Compton Crook Award

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The Compton Crook Award is presented to the best English language first novel of the year in the field of science fiction, fantasy, or horror by the members of the Baltimore Science Fiction Society at their annual science fiction convention, Balticon, held in Baltimore on Memorial Day weekend. The award, also known as the Compton Crook/Stephen Tall Award, has been presented since 1983.[1][2]

The list of eligible books is published in the monthly newsletter so that all club members will have a chance to read and vote. The winning author is invited to Balticon (BSFS pays transportation and lodging) for two years, and presented with the cash award of $1,000. Compton Crook, who wrote under the name of Stephen Tall, was a long-time Baltimore resident, Towson University professor, and science fiction author who died in 1981.

Winners[]

  • 2021 - , The Space Between Worlds
  • 2020 - Arkady Martine, A Memory Called Empire
  • 2019 - R. F. Kuang, The Poppy War
  • 2018 - , The Prey of Gods
  • 2017 - Ada Palmer, Too Like The Lightning[3]
  • 2016 - Fran Wilde, Updraft
  • 2015 - , Salvage
  • 2014 - Charles E. Gannon, Fire With Fire
  • 2013 - Myke Cole, Control Point
  • 2012 - T. C. McCarthy, Germline
  • 2011 - , State of Decay
  • 2010 - Paolo Bacigalupi, The Windup Girl
  • 2009 - Paul Melko, Singularity's Ring
  • 2008 - Mark L. Van Name, One Jump Ahead
  • 2007 - Naomi Novik, His Majesty's Dragon
  • 2006 - Maria V. Snyder, Poison Study
  • 2005 - Tamara Siler Jones,
  • 2004 - E. E. Knight, Way of the Wolf
  • 2003 - Patricia Bray, Devlin's Luck
  • 2002 - Wen Spencer, Alien Taste
  • 2001 - Syne Mitchell,
  • 2000 - Stephen L. Burns,
  • 1999 - James Stoddard,
  • 1998 - Katie Waitman,
  • 1997 - Richard Garfinkle, Celestial Matters
  • 1996 - , The Gatekeepers
  • 1995 - Doranna Durgin,
  • 1994 - Mary Rosenblum,
  • 1993 - Holly Lisle, Fire in the Mist
  • 1992 - Carol Severance,
  • 1991 - Michael Flynn,
  • 1990 - Josepha Sherman,
  • 1989 - Elizabeth Moon, Sheepfarmer's Daughter
  • 1988 - Christopher Hinz, Liege-Killer
  • 1987 - Thomas Wren
  • 1986 - Sheila Finch,
  • 1985 - David R. Palmer, Emergence
  • 1984 - Christopher Rowley,
  • 1983 - Donald Kingsbury, Courtship Rite'[4]

References[]

  1. ^ "Compton Crook Award". Fancyclopedia. August 17, 2017. Retrieved August 17, 2017.
  2. ^ "Compton Crook Award". Science Fiction Awards Watch. August 20, 2007. Retrieved June 25, 2012.
  3. ^ "2017 Compton Crook Award Announced". SFWA. August 17, 2017. Retrieved August 17, 2017.
  4. ^ "Compton Crook Award Winners [V. 2017-5". www.bsfs.org. Archived from the original on 1 August 2017. Retrieved 17 April 2018.

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