Arthur C. Clarke Award (Arthur C. Clarke Award)

Arthur C. Clarke Award

The Arthur C. Clarke Award is a British award given for the best science fiction novel first published in the United Kingdom during the previous year. It is named after British author Arthur C. Clarke, who gave a grant to establish the award in 1987. The book is chosen by a panel of judges from the British Science Fiction Association, the Science Fiction Foundation, and a third organisation, which as of 2012 is the Sci-Fi-London film festival. The award has been described as "the UK's most prestigious science fiction prize". Any "full-length" science fiction novel written or translated into English is eligible for the prize, provided that it was first published in the United Kingdom during the prior calendar year. There is no restriction on the nationality of the author, and the publication history of works outside of the United Kingdom is not taken into consideration. Books must be submitted for consideration by their publishing company and self-published titles are not currently eligible. An official call for entries is issued to UK publishers every year and members of the judging panel and organisation committee also actively call in titles they would like to see submitted. A title must be actively submitted in order to be considered. The judges form a shortlist of six works that they feel are worthy of consideration, which they select a winning book from. The winner receives an engraved bookend and a prize consisting of a number of pounds sterling equal to the current year, such as Â£2012 for the year 2012. Prior to 2001, the award was Â£1000.

Date Established : 1987

Check all the winners of Arthur C. Clarke Award presented under Arthur C. Clarke Award since 1987 .

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China Miéville

Honored for : The City & the City

Nominations 2010 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Gwyneth Jones	Spirit
China Miéville	The City & the City
Adam Roberts	Yellow Blue Tibia
Kim Stanley Robinson	Galileo's Dream
Marcel Theroux	Far North
Chris Wooding	Retribution Falls

Ian R. MacLeod

Honored for : Song of Time

Nominations 2009 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Ian R. MacLeod	Song of Time
Paul J. McAuley	The Quiet War
Alastair Reynolds	House of Suns
Neal Stephenson	Anathem
Sheri S. Tepper	The Margarets
Mark Wernham	Martin Martin's on the Other Side

Richard K. Morgan

Honored for : Black Man

Nominations 2008 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Stephen Baxter	The H-Bomb Girl
Matthew De Abaitua	The Red Men
Sarah Hall	The Carhullan Army
Steven Hall	The Raw Shark Texts
Ken MacLeod	The Execution Channel
Richard K. Morgan	Black Man

M. John Harrison

Honored for : Nova Swing

Nominations 2007 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Jon Courtenay Grimwood	End of the World Blues
M. John Harrison	Nova Swing
Lydia Millet	Oh Pure and Radiant Heart
Jan Morris	Last Letters from Hav
Adam Roberts	Gradisil
Brian Stableford	Streaking

Geoff Ryman

Honored for : Air

Nominations 2006 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Charles Stross	Accelerando
Kazuo Ishiguro	Never Let Me Go
Ken MacLeod	Learning the World
Alastair Reynolds	Pushing Ice
Geoff Ryman	Air
Liz Williams	Banner of Souls

China Miéville

Honored for : Iron Council

Nominations 2005 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
China Miéville	Iron Council
Ian McDonald	River of Gods
David Mitchell	Cloud Atlas
Richard K. Morgan	Market Forces
Audrey Niffenegger	The Time Traveler's Wife
Neal Stephenson	The System of the World

Neal Stephenson

Honored for : Quicksilver

Nominations 2004 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Neal Stephenson	Quicksilver
Stephen Baxter	Coalescent
Greg Bear	Darwin's Children
William Gibson	Pattern Recognition
Gwyneth Jones	Midnight Lamp
Tricia Sullivan	Maul

Christopher Priest

Honored for : The Separation

Nominations 2003 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Christopher Priest	The Separation
David Brin	Kiln People
M. John Harrison	Light
China Miéville	The Scar
Elizabeth Moon	Speed of Dark
Kim Stanley Robinson	The Years of Rice and Salt

Gwyneth Jones

Honored for : Bold as Love

Nominations 2002 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Gwyneth Jones	Bold as Love
Jon Courtenay Grimwood	Pashazade
Peter F. Hamilton	Fallen Dragon
Paul J. McAuley	The Secret of Life
Justina Robson	Mappa Mundi
Connie Willis	Passage

China Miéville

Honored for : Perdido Street Station

Nominations 2001 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
China Miéville	Perdido Street Station
Octavia E. Butler	Parable of the Talents
Mary Gentle	Ash: A Secret History
Ken MacLeod	Cosmonaut Keep
Alastair Reynolds	Revelation Space
Adam Roberts	Salt

Bruce Sterling

Honored for : Distraction

Nominations 2000 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Bruce Sterling	Distraction
Stephen Baxter	Manifold: Time
Kathleen Ann Goonan	The Bones of Time
Justina Robson	Silver Screen
Neal Stephenson	Cryptonomicon
Vernor Vinge	A Deepness in the Sky

Tricia Sullivan

Honored for : Dreaming in Smoke

Nominations 1999 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Tricia Sullivan	Dreaming in Smoke
John Barnes	Earth Made of Glass
Peter Delacorte	Time on My Hands: A Novel with Photographs
Ken MacLeod	The Cassini Division
Christopher Priest	The Extremes
Alison Sinclair	Cavalcade

Mary Doria Russell

Honored for : The Sparrow

Nominations 1998 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Mary Doria Russell	The Sparrow
Stephen Baxter	Titan
Elizabeth Hand	Glimmering
James Lovegrove	Days
Jeff Noon	Nymphomation
Sheri S. Tepper	The Family Tree

Amitav Ghosh

Honored for : The Calcutta Chromosome

Nominations 1997 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Amitav Ghosh	The Calcutta Chromosome
Stephen Baxter	Voyage
Jack McDevitt	The Engines of God
Kim Stanley Robinson	Blue Mars
Sheri S. Tepper	Gibbon's Decline and Fall
N. Lee Wood	Looking for the Mahdi

Paul J. McAuley

Honored for : Fairyland

Nominations 1996 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Paul J. McAuley	Fairyland
Ken MacLeod	The Star Fraction
Patricia Anthony	Happy policeman
Stephen Baxter	The Time Ships
Christopher Priest	The Prestige
Neal Stephenson	The Diamond Age

Pat Cadigan

Honored for : Fools

Nominations 1995 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Pat Cadigan	Fools
John Barnes	Mother of Storms
Gwyneth Jones	North Wind
Paul J. McAuley	Pasquale's Angel
James K. Morrow	Towing Jehovah
Kristine Kathryn Rusch	Alien Influences

Jeff Noon

Honored for : Vurt

Nominations 1994 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Jeff Noon	Vurt
John Barnes	A Million Open Doors
Nicola Griffith	Ammonite
Neal Stephenson	Snow Crash
Michael Swanwick	The Iron Dragon's Daughter
David Zindell	The Broken God

Marge Piercy

Honored for : He, She and It

Nominations 1993 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Marge Piercy	He, She and It
Kim Stanley Robinson	Red Mars
Ian McDonald	Hearts, Hands and Voices
Richard Paul Russo	Destroying Angel
Michael Swanwick	Stations of the Tide
Lisa Tuttle	Lost Futures
Connie Willis	Doomsday Book
Sue Thomas	Correspondence

Pat Cadigan

Honored for : Synners

Nominations 1992 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Pat Cadigan	Synners
Paul J. McAuley	Eternal Light
Stephen Baxter	Raft
Gwyneth Jones	White Queen
Richard Paul Russo	Subterranean Gallery
Dan Simmons	Hyperion

Colin Greenland

Honored for : Take Back Plenty

Nominations 1991 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Colin Greenland	Take Back Plenty
Mary Gentle	Rats and Gargoyles
Iain Banks	Use of Weapons
Misha	Red Spider White Web
K. W. Jeter	Farewell Horizontal
Pat Murphy	The City, Not Long After

Geoff Ryman

Honored for : The Child Garden

Nominations 1990 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Geoff Ryman	The Child Garden
Jonathan Carroll	A Child Across the Sky
Lisa Goldstein	A Mask for the General
Ian McDonald	Desolation Road
Paul Park	Soldiers of Paradise
Mike Resnick	Ivory: A Legend of Past and Future
David Zindell	Neverness

Rachel Pollack

Honored for : Unquenchable Fire

Nominations 1989 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Rachel Pollack	Unquenchable Fire
Brian Stableford	The Empire of Fear
Michael Bishop	Philip K. Dick is Dead, Alas
Richard Grant	Rumors of Spring
Gwyneth Jones	Kairos
Lucius Shepard	Life During Wartime
Ian Watson	The Whores of Babylon

George Turner

Honored for : The Sea and Summer

Nominations 1988 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
George Turner	The Sea and Summer
Stanis?aw Lem	Fiasco
Michael Bishop	Ancient of Days
John Crowley	The Solitudes
Ken Grimwood	Replay
Keith Roberts	Grainne
H.F. Saint	Memoirs of an Invisible Man

Margaret Atwood

Honored for : The Handmaid's Tale

Nominations 1987 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Margaret Atwood	The Handmaid's Tale
Bob Shaw	The Ragged Astronauts
Greg Bear	Eon
Samuel R. Delany	Stars in My Pocket Like Grains of Sand
Gwyneth Jones	Escape Plans
Kim Stanley Robinson	The Memory of Whiteness
Josephine Saxton	The Queen of the States
Lucius Shepard	Green Eyes

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