Awards season continues with the Arthur C. Clarke Award, created in 1987 to promote science fiction. The shortlist for the 39th Arthur C. Clarke Award Science Fiction Book of the Year has been announced.
This year’s winner will be announced on Wednesday 25th June 2025.
The list of nominees is as follows:
Private Rites – Julia Armfield (4th Estate)
The Ministry of Time – Kaliane Bradley (Sceptre)
Extremophile – Ian Green (AdAstra)
Annie Bot – Sierra Greer (The Borough Press)
Service Model – Adrian Tchaikovsky (Tor UK)
Thirteen Ways to Kill Lulabelle Rock – Maud Woolf (Angry Robot)
Chair of Judges, Dr Andrew M. Butler, said: “ “Clarke judges always bring passion and expertise to their deliberations and this year’s jury is no exception. Adrian Tchaikovsky might win for the second time, but he’s up against the debuts of Kaliane Bradley and Maud Woolf, as well as Julia Armfield, Ian Green and Sierra Greer’s first adult sf novels. I can’t even begin to guess whose name will be in the envelope.”
The winner will receive a trophy in the form of a commemorative engraved bookend and prize money to the value of £2025.00; a tradition that sees the annual prize money rise incrementally by year from the year 2001 in memory of Sir Arthur C. Clarke.
