The J. Wayne and Elsie M. Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction has announced the 2024 finalists for the Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award, given to the best short science fiction story from the previous year.
Here are the finalists, per Locus magazine:
- “The Rainbow Ghosts”, Violet Allen (Luminescent Machinations: Queer Tales of Monumental Invention)
- “Patsy Cline Sings Sweet Dreams to the Universe”, Beston Barnett (Strange Horizons 11/20/23)
- “The Unpastured Sea”, Gregory Feely (Asimov’s 9-10/23)
- “Tantie Merle and the Farmhand 4200″, R.S.A. Garcia (Uncanny 7/23)
- “The State Street Robot Factory”, Claire Humphrey (Apex 3/23)
- “What It Means to Be a Car”, James Patrick Kelly (Tor.com 7/26/23)
- “The Year Without Sunshine“, Naomi Kritzer (Uncanny 11-12/23)
- “Notes From a Pyre”, Amal Singh (The Deadlands 3/23)
- “An Infestation of Blue”, Wendy N. Wagner (Analog 11-12/23)
The third annual Sturgeon Symposium, titled “Stars in Our Pockets: Celebrating Samuel R. Delany,” will be held October 24-25, 2024. Noël Sturgeon will present the Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award, and the winner, who also receives a cash prize, will give a reading. Delaney will also be in attendance.
Congratulations to all the finalists!
