BSFA Award Nominees

The nominees for the British Science Fiction Association Award have been announced. Winners will be announced at this year’s Eastercon, Odyssey 2010, the weekend of April 2-5 in Heathrow, London.

Best Novel

• Ark, by Stephen Baxter
• Lavinia, by Ursula K Le Guin
• The City & The City, by China Mieville
• Yellow Blue Tibia, by Adam Roberts

Best Short Fiction

• “Sinner, Baker, Fabulist, Priest; Red Mask, Black Mask, Gentleman, Beast,” by Eugie Foster)
• The Push, by Dave Hutchinson
• “Johnnie and Emmie-Lou Get Married,” by Kim Lakin-Smith
• “Vishnu at the Cat Circus,” by Ian McDonald
• “The Beloved Time of Their Lives,” by Ian Watson and Roberto Quaglia
• “The Assistant,” by Ian Whates

Best Artwork

• Alternate cover art for 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, by Nitzan Klamer
• “Emerald,” by Stephanie Pui-Mun Law
• Cover of Desolation Road by Ian McDonald, by Stephan Martinière, jacket design by Jacqueline Nasso Cooke
• Cover of Interzone 220, Adam Tredowski
• Cover of Interzone 224, Adam Tredowski
• Cover of Interzone 225, Adam Tredowski

Best Non-Fiction

• Canary Fever, by John Clute
• “I Didn’t Dream of Dragons,” by Deepa D
• “Ethics and Enthusiasm,” by Hal Duncan
• “Mutant Popcorn,” by Nick Lowe
• A Short History of Fantasy, by Farah Mendlesohn and Edward James

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