BSFA Award for Best Artwork
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The BSFA Awards
BSFA Awards
The BSFA Awards are literary awards presented annually since 1970 by the British Science Fiction Association to honor works in the genre of science fiction. Nominees and winners are chosen based on a vote of BSFA members...

 are given every year by the British Science Fiction Association
British Science Fiction Association
The British Science Fiction Association was founded in 1958 by a group of British science fiction fans, authors, publishers and booksellers, in order to encourage science fiction in every form. It is an open membership organisation costing £26 per year for UK residents and £18 for the unwaged. The...

. The BSFA Award for Best Artwork is open to any single science fictional or fantastic image that first appeared in the previous year. Provided the artwork hasn't been published before it doesn't matter where it appears.

Prior to 1995 the award was present for best artist, rather than artwork. Jim Burns
Jim Burns
Jim Burns is a Welsh artist born in Cardiff, Wales.In 1966 he joined the Royal Air Force, but soon thereafter he left and signed up at the Newport School of Art for a year's foundation course....

 won eight of the sixteen Best Artist awards. He went on to win four Best Artwork awards.

Winners

  • 1979: Jim Burns
  • 1980: Peter Jones
  • 1981: Bruce Pennington
    Bruce Pennington
    Bruce Pennington is a British painter, perhaps best known for his science fiction and fantasy novel cover art. Pennington's works have largely featured on the covers of novels of the likes of Isaac Asimov, Clark Ashton Smith and Robert A. Heinlein, adopting both science fiction and fantastical...

  • 1982: Tim White
  • 1983: Bruce Pennington
  • 1984: Jim Burns
  • 1985: Jim Burns
  • 1986: Keith Roberts
    Keith Roberts
    Keith John Kingston Roberts , was an English science fiction author. He began publishing with two stories in the September 1964 issue of Science Fantasy magazine, "Anita" and "Escapism.Several of his early stories were written using the pseudonym...

  • 1987: Jim Burns
  • 1988: Alan Lee
  • 1989: Jim Burns
  • 1990: Ian Miller
    Ian Miller (illustrator)
    Ian Miller is a British fantasy illustrator and writer best known for his quirkily etched gothic style and macabre sensibility, and noted for his book and magazine cover and interior illustrations, including covers for books by H.P...

  • 1991: Mark Harrison
  • 1992: Jim Burns
  • 1993: Jim Burns
  • 1994: Jim Burns
  • 1995: Jim Burns – cover for Seasons of Plenty
  • 1996: Jim Burns – cover for Ancient Shores
  • 1997: SMS
    SMS
    SMS is a form of text messaging communication on phones and mobile phones. The terms SMS or sms may also refer to:- Computer hardware :...

     – 'The Black Blood of the Dead', cover for Interzone #116
  • 1998: Jim Burns – 'Lord Prestimion', cover for Interzone #138
  • 1999: Jim Burns – cover of Darwinia
  • 2000: Dominic Harman
    Dominic Harman
    Dominic Harman is a British artist, illustrator and graphic designer. He is best known for his science fiction, fantasy and horror book jackets and CD covers.-External links:* Official Website...

     – 'Hideaway', cover for Interzone #157)
  • 2001: Colin Odell – cover for Omegatropic
  • 2002: Dominic Harman – cover for Interzone #179
  • 2003: Colin Odell – cover for The True Knowledge of Ken MacLeod
  • 2004: Stephan Martinière
    Stephan Martinière
    Stephan Martinière is an award-winning French science fiction and fantasy artist, using his considerable skill and experience to morph from cartoonist, to concept illustrator, to art director.-Biography:...

     – cover for Newton's Wake (US edition)
  • 2005: Pawel Lewandowski – cover for Interzone #200
  • 2006: Christopher "Fangorn" Baker – 'Angelbot', cover for Time Pieces
  • 2007: Andy Bigwood – 'Cracked World', cover for disLocations
  • 2008: Andy Bigwood – cover for Subterfuge
  • 2009: Stephan Martinière, cover for Desolation Road (US edition)
  • 2010: Joey Hi-Fi – cover for Zoo City
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