The finalists for the 2010 Theodore Sturgeon Award have been announced:

• “Things Undone”, John Barnes (Baen’s Universe 12/09)
• “This Wind Blowing, and this Tide”, Damien Broderick (Asimov’s 4-5/09)
• “As Women Fight”, Sara Genge (Asimov’s 10-11/09)
• “Spar”, Kij Johnson (Clarkesworld 10/09)
• “Blood Dauber”, Ted Kosmatka & Michael Poore (Asimov’s 12/09)
• “Cockatrice”, Tanith Lee (Fantasy Magazine 10/09)
• Shambling Towards Hiroshima, James Morrow (Tachyon)
• “Her Voice in a Bottle”, Tim Pratt (Subterranean Winter ’09)
• “True Fame” Robert Reed (Asimov’s 4-5/09)
• “The Death of Che Guevara”, Lewis Shiner (Subterranean Fall ’09)
• “Eros, Philia, Agape”, Rachel Swirsky (Tor.com)
• “The Island”, Peter Watts (The New Space Opera 2)

Kij Johnson, a juror, has removed her story from consideration. The award will be presented during the Campbell Conference Awards Banquet, to be held July 16-18, 2010 at the University of Kansas in Lawrence, Kansas.