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 winner was announced during the Campbell Conference Awards Banquet on June 16.
The members of the award jury were Elizabeth Bear, Andy Duncan James Gunn, Kij Johnson, and Nöel Sturgeon, Trustee of the Theodore Sturgeon Literary Estate.
Congrats @catvalente on winning the Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award! Really looking forward to your novel(s)! pic.twitter.com/JetvVONfmB
— Future Affairs Admin (@faaoffice) June 17, 2017
OMG YOU GUYS I WON THE STURGEON AWARD! I’M A REAL SCIENCE FICTION WRITER NOW! #thefutureisblue
— Catherynne M. Valente (@catvalente) June 17, 2017
THANK YOU @JonathanStrahan. Without you asking me to do something out of my comfort genre, I would never have written The Future Is Blue
— Catherynne M. Valente (@catvalente) June 17, 2017
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Catherynne Valente is a stunning author and will be seen as one of the most significant of our times.
It’s a damn good story, and congrats to Cat Valente on the win!
I must read this. She has sensawunda to spare, and such beautiful prose.