The BSFA Awards are literary awards presented annually since 1970 by the

British Science Fiction Association The British Science Fiction Association Limited is an organisation founded in 1958 by a group of British academics, science fiction fans, authors, publishers and booksellers, in order to promote the writing, criticism, and study of science fiction ...

(BSFA) to honour works in the genre of

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. Nominees and winners are chosen based on a vote of BSFA members. More recently, members of the

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convention have also been eligible to vote.

BSFA Award categories

The award originally included only a category for novels. Categories for short works and artists were added in 1980. The category for younger readers was added in 2021. The artists category became artwork in 1986 and a category for related non-fiction was added in 2002. A media category was awarded from 1979 to 1992. The ceremonies are named after the year that the eligible works were published, despite the awards being given out in the next year. The current standard award categories are: *

BSFA Award for Best Novel The BSFA Awards are given every year by the British Science Fiction Association. 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 the previous year. Serial ...

* BSFA Award for Best Short Fiction * BSFA Award for Best Non-Fiction * BSFA Award for Best Artwork * BSFA Award for Best Fiction for Younger Readers Previous categories: * BSFA Award for Best Media

BSFA Award winners

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External resources

BSFA website

List of all winning and nominated novels
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BSFA Award categories

BSFA Award winners

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