The Winners of British Science Fiction Association Award have been announced. The winners were announced as part of the annual Eastercon event. This year Eastercon was held in Belfast. 2026’s Eastercon will be in Birmingham.

A full list of nominees can be found here. The winners are:

Finalists for the British Science Fiction Association Awards for publications in 2024.

SHORT FICTION

• ‘Why Don’t We Just Kill the Kid in the Omelas Hole’ by Isabelle Kim (Clarkesworld)

SHORTER FICTION (NOVELETTE AND NOVELLA EQUIVALENT)

• Saturation Point by Adrian Tchaikovsky (Solaris)

NOVEL

• Three Eight One by Aliya Whiteley (Rebellion Publishing)

FICTION FOR YOUNGER READERS

• Doctor Who: Caged by Una McCormack (Penguin)

COLLECTIONS

• Punks4Palestine: An Anthology of Hopeful SciFi for an Uncertain Future ed Jasen Bacon (Hyphen Press)

AUDIO

• The Personal Touch by Rick Danforth (Manawaker Studio’s Flash Fiction Podcast)

ART

• Cover – Nova Scotia Vol 2 by Jenni Coutts (Luna Press Publishing)

SHORT NON-FICTION

• ‘Why A.I. Isn’t Going to Make Art’ by Ted Chiang (New Yorker, August 31 2024)

LONG NON-FICTION

• Track Changes by Abigail Nussbaum (Briardene Books)

BEST TRANSLATED SHORT WORK (Juried Award)*

• ‘Bone by Bone’ by Mónika Rusval, translated from Hungarian by Vivien Urban (Samovar)

*Our Jurors for this award are Cristina Jurado, Rachel Cordasco and Nadya Mercik.

The UK has a long history of science fiction conventions, dating back to 1891. Eastercon is  traditionally organised around Easter weekend by voluntary self-organising committees, rather than a permanent entity. It has been around since the 1940s. The BFSA Awards first launched in 1970 and has been a fixture of Eastercon ever since.