Campbell and Sturgeon Finalists
Nice list of good stuff for the Campbell and Sturgeon awards. 5 of the Campbell finalists are from the UK (that I'm aware of) and I've read two of the books.
2005 Campbell Award finalists: Transcendent by Stephen Baxter, The Meq by Steve Cash, Child of Earth by David Gerrold, Mind's Eye by Paul McAuley, Seeker by Jack McDevitt, Learning the World by Ken Macleod, The Summer Isles by Ian R. Macleod, Counting Heads by David Marusek, Mindscan by Robert J. Sawyer, Accelerando by Charles Stross, The World Before by Karen Traviss, Spin by Robert Charles Wilson
2005 Sturgeon Award finalists: "The Calorie Man" by Paolo Bacigalupi, "Second Person, Present Tense" by Darryl Gregory, "Magic for Beginners" by Kelly Link, "Keyboard Practice" by John G. McDaid, "The Little Goddess" by Ian McDonald, "Little Faces" by Vonda McIntyre, "The Blemmye's Stratagem" by Bruce Sterling, "Panacea" by Jason Stoddard, "The Inn at Mount Either" by James Van Pelt, "Inside Job" by Connie Willis
I'm still playing catch up SF wise. I haven't read any of them.
Although I'm not suprised by the British prescence. I'm very impressed by what Brit produced SF of the past 10 years.