Awards for excellence

The British Science Fiction Association bestows three annual awards for:

Best Novel
Best Short Story
Best Artwork

The shortlist for the Awards is drawn up by the BSFA, but voting is open to all BSFA members and to all members of the Eastercon. The winners for 2001 were:

Novel: Ash: A Secret History - Mary Gentle (Gollancz)
Short Story: The Suspect Genome - Peter Hamilton (Interzone #156)
Artwork: Hideaway - Dominic Harman (Interzone #157)

The 2002 nominees (with winners show in bold) are:

Best Novel:

American Gods - Neil Gaiman (Feature)
Pashazade - Jon Courtenay Grimwood (Earthlight)
Bold as Love - Gwyneth Jones (Gollancz)
The Secret of Life - Paul McAuley (Voyager)
Chasm City - Alastair Reynolds (Gollancz)
Lust - Geoff Ryman (Flamingo)

Short Story:

'Under the Saffron Tree' (Interzone 166) - Cherith Baldry
'First to the Moon' (Spectrum SF 6) - Stephen Baxter & Simon Bradshaw
'Children of Winter' (Interzone 163) - Eric Brown
'Myxamatosis' (Interzone 165) - Simon Ings
'Wind Angels' (Interzone 171) - Leigh Kennedy
Isabel of the Fall (Interzone 169) - Ian MacLeod

Artwork:

'Roach Motel' (cover, Interzone 166) - Dominic Harman
Cover of Omegatropic (Baxter) - Colin Odell
Cover of Gridlinked (Asher) - Steve Rawlings
'Heart of Empire' CD-Rom - Bryan Talbot
Cover of Pashazade (Grimwood) - The Whole Hog

Non-Fiction:

Omegatropic - Stephen Baxter (BSFA)
Terry Pratchett - Andrew M Butler (Pocket Essentials)
Tim Burton - Michelle LeBlanc & Colin Odell (Pocket Essentials)
Storming the Bastille - Justina Robson
'The Best Introduction to the Mountains' - Gene Wolfe (Interzone 174)

For more details about the Awards, see the BSFA web page or contact Tanya Brown, on awards@amaranth.aviators.net.