The British Science Fiction Association (BSFA) recently announced the winners of their 2022 awards for best novel, short fiction, artwork, non-fiction, and best book for younger readers. Read on for the winners and finalists!
The BSFA awards are voted on by BSFA members and, more recently, members of the British science fiction convention, Eastercon. Their aim, according to the BSFA website, is to “seek to honour the most worthy examples in each category, but also to promote the genre of science fiction, and get people reading, talking about, and enjoying all that contemporary science fiction has to offer.”
To qualify, the work must have been released in 2022. Here are the winners and finalists for each of the award categories, with winners appearing in bold.
Best Novel (defined as a work greater than 40,000 words)
- Winner: City of Last Chances by Adrian Tchaikovsky
- Stars and Bones by Gareth Powell
- The Coral Bones by E.J. Swift
- The Red Scholar’s Wake by Aliette de Bodard
- The This by Adam Roberts
Best Short Fiction (defined as work less than 40,000 words)
- “A Moment of Zugzwang” by Neil Williiamson
- Luca by Or Luca
- Winner: Of Charms, Ghosts and Grievances by Aliette de Bodard
- Ogres by Adrian Tchaikovsky
- “Seller’s Remorse” by Rick Danforth
Best Non-Fiction
- Management Lessons from Game of Thrones: Organization Theory and Strategy in Westeros by Fiona Moore
- “Preliminary Observations from an Incomplete History of African SFF” by Wole Talabi (SFWA.org 6/1/22)
- Winner: Terry Pratchett: A Life with Footnotes by Rob Wilkins
- “The Critic and the Clue: Tracking Alan Garner’s Treacle Walker“ by Maureen Kincaid Speller (Strange Horizons 1/21/22)
- “Too Dystopian for Whom? A Continental Nigerian Writer’s Perspective” by Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki (Uncanny 9/10/22)
Best Book For Young Readers
- Violet Made of Thorns by Gina Chen
- Her Majesty’s Royal Coven by Juno Dawson
- Illuminations by T. Kingfisher
- Mindwalker by Kate Dylan
- Only a Monster by Vanessa Len
- Winner: Unraveller by Frances Hardinge
- Zachary Ying and the Dragon Emperor by Xiran Jay Zhao
Best Artwork
- Chris Baker for the cover of Shoreline of Infinity 32, guest edited by Teika Marija Smits
- Miguel Co for the cover of Song of the Mango and Other New Myths by Vida Cruz-Borja
- Manzi Jackson for the cover of Africa Risen: A New Era of Speculative Fiction, edited by Sheree Renée Thomas, Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki, and Zelda Knight
- Jay Johnstone for the cover of The Way the Light Bends by Lorraine Wilson
- Vincent Sammy for the cover of Parsec 4
- Winner: Alyssa Winans for the cover of The Red Scholar’s Wake by Aliette de Bodard
Congratulations to all the winners and finalists!
