Jenni Coutts is an award winning artist, illustrator, speculative fiction writer, and NHS doctor who has spent the last thirteen years based in Glasgow, Scotland. She is the current Art Editor for BFS Horizons magazine, and is the art show lead for the World Fantasy Convention in Brighton in 2025.
Originally from Leeds, she won the British Fantasy Award for best artist in 2022 and has been shortlisted for the same again in 2023, 2024 and 2025. She is shortlisted for the World Fantasy Award for best artist in 2025. She won the British Science Fiction Association Award in 2025 for her artwork for Nova Scotia 2 (published by Luna Press), and contributed a scifi short story to Gallus, which was longlisted for best anthology. She has had artwork featured in both UK and international publications. She was shortlisted for the Scottish New Writers Award in 2019.
She is represented by Harry Illingworth of DHH Literary agency for her writing (see more). She is currently working on a sapphic sci-fi duology:
“The Ghost Galaxy Run is an intergalactic reality TV version of the Wacky Races; small teams race through wormholes to win wealth beyond their wildest dreams, with big prizes meaning even bigger risks.
Max is a biomechanic stuck working out of her foster father’s workshop, her life stalled after his death. Her sister, Kass, is an unknown but brilliant navigator, and she has recruited an underdog crew who share her dreams of winning. They refuse sponsorships from the all-powerful corporations who run their corrupt world, wanting to win without outside help, but this is a dangerous choice. Racing through deep space without endorsements means being targeted by pirates, hackers, assassins, and worse.
Max knows that there is only one way to keep her sister safe. She agrees to join her sister’s team – as a saboteur.”
To keep up with her latest art and writing projects, follow her on social media:
Twitter: @jenni_coutts // instagram: @jenni_coutts or @jennicouttsart // bluesky: @jennicoutts.bsky.social // tiktok: @jenni.coutts
Jenni creates black and white art using traditional dipping pen and ink on paper / canvas methods.
To see her black and white portfolio, click here
Jenni creates full colour illustrations using iPad procreate, creating both original artwork and illustrations for publishers, including previous clients such as Knight Errant Press, Nyx Publishing, Flametree Publishing, and Luna Press.
To see her colour portfolio, click here
Last year Jenni has exhibited her artwork in Telford international centre in April 2024 as part of Levitation Convention, and also in Glasgow in the SECC August 2024 as part of Glasgow in 2024: A worldcon for our futures. She will be running the art show and exhibiting her work at the World Fantasy Convention in Brighton in October 2025, where she will also be up for the World Fantasy and British Fantasy Awards for best artist – for more information and tickets, click here.
To contact Jenni about comissioning artwork, upcoming exhibitions of her artwork, or to find out about her latest writing projects, please reach out via the contact form here: Contact Jenni Coutts