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Science Fiction UK summary of major SF awards

The main annual awards for SF are:

The Hugo Awards

The awards (more formally known as the Science Fiction Achievement Awards) are announced each year at the World Science Fiction Convention (or Worldcon). They are known as the "Hugo" awards in honour of Hugo Gernsback, "The Father of Magazine Science Fiction".

The awards are voted for by the members of the World Science Fiction Society, the membership of which is defined as those who have registered (as attendees or supporters) for the next Worldcon.

The winners of the Hugo Awards for 2000 were:

Best Novel:

A Deepness in the Sky
by Vernor Vinge

The awards for other categories in 2000:

Novella: "The Winds of Marble Arch" by Connie Willis
Novelette: "10 to the 16 to 1" by James Patrick Kelly
Short Story: "Scherzo with Tyrannosaur" by Michael Swanwick
Related Book: Science Fiction of the 20th Century by Frank M. Robinson
Dramatic Presentation: GalaxyQuest
Professional Editor: Gardner Dozois
Professional Artist: Michael Whelan
Semiprozine: Locus (Charles N. Brown, ed.)
Fanzine: File 770 (Mike Glyer, ed.)
Fan Writer: Dave Langford
Fan Artist: Joe Mayhew
Campbell Award: Cory Doctorow

The previous winners of the Best Novel Award over the last decade were:

Best SF Novel 1999:

To Say Nothing of the Dog
by Connie Willis

Best SF Novel 1998: Forever Peace by Joe Haldeman
Best SF Novel 1997: Blue Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson
Best SF Novel 1996: The Diamond Age by Neal Stephenson
Best SF Novel 1995: Mirror Dance by Lois McMaster Bujold
Best SF Novel 1994: Green Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson
Best SF Novel 1993: A Fire Upon the Deep by Vernon Vinge and Doomsday Book by Connie Willis (tie)
Best SF Novel 1992: Barrayar by Lois McMaster Bujold
Best SF Novel 1991: The Vor Game by Lois McMaster Bujold
Best SF Novel 1990: Hyperion by Dan Simmons

The Nebula Awards®

The awards are given according to votes cast by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, Inc.

The Nebula Award® 1999 Winners were announced May 20, 2000 in New York City. The 2001 Nebula Awards® Weekend will be in Los Angeles, April 26-29, timed to coincide with the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books.

Best Novel 1999:

Parable of the Talents
by Octavia E. Butler
(Seven Stories Press, Nov 1998; Warner Books, Jan 2000)

Other categories 1999:

Best Novella 1999: Ted Chiang, "Story of Your Life"
(Starlight 2, Patrick Nielsen Hayden, Ed., Tor hb, Nov 1998; Tor pb, Sep 1999)

Best Novelette 1999: Mary A. Turzillo, "Mars is No Place for Children"
(SF Age, May 1999)

Best Short Story 1999: Leslie What, "The Cost of Doing Business"
(Amazing Stories, Kim Mohan, Ed., Winter 1999)

Best Script 1999: M. Night Shyamalan, The Sixth Sense
(Hollywood Pictures, Aug 1999)

Special Awards for 1999:

Nebula Awards® for Best Novel in previous years:

Best SF Novel 1998: Forever Peace by Joe Haldeman

Best SF Novel 1997: THE MOON AND THE SUN by Vonda N. McIntyre
Best SF Novel 1996: SLOW RIVER by Nicola Griffith
Best SF Novel 1995: THE TERMINAL EXPERIMENT by Robert J. Sawyer
Best SF Novel 1994: MOVING MARS by Greg Bear
Best SF Novel 1993: RED MARS by Kim Stanley Robinson
Best SF Novel 1992: DOOMSDAY BOOK by Connie Willis
Best SF Novel 1991: STATIONS OF THE TIDE by Michael Swanwick
Best SF Novel 1990: TEHANU: THE LAST BOOK OF EARTHSEA by Ursula K. Le Guin
Best SF Novel 1989: THE HEALER'S WAR by Elizabeth Ann Scarborough
Best SF Novel 1988: FALLING FREE by Lois McMaster Bujold
Best SF Novel 1987: THE FALLING WOMAN by Pat Murphy
Best SF Novel 1986: SPEAKER FOR THE DEAD by Orson Scott Card
Best SF Novel 1985: ENDER'S GAME by Orson Scott Card
Best SF Novel 1984: NEUROMANCER by William Gibson
Best SF Novel 1983: STARTIDE RISING by David Brin
Best SF Novel 1982: NO ENEMY BUT TIME by Michael Bishop
Best SF Novel 1981: THE CLAW OF THE CONCILIATOR by Gene Wolfe
Best SF Novel 1980: TIMESCAPE by Gregory Benford

The Arthur C. Clarke Awards

The Arthur C. Clarke Awards and the British Science Fiction Association Awards are generally considered to be the UK equivalent of the US Hugos and Nebulas.

Winner of the Arthur C. Clarke Award for
Best Novel 2000:

Distraction
by Bruce Sterling

Previous winners of the Arthur C. Clarke Award:

Best SF Novel 1999: Dreaming in Smoke by Tricia Sullivan

Other shortlisted novels in 1999:

Best SF Novel 1998: The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell
Best SF Novel 1997: The Calcutta Chromosome by Amitav Ghosh
Best SF Novel 1996: Fairyland by Paul J. McAuley
Best SF Novel 1995: Fools by Pat Cadigan
Best SF Novel 1994: Vurt by Jeff Noon
Best SF Novel 1993: Body of Glass (A.K.A. He, She and It) by Marge Piercy
Best SF Novel 1992: Synners by Pat Cadigan
Best SF Novel 1991: Take Back Plenty by Colin Greenland
Best SF Novel 1990: The Child Garden by Geoff Ryman
Best SF Novel 1989: Unquenchable Fire by Rachel Pollack
Best SF Novel 1988: Drowning Towers by George Turner
Best SF Novel 1987: The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood

Shortlist for the BSFA Best Novel of 1999:

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