2013 BSFA Shortlist

The 2013 BSFA Awards shortlist has been announced:

Best Novel

• God’s War, Kameron Hurley (Del Rey)
• Ancillary Justice, Ann Leckie (Orbit)
• Evening’s Empires, Paul McAuley (Gollancz)
• Ack-Ack Macaque, Gareth L. Powell (Solaris)
• The Adjacent, Christopher Priest (Gollancz)

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.