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Arthur C. Clarke Award 2025: Complete list of winners

The 2025 Arthur C. Clarke Award has crowned a striking winner in its Science Fiction category: Annie Bot by Sierra Greer, a novel that captures the zeitgeist of our moment by exploring what it means to be human in an age of artificial consciousness. Greer’s debut has already generated considerable buzz in speculative fiction circles, and this recognition from one of science fiction’s most prestigious honors underscores its power to provoke and reimagine our relationship with technology. The Arthur C. Clarke Award, established in 1987, has long championed science fiction that expands our thinking about tomorrow, and Annie Bot continues that tradition with a vision that feels urgently contemporary.

What makes Greer’s win particularly significant is how it reflects evolving conversations within the science fiction community about consciousness, identity, and the ethics of creation. Rather than cosmic scale adventures or far-future speculation, Annie Bot trains its eye on the intimate and unsettling territory of artificial beings gaining awareness—territory that grows more relevant with each passing year. This year’s Arthur C. Clarke Award selection demonstrates the prize’s commitment to recognizing speculative fiction that speaks directly to our present anxieties while maintaining the imaginative rigor the award has championed for nearly four decades.

Below, you’ll find the complete details of this year’s award announcement and what makes Annie Bot’s victory a landmark moment in contemporary science fiction.

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