The nominations for the British Science Fiction Association have been announced. The Awards given in 2023 are for publications from 2022.
They are:
BEST ARTWORK
Alyssa Winans, Cover of The Red Scholar’s Wake by Aliette de Bodard, Gollancz
Manzi Jackson, Cover of Africa Risen: A New Era of Speculative Fiction, Macmillan
Chris Baker, Cover of Shoreline of Infinity 32, Shoreline of Infinity
Vincent Sammy, Cover of Parsec 4, PS Publishing
Miguel Co, Cover of Song of the Mango and Other New Myths, Ateneo De Manila UP
Jay Johnstone, Cover of The Way the Light Bends, Luna Press Publishing
BEST FICTION FOR YOUNGER READERS
T. Kingfisher, Illuminations, Argyll Productions
Frances Hardinge, Unraveller, MacMillan Children’s Books
Kate Dylan, Mindwalker, Hodder and Stoughton
Gina Chen, Violet Made of Thorns, Hodder and Stoughton
Juno Dawson, Her Majesty’s Royal Coven, Harper Voyager
Vanessa Len, Only A Monster, Hodder and Stoughton
Xiran Jay Zhao, Zachary Ying and the Dragon Emperor, Margaret K. McElderry Books
BEST SHORT FICTION
Or Luca, ‘Luca’, Luna Press Publishing
Aliette de Bodard, ‘Of Charms, Ghosts and Grievances’, JABberwocky Literary Agency, Inc
Rick Danforth, ‘Seller’s Remorse’, Hexagon Magazine, Issue 11
Adrian Tchaikovsky, ‘Ogres’, Rebellion
Neil Williiamson, ‘A Moment of Zugzwang’, ParSec #4
BEST NOVEL
Adrian Tchaikovsky, City of Last Chances, Head of Zeus
Aliette de Bodard, The Red Scholar’s Wake, Gollancz
Adam Roberts, The This, Gollancz
Gareth Powell, Stars and Bones, Titan Books
EJ Swift, The Coral Bones, Unsung Stories
BEST NON-FICTION
Rob Wilkins, Terry Pratchett: A Life with Footnotes, Doubleday
Maureen Kincaid Speller, The Critic and the Clue: Tracking Alan Garner’s Treacle Walker http://strangehorizons.com/…/the-critic-and-the-clue…/
Fiona Moore, Management Lessons from Game of Thrones: Organization Theory and Strategy in Westeros, Edward Elgar Publishing
Wole Talabi and the ‘ASFS, Preliminary Observations from an Incomplete History of African SFF’ , https://www.sfwa.org/…/preliminary-observations…/
Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki , ‘Too Dystopian For Whom? A Continental Nigerian Writer’s Perspective’, https://www.uncannymagazine.com/…/too-dystopian-for…/
Congratulations to all nominees. The winners will be announced at this year’s Eastercon.
