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The BSFA has announced their full longlist for the 2021 BSFA Awards in the following categories:

Best Artwork

Best Fiction for Younger Readers

Best Novel

Best Short Fiction

Best Non-Fiction

You have to be a member of the BSFA to vote in the awards and voting remains open until early February.

Once the longlist has been narrowed down to a shortlist, the final round of voting will commence.

You can see the full longlist below, or on the BSFA Website.

BEST ARTWORK LONGLIST

• Black Corporeal (Between This Air), by Julianknxx
• Brick Lane Foundation, by Abbas Zahedi
• Build or Destroy, by Rashaad Newsome
• Cover of Danielle Lainton & Louise Coquio (eds)’s Pashtarina’s Peacocks: For Storm Constantine, by Ruby
• Cover of Eugen Bacon’s Danged Black Thing, by Peter Lo / Kara Walker
• Cover of Eugen Bacon’s Saving Shadows, Elena Betti / Ian Whates
• Cover of Storm Constantine (ed.)’s Shadows on the Hillside, by Danielle Lainton
• Cover of Jamie Mollart’s Kings of a Dead World, by Heike Schüssler
• Cover of Rian Hughes’ The Back Locomotive, by Rian Hughes
• Cover of Rosa Rankin-Gee’s Dreamland (artist’s name not given)
• Cover of Shift #3, by Mark Montague
• Cover of Shift #7, by Ian D Paterson
• Cover of Simon Jimenez’s The Vanished Bird (2021 paperback edition), artist’s name not given
• Cover of Suyi Davies Okungbowa’s Son of the Storm, by Dan dos Santos / Lauren Panepinto
• Cover of The Year’s Best African Speculative Fiction Anthology, Maria Spada
• Cover of Xueting Christine Ni (ed.)’s Sinopticon, by Bradley Sharp
• Exhibition at 180 The Strand, by Ryoji Ikeda
• Kathleen Jennings’ Flyaway
• Late Hangout at Zuko’s, by Devin Elle Kurtz and Gustavo Silvestre
• MILK, by STREF (Stephen White)
• Morando, by a’strict
• Narrow Escape, by Larry MacDougall
• Renaissance Generative Dreams: AI Cinema, by Refik Anadol
• Rupture No. 1, by Heather Phillipson
• Shift Montage Poster, by Warwick Fraser-Coombe
• The Glasgow Green Woman (for Glasgow in 24), by Iain Clarke
• This Is The Future, by Hito Steyerl
• Viscera, by Allissa Chan

BEST FICTION FOR YOUNGER READERS LONGLIST

• A Snake Falls to Earth, by Darcie Little Badger
• All Our Hidden Gifts, by Caroline O’Donoghue
• Iron Widow, by Xiran Jay Zhao
• Lionheart Girl, by Yaba Badoe
• Monsters of Rookhaven, by Pádraig Kenny
• Noor, by Nnedi Okorafor
• Redemptor, by Jordan Ifueko
• Show Us Who You Are (Knights Of), Elle McNicoll
• Skywake: Invasion, by Jamie Russell
• Stella’s Stellar Hair, by Yesenia Moises
• The Boy with Wings, by Lenny Henry, Mark Buckingham
• The Empty Orchestra, by Elizabeth Priest
• The False Rose, Jakob Wegelius, trans. Peter Graves
• The Gilded Ones, by Namina Forna
• The Outrage, by William Hussey
• The Planet in a Pickle Jar, by Martin Stanev
• The Raven Heir, by Stephanie Burgis
• The Shadows of Rookhaven, by Pádraig Kenny,
• The Stuff Between the Stars: How Vera Rubin discovered most of the Universe, Sandra Nickel, illus. Aimée Sicuro
• Utterly Dark and the Face of the Deep, by Philip Reeve
• Victories Greater Than Death, by Charlie Jane Anders

BEST NOVEL LONGLIST

• A Master of Djinn, by P. Djeli Clarke
• A Desolation Called Peace, by Arkady Martine
• A Heart Divided, by Jin Yong
• Alien 3, by Pat Cadigan and William Gibson
• All our Hidden Gifts, by Caroline O’Donoghue
• All the Murmuring Bones, by A.G. Slatter
• Anna, by Sammy HK Smith
• Artifact Space, by Miles Cameron
• Barbarians of the Beyond, by Matthew Hughes
• Bewilderment, by Richard Powers
• Black Water Sister, by Zen Cho
• Blackthorn Winter, Liz Williams
• Blood Red Sand, by Damien Larkin
• Catalyst Gate, by Megan O’Keefe
• Cloud Cuckoo Land, by Anthony Doerr
• Cwen, by Alice Albinia
• Darkest, by Paul L. Arvidson
• Discord’s Shadow, by K. S. Dearsley
• Dreamland, by Rosa Rankin-Gee
• Elder Race, by Adrian Tchaikovsky
• Empire of the Vampire, by Jay Kristoff
• Far From the Light of Heaven, by Tade Thompson
• Fire of the Dark Triad, by Asya Semenovich
• Firebreak, by Nicole Kornher-Stace
• Four Dervishes, by Hammad Rind
• Fugitive Telemetry, by Martha Wells
• Galactic Hellcats, by Marie Vibbert
• Gardens of Earth, by Mark Iles
• Gutter Child, by Jael Richardson
• Iron Widow, by Xiran Jay Zhao
• Jade Legacy, Fonda Lee
• Kings of a Dead World, by Jamie Mollart
• Klara and the Sun, by Kazuo Ishiguro
• Light Chaser, by Peter F. Hamilton and Gareth L. Powell
• Machinehood, by S.B. Divya
• Murder at the Mushaira, by Raza Mir
• My Brother the Messiah, by Martin Vopenka
• New Gods, by Robin Triggs
• Notes from the Burning Age, by Claire North
• On Fragile Waves, by E. Lily Yu
• One Day all This Will be Yours, by Adrian Tchaikovsky
• Perhaps the Stars, by Ada Palmer
• Plague Birds, by Jason Sanford
• Project Hail Mary, by Andy Weir
• Purgatory Mount, by Adam Roberts
• Remote Control, by Nnedi Okorofor
• Requiem Moon, by C. T. Rwizi
• Shadows of Darkness: Remnants of Resistance, by Jonah S. White
• Shards of Earth, by Adrian Tchaikovsky
• Skyward Inn, by Aliya Whiteley
• Son of the Storm, by Suyi Davies Okungbowa
• Ten Low, by Starke Holborn
• Termination Shock, by Neal Stephenson
• The Actual Star, by Monica Byrne
• The Actuality, by Paul Braddon
• The Chosen and the Beautiful, by Nghi Vo
• The Fallen, by Ada Hoffmann
• The Green Man’s Challenge, by Juliet E McKenna
• The Jasmine Throne, by Tasha Suri
• The Kingdoms, by Natasha Pulley
• The Library of the Dead, by T.L. Huchu
• The Maleficent Seven, by Cameron Johnston
• The Past is Red, by Catherynne M. Valente
• The Rage Room, by Lisa de Nikolits
• The Raven Heir, by Stephanie Burgis
• The Seep, by Chana Porter
• The Unravelling, by Benjamin Rosenbaum
• The Upper World, by Femi Fadugba
• The Wisdom of Crowds, by Joe Abercrombie
• This Is Our Undoing, by Lorraine Wilson
• Three Twins at the Crater School, by Chaz Brenchley
• Twenty-Five To Life, by RWW Greene
• Wendy, Darling, by A. C. Wise
• You Sexy Thing, by Cat Rambo

BEST SHORT FICTION LONGLIST

• What is Mercy?, by Amal Singh
• A Blind Eye, by M. H. Ayinde
• Advanced Triggernometry, by Stark Holborn
• An Array of Worlds as a Rose Unfurling in Time, by Shreya Anasuya
• Clockwork Sister, by M.E. Rodman
• Dog and Pony Show, by Robert Jeschonek
• Down and Out under the Tannhauser Gate, by David Gullen
• Dream Eater, by Nemma Wollenfang
• Dreamports, by Tlotlo Tsamaase
• Efficiency, by Paolo Bacigalupi
• Fanfiction for a Grimdark Universe, by Vanessa Fogg
• Fireheart Tiger, by Aliette de Bodard
• First Person Singular, by Haruki Murakami
• Fish, by Ida Keogh
• Flight, by Innocent Chizaram Ilo
• Flyaway, by Kathleen Jennings
• Her Garden, the Size of Her Palm, by Yukimi Ogawa
• If The Martians Have Magic, by P. Djeli Clark
• Immersion, by Aliette de Bodard
• Just Enough Rain, by PH Lee
• Light Chaser, by Peter F Hamilton and Gareth L Powell
• Metal Like Blood in the Dark, by T. Kingfisher
• O2 Arena, by Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki
• Prime Meridian, by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
• Proof, by Induction, by Jose Pablo Iriarte
• Scars, by Bora Chung
• Secrets of the Kath, by Fatima Taqvi
• Seven Horrors, by Fabio Fernandes
• Shutdown/Restart, by Jo Ross-Barrett
• Sorry We Missed You!, by Aun-Juli Riddle
• The Abomination, by Nuzo Onoh
• The Alien Invasion, by Ely Percy
• The Alien Stars, by Tim Pratt
• The Andraiad, by Tim Major
• The Best Damned Barbershop in Hell, by Bruce Arthurs
• The Center of the Universe, by Nadia Shammas
• The Chorus, by Aliya Whiteley
• The Constellation of Alarion, by John Houlihan
• The Failing Name, by Eugen Bacon and Seb Doubinsky
• The Farmers and the Farmed, by William C. Powell
• The Forlorn Hope, by Verity Holloway
• The Future God of Love, by Dilman Dila
• The Ghosts of Trees, by Fiona Moore
• The Graveyard, by Eleanor Arnason
• The Hungry Dark, by Simon Bestwick
• The Lay of Lilyfinger, by G.V. Anderson
• The Man Who Turned Into Gandhi, by Shovon Chowdhury
• The Mermaid Astronaut, by Yoon Ha Lee
• The Metric, by David Moles
• The Museum For Forgetting, by Peter M. Sutton
• The Plus One, by Marie Vibbert
• The Samundar Can be Any Color, Fatima Taqvi, Flash Fiction Online
• The Song of the Moohee, by Emmett Swan
• The Tale of Jaja and Canti, by Tobi Ogundiran
• The Walls of Benin City, by M. H. Ayinde
• Things Can Only Get Better, by Fiona Moore
• White Rose, Red Rose, by Rachel Swirsky
• Worldshifter, by Paul Di Filippo
• Zeno’s Paradise, by E. J. Delaney

BEST NON-FICTION LONGLIST

• A Swim in a Pond in the Rain, by George Saunders
• Blake’s 7 Annual 1982, eds Grahame Robertson and Carol Ramsay
• Cyberpunk Culture and Psychology: Seeing Through the Mirrorshades, by Anna McFarlane
• Debarkle, by Camestros Felapton
• Diverse Futures: Science Fiction and Authors of Colour, by Joy Sanchez-Taylor
• Extraterrestrial, by Avi Loeb
• Gendering Time, Timing Gender, by PM Biswas
• Manifestos of Futurisms, by Bodhisattva Chattopadhyay
• Octothorpe Podcast, by John Coxon, Alison Scott, and Liz Batty
• On Writing Narratives, Questioning Standards, and Oral Traditions in Storytelling, by K. S. Villoso
• Science Fiction and the Pathways out of the COVID Crisis, by Val Nolan
• Science Fiction in Translation, by Ian Campbell
• Science Fiction, by Sheryl Vint (MIT Press Essential Knowledge)
• Seduced, by the Ruler’s Gaze: An Indian Perspective on Seth Dickinson’s Masquerade, by Sid Jain
• Space Forces: A Critical History of Life in Outer Space, by Fred Scharmen
• Speculative Sex: Queering Aqueous Natures and Biotechnological Futures in Larissa Lai’s Salt Fish Girl, by Sarah Bezan
• Star Warriors of the Modern Raj: Materiality, Mythology and Technology of Indian Science Fiction, by Sami Ahmed Khan
• Storylistening, by Sarah Dillon and Claire Craig
• The Anthropocene in Frank Herbert’s Dune Trilogy, by Tara B.M. Smith
• The Anthropocene Unconscious: Climate Catastrophe in Contemporary Culture, by Mark Bould
• The History of Science Fiction: A Graphic Novel Adventure, by Xavier Dolla, illus. Djibril Morissette-Phan
• The Importance of Being Interested, by Robin Ince
• World of Warcraft: New Flavors of Azeroth, by Chelsea Monroe-Cassel
• Worlds Apart: Worldbuilding in Fantasy and Science Fiction, ed. Francesca T Barbini
• Writing the Contemporary Uncanny, by Jane Alexander