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# Awards onslaught
- URL: https://www.andrewliptak.com/british-science-fiction-bram-stoker-la-times-awards-finalists/
- Published: 2026-03-04T18:42:26.000Z
- Updated: 2026-03-04T18:42:26.000Z
- Description: The British Science Fiction Association, Bram Stoker, and L.A. Times Awards have all announced finalists.
- Author: Andrew Liptak
- Tags: News, Awards, Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror, Books

Awards season is coming for the SF/F world, and a handful of organizations have been announcing their shortlists of books and stories published in the last year. I [just posted about the finalists for the Compton Crook Awards](https://www.andrewliptak.com/2025-compton-crook-award-finalists-scifi-fantasy-books/) and [Philip K. Dick Awards](https://www.andrewliptak.com/philip-k-dick-award-finalists-2025-scifi-books/) but in recent days, the British Science Fiction Association, the Bram Stoker Awards and *The LA Times* unveiled its finalists for their respective awards. 

These types of awards are always useful if you're looking for a good, curated crop of books to check out from the last year. 

### British Science Fiction Association Awards

Presented since 1970, the awards are voted BSFA members and members of that year's national science fiction convention, Eastercon. Voting [is now open](https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfGLySDmKxq7lydcBpgOYaON3aoPAsTHZFge9oYeHCeAzaz1g/viewform?ref=andrewliptak.com), and will close on Friday, April 3rd at 23:59\. 

##### **Best Novel**

- *The Salt Oracle* by Lorraine Wilson
- *Edge of Oblivion* by Kirk Weddell
- *When There Are Wolves Again* by E. J. Swift
- *Project Hanuman* by Stewart Hotston
- *A Granite Silence* by Nina Allan

##### **Best Short Fiction**

- "One Step at a Time" by Rick Danforth (*Vivid Worlds*)
- "[The Life and Times of Alavira the Great as Written by Titos Pavlou and Reviewed by Two Lifelong Friends](https://www.uncannymagazine.com/article/the-life-and-times-of-alavira-the-great-as-written-by-titos-pavlou-and-reviewed-by-two-lifelong-friends/?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Eugenia Triantafyllou (*Uncanny Magazine*, Issue 63)
- "[25 Peppercorns](https://mythaxis.co.uk/issue-43/25-peppercorns.html?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Emma Burnett (*Mythaxis Magazine*, Issue 43)
- "Of Seagrass Fins and Slippery Fingers" by A. J. Van Belle (*Auger* Issue 8.2)
- "[Godzilla as a Young Man Named Mike](https://podcastle.org/2025/07/29/podcastle-902-godzilla-as-a-young-man-named-mike/?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by E.M Faulds (*Podcastle*)

##### Best Shorter Fiction

- "Cities are Forests Waiting to Happen" by Cecile Cristofari (*Cities Are Forests Waiting to Happen*)
- "[The Apologists](https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/thompson%5F11%5F25/?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Tade Thompson
- "The Art of Time Travel (In One Million Times)" by Teika Marija Smits (*One Million Times: A Science Fiction Anthology Series*)
- "[Descent](https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/talabi%5F05%5F25/?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Wole Talabi
- "The River Has Roots" by Amal El-Mohtar (*The River Has Roots*)

This year’s Eastercon, [*Iridescence*](https://eastercon2026.org/?ref=andrewliptak.com), will be at the [Hilton Birmingham Metropole Hotel](https://www.hilton.com/en/hotels/bhxmetw-hilton-birmingham-metropole/?ref=andrewliptak.com) from the 3rd of April to 6th of April 2026, where the winners will be announced.

Here's [the full shortlist](https://bsfa.co.uk/bsfa-awards-shortlist?ref=andrewliptak.com). 

### Bram Stoker Awards 

The Bram Stoker Awards are awarded every year since 1987 by the Horror Writers Association, which honors "Superior Achievement" in the horror field. Awards are selected via a process that produces a recommended reading list, then a preliminary ballot, before being whittled down to a final ballot. 

Here's a selection: 

##### **Superior Achievement in Long Fiction**

- *Cathedral of the Drowned* by Nathan Ballingrud
- “Uncertain Sons” by Thomas Ha
- “[Squid Teeth](https://reactormag.com/squid-teeth-sarah-langan/?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Sarah Langan
- *Pam Kowolski is a Monster!* by Sarah Langan
- “[Wolf Moon, Antler Moon](https://reactormag.com/wolf-moon-antler-moon-a-c-wise/?ref=andrewliptak.com)” by A.C. Wise

##### **Superior Achievement in a Novel**

- *Witchcraft for Wayward Girls* by Grady Hendrix
- *King Sorrow* by Joe Hill
- *The Buffalo Hunter Hunter* Stephen Graham Jones
- *The Bewitching* by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
- *Girl in the Creek* by Wendy N. Wagner

##### **Superior Achievement in Short Fiction**

- “Stomata” by L.E. Daniels (*Darkness Most Fowl*)
- “Inheritance” by R.J. Joseph (*Full Throttle: A Dark Dozen Anthology*)
- “[Saint Dymphna’s School for Borderland Girls](https://www.weirdhorrormagazine.com/st-dymphnas-school-for-borderland-girls?ref=andrewliptak.com)” by Jocelyn Szczepaniak-Gillece (*Weird Horror* #10)
- “\[Ir\]reversible” by Anna Taborska (*Witches and Witchcraft: An Anthology of Stories, Poems, and Essays*)
- “[Autogas Ferryman](https://www.nightmare-magazine.com/fiction/autogas-ferryman/?ref=andrewliptak.com)” by Champ Wongsatayanont (*Nightmare Magazine* #156)

Here's the [full list of finalists](https://bramstokerawards.horror.org/front-page/horror-writers-association-releases-the-2025-bram-stoker-awards-final-ballot/?ref=andrewliptak.com). The winners will be announced at this year's [StokerCon](https://www.stokercon.com/?ref=andrewliptak.com), which will take place in Pittsburgh, PA from June 4th to June 7th, 2026.

### *The LA Times* Book Awards

And finally, the LA Times Book Awards have been around since 1980, but they added a dedicated science fiction and fantasy category (originally named for Ray Bradbury) in 2019\. Here are this year's finalists: 

- *The Buffalo Hunter Hunter* by Stephen Graham Jones
- *Esperance* by Adam Oyebanji
- *The Death of Mountains* by Jordan Kurella
- *Luminous: A Novel* by Silvia Park
- *Death of the Author: A Novel* by Nnedi Okorafor

Here's the [full list of nominees](https://www.latimes.com/events/festival-of-books/book-prizes?ref=andrewliptak.com), and the winners will be announced at a [ceremony during the LA Book Festival](https://www.latimes.com/events/festival-of-books/book-prizes?ref=andrewliptak.com) on Friday, April 17th, 2026 at 7 pm.