
1985
Novel: Helliconia Winter by Brian W Aldiss
Short: 'Cube Root' by David Langford
Media: Brazil
Artist: Jim Burns
1984
Novel: Mythago Wood by Robert P Holdstock
Short: 'The Unconquered Country' by Geoff Ryman
Media: The Company of Wolves
Artist: Jim Burns
1983
Novel: Tik-Tok by John T Sladek
Short: 'After-Images' by Malcolm Edwards
Media: Android
Artist: Bruce Pennington
1982
Novel: Helliconia Spring by Brian W Aldiss
Short: 'Kitemaster' by Keith Roberts
Media: Blade Runner
Artist: Tim White
1981
Novel: The Shadow of the Torturer by Gene Wolfe
Short: 'Mythago Wood' by Robert P Holdstock
Media: Time Bandits
Artist: Bruce Pennington
1980
Novel: Timescape by Gregory Benford
Short: 'The Brave Little Toaster' by Thomas M Disch
Media: The Hitch-Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy (second radio series)
by Douglas Adams
Artist: Peter Jones
1979
Novel: The Unlimited Dream Company by J G Ballard
Short: 'Palely Loitering' by Christopher Priest
Media: The Hitch-Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy (record) by Douglas
Adams
Artist: Jim Burns
1978
Novel: A Scanner Darkly by Philip K Dick
Collection: Deathbird Stories by Harlan Ellison
Media: The Hitch-Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy (radio series)
by Douglas Adams
1977
Novel: The Jonah Kit by Ian Watson
1976
Novel: Brontomek! by Michael G Coney
Special Award: A Pictorial History of Science Fiction by David
Kyle
1975
Novel: Orbitsville by Bob Shaw
1974
Novel: Inverted World by Christopher Priest
1973
Novel: Rendezvous with Rama by Arthur C Clarke
Special Award: Billion Year Spree by Brian W Aldiss
1972
No award - insufficient votes.
1971
Collection: The Moment of Eclipse by Brian Aldiss
1970
Novel: The Jagged Orbit by John Brunner
1969
Novel: Stand on Zanzibar by John Brunner
