Campbell and Sturgeon Finalists

The nominees for the John W. Campbell, Jr. Memorial Award and the Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award have been announced. The Campbell award is given for a novel, the Sturgeon for a short story. Both awards will be presented during the Campbell Conference, to be held July 13-16, 2013 at the Oread Hotel in Lawrence KS.

John W. Campbell, Jr. Memorial Award Nominees

• The Hydrogen Sonata, by Iain M. Banks
• Any Day Now, by Terry Bisson
• Existence, by David Brin
• The Rapture of the Nerds, by Cory Doctorow & Charles Stross
• Empty Space, by M. John Harrison
• Intrusion, by Ken MacLeod
• Railsea, by China Miéville
• The Fractal Prince, by Hannu Rajaniemi
• Blue Remembered Earth, by Alastair Reynolds
• Jack Glass: The Story of a Murderer, by Adam Roberts
• 2312, by Kim Stanley Robinson
• Slow Apocalypse, by John Varley
• Alif the Unseen, by G. Willow Wilson

Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award Nominees

• “Things Greater Than Love,” by Kate Bachus
• “Immersion,” by Aliette de Bodard
• “Scattered Along the River of Heaven,” by Aliette de Bodard
• “The Grinnell Method,” by Molly Gloss
• After the Fall, Before the Fall, During the Fall, by Nancy Kress
• “The Weight of History, the Lightness of the Future,” by Jay Lake
• “The Bookmaking Habits of Select Species,” by Ken Liu
• “Mono No Aware,” by Ken Liu
• “Nahiiku West,” by Linda Nagata
• Eater of Bone, by Robert Reed
• “The Peak of Eternal Light,” by Bruce Sterling
• “(To See the Other) Whole Against the Sky,” by E. Catherine Tobler

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