write-up for Campbell and Sturgeon awards

[mckitterick]

On SFSite, Dave Truesdale posts this write-up for F&SF about the Campbell Award and Sturgeon Award and this year's presentation.

The article includes the full text of Betty Hull's comments about Ben Bova's TITAN (this year's John W. Campbell Memorial Award winner), James Gunn's comments about Robert Charles Wilson's "The Cartesian Theater" (this year's Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award winner), and a short interview with Wilson. Wilson won the Campbell Award (tied with Williamson's TERRAFORMING EARTH) in 2002 for THE CHRONOLITHS and placed second last year with SPIN.

Best,
Chris

Comments

[mckitterick.livejournal.com]

Not sure what you still want to know - I had thought my answer satisfied your curiousity.

[pyropyga.livejournal.com]

OK, to quote my questions then:

Could you expand a bit as to how the jurors themselves are selected? Is there another level of administration to the award, or do the jurors themselves comprise the award's deliberative body both for the decision as to the award proper, and questions of procedure?

If there's been anything addressing the juror selection and administration beyond the matter of the nominees, finalists, and winner, I have overlooked it, and I beg your forgiveness and the favor of being pointed in the correct direction.

[mckitterick.livejournal.com]

Ah, here you go:

The Chair of the Award is James Gunn, and the Center for the Study of Science Fiction funds it (trophies, expenses to put on the Conference and bring the Award winners, and so on) and hosts it. When need arises, Jim or one of the jurors usually suggests a new juror to the existing jury and the Center's Board of Advisors, and we provide feedback about the selection. The Board also has input on all of our other activities.

Right, only the jury has influence on the jury's decisions, and we regularly pose and debate suggestions to improve the process.

Novel nominations can arise from many sources, including the publishers and juror suggestions, our primary sources.

[pyropyga.livejournal.com]

Thank you, that is quite useful.