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home the aldiss award skip to content home about partners submissions blog contact the aldiss award world building an annual award to acknowledge endeavours in literature and gaming specifically around world building in the science fiction fantasy genre british science fiction association uk interactive entertainment british fantasy society world building our definition world building in a story is about how the author or writer in the context of games is able to create a sense of the setting scene and character of their fiction in the mind of their audience it is about reaching out to the imaginations of others and creating a world for them to explore whilst engaging with the text as well as afterwards good worlds linger in the mind they spark ideas and encourage people to dream why the aldiss award throughout his career brian aldiss science fiction grandmaster first president of the british science fiction association and creator of worlds helped nurture the creative spirit of modern fiction that is alive and well today in conjunction with what would have been his centenary year and with the blessing of the aldiss literary estate this new prestigious award will help triumph this special skill within today s cultural nebula and embraces gaming as well as literature read more our partners our judging panel will be made up of select members of the british science fiction association the british fantasy society and the uk interactive entertainment association learn more our reach streamed live the award is presented at the start of the saturday evening awards ceremony at the prestigious world fantasy awards on the saturday night of the world fantasy convention held in october 2025 in front of an audience of 1 000 delegates the inaugural award was broadcast to a global audience read more 1 9k uk searches per month 27 1k worldwide searches per month 60 7k mentions in book reviews on goodreads com 280m mentions in google com this tremendous world i have inside of me how to free myself and this world without tearing myself to pieces and rather tear myself to a thousand pieces than be buried with this world within me kafka franz diaries 1910 1923 publishers independents can submit their work here publishers independents read more about submissions frequently asked questions how does this differ from every other award we believe that any award celebrating the creative process is a good one and hope that we have found a niche to celebrate in world building when do submissions open and close we re honouring brian w aldiss s birthday and opening submissions on the 18th august 2024 what s the submission criteria titles must have been published in the uk in 2024 where will the award be given we are still looking for a home there s talk of the world science fiction or fantasy conventions so watch this space what s the award we are hoping to make the award a cash award along with a trophy which will honour the other great trophies given in the literary world what s the cost of entry we have a tiered submission cost based on whether you are an independent or a publishing house see the submission page for more detail whatever creativity is it is in part a solution to a problem brian aldiss discover the art of world building world building one blog at a time fantasy gaming literature science fiction speculative fiction world building why world building why brian aldiss some worlds behave like weather you don t simply read them or play them and move on they settle in you quietly at first then you notice they ve changed your internal climate you look at real streets and real skies and feel briefly that you ve returned from somewhere else with mud on your boots read more long list the 2026 aldiss award long list we re absolutely thrilled to have such an excellent list of publications for consideration for the aldiss award for world building in speculative fiction this year amongst the list there are plenty of well known names previous award winners and lots of well regarded 2025 publications read more world building the aldiss award 2026 launch the aldiss award dedicated to celebrating exceptional world building in science fiction and fantasy across literature and gaming is excited to announce its 2026 submissions window opening read more uncategorized and the winner is rogba payne for the dance of shadows at the start of the saturday evening s award ceremony at this year s world fantasy convention i tim brian s son was proud to be able to stand up and introduce not only the concept of an award for world building in speculative fiction but to also announce the winner of this the inaugural year read more uncategorized shortlist close up when among crows by veronica roth pain is dymitr s calling his family is one in a long line of hunters who sacrifice their souls to slay monsters now he s tasked with a deadly mission find the legendary witch baba jaga to reach her dymitr must ally with the ones he s sworn to kill read more short list world building shortlist close up the dance of shadows by rogba payne rogba payne was born in london and raised across both london and lagos nigeria he is a descendant of john augustus otunba payne the noted lawyer writer and murdered prince of the ijebu ode royal family read more the aldiss award for world building twitter facebook instagram home about partners submissions blog contact privacy policy terms conditions 2024 all rights reserved