BSFA Award for Best Artwork
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Awarded forThe best science fiction or fantasy artwork published in the previous calendar year
CountryUK
Presented byBritish Science Fiction Association
First award1980
| BSFA Award for Best Artwork | |
|---|---|
| Awarded for | The best science fiction or fantasy artwork published in the previous calendar year |
| Country | UK |
| Presented by | British Science Fiction Association |
| First award | 1980 |
| Currently held by | Nick Wells for 12-book tessellated cover of Fractal Series |
| Website | BSFA Awards |
The BSFA Awards are given every year by the British Science Fiction Association. The BSFA Award for Best Artwork is open to any artwork with speculative themes that first appeared in the previous year. Provided the artwork hasn't been published before it doesn't matter where it appears. The ceremonies are named after the year that the eligible works were published, despite the awards being given out in the next year.
Prior to 1986 the award was presented for best artist, rather than artwork. Jim Burns won three of the seven Best Artist awards. He went on to win eleven Best Artwork awards.
- 1979: Jim Burns
- 1980: Peter Jones
- 1981: Bruce Pennington
- 1982: Tim White
- 1983: Bruce Pennington[1]
- 1984: Jim Burns[2]
- 1985: Jim Burns[3]
- 1986: Keith Roberts - cover of The Clocktower Girl[4]
- 1987: Jim Burns - cover of Worldcon Programme Book[5]
- 1988: Alan Lee - cover of Lavondyss by Robert Holdstock[6]
- 1989: Jim Burns - cover of Other Edens III[7]
- 1990: Ian Miller - covers of The Difference Engine and Interzone 40[8]
- 1991: Mark Harrison - cover of Interzone 45[9]
- 1992: Jim Burns - cover of Hearts, Hands and Voices[10]
- 1993: Jim Burns - cover of Red Dust by Paul J. McAuley[11]
- 1994: Jim Burns - cover of Interzone 79[12]
- 1995: Jim Burns – cover of Seasons of Plenty[13]
- 1996: Jim Burns – cover of Ancient Shores[14]
- 1997: SMS – The Black Blood of the Dead, cover of Interzone 116[15]
- 1998: Jim Burns – Lord Prestimion, cover of Interzone 138[16]
- 1999: Jim Burns – cover of Darwinia[17]
- 2000: Dominic Harman – Hideaway, cover of Interzone 157)[18]
- 2001: Colin Odell – cover of Omegatropic[19]
- 2002: Dominic Harman – cover of Interzone 179[20]
- 2003: Colin Odell – cover of The True Knowledge of Ken MacLeod[21]
- 2004: Stephan Martinière – cover of Newton's Wake (US edition)
- 2005: Pawel Lewandowski – cover of Interzone 200[22]
- 2006: Christopher "Fangorn" Baker – 'Angelbot', cover of Time Pieces[23]
- 2007: Andy Bigwood – 'Cracked World', cover of disLocations
- 2008: Andy Bigwood – cover of Subterfuge
- 2009: Stephan Martinière, cover of Desolation Road (US edition)
- 2010: Joey Hi-Fi – cover of Zoo City
- 2011: Dominic Harman - cover of Ian Whates' The Noise Revealed [24]
- 2012: Blacksheep - cover of Adam Roberts's Jack Glass [25]
- 2013: Joey Hi-Fi – cover of Tony Ballantyne's Dream London [26]
- 2014: Tessa Farmer - installation inspired by The Wasp Factory from Iain Banks[27]
- 2015: Jim Burns - cover of Pelquin's Comet
- 2016: Sarah Anne Langton – cover of Lavie Tidhar's Central Station [28]
- 2017: Jim Burns and Victo Ngai
- 2018: Likhain - In the Vanishers’ Palace: Dragon I and II [29]
- 2019: Chris "Fangorn" Baker – cover of Wourism and Other Stories by Ian Whates (Luna Press)[30]
- 2020: Iain Clark - Shipbuilding Over the Clyde - art for Glasgow 2024 WorldCon bid[31]
- 2021: Iain Clark - Glasgow Green Woman - art for Glasgow 2024 WorldCon bid[32]
- 2022: Alyssa Winans - cover of The Red Scholar’s Wake by Aliette de Bodard (Gollancz)[33]
- 2023: Leo Nickolls - cover of The Surviving Sky by Krikita H. Rao (Titan)[34]
- 2024: Jenni Coutts - cover of Nova Scotia Volume 2
- 2025: Nick Wells - 12-book tessellated cover of Fractal Series[35]