The shortlist for the 39th Arthur C. Clarke Award for science fiction book of the year was announced today. The six shortlisted books are:
- Private Rites – Julia Armfield (4th Estate)
- The Ministry of Time – Kaliane Bradley (Sceptre)
- Extremophile – Ian Green (AdAstra)
- Annie Bot – Sierra Greer (The Borough Press)
- Service Model – Adrian Tchaikovsky (Tor UK)
- Thirteen Ways to Kill Lulabelle Rock – Maud Woolf (Angry Robot)
This year’s winner will be announced on June 25.
The winner will receive a trophy in the form of a commemorative engraved bookend and prize money to the value of £2025.00; a tradition that sees the annual prize money rise incrementally by year from the year 2001 in memory of Sir Arthur C. Clarke.
The judging panel for the Arthur C. Clarke Award 2025 are: Dolly Garland and Gene Rowe for the British Science Fiction Association; Nic Clarke and John Coxon for the Science Fiction Foundation; and Glyn Morgan for the SCI-FI-LONDON film festival. Dr. Andrew M. Butler represented the Arthur C. Clarke Award directors in a non-voting role as the Chair of the Judges.
[Based on a press release.]