Longlisted for Multiple BSFA Awards as Writer and Artist!

Hi everyone,

I am stunned and thrilled to have made the BSFA Award Longlist 6 times as author and artist!

Best Novel (two!!):

Atacama (Sley House Publishing)

Doomflower (Encyclopocalypse Publications)

Best Fiction for Younger Readers:

The Secret of the Sapphire Sentinel (writing as J. Dianne Dotson; Android Press)

Best Collection:

To Wonder and Starshine (Trepidatio Publishing)

Best Short Fiction:

"On the Birthday of a Princess" (Tales of Sley House Anthology 2025) (This is a prequel short story for my upcoming novel, The Vale of Seven Dragons!)

Best Artwork:

Interior artwork for Atacama by Jendia Gammon (Sley House Publishing)

Purchasing Links!

Here are places to order all these books!

Atacama (nominated for Best Novel as well as Interior Artwork)

Atacama - Jendia Gammon

Atacama, by Nebula and BSFA finalist author Jendia Gammon, is a speculative thriller novel published via Sley House Publishing.

Jendia Gammon - Author

Doomflower (nominated for Best Novel)

Doomflower - Jendia Gammon

Doomflower by Jendia Gammon is a gonzo campy horror novel by Nebula and BSFA award finalist author Jendia Gammon.

Jendia Gammon - Author

The Secret of the Sapphire Sentinel - writing as J. Dianne Dotson (nominated for Best Fiction for Younger Readers)

The Secret of the Sapphire Sentinel - Jendia Gammon

The Secret of the Sapphire Sentinel is the sequel to the Nebula and BSFA finalist book The Inn at the Amethyst Lantern by Jendia Gammon, writing as J. Dianne Dotson.

Jendia Gammon - AuthorWaterstones (paperback)

To Wonder and Starshine (nominated for Best Collection)

To Wonder and Starshine - Jendia Gammon

To Wonder and Starshine is a collection of fantasy and science fiction tales from Nebula and BSFA award finalist Jendia Gammon, published by Trepdiatio Publishing.

Jendia Gammon - Author

Tales of Sley House 2025 Anthology (short story "On the Birthday of a Princess" by Jendia Gammon nominated for Best Short Fiction)

Tales of Sley House 2025 | Sley House

In this volume are twenty-one stories. Some are horror. Some sci-fi. All are brought to you by the Sley siblings. So if you are ready to be terrified, ready to be awed, ready to be thrilled, step inside Sley House one more time. You won’t be disappointed.

Sley House

Stars and Sabers Nominated Also!

My imprint, Stars and Sabers Publishing, also received several nominations for its writers and artists! So proud! Read on:

Several BSFA Award Longlist Nominations!

We are thrilled to announce several BSFA Award Longlist nominations for our writers and cover artists! Best Novella The Nga’phandileh Whisperer by Eugen Bacon The Legend Liminal by Ren Hutchings Best Short Fiction “The Shadow Eater of Orino-Rin” by Eugen Bacon, in Of Shadows, Stars, and Sabers Best Artwork Cover:

Stars and Sabers NewsletterStars and Sabers Publishing

THANK YOU!

Thank you to everyone who nominated me. You can now vote for the shortlist here:

BSFA Awards 2025

Voting is open to all BSFA members. You can select up to four works per category. Voting will close on 19 February. Please don’t vote for your own work. If you don’t yet have or can’t find your membership number, that’s OK, but if you can supply it it makes it easier for us to check your membership status. Questions can be directed to BSFA Chair Stewart Hotston (chair@bsfa.co.uk). The longlists on the website have samples of some works. Find them here: bsfa.co.uk/awards-longlist/. If you are an author or publisher with a longlisted work and would like to provide a link to a sample, please get in touch. Please don’t share links to this form publicly.

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Write on!!
Jendia