2009 BSFA Award Finalists

The British Science Fiction Association announced the finalists for the 2009 awards.
Best Novel

• Ark, Stephen Baxter (Gollancz)

• Lavinia, Ursula K. Le Guin (Gollancz)

• The City & The City, China Miéville (Macmillan)

• Yellow Blue Tibia, Adam Roberts (Gollancz)

Best Short Fiction

• “Sinner, Baker, Fabulist, Priest; Red Mask, Black Mask, Gentleman, Beast”, Eugie Foster (Interzone #220)

• The Push, Dave Hutchinson (Newcon Press)

• “Johnnie and Emmie-Lou Get Married”, Kim Lakin-Smith (Interzone #222)

• “Vishnu at the Cat Circus”, Ian McDonald (Cyberabad Days)

• “The Beloved Time of Their Lives”, Ian Watson & Roberto Quaglia (The Beloved of My Beloved)

• “The Assistant”, Ian Whates (The Solaris Book of New Science Fiction: Volume Three)

Best Non-Fiction

• Canary Fever: Reviews, John Clute (Beccon)

• “I Didn’t Dream of Dragons”, Deepa D. (Deepa D.’s Blog)

• “Mutant Popcorn” film column, Nick Lowe (Interzone)

• A Short History of Fantasy, Farah Mendlesohn & Edward James (Middlesex University Press)

Best Artwork

• Cover art project for 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, by Nitzan Klamer

• Cover of Desolation Road, by Stephan Martinière

• “Emerald”, Stephanie Pui-Min Law

• Covers of Interzone issues #220, #224, and #225, by Adam Tredowski

There are only four nominees in the Best Novel category, and six nominees in the Short Fiction and Best Artwork categories, due to multiple ties. The awards are voted on by members of BSFA and the British Annual Science Fiction Convention (Eastercon). Winners will be announced during Odyssey (Eastercon 2010), to be held April 2-5, 2010 in Heathrow, London.