Year | Category | Work | Author(s) |
1969 | Novel | Stand on Zanzibar | John Brunner |
1970 | Novel | The Jagged Orbit | John Brunner |
1971 | Collection | The Moment of Eclipse | Brian W. Aldiss |
1972 | No award — insufficient votes. |
1973 | Novel | Rendezvous with Rama | Arthur C. Clarke |
Special Award | Billion Year Spree | Brian W. Aldiss |
1974 | Novel | Inverted World | Christopher Priest |
1975 | Novel | Orbitsville | Bob Shaw |
1976 | Novel | Brontomek! | Michael G. Coney |
Special Award | A Pictorial History of Science Fiction | David Kyle |
1977 | Novel | The Jonah Kit | Ian Watson |
1978 | Novel | A Scanner Darkly | Philip K. Dick |
Collection | Deathbird Stories | Harlan Ellison |
Media | The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (original radio series) | Douglas Adams |
1979 | Novel | The Unlimited Dream Company | J. G. Ballard |
Short | "Palely Loitering" | Christopher Priest (F&SF) |
Media | The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy | |
Artist | | Jim Burns |
1980 | Novel | Timescape | Gregory Benford |
Short | "The Brave Little Toaster" | Thomas M. Disch (F&SF) |
Media | The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy second radio series | Douglas Adams |
Artist | | Peter Jones |
1981 | Novel | The Shadow of the Torturer | Gene Wolfe |
Short | "Mythago Wood" | Robert Holdstock (F&SF) |
Media | Time Bandits film | |
Artist | | Bruce Pennington |
1982 | Novel | Helliconia Spring | Brian W. Aldiss |
Short | "Kitemaster" | Keith Roberts (Interzone 1) |
Media | Blade Runner film | |
Artist | | Tim White |
1983[1] | Novel | Tik-Tok | John Sladek |
Short | "After-Images" | Malcolm Edwards (Interzone 4) |
Media | Android film | |
Artist | | Bruce Pennington |
1984[2] | Novel | Mythago Wood | Robert Holdstock |
Short | "The Unconquered Country" | Geoff Ryman (Interzone 7) |
Media | The Company of Wolves film | |
Artist | Jim Burns | |
1985[3] | Novel | Helliconia Winter | Brian W. Aldiss |
Short | "Cube Root" | David Langford (Interzone 11) |
Media | Brazil film | |
Artist | | Jim Burns |
1986[4] | Novel | The Ragged Astronauts | Bob Shaw |
Short | "Kaeti and the Hangman" | Keith Roberts (in collection Kaeti & Company) |
Media | Aliens film | |
Artist | | The Clocktower Girl by Keith Roberts |
1987[5] | Novel | Grainne | Keith Roberts |
Short | "Love Sickness" | Geoff Ryman (Interzone 20/21) |
Media | Star Cops television series | |
Artwork | Cover of Worldcon Programme Book | Jim Burns |
1988[6] | Novel | Lavondyss | Robert Holdstock |
Short | "Dark Night in Toyland" | Bob Shaw (Interzone 26) |
Media | Who Framed Roger Rabbit film | |
Artwork | Cover of Lavondyss | Alan Lee |
1989[7] | Novel | Pyramids | Terry Pratchett |
Short | "In Translation" | Lisa Tuttle (Zenith) |
Media | Red Dwarf television series | |
Artwork | Cover of Other Edens III | Jim Burns |
1990[8] | Novel | Take Back Plenty | Colin Greenland |
Short | "The Original Doctor Shade" | Kim Newman (Interzone 36) |
Media | Twin Peaks television series | |
Artist | Covers of The Difference Engine and Interzone 40 | Ian Miller |
1991 [9] | Novel | The Fall of Hyperion | Dan Simmons |
Short | "Bad Timing" | Molly Brown (Interzone 54) |
Media | Terminator 2: Judgment Day film | |
Artwork | Cover of Interzone 45 | Mark Harrison |
1992[10] | Novel | Red Mars | Kim Stanley Robinson |
Short | "Innocents" | Ian McDonald (New Worlds 2) |
Artwork | Cover of Hearts, Hands and Voices | Jim Burns |
1993[11] | Novel | Aztec Century | Christopher Evans |
Short | "The Ragthorn" | Robert Holdstock and Garry Kilworth (Interzone 74) |
Artwork | Cover for Red Dust by Paul J. McAuley | Jim Burns |
Special Award | The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction | ed. John Clute and Peter Nicholls |
1994[12] | Novel | Feersum Endjinn | Iain M. Banks |
Short | "The Double Felix" | Paul di Filippo (Interzone 87) |
Artist | Cover for Interzone 79 | Jim Burns |
1995[13] | Novel | The Time Ships | Stephen Baxter |
Short | "The Hunger and Ecstasy of Vampires" | Brian Stableford (shorter version, Interzone 91/92) |
Artist | cover for Seasons of Plenty | Jim Burns |
1996[14] | Novel | Excession | Iain M. Banks |
Short | "A Crab Must Try" | Barrington J. Bayley (Interzone 103) |
Artist | cover for Ancient Shores | Jim Burns |
1997[15] | Novel | The Sparrow | Mary Doria Russell |
Short | "War Birds" | Stephen Baxter (Interzone 126) |
Artist | 'The Black Blood of the Dead' cover Interzone 116 | SMS |
1998[16] | Novel | The Extremes | Christopher Priest |
Short | "La Cenerentola" | Gwyneth Jones (Interzone 136) |
Artwork | 'Lord Prestimion' (cover, Interzone 138) | Jim Burns |
1999[17] | Novel | The Sky Road | Ken MacLeod |
Short | "Hunting the Slarque" | Eric Brown (Interzone 141) |
Artwork | Darwinia (cover of Darwinia, Robert Charles Wilson) | Jim Burns |
2000[18] | Novel | Ash: A Secret History | Mary Gentle |
Short | "The Suspect Genome" | Peter F. Hamilton (Interzone 156) |
Artwork | Hideaway (Cover, Interzone 157) | Dominic Harman |
2001[19] | Novel | Chasm City | Alastair Reynolds |
Short Story | "Children of Winter" | Eric Brown (Interzone 163) |
Artwork | cover of Omegatropic | Colin Odell |
Non-fiction | Omegatropic | Stephen Baxter |
2002[20] | Novel | The Separation | Christopher Priest |
Short Fiction | Coraline | Neil Gaiman |
Artwork | cover, Interzone 179 | Dominic Harman |
Related Publication | Introduction to Maps: The Uncollected John Sladek | David Langford |
2003[21] | Novel | Felaheen | Jon Courtenay Grimwood |
Short Fiction | The Wolves in the Walls | Neil Gaiman & Dave McKean |
Artwork | cover, The True Knowledge of Ken MacLeod | Colin Odell |
Non-fiction | Reading Science Fiction | Farah Mendlesohn |
2004 | Novel | River of Gods | Ian McDonald |
Short Fiction | Mayflower II | Stephen Baxter |
Artwork | cover, Newton's Wake (US Edition) | Stephan Martinière |
2005[22] | Novel | Air | Geoff Ryman |
Short Fiction | Magic for Beginners | Kelly Link |
Artwork | cover, Interzone 200 | Pawel Lewandowski |
Non-fiction Award | Soundings: Reviews 1992-1996 | Gary K. Wolfe |
2006[23] | Novel | End of the World Blues | Jon Courtenay Grimwood |
Short Fiction | The Djinn's Wife (Asimov's Science Fiction, July 2006) | Ian McDonald |
Artwork | Angelbot, cover of Time Pieces | Christopher "Fangorn" Baker |
2007 | Novel | Brasyl | Ian McDonald |
Short Fiction | Lighting Out | Ken MacLeod (disLocations) |
Artwork | Cracked World, cover of disLocations | Andy Bigwood |
2008 | Novel | The Night Sessions | Ken MacLeod |
Short Fiction | Exhalation | Ted Chiang |
Artwork | cover of Subterfuge | Andy Bigwood |
Non-fiction | Rhetorics of Fantasy | Farah Mendlesohn |
2009 | Novel | The City & the City | China Miéville |
Short Fiction | The Beloved Time of Their Lives | Ian Watson and Roberto Quaglia |
Artwork | cover of Desolation Road | Stephan Martinière |
Non-fiction | Mutant Popcorn | Nick Lowe |
2010[24] | Novel | The Dervish House | Ian McDonald |
Short Fiction | The Ship Maker | Aliette de Bodard |
Artwork | cover of Zoo City | Joey Hi-Fi |
Non-Fiction | Blogging the Hugos: Decline | Paul Kincaid |
2011[25] | Novel | The Islanders | Christopher Priest |
Short Fiction | The Copenhagen Interpretation | Paul Cornell |
Artwork | cover of The Noise Revealed | Dominic Harman |
Non-Fiction | The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction 3rd edition | John Clute, Peter Nicholls, David Langford and Graham Sleight |
2012 | Novel | Jack Glass | Adam Roberts |
Short Fiction | Adrift on the Sea of Rains | Ian Sales |
Artwork | cover of Jack Glass | Blacksheep |
Non-Fiction | The World SF Blog | chief editor Lavie Tidhar |
2013[26] | Novels (tie) |
Ancillary Justice | Ann Leckie |
Ack-Ack Macaque | Gareth L. Powell |
Short Fiction | Spin | Nina Allan |
Artwork | cover of Dream London | Joey Hi-Fi |
Non-Fiction | Wonderbook | Jeff VanderMeer |
2014[27] | Novel | Ancillary Sword | Ann Leckie |
Short Fiction | The Honey Trap | Ruth E. J. Booth, La Femme |
Artwork | The Wasp Factory after Iain Banks | Tessa Farmer |
Non-Fiction | Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers and the First World War | Edward James |
2015 | Novel | House of Shattered Wings | Aliette de Bodard |
Short Fiction | Three Cups of Grief, by Starlight | Aliette de Bodard |
Artwork | cover of Pelquin's Comet | Jim Burns |
Non-Fiction | Rave and Let Die: the SF and Fantasy of 2014 | Adam Roberts |
2016[28] | Novel | Europe in Winter | Dave Hutchinson |
Short Fiction | Liberty Bird | Jaine Fenn |
Artwork | cover of Central Station | Sarah Anne Langton |
Non-Fiction | 100 African Writers of SFF | Geoff Ryman |
2017 | Novel | The Rift | Nina Allan |
Short Fiction | The Enclave | Anne Charnock |
Artwork (tie) |
Cover of The Ion Raider | Jim Burns |
Waiting on a Bright Moon | Victo Ngai |
Non-Fiction | Iain M. Banks (University of Illinois Press) | Paul Kincaid |
2018[29] | Novel | Embers of War | Gareth L Powell |
Short Fiction | Time Was | Ian McDonald |
Artwork | In the Vanishers’ Palace: Dragon I and II | Likhain |
Non-Fiction | On motherhood and erasure: people-shaped holes, hollow characters and the illusion of impossible adventures | Aliette de Bodard |
2019[30] | Novel | Children of Ruin | Adrian Tchaikovsky |
Short Fiction | This Is How You Lose the Time War | Amal El-Mohtar & Max Gladstone |
Artwork | Cover of Wourism and Other Stories (Luna Press) | Chris "Fangorn" Baker |
Non-Fiction | The Pleasant Profession of Robert A. Heinlein | Farah Mendlesohn |
2020[31] | Novel | The City We Became | N. K. Jemisin |
Short Fiction | Infinite Tea in the Demara Cafe | Ida Keogh |
Artwork | Shipbuilding over the Clyde | Iain Clark |
Non-Fiction | It's the End of the World: But What Are We Really Afraid Of | Adam Roberts |
2021[32][33] | Novel | Shards of Earth | Adrian Tchaikovsky |
Short Fiction | Fireheart Tiger | Aliette de Bodard |
Best Fiction for Younger Readers | Iron Widow | Xiran Jay Zhao |
Artwork | Glasgow Green Woman | Iain Clark |
Non-Fiction | Worlds Apart: Worldbuilding in Fantasy and Science Fiction | edited by Francesca T. Barbini |
2022[34] | Novel | City of Last Chances | Adrian Tchaikovsky |
Short Fiction | Of Charms, Ghosts and Grievances | Aliette de Bodard |
Best Fiction for Younger Readers | Unraveller | Frances Hardinge |
Artwork | Cover of The Red Scholar's Wake (Gollancz) | Alyssa Winans |
Non-Fiction | Terry Pratchett: A Life with Footnotes | Rob Wilkins |
2023[35] | Novel | The Green Man’s Quarry | Juliet E. McKenna |
Shorter Fiction | And Put Away Childish Things | Adrian Tchaikovsky |
Short Fiction | How to Raise a Kraken in Your Bathtub | P. Djèlí Clark |
Collection | The Best of British Science Fiction 2022 | Donna Scott |
Best Fiction for Younger Readers | The Library of Broken Worlds | Alaya Dawn Johnson |
Long Non-Fiction | A Traveller in Time: The Critical Practice of Maureen Kincaid Speller | Nina Allan |
Short Non-Fiction | Project Management Lessons from Rogue One | Fiona Moore |
Translated Short Fiction | Vanishing Tracks in the Sand | Jana Bianchi |
Artwork | Cover of The Surviving Sky (Titan) | Leo Nickolls |
Original Audio Fiction | The Dex Legacy | Emily Inkpen |