Compton Crook Stephen Tall Memorial Award
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The Compton Crook/Stephen Tall Memorial Award is presented to the best first novel of the year by members of the annual Baltimore-area convention, Balticon.
Scope
Best first novel in SF/F/H field
Best first novel in SF/F/H field
What
Check for $750
Check for $750
Where & When
Balticon, an annual convention held in Baltimore
Balticon, an annual convention held in Baltimore
History
The award is named after Compton Crook, who wrote under the name Stephen Tall, and died in 1981.
The award is named after Compton Crook, who wrote under the name Stephen Tall, and died in 1981.
Official Site
http://www.bsfs.org/bsfsccw.htm
http://www.bsfs.org/bsfsccw.htm
— Winners by Year —
| — 2025 — | The Wings Upon Her Back, Samantha Mills |
| — 2024 — | The Splinter in the Sky, Kemi Ashing-Giwa |
| — 2023 — | The Ballad of Perilous Graves, Alex Jennings |
| — 2022 — | A Master of Djinn, P. Djèlí Clark |
| — 2021 — | The Space Between Worlds, Micaiah Johnson |
| — 2020 — | A Memory Called Empire, Arkady Martine |
| — 2019 — | The Poppy War, R. F. Kuang |
| — 2018 — | The Prey of Gods, Nicky Drayden |
| — 2017 — | Too Like the Lightning, Ada Palmer |
| — 2016 — | Updraft, Fran Wilde |
| — 2015 — | Salvage, Alexandra Duncan |
| — 2014 — | Fire with Fire, Charles E. Gannon |
| — 2013 — | Shadow Ops: Control Point, Myke Cole |
| — 2012 — | Germline, T. C. McCarthy |
| — 2011 — | State of Decay, James Knapp |
| — 2010 — | The Windup Girl, Paolo Bacigalupi |
| — 2009 — | Singularity's Ring, Paul Melko |
| — 2008 — | One Jump Ahead, Mark L. Van Name |
| — 2007 — | His Majesty's Dragon, Naomi Novik |
| — 2006 — | Poison Study, Maria V. Snyder |
| — 2005 — | Ghosts in the Snow, Tamara Siler Jones |
| — 2004 — | Way of the Wolf, E. E. Knight |
| — 2003 — | Devlin's Luck, Patricia Bray |
| — 2002 — | Alien Taste, Wen Spencer |
| — 2001 — | Murphy's Gambit, Syne Mitchell |
| — 2000 — | Flesh and Silver, Stephen L. Burns |
| — 1999 — | The High House, James Stoddard |
| — 1998 — | The Merro Tree, Katie Waitman |
| — 1997 — | Celestial Matters, Richard Garfinkle |
| — 1996 — | The Gatekeepers, Daniel Graham, Jr. |
| — 1995 — | Dun Lady's Jess, Doranna Durgin |
| — 1994 — | The Drylands, Mary Rosenblum |
| — 1993 — | Fire in the Mist, Holly Lisle |
| — 1992 — | Reefsong, Carol Severance |
| — 1991 — | In the Country of the Blind, Michael F. Flynn |
| — 1990 — | The Shining Falcon, Josepha Sherman |
| — 1989 — | Sheepfarmer's Daughter, Elizabeth Moon |
| — 1988 — | Liege-Killer, Christopher Hinz |
| — 1987 — | The Doomsday Effect, Thomas Wren |
| — 1986 — | Infinity's Web, Sheila Finch |
| — 1985 — | Emergence, David R. Palmer |
| — 1984 — | The War for Eternity, Christopher B. Rowley |
| — 1983 — | Courtship Rite, Donald Kingsbury |
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