The Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction has announced the finalists for the 2015 Theodore Sturgeon A. Memorial Award for the best short science fiction story. The Sturgeon is a juried award. The finalists were selected by Elizabeth Bear, … Continue reading
The 2023 finalists for the Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award for the best short science fiction story have been selected. The Sturgeon Award was established in 1987 by James Gunn, Founding Director of the Gunn Center for the Study of Science … Continue reading
The J. Wayne and Elsie M. Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction will hold the 2nd Annual Sturgeon Symposium from September 28-30, celebrating the 30th anniversary of Octavia Butler’s groundbreaking novel, The Parable of the Sower. As University of Kansas’s choice for the 2023 … Continue reading
The J. Wayne and Elsie M. Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction (CSSF) will host the 1st Annual Sturgeon Symposium from September 29-30 in Lawrence, KS. The symposium will feature the presentation of the Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award … Continue reading
This year’s finalists for the Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award for the best short science fiction story have been selected. Christopher McKitterick, Director of the Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction, said that due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic … Continue reading
The Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction shared the statements made by the winners of this year’s Campbell and Sturgeon awards, presented June 28 at the Campbell Conference Awards Ceremony on the University of Kansas campus in Lawrence. … Continue reading
Charlie Jane Anders’ short story “Don’t Press Charges and I Won’t Sue” is the winner of the 2018 Theodore A. Sturgeon Memorial Award. The award was presented during the Campbell Conference Awards reception on Friday, June 22. Anders’ story was … Continue reading
Catherynne M. Valente’s “The Future is Blue” has won the 2017 Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award. Her story was published in Drowned Worlds, edited by Jonathan Strahan. The Sturgeon Award recognizes the best science fiction short story of each year. The … Continue reading
The finalists for the 2015 Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award for the best short science fiction of 2014 have been announced. The award will be presented at the Campbell Conference in Lawrence, KS being held June 11-14. “Lady With Fox,” Greg … Continue reading
The winners of the Campbell Award for the Best SF Novel and the Sturgeon Award for Best Short Story have been announced. The awards will be presented June 13 at the Campbell Conference in Lawrence, Kansas. John W. Campbell Memorial Award Strange Bodies, … Continue reading