BSFA Award for Best Novel
British Science Fiction Association
Annual award voted on by members of the British Science Fiction Association and attendees of the associated convention, recognizing the best science fiction or fantasy novel published during the year, first presented in 1970.
Latest winner · 2025
- When There Are Wolves Again · E.J. Swift
Next · expected February 2027
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2025
- Won
- Shortlisted
- Edge of OblivionShortlisted
Kirk Weddell
- Project HanumanShortlisted
Stewart Hotston
- Shortlisted
2024
- Won
- Shortlisted
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- Rabbit in the MoonShortlisted
Fiona Moore
2007
- Won
- Alice in SunderlandShortlisted
Bryan Talbot
- Shortlisted
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2006
- Won
- Shortlisted
- IcarusShortlisted
Roger Levy
- Shortlisted
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1997
- Won
- A Son of the RockShortlisted
Jack Deighton
- Shortlisted
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1996
- Won
- Shortlisted
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- InterfaceShortlisted
Stephen Bury
- The Memory PalaceShortlisted
Gill Alderman
- Shortlisted
Frequently asked questions
- Who won the BSFA Award for Best Novel in 2025?
- “When There Are Wolves Again” by E.J. Swift won the BSFA Award for Best Novel in 2025.
- Who are the most recent BSFA Award for Best Novel winners?
- 2025: “When There Are Wolves Again” by E.J. Swift; 2024: “Three Eight One” by Aliya Whiteley; 2023: “The Green Man’s Quarry” by Juliet E. McKenna; 2022: “City of Last Chances” by Adrian Tchaikovsky; 2021: “Shards of Earth” by Adrian Tchaikovsky.
- Has anyone won the BSFA Award for Best Novel more than once?
- Yes - 11 authors have: Christopher Priest (1974, 1998, 2002, 2011); Brian W. Aldiss (1971, 1982, 1985); Ian McDonald (2004, 2007, 2010); Adrian Tchaikovsky (2019, 2021, 2022); John Brunner (1969, 1970); Bob Shaw (1975, 1986); Robert Holdstock (1984, 1988); Ken MacLeod (1999, 2008); Jon Courtenay Grimwood (2003, 2006); Gareth L. Powell (2013, 2018); Ann Leckie (2013, 2014).