Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award
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The Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award, named after the SF author, is a companion award to the John W. Campbell, Jr. Memorial Award.
It was created in 1987 by the James Gunn and by the children of Theodore Sturgeon at the Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction at the University of Kansas to honor the best English-language SF short story under 17,500 words published during the previous calendar year. It has usually been awarded at the Gunn Center's June Campbell Conference each year. In 2022, it was presented at the center’s First Annual Sturgeon Symposium (September 29–30).
| Year | Winning Story | Author |
|---|---|---|
| 1987 | "Surviving" | Judith Moffett |
| 1988 | "Rachel in Love" | Pat Murphy |
| 1989 | "Schrödinger's Kitten" | George Alec Effinger |
| 1990 | "The Edge of the World" | Michael Swanwick |
| 1991 | "Bears Discover Fire" | Terry Bisson |
| 1992 | "Buffalo" | John Kessel |
| 1993 | "This Year's Class Picture" | Dan Simmons |
| 1994 | "Fox Magic" | Kij Johnson |
| 1995 | "Forgiveness Day" | Ursula K. Le Guin |
| 1996 | "Jigoku No Mokushiroku" | John G. McDaid |
| 1997 | "The Flowers of Aulit Prison" | Nancy Kress |
| 1998 | "House of Dreams" | Michael F. Flynn |
| 1999 | "Story of Your Life" | Ted Chiang |
| 2000 | "The Wedding Album" | David Marusek |
| 2001 | "Tendeléo's Story" | Ian McDonald |
| 2002 | "The Chief Designer" | Andy Duncan |
| 2003 | "Over Yonder" | Lucius Shepard |
| 2004 | "The Empress of Mars" | Kage Baker |
| 2005 | "Sergeant Chip" | Bradley Denton |
| 2006 | "The Calorie Man" | Paolo Bacigalupi |
| 2007 | "The Cartesian Theater" | Robert Charles Wilson |
| 2008 | "Finisterra" | David Moles |
| 2008 | "Tideline" | Elizabeth Bear |
| 2009 | "The Ray-Gun: A Love Story" | James Alan Gardner |
| 2010 | "Shambling Towards Hiroshima" | James Morrow |
| 2011 | "The Sultan of the Clouds" | Geoffrey A. Landis |
| 2012 | "The Choice" | Paul J. McAuley |
| 2013 | "The Grinnell Method" | Molly Gloss |
| 2014 | "In Joy, Knowing the Abyss Behind" | Sarah Pinsker |
| 2015 | "The Man Who Sold the Moon" | Cory Doctorow |
| 2016 | "The Game of Smash and Recovery" | Kelly Link |
| 2017 | "The Future Is Blue" | Catherynne M. Valente |
| 2018 | "Don't Press Charges and I Won't Sue" | Charlie Jane Anders |
| 2019 | "When Robot and Crow Saved East St. Louis" | Annalee Newitz |
| 2020 | "Waterlines" | Suzanne Palmer |
| 2021 | "An Important Failure" | Rebecca Campbell |
| Award | 1987— |
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