The Center for the Study of Science Fiction at the University of Kansas is pleased to announce the 2013 finalists for the Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award for the best short story of the year:

“Things Greater Than Love,” Kate Bachus, Strange Horizons (19 March 2012).
“Immersion,” Aliette de Bodard, Clarkesworld (June 2012).
“Scattered Along the River of Heaven,” Aliette de Bodard, Clarkesworld (January 2012).
“Close Encounters,” Andy Duncan, The Pottawottamie Giant (PS Publishing). NOTE: Duncan, a juror, removed the story from consideration.
“The Grinnell Method,” Molly Gloss, Strange Horizons (3 September & 10 September 2012).
“The Weight of History, The Lightness of the Future,” Jay Lake, Subterranean Press Magazine (Spring 2012).
“The Bookmaking Habits of Select Species,” Ken Liu, Lightspeed (August 2012).
“Mono No Aware,” Ken Liu, The Future Is Japanese (Haikasoru).
“Nahiku West,” Linda Nagata, Analog (October 2012).
Eater-of-Bone, Robert Reed, (PS Publishing).
“The Peak of Eternal Light,” Bruce Sterling, Edge of Infinity (Solaris).
“(To See the Other) Whole Against the Sky,” E. Catherine Tobler, Clarkesworld (November 2012).
After the Fall, Before the Fall, During the Fall, by Nancy Kress (Tachyon Press).