China Miéville wins 2010 Arthur C. Clarke Award

China Miéville has won the 2010 Arthur C. Clarke Award for his novel THE CITY & THE CITY. This marks Miéville’s unprecedented third win for the prestigious award.
The win was announced today, April 28, at an award ceremony held on the opening night of the SCI-FI-LONDON Film Festival.
About the ACCA Award
The Arthur C. Clarke Award is the most prestigious award for science fiction in Britain.  The annual award is presented for the best science fiction novel of the year, and selected from a shortlist of novels whose UK first edition was published in the previous calendar year.  The Award was originally established by a generous grant from Sir Arthur C. Clarke with the aim of promoting science fiction in Britain, and is currently administered by the Serendip Foundation with Sir Arthur continuing to donate a cash prize via Rocket Publishing, his UK representatives. The winner is judged by a jury panel and selected from an initial shortlist of six eligible novels. The panel of judges is made up of a voluntary body of distinguished writers, critics and fans with the panel line-up changing every year.