Chris McKitterick, Associate Director of the Center for the Study of Science Fiction, has announced the finalists for the 2005 John W. Campbell Memorial Award and 2005 Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award.

The Sturgeon Award is for the best short science fiction of the year, and the Campbell Award is for the best novel as judged by a jury selected by Center for the Study of Science Fiction at the University of Kansas. The top 3 finalists for each award will be announced at the 2006 Campbell Conference, which will be held at the University of Kansas, in Lawrence on July 6 - 9.

2005 Campbell Award finalists

• Baxter, Stephen - TRANSCENDENT
• Cash, Steve - THE MEQ
• Gerrold, David - CHILD OF EARTH
• McAuley, Paul - MIND'S EYE
• McDevitt, Jack - SEEKER
• Macleod, Ken - LEARNING THE WORLD
• Macleod, Ian R. - THE SUMMER ISLES
• Marusek, David - COUNTING HEADS
• Sawyer, Robert J. - MINDSCAN
• Stross, Charles - ACCELERANDO
• Traviss, Karen - THE WORLD BEFORE
• Wilson, Robert Charles - SPIN

• Bacigalupi, Paolo - The Calorie Man
• Gregory, Darryl - Second Person, Present Tense
• Link, Kelly - Magic for Beginners
• McDaid, John G. - Keyboard Practice
• McDonald, Ian - The Little Goddess
• McIntyre, Vonda - Little Faces
• Sterling, Bruce - The Blemmye's Stratagem
• Stoddard, Jason - Panacea
• Van Pelt, James - The Inn at Mount Either
• Willis, Connie - Inside Job

www.ku.edu/~sfcenter/sturgeon-finalists.htm

Posted May 23, 2006