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BSFA Awards 2025

The 2025 BSFA Awards went to Blood in the Bricks by Neil Williamson (Best Collection), Doctor Who: The Robot Revolution by Una McCormack (Best Fiction for Younger Readers) and Colourfields: Writing About Writing About Science Fiction by Paul Kincaid (Best Long Non-Fiction), with winners in 1 more category. 22 books made the shortlist across 4 categories.

Winners

Best Collection

  1. Blood in the Bricks by Neil Williamsonsource (opens in a new tab)

Best Fiction for Younger Readers

  1. Doctor Who: The Robot Revolution by Una McCormacksource (opens in a new tab)

Best Long Non-Fiction

  1. Colourfields: Writing About Writing About Science Fiction by Paul Kincaidsource (opens in a new tab)

Best Novel

  1. When There Are Wolves Again by E. J. Swiftsource (opens in a new tab)

Shortlist

Best Collection

  1. Black Friday by Cheryl S. Ntumysource (opens in a new tab)
  2. Creative Futures: Beyond and Within by Allen Stroudsource (opens in a new tab)
  3. The Black Fantastic: 20 Afrofuturist Stories by André M. Carringtonsource (opens in a new tab)
  4. Uncertain Sons and Other Stories by Thomas Hasource (opens in a new tab)
  5. Who Will You Save? by Gareth L. Powellsource (opens in a new tab)

Best Fiction for Younger Readers

  1. Doctor Who: Lux by James Gosssource (opens in a new tab)
  2. Secrets of the First School by T. L. Huchusource (opens in a new tab)
  3. Sunrise on the Reaping by Suzanne Collinssource (opens in a new tab)
  4. The Secret of the Sapphire Sentinel by J. Dianne Dotsonsource (opens in a new tab)

Best Long Non-Fiction

  1. Dispelling Fantasies: Authors of Colour Re-imagining a Genre by Joy Sanchez-Taylorsource (opens in a new tab)
  2. Fantasy: A Short History by Adam Robertssource (opens in a new tab)
  3. Speculation and the Darwinian Method in British Romance Fiction, 1859-1914 by Kate Holterhoffsource (opens in a new tab)
  4. That Very Witch: Fear, Feminism and the American Witch Film by Payton McCarty-Simassource (opens in a new tab)
  5. Writing the Magic: Essays on Crafting Fantasy Fiction by Dan Coxon and Richard V. Hirstsource (opens in a new tab)

Best Novel

  1. A Granite Silence by Nina Allansource (opens in a new tab)
  2. Edge of Oblivion by Kirk Weddellsource (opens in a new tab)
  3. Project Hanuman by Stewart Hotstonsource (opens in a new tab)
  4. The Salt Oracle by Lorraine Wilsonsource (opens in a new tab)

About the BSFA Awards

Book categories only: Best Novel, Best Non-Fiction (2008-2022) and Best Long Non-Fiction (2023 on), Best Fiction for Younger Readers (2021 on; called Best Book for Younger Readers at first) and Best Collection (2023 on). Year is the year the BSFA names the award for, which is the year the work was published; winners are announced at Eastercon the following spring. Winners come from the BSFA Past Winners page. The BSFA site only keeps the current shortlist (2025), so 2006-2024 shortlists come from the Science Fiction Awards Database (sfadb.com). Non-fiction rows are books only; shortlisted essays, columns, blogs, websites, podcasts and talks are left out, as are the 2009-2012, 2014, 2016 and 2018 non-fiction winners, which were not books (the 2011 winner is the online Encyclopedia of Science Fiction). The 2006 non-fiction titles were a recommended reading list with no award and are left out; there was no non-fiction award for 2007. Alien Clay (2024 Best Novel) is left out because its nomination was withdrawn.

Organization: British Science Fiction Association. Years are award years, which can differ from publication years. Official site (opens in a new tab)

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