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Baker and McDevitt win Sturgeon and Campbell Awards
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| The winner of the John W. Campbell Award for best science fiction novel
of 2003 is Omega by Jack McDevitt. The winner of the Theodore Sturgeon
Memorial Award for best short science fiction in 2003 is "The Empress of
Mars" by Kage Baker.
The juried award results were announced July 9 at the University of
Kansas. McDevitt was present to receive his award. Baker was not.
The second and third place finishers for the Sturgeon Award were "Bernardo's
House"by James Patrick Kelly and "It's All True" by John Kessel. The second
and third place finishers for the Campbell Award were Natural History by
Justina Robson and The X President by Philip E. Baruth. |
Former Campbell award winners George Zebrowski, Frederik Pohl and
Gregory Benford. 2003 winner Jack McDevitt. Hall of Fame inductees
Brian Aldiss and Harry Harrison
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Also presented at the ceremony was the previously announced induction in
the Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame of Brian Aldiss and Harry
Harrison. Mary Shelly and E.E. Smith were inducted posthumously.
This was the final year for induction in the SFF Hall of Fame. In the
future it will be renamed the Science Fiction Hall of Fame and included
in the new Science Fiction Museum in Seattle. Donna Shirley, Director of
the new museum, also made presentations to Aldiss and Harrison.
A surprise presentation of the 2004 First Fandom Hall of Fame Award
was also made to Brian Aldiss.
Brian Aldiss with SFF Hall of Fame telescope
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Donna Shirley presents SF Hall of Fame
award to Harry Harrison
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Jack McDevitt accepts Campbell Memorial Award
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Joan Marie Knappenberger presents First
Fandom Hall of Fame award to Brian Aldiss
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More photos from the ceremony are available at the MidAmerican Fan Photo Archive.
Posted July 9, 2004
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