About the Arthur C. Clarke Award
The Arthur C. Clarke Award is the United Kingdom's premier science fiction prize, widely regarded as one of the most significant SF awards in the English-speaking world. Established in 1987 with a bequest from science fiction grandmaster Sir Arthur C. Clarke, the award is given annually to the best science fiction novel first published in the United Kingdom in the previous calendar year. Unlike reader-voted awards, the Clarke is judged by a panel representing the Science Fiction Foundation, the British Science Fiction Association, and the SF Crowsnest/SFX magazine, giving it a more literary and critical character. The award has a strong record of recognizing challenging, innovative, or socially engaged science fiction that may not win more populist awards. Past winners include China Miéville (2010), Lauren Beukes (2011), Jane Rogers (2012), Chris Beckett (2013), Ann Leckie (2014), Emily St. John Mandel (2015), Adrian Tchaikovsky (2016), Colson Whitehead (2017), Anne Charnock (2018), Tade Thompson (2019), Namwali Serpell (2020), Laura Jean McKay (2021), Harry Josephine Giles (2022), Ned Beauman (2023), Martin MacInnes (2024), and Sierra Greer (2025). The prize includes a cash award of £2,024 (updated annually to reflect the current year).
