The short lists for the BSFA Awards for the best novel, short fiction and artwork of 2005 were announced on 22 January 2006.

The awards will be presented on Saturday 15 April at the 2006 Eastercon, Concussion, which will be held in Glasgow.

An additional award for the best non-fiction of 2005, chosen by a panel of BSFA judges from nominations by BSFA members, will also be announced at Concussion.

Novel

9Tail Fox — Jon Courtenay Grimwood (Gollancz)
Accelerando — Charles Stross (Orbit) (Free ebook edition)
Air — Geoff Ryman (Gollancz)
Learning the World — Ken MacLeod (Orbit)
Living Next Door to the God of Love — Justina Robson (Macmillan)

Short fiction

“Bears Discover Smut” — Michael Bishop (SciFiction, 26 October)
“Bird Songs at Eventide” — Nina Allan (Interzone #199)
“Guadalupe and Hieronymus Bosch” — Rudy Rucker (Interzone #200)
“I, Robot” — Cory Doctorow (Infinite Matrix, 15 February)
“Imagine” — Edward Morries (Interzone #200)
“Magic for Beginners” — Kelly Link (Magic For Beginners; also F&SF, September)
“Soft Apocalypse” — Will McIntosh (Interzone #200)
“Two Dreams on Trains” — Elizabeth Bear (Strange Horizons, 3 January)
(There are more than five nominees in this category because of a tie.)

Artwork

Cover of Neal Asher’s novel Brass Man — Steve Rawlings (Tor)
Cover of Brandon Sanderson’s novel Elantris — Stephan Martinière (Tor)
Cover of Interzone #200 — Pawel Lewandowski
Megara — Max Bertolini (cover of F&SF, January)
We3 chapter 2 pages 2-3: Run!, — Frank Quitely (Titan Books; with Grant Morrison and Jamie Grant)
Weapon Shop — Kenn Brown (cover of Interzone #198)
(There are more than five nominees in this category because of a tie.)

The BSFA awards are presented annually by the British Science Fiction Association, based on a vote of BSFA members and — in recent years — members of the British national science fiction convention (Eastercon).

Source: SF/F Writers of America Inc.