The Arthur C. Clarke award is given for the best British science fiction novel from the previous year. The award was established with a grant from Arthur C. Clarke and the first prize was awarded in 1987. The book is chosen by a panel of judges from the British Science Fiction Association, the Science Fiction Foundation and the Science Museum of London.
- 1987 -- The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
- 1988 -- Drowning Towers by George Turner
- 1989 -- Unquenchable Fire by Rachel Pollack
- 1990 -- The Child Garden by Geoff Ryman
- 1991 -- Take Back Plenty by Colin Greenland
- 1992 -- Synners by Pat Cadigan
- 1993 -- Body of Glass by Marge Piercy (published as He, She and It in the U.S.)
- 1994 -- Vurt by Jeff Noon
- 1995 -- Fools by Pat Cadigan
- 1996 -- Fairyland by Paul McAuley
- 1997 -- The Calcutta Chromosome by Amitav Ghosh
- 1998 -- The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell
- 1999 -- Dreaming in Smoke by Tricia Sullivan
- 2000 -- Distraction by Bruce Sterling
- 2001 -- Perdido Street Station by China Miéville
- 2002 -- Bold As Love by Gwyneth Jones
- 2003 -- The Separation by Christopher Priest