Premio Theodore Sturgeon Memorial
# Premio Theodore Sturgeon Memorial

Il Premio Theodore Sturgeon Memorial (Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award) è un premio letterario assegnato annualmente al miglior racconto di fantascienza scritto in inglese e pubblicato l'anno precedente.

## Storia

Istituito nel 1987 dall'allora direttore del "Center for the Study of Science Fiction" dell'Università del Kansas James Gunn, intende onorare lo scrittore statunitense Theodore Sturgeon e rappresenta la controparte del Premio John Wood Campbell Memorial destinato ai migliori romanzi.

## Albo d'oro

| Anno | Autore | Racconto |
| - | - | - |
| 1987 | Judith Moffett | Surviving |
| 1988 | Pat Murphy | Rachel in Love |
| 1989 | George Alec Effinger | Schrödinger's Kitten |
| 1990 | Michael Swanwick | The Edge of the World |
| 1991 | Terry Bisson | Bears Discover Fire |
| 1992 | John Kessel | Buffalo |
| 1993 | Dan Simmons | This Year's Class Picture |
| 1994 | Kij Johnson | Fox Magic |
| 1995 | Ursula K. Le Guin | Forgiveness Day |
| 1996 | John G. McDaid | Jigoku no Mokushiroku (The Symbolic Revelation of the Apocalypse) |
| 1997 | Nancy Kress | The Flowers of Aulit Prison |
| 1998 | Michael F. Flynn | House of Dreams |
| 1999 | Ted Chiang | Story of Your Life |
| 2000 | David Marusek | The Wedding Album |
| 2001 | Ian McDonald | Tendeléo’s Story |
| 2002 | Andy Duncan | The Chief Designer |
| 2003 | Lucius Shepard | Over Yonder |
| 2004 | Kage Baker | The Empress of Mars |
| 2005 | Bradley Denton | Sergeant Chip |
| 2006 | Paolo Bacigalupi | The Calorie Man |
| 2007 | Robert Charles Wilson | The Cartesian Theater |
| 2008 | Elizabeth Bear | Tidelines |
| 2008 | David Moles | Finistera |
| 2009 | James Alan Gardner | The Ray Gun: A Love Story |
| 2010 | James Morrow | Shambling Towards Hiroshima |
| 2011 | Geoffrey A. Landis | The Sultan of the Clouds |
| 2012 | Paul J. McAuley | The Choice |
| 2013 | Molly Gloss | The Grinnell Method |
| 2014 | Sarah Pinsker | In Joy, Knowing the Abyss Behind |
| 2015 | Cory Doctorow | The Man Who Sold the Moon |
| 2016 | Kelly Link | The Game of Smash and Recovery |
| 2017 | Catherynne M. Valente | The Future is Blue |
| 2018 | Charlie Jane Anders | Don’t Press Charges and I Won’t Sue |
| 2019 | Annalee Newitz | When Robot and Crew Saved East St. Louis |
| 2020 | Suzanne Palmer | Waterlines |
| 2021 | Rebecca Campbell | An Important Failure |
| 2022 | Nalo Hopkinson | Broad Dutty Water: A Sunken Story |
| 2023 | Samantha Mills | Rabbit Test |
