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This page lists the finalists for the Theodore
Sturgeon Memorial Award for best short science fiction by year of
publication; the Award is presented during the Campbell Conference Awards Banquet at the
University of Kansas in Lawrence, Kansas,
as the focal point of a weekend of discussions about the writing, illustration,
publishing, teaching, and criticism of science fiction. We
hope to release lists of finalists for as many previous Awards as possible, so check
back for updates. Finalists are listed alphabetically by author's last name.
When results are final, this page is updated to show the winning story
highlighted in blue.
2009 Sturgeon Award Finalists
Nominations for 2008 stories came from Lou Anders, Rebecca Bates, Aliette de Bodard, Andy Cox, Ellen Datlow, Wendy
S. Delmater, Gardner Dozois, L. Timmel Duchamp, Eugie Foster, Kelly Green, Eileen Gunn, Anthony Hildebrand,
Andrew Hook, Jim Kelly, Mark
R. Kelly, Chris McKitterick, Eric Reynolds, Stanley Schmidt, Mike Payne,
Larry Taylor, Lois Tilton, Dave Truesdale, Fran Van Cleave, Gordon
Van Gelder, and Sheila Williams. Thank you
very much for your participation!
We are always looking for fresh points of view: If you are a short-SF
reviewer interested in participating in the Award nominations process, please
contact Chris McKitterick
for more information.
2008 Sturgeon Award Finalists
| Barron, Laird |
"The Forest" |
Inferno,
Dec, Tor |
| Bear, Elizabeth |
"Tideline" |
Asimov's,
March |
| Chiang, Ted |
"The Merchant and the Alchemist’s Gate" |
F&SF,
Sept |
| Ford, Jeffrey |
"The Dreaming Wind" |
Coyote Road,
Viking Juvenile, July |
| Fowler, Karen Joy |
"Always" |
Asimov's,
Apr/May |
| Johnson, Kij |
"The Evolution of Trickster Stories Among the Dogs Of North Park After the Change"
NOTE: Johnson, a juror, removed story from consideration. |
Coyote Road,
Viking Juvenile, July |
| Jones, Gwyneth |
"The Tomb Wife" |
F&SF,
August |
|
Kessel, John
|
"The Last American" |
Foundation 100, August |
| McLeod, Ian R. |
"The Master Miller's Tale" |
F&SF,
May |
| Moles, David
R. |
"Finisterra" |
F&SF, Dec |
| Sinisalo, Johanna |
"Baby Doll" |
SFWA European Hall of Fame,
Tor, June |
| Wolfe, Gene |
"Memorare" |
F&SF,
April |
Nominations for 2007 stories came from Lou Anders, Rebecca Bates, Suzanne
Church, Ellen Datlow, Wendy Delmater, Gardner Dozois, L. Timmel Duchamp, Scott
Edelman, Nick Gevers, Eileen Gunn, Brian Hades, David Hartwell, Jim Kelly, Mark
R. Kelly, Bridget McKenna, C. Powell, Eric Reynolds, Stanley Schmidt, Ekaterina
Sedia, Mike Payne, Sue Ramey, Steve Silver, Larry Taylor, Lois Tilton, Gordon
Van Gelder, and Sheila Williams.
2007 Sturgeon Award Finalists
|
Bacigalupi, Paolo
|
Yellow Card Man
|
Asimov's Dec |
| Flynn, Michael F.
|
Dawn, and Sunset, and the Colours of the Earth
|
Asimov's Oct/Nov
|
| Ford, Jeffrey |
Botch Town |
The Empire of Ice Cream, Golden Gryphon
|
| McDonald, Ian |
The Djinn's Wife |
Asimov's Jul |
| Melko, Paul |
The Walls of the Universe |
Asimov's, Apr/May |
| Reed, Robert |
A Billion Eves |
Asimov's, Oct |
| Rickert, M. |
You Have Never Been Here |
Feeling Very Strange |
| Rosenbaum, Benjamin |
The House Beyond Your Sky |
Strange Horizons, Sept |
| Rowe, Christopher |
Another Word for Map Is Faith |
F&SF Aug |
| Shunn, William |
Inclination |
Asimov's, Apr/May |
| Swanwick, Michael |
Lord Weary's Empire |
Asimov's Dec |
|
Wilson, Robert Charles |
The Cartesian Theater
|
Futureshocks, Roc |
| Wilson, Robert Charles |
Julian: A Christmas Story |
PS Publishing chapbook |
Nominations for 2006 came from Lou Anders, Rebecca Bates, Suzanne Church,
Ellen Datlow, Gardner Dozois, Eugie Foster, Nicholas Gevers, Eileen Gunn, Brian
Hades, Jim Kelly, Bridget McKenna, C. Powell, Eric Reynolds, Ekaterina Sedia,
Steven H. Silver, Larry Taylor, Lois Tilton, Gordon Van Gelder, and Sheila
Williams.
2006 Sturgeon Award Finalists
|
Bacigalupi, Paolo |
The Calorie Man |
F&SF, Oct/Nov |
| Gregory, Daryl |
Second Person, Present Tense |
Asimov's, Sept |
|
Link, Kelly |
Magic for Beginners |
F&SF, Sept |
|
McDaid, John G. |
Keyboard Practice |
F&SF, Jan |
|
McDonald, Ian |
The Little Goddess
|
Asimov's, Jun |
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McIntyre, Vonda |
Little Faces |
SciFiction, Feb |
|
Sterling, Bruce |
The Blemmye's Stratagem |
F&SF, Jan |
|
Stoddard, Jason |
Panacea |
SciFiction, Sept |
|
Van Pelt, James |
The Inn at Mount Either |
Analog, May |
|
Willis, Connie |
Inside Job |
Asimov's, Jan |
Nominations for 2005 came from Rebecca Bates, Suzanne Church, Kathryn Cramer,
Ellen Datlow, Gardner Dozois, L. Timmel Duchamp, Eugie Foster, Nicholas Gevers,
Brian Hades, David Hartwell, Mark R. Kelly, Bridget McKenna, Sue Ramey, Stanley
Schmidt, Ekaterina Sedia, Steven H. Silver, Larry Taylor, Lois Tilton, and
Gordon Van Gelder.
2005 Sturgeon Award Finalists
|
Berman, Judith |
The Fear Gun |
Asimov's, Jun |
|
Bisson, Terry |
Scout's Honor |
SciFiction |
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Cooper, Brenda |
Savant Songs |
Analog |
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Denton, Brad |
Sergeant Chip |
F&SF |
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Feeley, Gregory |
Arabian Wine |
Asimov's, Apr/May |
|
Gerrold, David |
Dancer in the Dark |
F&SF, Apr |
|
Kessell, John |
The Baum Plan for Financial Independence |
SciFiction |
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Lanagan, Margo |
Singing My Sister Down |
Black Juice |
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Link, Kelly |
Stone Animals |
Conjunctions #43 |
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Moscoe, Mike |
The Strange Redemption of Sister Mary Ann |
Analog, Nov |
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Okorafor-Mbachu, Nnedi |
The Magical Negro |
DARK MATTER |
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Reed, Robert |
MERE |
Golden Gryphon |
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Rosenbaum, Benjamin |
Start the Clock |
F&SF, Aug |
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Rowe, Christopher |
The Voluntary State |
SciFiction, 5/5 |
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Sargent, Pamela |
Venus Flowers at Night |
Microcosmos |
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Tilton, Lois |
The Gladiator's War: A Dialogue |
Asimov's, Jun |
|
Tomasula, Steve |
Risk-Taking Gene as Expressed…. |
Denver Quarterly, Fall 04 |
|
Uttley, Stephen |
Invisible Kingdoms |
F&SF |
| Watson, Ian |
An Appeal to Adolf |
Conqueror Fantastic |
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Wolfe, Gene |
The Lost Pilgrim |
The First Heroes |
2004 Sturgeon Award Finalists
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Bacigalupi, Paolo |
The Fluted Girl |
F&SF, 6/03 |
|
Baker, Kage |
The Empress of Mars |
Asimov's, 7/03 |
|
Barton, William |
Off on a Starship |
Asimov's 9/03 |
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Castro, Adam-Troy |
The Tangled Strings of
Marionettes |
F&SF, 7/03 |
|
Ford, Jeffrey |
The Empire of Ice Cream |
SciFiction, 2/26/03 |
|
Kelly, Jim |
Bernardo's House |
Asimov's 6/03 |
|
Kessell, John |
It's All True |
SciFiction, 11/5 |
|
Levine, David D. |
The Tale of the Golden Eagle |
F&SF, 6/03 |
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Nestvold, Ruth |
Looking Through Lace |
Asimov's, 9/03 |
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Sanders, William |
Dry Bones |
Asimov's, 5/03 |
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Shepard, Lucius |
Only Partly Here |
Asimov's, 3/03 |
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Skillingstead, Jack |
Dead Worlds |
Asimov's, 6/03 |
2003 Sturgeon Award Finalists
|
Ted Chiang |
Liking What You See: A
Documentary |
Stories of Your Life and
Others, Tor |
| Richard Chwedyk |
Bronte's Egg |
F&SF, 8/02 |
|
Greg Egan |
Singleton |
Interzone, 2/02 |
|
Paul di Filippo |
A Year in the Linear City |
PS Publishing |
| Gregory Frost |
Madonna of the Maquiladora |
Asimov's, 5/02 |
| John Kessel |
Stories for Men |
Asimov's, 10/02 |
| Ursula K. LeGuin |
The Seasons of the Ansarac |
Infinite Matrix, 6/3 |
| Ursula K. LeGuin |
The Wild Girls |
Asimov's, 3/02 |
| Ian R. MacLeod |
Breathmoss |
Asimov's, 5/02 |
| Robert Reed |
Coelacanths |
F&SF, 3/02 |
| Lucius Shepard |
Over Yonder |
SciFiction, 1/02 |
| Bruce Sterling |
In Paradise |
F&SF, 9/02 |
| Charles Stross |
Halo |
Asimov's, 6/02 |
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Theodore Sturgeon Resources
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Official Site of the Theodore Sturgeon Literary Trust, and contains information
about new and reprinted work by Theodore Sturgeon (the Literary Trust owns the
copyright to his work).
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contains a great deal of information about Theodore Sturgeon, including
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more.
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