Campbell & 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, this year held in conjunction with MidAmeriCon II in Kansas City.
John W. Campbell, Jr. Memorial Award
- The Water Knife, by Paolo Bacigalupi
- Europe at Midnight, by Dave Hutchinson
- Radiomen, by Eleanor Lerman
- Luna: New Moon, by Ian McDonald
- Galapagos Regained, by James Morrow
- Going Dark, by Linda Nagata
- The Book of Phoenix, by Nnedi Okorafor
- Where, by Kit Reed
- The Thing Itself, by Adam Roberts
- Aurora, by Kim Stanley Robinson
- Seveneves, by Neal Stephenson
Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award
- “And You Shall Know Her By The Trail Of Dead,” by Brooke Bolander
- “The Four Thousand, the Eight Hundred,” by Greg Egan
- “The New Mother,” by Eugene Fischer
- “Folding Beijing,” by Hao Jingfang, translated by Ken Liu
- “Emergence,” by Gwyneth Jones
- “Damage,” by David D. Levine
- “The Game of Smash and Recovery,” by Kelly Link
- “Botanica Veneris: Thirteen Papercuts by Ida Countess Rathangan,” by Ian McDonald
- “Our Lady of the Open Road,” by Sarah Pinsker
- “The Three Resurrections of Jessica Churchill,” by Kelly Robson
- “Gypsy,” by Carter Scholz
- “Avery Cates: The Walled City,” by Jeff Somers