2012 Sturgeon Award Finalists

The finalists for the 2012 Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award have been announced:

• “Six Months, Three Days”, Charlie Jane Anders (Tor.com 6/8/11)
• “The Copenhagen Interpretation”, Paul Cornell (Asimov’s 7/11)
• “Ghostweight”, Yoon Ha Lee (Clarkesworld 1/11)
• “The Old Equations”, Jake Kerr (Lightspeed 7/11)
• “The Man Who Ended History: A Documentary”, Ken Liu (Panverse Three)
• “The Paper Menagerie”, Ken Liu (F&SF 3-4/11)
• “The Choice”, Paul McAuley (Asimov’s 2/11)
• Silently and Very Fast, Catherynne M. Valente (WSFA; Clarkesworld 10/11)

“The Man Who Bridged the Mist” by Kij Johnson (Asimov’s 10-11/11) was a finalist, but Johnson, a juror, removed it from consideration.

The award will be presented during the Campbell Conference Awards Banquet, to be held July 5-8, 2012 at the University of Kansas in Lawrence, Kansas.