The 2026 finalists for the Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award for the best short science fiction story have been selected.
- “Six People to Revise You,” J.R. Dawson, Uncanny Magazine, Jan 2025
- “The Nine Crashes of Flight Lieutenant Hilla Quinn,” Louise Hughes, Kaleidotrope, September 2025
- “The Shadow on the Nest,” Alaya Dawn Johnson, Uncanny Magazine, September 2025
- “Wire Mother,” Isabel J. Kim, Clarkesworld, September 2025
- “The Sack of Burley Cottage,” Rich Larson, Reactor, June 2025
- “his love’s ashes on his tongue,” Monte Lin, The Deadlands, January 2025
- “Laser Eyes Ain’t Everything,” Effie Seiberg, Diabolical Plots, May 2025
- “We, the Fleet,” Alex T. Singer, Clarkesworld, May 2025
- “Missing Helen,” Tia Tashiro, Clarkesworld, July 2025
- “Woolly,” Carrie Vaughn, Asimov’s, February 2025
The Sturgeon Award was established in 1987 by James Gunn, Founding Director of the Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction at the University of Kansas, and the heirs of Theodore Sturgeon. The winner will be announced later this summer, and will be presented with their award and a cash prize as a guest of honor at the annual Sturgeon Symposium this October.
The design of the award is based on a medallion that Sturgeon was fond of wearing. It means, “Ask the Next Question”.
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