There will be quite a lot of lattitude to take this in directions that are constructive for the BSFA.

If you might be interested in helping out, email chair at bsfa dot co dot uk

… and there's space for 2-3 people to help out on this.

It would involve modding the discord and the facebook page and posting events to social media directly and coordinating other content from people (such as advertising events). 👇

🚀 Good afternoon folks. We're looking for someone to become our media officer. It's a BSFA committee role that will sit alongside Emily Inkpen who is moving from this role to look after our media/podcast initiatives. We think this is most likely a team role… Details below👇

The Award for Best Novel goes to…

EJ Swift for When There Are Wolves Again

The award for Best Translated Short Fiction goes to:

Anita Moskat for Liecraft

The award for Best Long non-Fiction goes to:

Paul Kincaid for Colourfields: Writing About Writing About Science Fiction

The award for Best Short Non-fiction goes to:

Eugen Bacon for Spec Fic and the Politics of Identity: Finding the Self in Other

The award for Best Shorter Fiction goes to…

Tade Thompson for The Apologists

The award for Best Short Fiction goes to:

Godzilla as a Young Man Named Mike by EM Faulds

The award for Best Audio goes to:
Emily Inkpen for The Dex Legacy Season 3

The award for Best Book for Younger Readers goes to:
Dr Who - The Robot Revolution - Una McCormack

And the award for Best Collection goes to:
Blood In The Bricks - Neil Williamson

And the award for Best Artwork goes to… Nick Wells for the Fractal Series!

And so we’re off! BSFA Awards are go 🚀
Watch live:

Https://www.youtube.com/@bsfachair2284/streams

@bsfa.bsky.social BSFA Award ceremony starting now. Watch here! Https://www.youtube.com/@bsfachair2284/streams

Come say hello at the BSFA table! 🚀

It’s all about challenging agendas. Brilliant panel!

🚀 amazing insights from The Politics of Hope panel. Hope punk as resistance and resilience.

Quote of the panel - “if you don’t imagine your own future, someone else will.”

Appreciated, but so sorry you’re unwell!

And so we’re off! Eastercon Iridescence 2026 has begun with a vibe-set: “be excellent to each other” 🚀

🚀 Monday caption competition!

Ursula K. Le Guin — Nominate a Book for the Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction

It's time! Nominations are now open for the 2026 Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction, which will be given to a work of imaginative fiction, published in 2025, that reflects the concepts and ideas that were central to Ursula’s own work.

CONGRATULATIONS TEAM DEX!
This is a huge outcome for everyone involved. Across both dramas that’s over 30 cast members 🎬
It would not be possible to do it without everyone giving their time and talent to this project, so thank you - from the bottom of my dark-sci-fi-soul ♥️

🚀🚀🚀 The BSFA Awards Shortlist is available to view now 👇

Congratulations to everyone shortlisted 🌟

www.bsfa.co.uk/bsfa-awards-...

Delighted to discover the Blood In The Bricks has been shortlisted for this year's @bsfa.bsky.social awards in the Best Collection category. Thanks to NewCon Press, artist Vinnie Chong and the absolutely brilliant contributors!

And congrats to all the other nominees.

www.bsfa.co.uk/bsfa-awards-...

We here at Chateau Undertow are delighted to learn that @thomasha.bsky.social 's "Uncertain Sons and Other Stories" is a nominee for the @bsfa.bsky.social Awards in Best Collections.

Congratulations, Thomas!

bsfa.co.uk/bsfa-awards-...

Photos of those guests in a row stripped across the middle of the Eating the Fantastic icon, with the logo and the top of a flying saucer visible above, and a chicken leg and donut visible below. The guests captured eating are Gareth L. Powell, Amal El-Mohta, Wole Talabi, and Eugenia Triantafyllou.

Congratulations to everyone who made the @bsfa.bsky.social Awards shortlist! I'm particularly pleased four of them have previously dined with me on my Eating the Fantastic podcast. I invite you to learn more about these amazing creators by eavesdropping as we chat and chew. pod.link/1083737796

Book cover for The Black Fantastic 20 Afrofuturist Stories

The Black Fantastic: 20 Afrofuturist Stories, edited by me, is a nominee for best collection for the @bsfa.bsky.social Awards! @libraryofamerica.bsky.social

bsfa.co.uk/bsfa-awards-...

3D render of Colourfields by Paul Kincaid - a rainbow-coloured cover with white text - and a badge that says "BSFA finalist"

Delighted that Paul Kincaid's Colourfields: Writing About Writing About Science Fiction is on the @bsfa.bsky.social shortlist! Congratulations to all the finalists: www.bsfa.co.uk/bsfa-awards-...

It is with great joy that i can say Project Hanuman is shortlisted for best novel
In the BSFA awards @bsfa.bsky.social @angryrobotbooks.bsky.social

i also have a story in the short listed anthology, Creative Futures

If you’ve not yet read either now is the time!

Congrats to all the finalists.