The shortlists for the 2016 British Science Fiction Association (BSFA) Awards are: Best Novel:Daughter of Eden, Chris Beckett; A Closed and Common Orbit, Becky Chambers; Europe in Winter, Dave Hutchinson; Occupy Me, Tricia Sullivan; Azanian Bridges, Nick Wood. Best Short Story:The End of Hope Street, Malcolm Devlin (Interzone); Liberty Bird, Jaine Fenn (Now We Are Ten); Taking Flight, Una McCormack (Crises and Conflicts); Presence, Helen Oyeyemi (What Is Not Yours Is Not Yours); The Apologists, Tade Thompson (Interzone); The Arrival of Missives, Aliya Whiteley (Unsung Stories).
The complete awards, including art and non-fiction, will be announced at the 68th Eastercon (British Science Fiction Convention), Innominate, to be held at the Hilton Birmingham Metropole Hotel, 14-17 April.