2019 Compton Crook Award Finalists
The Baltimore Science Fiction Society (BSFS) has announced the finalists for the 2019 Compton Crook/Stephen Tall Award:
- The City of Brass, S.A. Chakraborty (Harper Voyager)
- The Poppy War, R.F. Kuang (Harper Voyager)
- Trail of Lightning, Rebecca Roanhorse (Saga)
- Sisters of the Winter Wood, Rena Rossner (Redhook)
- Implanted, Lauren C. Teffeau (Angry Robot)
- The Feed, Nick Clark Windo (Morrow)
The award honors the best first SF/fantasy/horror novel of the year, and “includes a framed award document and, for the novel’s author, a check for $1,000 and an invitation to be the Compton Crook Guest at Balticon for two years.” The award will be presented at Balticon 53, to be held May 24-27, 2019 at the Renaissance Baltimore Harborplace Hotel in Baltimore MD. The winner will be announced on April 15, 2019. Selection is by vote of the BSFS membership.
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