Finalist, Best Novel, 2025
Alien Clay
Adrian Tchaikovsky (opens in a new tab)
A political prisoner is sent to a labour camp on an alien world whose ecosystem is unlike anything on Earth.
The ballot
- The Tainted CupRobert Jackson BennettDel Rey, Hodderscape UKWinner
- A Sorceress Comes to CallT. KingfisherTorRunner-up
- Someone You Can Build a Nest InJohn WiswellDAW
- Service ModelAdrian TchaikovskyTordotcom
- The Ministry of TimeKaliane BradleyAvid Reader Press, Sceptre