2017 Sturgeon Award Finalists

The finalists for the 2017 Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award have been announced:

• “The Art of Space Travel”, Nina Allen (Tor.com 7/16)
• “Seasons of Glass and Iron”, Amal El-Mohtar (The Starlit Wood)
• “Touring with the Alien”, Carolyn Ives Gilman (Clarkesworld 4/16)
• The Ballad of Black Tom, Victor LaValle (Tor.com Publishing)
• “The Visitor From Taured”, Ian R. MacLeod (Asimov’s 9/16)
• “Things with Beards”, Sam J. Miller (Clarkesworld 6/16)
• “Project Empathy”, Dominica Phetteplace (Asimov’s 3/16)
• “The Future is Blue”, Catherynne M. Valente (Drowned Worlds)
• A Taste of Honey, Kai Ashante Wilson (Tor.com Publishing)