2013 BSFA Shortlist

The 2013 BSFA Awards shortlist has been announced:

Best Novel

Best Short Fiction

  • Spin, Nina Allan (TTA Press)
  • “Selkie Stories are for Losers,” Sofia Samatar (Strange Horizons)
  • “Saga’s Children,” E. J. Swift (The Lowest Heaven, Pandemonium)
  • “Boat in the Shadows Crossing,” Tori Truslow (Beneath Ceaseless Skies)

Best Artwork

  • Cover for Tony Ballantyne’s Dream London, Joey Hi-fi (Solaris)
  • Poster for Metropolis, Kevin Tong (tragicsunshine.com)
  • “The Angel at the Heart of the Rain,” Richard Wagner (Interzone #246)

Best Non-Fiction

  • Wonderbook, Jeff VanderMeer (Abrams Image)
  • “Going Forth by Night,” John J. Johnston (Unearthed, Jurassic)
  • “Sleeps with Monsters,” Liz Bourke (Tor.com)

The awards will be voted on by members of BSFA and the British Annual Science Fiction Convention (Eastercon). The winners will be announced in a ceremony at the Satellite 4 Eastercon convention at the Crown Plaza Hotel, Glasgow on Sunday April 20th, 2014.