Locus Online reported that the winners 2008 John W. Campbell Memorial Award for best novel and Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award for shorter fiction where announced by the Campbell Conference Awards Banquet organizers, to be held July 10 - 12, 2009 in Lawrence, Kansas.
Campbell Award results were a tie:
- 1st (tie) Song of Times, Ian MacLeod
- 1st (tie) Little Brother, Cory Doctorow
- 3rd The Philosopher's Apprentice, James Morrow
Sturgeon Award results were:
- 1st "The Ray Gun: A Love Story," James Alan Gardner
- 2nd "Memory Dog," Kathleen Ann Goonan
- 3rd "The Tear," Ian McDonald
Previously Locus also announced the winners of their in house Locus Awards, voted on by Locus readers. Winners included:
- Science Fiction Novel: Anathem, Neal Stephenson (Atlantic UK, Morrow)
- Fantasy Novel: Lavinia, Ursula K. Le Guin (Harcourt)
- First Novel: Singularity's Ring, Paul Melko (Tor)
- Young-Adult Book: The Graveyard Book, Neil Gaiman (HarperCollins, Bloomsbury)
- Short Story: "Exhalation", Ted Chiang (Eclipse Two)
Interestingly Little Brother, Anathem and The Graveyard Book are all nominated for this year’s Hugo Awards in the best novel category. The Campbell and Sturgeon Awards are voted on by a jury of writers and experts while the Locus Awards are by fans. Does this tilt the field to Anathem or The Graveyard Book?