2009 BSFA Award Winners

Winners of the 2009 British Science Fiction Association Awards have been announced:

Best Novel

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

• Ark, Stephen Baxter (Gollancz)

• Lavinia, Ursula K. Le Guin (Gollancz)

• Yellow Blue Tibia, Adam Roberts (Gollancz)

Best Short Fiction

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

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

Best Artwork

• Cover of Desolation Road by Ian McDonald, Stephan Martiniere

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

• “Emerald”, Stephanie Pui-Min Law

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

Best Non-Fiction

• Mutant Popcorn film column, Nick Lowe (Interzone)

• Canary Fever: Reviews, John Clute (Beccon)

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

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

Winners were announced at Eastercon, held April 2-5 2010 in Heathrow, London, UK.