Shortlist Announced For The 25th Arthur C. Clarke Award

Press Release

Lauren Beukes, Ian McDonald, Patrick Ness, Richard Powers, Tim Powers and Tricia Sullivan are the six authors shortlisted for this year's Arthur C. Clarke Award, the UK's premier prize for science fiction literature.

The six shortlisted books are:

Zoo City – Lauren Beukes (Angry Robot)
The Dervish House – Ian McDonald (Gollancz)
Monsters of Men – Patrick Ness (Walker Books)
Generosity – Richard Powers (Atlantic Books)
Declare – Tim Powers (Corvus)
Lightborn – Tricia Sullivan (Orbit)

This year's six shortlisted titles were selected from a long list of fifty-four eligible submissions put forward by twenty-two different publishing houses and imprints.

Award Director Tom Hunter said:
"The twenty-fifth anniversary of the Arthur C. Clarke Award was always going to be a landmark year, and we couldn't have asked for a more fascinating and exciting shortlist to get the celebrations started.

"Fifty-four eligible books is one of the highest submission years we've ever had, and when you look at all of the reviews, debate and online commentary that's surrounded many of these titles you can see just how hard the judges' deliberations were this year.

"For me this list is a great indication of just how deep, rich and complex the literature of science fiction can be. I think this list is a definite keeper, as they say, and my hope is that twenty-five years from now people will still be coming back to it as a representation of everything that's best about the diversity and strength of our genre."

The judging panel for this year are:
Jon Courtenay Grimwood, British Science Fiction Association
Martin Lewis, British Science Fiction Association
Phil Nanson, Science Fiction Foundation
Liz Williams, Science Fiction Foundation
Paul Skevington, SF Crowsnest.com

Paul Billinger represented the Arthur C. Clarke Award as the Chair of Judges.

The winner will be announced on Wednesday 27th April 2011 at an award ceremony held in partnership SCI-FI-LONDON Film Festival. The winner with a cheque for £2011.00 and the award itself, a commemorative engraved bookend.