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| − | + | Aka the '''Compton Crook/Stephen Tall Award''', a prize presented at [[Balticon]] from 1983, given by the members of [[BSFS]], which honors the best first [[novel]] of the previous year. It is named for [[Compton Crook]], who published [[sf]] as [[Stephen Tall]]. It includes a small cash prize, and the winner is a guest at the following year's [[Balticon]]. | |
| − | {{link | website=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compton_Crook_Award | text=Wikipedia entry}} | + | *[https://www.bsfs.org/CCA/bsfsccnu2014.htm Website. ] |
| − | + | *{{link | website=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compton_Crook_Award | text=Wikipedia entry.}} | |
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1983 ||[[Donald Kingsbury]] ||''Courtship Rite'' | 1983 ||[[Donald Kingsbury]] ||''Courtship Rite'' | ||
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2016 ||[[Fran Wilde]] ||''Updraft'' | 2016 ||[[Fran Wilde]] ||''Updraft'' | ||
2017 ||[[Ada Palmer]] ||''Too Like the Lightening'' | 2017 ||[[Ada Palmer]] ||''Too Like the Lightening'' | ||
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2018 || [[Nicky Drayden]] || ''The Prey of Gods'' | 2018 || [[Nicky Drayden]] || ''The Prey of Gods'' | ||
2019 || [[R. F. Kuang]] || ''The Poppy War'' | 2019 || [[R. F. Kuang]] || ''The Poppy War'' | ||
| + | 2020 || [[Arkady Martine]]|| ''A Memory Called Empire'' | ||
| + | 2021 || [[Micaiah Johnson]]|| ''The Space Between Worlds'' | ||
| + | 2022 || [[P. Djèlí Clark]]|| ''A Master of Djinn'' | ||
| + | 2023 || [[Alex Jennings]] || ''The Ballad of Perilous Graves'' | ||
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{{award | start=1983}} | {{award | start=1983}} | ||
[[Category:US]] | [[Category:US]] | ||
Latest revision as of 07:42, 18 September 2023
Aka the Compton Crook/Stephen Tall Award, a prize presented at Balticon from 1983, given by the members of BSFS, which honors the best first novel of the previous year. It is named for Compton Crook, who published sf as Stephen Tall. It includes a small cash prize, and the winner is a guest at the following year's Balticon.
Winners[edit]
| 1983 | Donald Kingsbury | Courtship Rite |
| 1984 | Christopher B. Rowley | The War for Eternity |
| 1985 | David R. Palmer | Emergence |
| 1986 | Sheila Finch | Infinity's Web |
| 1987 | Thomas T. Thomas | The Doomsday Effect as by Thomas Wren |
| 1988 | Christopher Hinz | Liege-Killer |
| 1989 | Elizabeth Moon | Sheepfarmer's Daughter |
| 1990 | Josepha Sherman | The Shining Falcon |
| 1991 | Michael F. Flynn | In the Country of the Blind |
| 1992 | Carol Severance | Reefsong |
| 1993 | Holly Lisle | Fire in the Mist |
| 1994 | Mary Rosenblum | The Drylands |
| 1995 | Doranna Durgin | Dun Lady's Jess |
| 1996 | Daniel Graham, Jr. | The Gatekeepers |
| 1997 | Richard Garfinkle | Celestial Matters |
| 1998 | Katie Waitman | The Merro Tree |
| 1999 | James Stoddard | The High House |
| 2000 | Stephen L. Burns | Flesh and Silver |
| 2001 | Syne Mitchell | Murphy's Gambit |
| 2002 | Wen Spencer | Alien Taste |
| 2003 | Patricia Bray | Devlin's Luck |
| 2004 | E. E. Knight | Way of the Wolf |
| 2005 | Tamara Siler Jones | Ghosts in the Snow |
| 2006 | Maria V. Snyder | Poison Study |
| 2007 | Naomi Novik | Temeraire: His Majesty's Dragon |
| 2008 | Mark L. Van Name | One Jump Ahead |
| 2009 | Paul Melko | Singularity's Ring |
| 2010 | Paolo Bacigalupi | The Windup Girl |
| 2011 | James Knapp | State of Decay |
| 2012 | T. C. McCarthy | Germline |
| 2013 | Myke Cole | Shadow Ops: Control Point |
| 2014 | Charles E. Gannon | Fire With Fire |
| 2015 | Alexandra Duncan | Salvage |
| 2016 | Fran Wilde | Updraft |
| 2017 | Ada Palmer | Too Like the Lightening |
| 2018 | Nicky Drayden | The Prey of Gods |
| 2019 | R. F. Kuang | The Poppy War |
| 2020 | Arkady Martine | A Memory Called Empire |
| 2021 | Micaiah Johnson | The Space Between Worlds |
| 2022 | P. Djèlí Clark | A Master of Djinn |
| 2023 | Alex Jennings | The Ballad of Perilous Graves |
| Award | 1983— |
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