The Geeky Nerfherder: Shortlist For The 2019 Annual British Science Fiction Association (BSFA) Awards Announced

Monday, February 18, 2019

The British Science Fiction Association (BSFA) have announced the shortlist for its annual BSFA Awards for works first published in 2018.

The BSFA Awards draw on nominations from their membership, and in the case of the Best Novel Award are open to UK publications only.

The Awards will be presented on Saturday April 20 during Ytterbium, the 70th Eastercon, at The Park Inn Heathrow, London, from 19-22 April 2019.

Nina Allan’s 'Time Pieces' column 2018 articles (Interzone)
Ruth EJ Booth’s 'Noise and Sparks' column 2018 articles (Shoreline of Infinity)
Liz Bourke’s 'Sleeps With Monsters' column 2018 articles (Tor.com)
Aliette de Bodard – On motherhood and erasure: people-shaped holes, hollow characters and the illusion of impossible adventures (Intellectus Speculativus blog)
Adam Roberts – Publishing the Science Fiction Canon: The Case of Scientific Romance (Cambridge University Press)

Ben Baldwin’s wraparound cover for 'Strange Tales' slipcase set (NewCon Press)
Joey Hi-Fi’s cover for 'Paris Adrift' by EJ Swift (Solaris)
Sarah Anne Langton’s cover for 'Unholy Land' by Lavie Tidhar (Tachyon Publications)
Sing Yun Lee and Morris Wild’s artwork for 'Sublime Cognition' conference (London Science Fiction Research Community)
Likhain’s In the Vanishers’ Palace: Dragon I and II (Inprnt)
Bede Rogerson’s cover for 'Concrete Faery' by Elizabeth Priest (Luna Press)
Del Samatar’s artwork for 'Monster Portraits' by Sofia and Del Samatar (Rose Metal Press)
Charlotte Stroomer’s cover for 'Rosewater' by Tade Thompson (Orbit)