| The Compton Crook Award is presented to the best first English language novel of the year in the field of Science Fiction, Fantasy, or Horror by the members of the Baltimore Science Fiction Society, Inc, at their annual Baltimore-area science fiction convention, Balticon, held on Memorial Day weekend in the Baltimore, Maryland area. Awards have been presented since 1983. The award is also known as the Compton Crook/Stephen Tall Award. BSFS has presented “The Compton Crook Award†each Balticon SM for “... the best first novel in the genre published during the previous year ...â€. The list of eligible books is published in the monthly newsletter so all club members will have a chance to read and vote. The winning author is invited to Balticon, and presented with the cash award set at $1,000.00 post 2005. Compton Crook, who used the nom de plume Stephen Tall, died in 1981. He was a long-time Baltimore resident, Towson University professor, and science fiction author. |
Check all the winners of Compton Crook Award presented under Compton Crook Award since 1983 .
Paolo BacigalupiHonored for : The Windup Girl |
Paul MelkoHonored for : Singularity's Ring |
Mark L. Van NameHonored for : One Jump Ahead |
Naomi NovikHonored for : His Majesty's Dragon |
Maria V. SnyderHonored for : Poison Study |
Tamara Siler JonesHonored for : Ghosts in the Snow |
E. E. KnightHonored for : Way Of The Wolf |
Patricia BrayHonored for : Devlin's Luck |
Wen SpencerHonored for : Alien Taste |
Syne MitchellHonored for : Murphy's Gambit |
Stephen L. BurnsHonored for : Flesh and Silver |
James StoddardHonored for : The High House |
Katie WaitmanHonored for : The Merro Tree |
Richard GarfinkleHonored for : Celestial Matters |
Daniel Graham Jr.Honored for : The Gatekeepers |
Doranna DurginHonored for : Dun Lady's Jess |
Mary RosenblumHonored for : The Drylands |
Holly LisleHonored for : Fire in the Mist |
Carol SeveranceHonored for : Reefsong |
Michael F. FlynnHonored for : In the Country of the Blind |
Josepha ShermanHonored for : The Shining Falcon |
Elizabeth MoonHonored for : Sheepfarmer's Daughter |
Christopher HinzHonored for : Liege-Killer |
Thomas Thurston ThomasHonored for : The Doomsday Effect |
Sheila FinchHonored for : Infinity's Web |
David R. PalmerHonored for : Emergence |
Christopher RowleyHonored for : War For Eternity |
Donald KingsburyHonored for : Courtship Rite |
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