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.
Winners
1979: Jim Burns 1980: Peter Jones 1981: Bruce Pennington 1982: Tim White 1983: Bruce PenningtonMatrix issue 53 (June/July 1984) p1 1984: Jim BurnsMatrix issue 59 (June/July 1985) pp4-6 1985: Jim BurnsMatrix issue 63 (April/May 1986) p1 1986: Keith Roberts - cover of The Clocktower GirlMatrix issue 70 (June/July 1987) p4 1987: Jim Burns - cover of Worldcon Programme BookMatrix issue 76 (June/July 1988) p7 1988: Alan Lee - cover of Lavondyss by Robert HoldstockMatrix issue 82 (June/July 1989) p7 1989: Jim Burns - cover of Other Edens IIIMatrix issue 88 (June/July 1990) p7 1990: Ian Miller - covers of The Difference Engine and Interzone 40Matrix issue 94 (June/July 1991) p9 1991: Mark Harrison - cover of Interzone 45Matrix issue 100 (June/July 1992) pp9-10 1992: Jim Burns - cover of Hearts, Hands and VoicesMatrix issue 106 (June/July 1993) p3 1993: Jim Burns - cover of Red Dust by Paul J. McAuleyMatrix issue 111 (April/May 1994) p21 1994: Jim Burns - cover of Interzone 79Matrix issue 114 (April/May 1995) p3 1995: Jim Burns – cover of Seasons of PlentyMatrix issue 122 (November/December 1996) p7 1996: Jim Burns – cover of Ancient ShoresMatrix issue 125 (May/June 1997) p6 1997: SMS – The Black Blood of the Dead, cover of Interzone 116Matrix issue 131 (May/June 1998) p3 1998: Jim Burns – Lord Prestimion, cover of Interzone 138Matrix issue 137 (May/June 1999) p11 1999: Jim Burns – cover of DarwiniaMatrix issue 144 (July/August 2000) p15 2000: Dominic Harman – Hideaway, cover of Interzone 157)Matrix issue 149 (May/June 2001) p17 2001: Colin Odell – cover of OmegatropicMatrix issue 155 (May/June 2002) p20 2002: Dominic Harman – cover of Interzone 179Matrix issue 162 (July/August 2003) p4 2003: Colin Odell – cover of The True Knowledge of Ken MacLeodMatrix issue 167 (May/June 2004) p4 2004: Stephan Martinière – cover of Newton's Wake (US edition) 2005: Pawel Lewandowski – cover of Interzone 200Matrix issue 179 (June/July 2006) p5 2006: Christopher "Fangorn" Baker – 'Angelbot', cover of Time PiecesMatrix issue 184 (2007) p5 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 http://www.bsfa.co.uk/2011-bsfa-awards-winners/ "2011 BSFA Awards winners", accessed on 23 April 2014 2012: Blacksheep - cover of Adam Roberts's Jack Glass http://www.bsfa.co.uk/bsfa-awards-announced "BSFA Award winners announced", accessed on 23 April 2014 2013: Joey Hi-Fi – cover of Tony Ballantyne's Dream London http://www.bsfa.co.uk/bsfa-award-winners-announced "BSFA Award winners announced", accessed on 23 April 2014 2014: Tessa Farmer - installation inspired by The Wasp Factory from Iain Banks 2015: Jim Burns - cover of Pelquin's Comet 2016: Sarah Anne Langton – cover of Lavie Tidhar's Central Station https://bsfa.co.uk/bsfa-awards-2016-winners-announced/ "BSFA Awards 2016 Winners Announced", access on 6 July 2019 2017: Jim Burns and Victo Ngai 2018: Likhain - In the Vanishers’ Palace: Dragon I and II https://bsfa.co.uk/bsfa-awards-2018-announced/ "BSFA Awards 2018 Announced", accessed on 6 July 2019 2019: Chris "Fangorn" Baker – cover of Wourism and Other Stories by Ian Whates (Luna Press)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5RO2uB3E-U0 "BSFA 2019 Awards Announcement", accessed on 17 May 2020 2020: Iain Clark - Shipbuilding Over the Clyde - art for Glasgow 2024 WorldCon bidhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Alt55nkjXGI "BSFA 2020 Awards Announcement", accessed on 4 April 2021 2021: Iain Clark - Glasgow Green Woman - art for Glasgow 2024 WorldCon bidhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZT4IPV-b2WE "BSFA 2021 Awards Announcement", accessed on 28 April 2022 2022: Alyssa Winans - cover of The Red Scholar’s Wake by Aliette de Bodard (Gollancz)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oa7AP81YTu8 "BSFA 2022 Awards Announcement", accessed on 8 April 2023 2023: Leo Nickolls - cover of The Surviving Sky by Krikita H. Rao (Titan)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k0evJAMutRs "BSFA 2022 Awards Announcement", accessed on 2 April 2024 2024: Jenni Coutts - cover of Nova Scotia Volume 2 2025: Nick Wells - 12-book tessellated cover of Fractal Serieshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KAeVUPj9dv4 "BSFA 2025 Awards Announcement", accessed on 6 April 2026
Best Artist/Artwork nominees
1979
Jim Burns Chris Foss John Harris Peter Lord Tony Roberts Patrick Woodroffe
1980 Peter Jones Brian Bolland Carlos Ezquerra Peter Goodfellow Chris Moore Tim White
1981 Bruce Pennington Chris Achilleos Pete Lyon Chris Moore Tim White
1982 Tim White Peter Goodfellow Peter Jones Bruce Pennington
1983 Bruce Pennington Peter Jones Ian Miller Tim White
1984 Jim Burns Peter Jones Ian Miller Bruce Pennington Tim White
1985 Jim Burns Peter Jones Rodney Matthews Ian Miller Tim White
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2009 Nitzan Klamer - alternate cover for 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea Stephen Martinière - cover for Desolation Road by Ian McDonald (Pyr) Stephanie Pui-Min Law - Emerald Adam Tredowski - cover for Interzone 220 Adam Tredowski - cover for Interzone 224 Adam Tredowski - cover for Interzone 225
2010 Andy Bigwood – cover for Conflicts (Newcon Press) Charlie Harbour – cover for Fun With Rainbows by Gareth Owens (Immersion Press) Dominic Harman – cover for The Cat's Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut (Gollancz) Joey Hi-Fi -cover for Zoo City by Lauren Beukes (Angry Robot) Ben Greene – A Deafened Plea for Peace, cover for Crossed Genres 21 Adam Tredowski – cover for Finch by Jeff VanderMeer (Corvus)
2011 Dominic Harman - cover for Ian Whates' The Noise Revealed (Solaris) Jim Kay - cover and illustrations of Patrick Ness' A Monster Calls (Walker) Pedro Marques - cover for Lavie Tidhar's Osama (PS Publishing) Anne Sudworth - cover for Liz Williams' A Glass of Shadow (Newcon Press)
2012 Ben Baldwin - cover for Dark Currents (Newcon Press) Blacksheep - cover for Adam Roberts' Jack Glass (Gollancz) Dominic Harman - cover for Eric Brown's Helix Wars (Rebellion) Joey Hi-Fi - cover for Simon Morden's Thy Kingdom Come (Jurassic London) Si Scott - cover artwork for Chris Beckett's Dark Eden (Corvus)
2013 Joey Hi-Fi - cover for Tony Ballantyne's Dream London (Solaris) Kevin Tong - poster for Metropolis (tragicsunshine.com) Richard Wagner - The Angel at the Heart of the Rain (Interzone #246)
2014 Tessa Farmer - The Wasp Factory blacksheep-uk - cover for Bête by Adam Roberts Andy Potts - cover for Mars Evacuees by Sophia McDougall Richard Anderson - cover for The Mirror Empire by Kameron Hurley Jeffrey Alan Love - cover for Wolves by John Fleskes
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2018 Ben Baldwin - wraparound cover for Strange Tales slipcase set (NewCon Press) Joey Hi-Fi - cover for Paris Adrift by E.J. Swift (Solaris) Sarah Anne Langton - cover for Unholy Land by Lavie Tidhar (Tachyon) Sing Yun Lee & Morris Wild - artwork for Sublime Cognition conference (London Science Fiction Research Community) Likhain - “In the Vanishers’ Palace: Dragon I and II” (Inprnt) Bede Rogerson - cover for Concrete Faery by Elizabeth Priest (Luna Press) Del Samatar - artwork for Monster Portraits by Del Samatar & Sofia Samatar (Rose Metal) Charlotte Stroomer - cover for Rosewater by Tade Thompson (Orbit Books)
2019 Aitch & Rachel Vale – cover for Deeplight by Frances Hardinge (UK edition) (Macmillan Children’s Books) Chris Baker (Fangorn) – cover for Wourism and Other Stories by Ian Whates (Luna Press) Julia Lloyd – cover for Fleet of Knives by Gareth L Powell (Titan Books) Charlotte Stroomer – cover for The Rosewater Redemption by Tade Thompson (Orbit Books) Richard Wagner – cover for Interzone 284
2020 Chris Baker (Fangorn) - covers for Robot Dreams series (NewCon Press) Iain Clark - Shipbuilding Over the Clyde art for Glasgow 2024 WorldCon bid Ruby Gloom - cover for Club Ded by Nikil Singh (Luna Press) Sinjin Li - cover for A Strange and Brilliant Light by Eli Lee (Jo Fletcher Books) Nani Walker - Four Black Lives Matter Murals (Los Angeles Times)
2021 Iain Clark - Glasgow Green Woman art for Glasgow 2024 WorldCon bid Elena Betti - cover for Saving Shadows by Eugen Bacon (NewCon Press) Maria Spada - cover of The Year’s Best African Speculative Fiction edited by Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki Peter Lo/Kara Walker - cover of Danged Black Thing by Eugen Bacon (Transit Lounge Publishing) Dan Dos Santos/Lauren Panepinto - cover of Son of the Storm by Suyi Davies Okungbowa (Orbit)
2022 Alyssa Winans - Cover of The Red Scholar’s Wake by Aliette de Bodard (Gollancz) Vincent Sammy - Cover of ParSec 4, “The Hermit” Miguel Co - Cover of Vida Cruz-Borja’s Song of the Mango and Other New Myths (Ateneo De Manila UP) Manzi Jackson - Cover of Sheree Renée Thomas, Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki, and Zelda Knight (ed.)’s Africa Risen: A New Era of Speculative Fiction (Macmillan) Jay Johnstone - Cover of Lorraine Wilson’s The Way the Light Bends (Luna Press Publishing) Chris Baker (Fangorn) - Cover of Shoreline of Infinity 32
2023 Elena Betti - Cover of Danged Black Thing by Eugen Bacon (Apex) Christine Kim - Cover of Jewel Box by E. Lily Yu (Erewhon Books) Vinayak Varma - Illustrations for Strung Along in Seaforth (Interzone 295) Juliana Pinho - Cover art of The Alphabet of Pinaa: An AI Reinvents Zerself on an Inhabited Moon (Interzone Digital) Leo Nickolls - Cover of The Surviving Sky by Kritika H. Rao (Titan Books) Julia Lloyd - Cover of Descendent Machine by Gareth L. Powell (Titan Books) 2024 ... 2025 Spencer Fuller - Cover of The River Has Roots (Arcadia/Hachette) Jenni Coutts - Cover of Dark Crescent (Luna Press Publishing) Sam Gretton - Cover of The Salt Oracle (Solaris) Jenni Coutts - Mushroom Fairy Nick Wells - 12-book tessellated cover of Fractal Series (Flame Tree Press) Tziano Zhou - Highway Above the Clouds
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