The finalists for the Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award for the best short science fiction story have been announced by the Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction.
The finalists for the Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award for the best short science fiction story have been announced by the Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction. The award is normally presented during the annual Campbell Conference Awards, but will instead be announced online later this summer.
Results for the Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award for the best short science fiction of 2019 have been announced by the Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction. The award is normally presented during the annual Campbell Conference Awards, but was instead announced online.
Blackfish City by Sam J. Miller (Ecco) is this year’s John W. Campbell Memorial Award winner for the best science fiction novel published in 2018, and “When Robot and Crow Saved East St. Louis” by Annalee Newitz (Slate.com 12/18) is the winner of the Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award for the best short fiction of 2018.
Other finalists were:
John W. Campbell Memorial Award
The finalists for the Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award for the best short science fiction story have been announced by the Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction. The award will be presented during the Campbell Conference Awards reception, to be held June 28-30, 2019.
The Genius Plague by David Walton (Pyr) is this year’s John W. Campbell Memorial Award winner for the best science fiction novel published in 2017, and “Don’t Press Charges and I Won’t Sue” by Charlie Jane Anders (Global Dystopias) is the winner of the Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award for the best short fiction of 2017.
Other finalists were:
John W. Campbell Memorial Award
Central Station, Lavie Tidhar (Tachyon) is this year’s John W. Campbell Memorial Award winner for the best science fiction novel published in 2016, and “The Future is Blue” by Catherynne M. Valente (Drowned Worlds) is the winner of the Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award for the best short fiction of 2016.
Other finalists were:
John W. Campbell Memorial Award
The finalists for the 2017 Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award have been announced:
Radiomen by Eleanor Lerman (The Permanent Press) is this year’s John W. Campbell Memorial Award winner for the best science fiction novel published in 2015, and Kelly Link’s “The Game of Smash and Recovery” (Strange Horizons 10/17/15) is the winner of the Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award for the best short fiction of 2015.
Going Dark by Linda Nagata (Mythic Island/Saga) and The Thing Itself by Adam Roberts (Gollancz) tied as ...Read More
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The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August by Claire North (Redhook) won this year’s John W. Campbell Memorial Award for the best science fiction novel published in 2014, and Cory Doctorow’s “The Man Who Sold the Moon” (Hieroglyph: Stories and Visions for a Better Future) is the winner of the Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award for the best short fiction of 2014.
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Read moreThe finalists for the 2015 John W. Campbell Memorial Award for the best science fiction novel published in 2014 and for the Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award for the best short fiction of 2014 have been announced.
John W. Campbell Memorial Award
Strange Bodies by Marcel Theroux (Faber & Faber/Farrar, Straus, and Giroux) won this year’s John W. Campbell Memorial Award for best science fiction novel published in 2013, and Sarah Pinsker’s “In Joy, Knowing the Abyss” (Strange Horizons 7/1/13 and 7/8/13 ) is the winner of the Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award for best short fiction of 2013.
The awards will be presented during the Campbell Conference Awards Banquet, held June 13-15, ...Read More
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Jack Glass: The Story of a Murderer by Adam Roberts (Gollancz) won this year’s John W. Campbell Memorial Award for best science fiction novel published in 2012, and Molly Gloss’s “The Grinnell Method” (Strange Horizons 9/3/12 & 9/10/12) is the winner of the Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award for best short fiction of 2012.
Any Day Now by Terry Bisson (Overlook) was the second place winner for the Campbell, and third ...Read More
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The Islanders by Christopher Priest (Gollancz) and The Highest Frontier by Joan Slonczewski (Tor) tied to win this year’s John W. Campbell Memorial Award for best science fiction novel published in 2011, and Paul McAuley’s “The Choice” (Asimov’s 2/11) is the winner of the Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award for best short fiction of 2011.
Embassytown by China Miéville (Del Rey) came in third for the Campbell, and Osama by Lavie ...Read More
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Ian McDonald’s The Dervish House (Gollancz/Pyr) is the winner of this year’s John W. Campbell Memorial Award for best science fiction novel published in 2010, and Geoffrey A. Landis’s novella “The Sultan of the Clouds” (Asimov’s 9/10) is the winner of the Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award for best short fiction of 2010.
The awards were presented by the Center for the Study of Science Fiction, during the annual Campbell Conference, ...Read More
Read morePaolo Bacigalupi’s The Windup Girl (Night Shade) has won this year’s John W. Campbell Memorial Award for best science fiction novel published in 2009, and James Morrow’s novella Shambling Towards Hiroshima (Tachyon) has won the Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award for best short fiction of 2009, in results announced a week prior to the official Campbell Conference and Awards Ceremony next weekend.
Bacigalupi’s novel has already won the Nebula Award, the ...Read More
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“The Gambler”, Paolo Bacigalupi (Fast Forward 2)“The Political Prisoner”, Charles Coleman Finlay (F&SF 8/08) “True Names”, Cory Doctorow & Benjamin Rosenbaum (Fast Forward 2)“The Ray Gun: A Love Story”, James Alan Gardner (Asimov’s 2/08) “Memory Dog”, Kathleen Ann Goonan (Asimov’s 4-5/08)“The Tear”, Ian McDonald (Galactic Empires)“Special Economics”, Maureen McHugh (The Del Rey Book of ...Read More
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The finalists for the 2018 Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award for the best short science fiction of the year have been announced:
The finalists for the 2011 Sturgeon Award have been announced:
The finalists for the 2010 Theodore Sturgeon Award have been announced:
The Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction has announced the second annual Sturgeon Symposium, to be held September 28-30, 2023 at the University of Kansas in Lawrence KS.
The Symposium is “celebrating the 30th anniversary of Octavia Butler’s groundbreaking novel, The Parable of the Sower. As KU’s choice for the 2023 Common Book program, this novel is a powerful inspiration for our Symposium’s theme, ‘Fantastic Worlds, Fraught ...Read More
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The winner for the Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award for the best short science fiction story has been announced by the Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction.
The Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction has announced the first Annual Sturgeon Symposium, to be held September 29-30, 2022 at the University of Kansas in Lawrence KS.
The Symposium “which will feature the presentation of the Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award for best science fiction short story and a reading from this year’s winner. This hybrid in-person/online symposium will also feature panels, presentations, and roundtable discussions that highlight ...Read More
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Results for the Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award for the best short science fiction of 2020 have been announced by the Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction. The award is traditionally presented during the annual Campbell Conference Awards, but was instead announced online.
Winners of the 1945 Retro Hugo Awards, honoring work from 1944, have been announced by CoNZealand, the 78th Worldcon.
Best Novel
The finalists for the Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award for the best short science fiction story have been announced by the Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction. The award is normally presented during the annual Campbell Conference Awards, but will instead be announced online later this summer.
Finalists for the 1945 Retro Hugo Awards, honoring work from 1944, have been announced by CoNZealand, the 78th Worldcon via their YouTube channel.
Best Novel
